Bill Martini
United States District Judge
William John Martini (born February 10, 1947) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, having been in active service from November 14, 2002, to February 10, 2015. Martini is one of 24 judges seated on the New Jersey District Court, and his highest profile case to date was the corruption trial for former Newark Mayor Sharpe James.
Before his judicial service, Martini was a Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district in the House of Representatives, where he served from January 3, 1995 to January 3, 1997.
Early life and career
Martini was born in Passaic, New Jersey. He graduated from Passaic High School. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Villanova University in Philadelphia, and received his Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law—Newark in 1972. Martini clerked for the Hon. Joseph P. Hanrahan, on the Superior Court of New Jersey, from 1972 to 1973.
Martini then worked as an assistant in the Hudson County prosecutor's office in 1973. The following year, he was named an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, and served in that post until 1977.
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