Renée Marie Bumb (born January 25, 1960) is the chief United States district judge of the

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Early life and education

Bumb was born in

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. She graduated from

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with her

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degree in 1981 and later from the

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where she earned her

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degree in 1983. Bumb attended Rutgers School of Law–Newark and graduated with a

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in 1987.

Career

Bumb was a

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for Judge Garrett Brown Jr. of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1987 to 1988. She was in private practice in

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from 1988 to 1991. She was an

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of the District of New Jersey from 1991 to 2006.

Federal judicial service

In 2006, Bumb was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President

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on January 25, 2006, to a seat vacated by Judge William H. Walls. Bumb was confirmed by the

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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 Freda L. Wolfson.

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