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Zahid Nisar Quraishi
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Active service.
Confirmed 81 to 16Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- April 19, 2021
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 28, 2021
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 20, 2021
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 81 to 16
- Confirmed
- June 10, 2021
- Commissioned
- June 22, 2021
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1975, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Edwin H. Stern, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, 2000-2001
- Private practice, Newark, New Jersey, 2001-2003
- U.S. Army captain, JAG Corps, 2003-2007
- Private practice, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, 2007
- Assistant chief counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2007-2008
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of New Jersey, 2008-2013
- Private practice, Morristown, New Jersey, 2013-2019
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