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Trailblazer: Judge Anne Thompson

January 19, 2026 12:03 amJanuary 18, 2026 10:47 pm

Anne E. Thompson (Born 1934) is the first Black to serve as a federal district court judge from New Jersey. She was nominated to the bench by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and continues to serve as an inactive senior...

Trailblazer: Judge Anne Thompson

January 15, 2024 12:04 amJanuary 14, 2024 5:58 pm

Anne E. Thompson is the first Black to serve as a federal district court judge from New Jersey. She was nominated to the bench by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. Thompson became a state public defender in 1967 and Lawrence...

How New Jersey almost had two U.S. Attorneys following close 2001 vote

April 25, 2021 7:51 pm

As New Jersey prepares for a new U.S. Attorney and the filling of U.S. District Court Judge vacancies, there has been no talk of renewing a 20-year-old plan to break up the 21-county District of New Jersey and give South...

Trailblazer: Judge Anne Thompson

January 18, 2021 12:10 amJanuary 17, 2021 2:13 pm

Anne E. Thompson is the first Black to serve as a federal district court judge from New Jersey. She was nominated to the bench by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. Thompson served as a public defender and Lawrence Township municipal...

Montclair State University professor Brigid Callahan Harrison is considering running against Jeff Van Drew.

Harrison calls for Kennedy to return donations from troubled prison healthcare services firm

April 22, 2020 6:15 pm

Executives at an embattled private correctional healthcare services company that has been the subject of more than 70 wrongful death lawsuits contributed $11,400 to Amy Kennedy’s campaign for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district around the...

Trailblazer: Judge Anne Thompson

January 20, 2020 12:54 amJanuary 20, 2020 12:46 am

Anne E. Thompson, 84, was the first African American to serve as a federal district court judge from New Jersey. She was nominated to the bench by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. Thompson served as a public defender and Lawrence...

Judge in Gilmore case has seen Ocean GOP chairman before

April 3, 2019 1:31 pm

The federal judge presiding over the tax evasion trial of Ocean County Republican chairman George Gilmore is a respected longtime jurist who has seen plenty of political corruption cases during her 40 years as a U.S. District Court judge. Anne...