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SETON HALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
ALUMNI NOMINATED TO FEDERAL BENCH
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Three of the five candidates currently
nominated to sit as U.S. judges in New Jersey and on the 3rd
Circuit are Seton Hall Law graduates.
Michael Chagares, class of 1987, has been nominated by the
White House for a seat on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals. In addition, Noel Hillman, class of 1985, and Peter
Sheridan, class of 1977, have been nominated to fill two of
the vacant federal judgeships in New Jersey.
Chagares after graduating from Seton Hall Law, clerked for
Circuit Court Judge Morton Greenberg. He then spent 14 years
as a federal prosecutor in Newark before becoming a partner
in the firm of Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard.
Hillman started his career as an assistant U.S. attorney in
Newark. In his current position as chief of the Justice
Department’s Office of Public Integrity, he has led a number
of high-profile corruption cases, including the probe into
the dealings of lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Sheridan, who has been a partner in the firm of Graham,
Curtin & Sheridan for more than a decade, previously served
as executive director of the New Jersey Republican State
Committee.
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