Karen Williams Archives - New Jersey Globe

A closer look at all 10 of Biden’s federal judicial nominees in N.J. (so far)

September 8, 2023 5:41 pmSeptember 11, 2023 8:11 am

With Assistant U.S. Attorney Jamel Semper’s nomination this week to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, President Joe Biden has now put forward nine federal judicial nominees from New Jersey since taking office in 2021. A...

Biden to nominate Castner to federal judgeship

November 3, 2021 9:14 am

President Joe Biden is expected to nominate Georgette Fries Castner, a partner at a top mid-Atlantic law firm with a stellar reputation in state legal circles, to serve as a U.S. District Court Judge in New Jersey, the New Jersey...

Senate confirms Williams to federal bench

October 26, 2021 7:25 pmOctober 26, 2021 8:32 pm

The U.S. Senate today confirmed Karen M. Williams to serve as a U.S. District Court Judge for New Jersey. Williams, a U.S. Magistrate Judge since 2009, is now the fourth of six federal judicial vacancies to be filled since President...

Menendez urges Senate Judiciary Committee to confirm Karen Williams

July 14, 2021 3:11 pm

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-North Bergen) urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to speedily confirm U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Williams to the U.S. District Court covering the District of New Jersey Wednesday. “Since her appointment as a U.S. Magistrate Judge in...