United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (in case citations, D.N.J.) is a federal court in the Third Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the ...
.
Early life and education
Born in
Bellevue Bellevue means "beautiful view" in French. It may refer to:
Placenames
Australia
* Bellevue, Western Australia
* Bellevue Hill, New South Wales
* Bellevue, Queensland
* Bellevue, Glebe, an historic house in Sydney, New South Wales
Canada ...
,
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
, Bumb graduated from
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...
with her
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in 1981 and later from the
University of Chicago
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where she earned her
Master of Arts
A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...
degree in 1983. Bumb attended
Rutgers School of Law–Newark
Rutgers Law School is the law school of Rutgers University, with classrooms in Newark and Camden, New Jersey. It is the largest public law school and the 10th largest law school, overall, in the United States. Each class in the three-year J.D. pr ...
and graduated with a
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law
and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
in 1987.
Legal career
Bumb was a
law clerk
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for Judge
Garrett Brown Jr.
Garrett E. Brown Jr. (born March 20, 1943) is a former United States District Judge and later the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Education and career
Born in Orange, New Jersey, Brown received an ...
with the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1987 to 1988. She was in private practice in
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
from 1988 to 1991. She was an
Assistant United States Attorney
An assistant United States attorney (AUSA) is an official career civil service position in the U.S. Department of Justice composed of lawyers working under the U.S. Attorney of each U.S. federal judicial district. They represent the federal gove ...
of the District of New Jersey from 1991 to 2006.
Federal judicial career
In 2006, Bumb was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President
George W. Bush
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on January 25, 2006, to a seat vacated by
William H. Walls
William H. Walls (November 18, 1932 – July 11, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Education and career
Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Walls received an Artium Bac ...
. Bumb was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
on June 6, 2006, by an 89–0 vote. She received her commission on June 12, 2006. She became Chief Judge on February 1, 2023, after the retirement of