<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/brian-martinotti-86-confirmed-to-federal-bench.html" dsn="news"><title>Brian Martinotti ’86 Confirmed to Federal Bench</title><description>Dean Boozang calls his achievement "a fitting capstone for a Seton Hall Law alum who has dedicated himself to public service."On July 6, the U.S. Senate confirmed Superior Court Judge Brian Martinotti ’86 to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The appointment recognizes Judge Martinotti’s 14-year tenure on the New Jersey Superior Court, where he ruled on cases in the Civil Division as one of three multi-county litigation judges who handled mass torts and assigned the special </description><image><img src="/images/Fed_Ct_Bldg2_130730-038.jpg" alt="Newark Federal Court Building"/></image></item>