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Michael Etan Farbiarz
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Active service.
Confirmed 65 to 34Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- January 3, 2023
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- January 25, 2023
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 20, 2023
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 65 to 34
- Confirmed
- May 2, 2023
- Commissioned
- May 5, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1973, 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. Michael B. Mukasey, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1999-2000
- Law clerk, Hon. José A. Cabranes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2000-2001
- Private practice, New York City, 2001-2004
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 2004-2014; deputy chief, Terrorism and National Security Unit, 2009-2010; co-chief, Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit, 2010-2014
- Adjunct instructor, Columbia Law School, 2014
- Senior fellow, New York University Law School, 2014-2016
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 2016-2023; general counsel, counsel to subsidiaries, and director of Port Authority Insurance Captive Entity, 2016-2023; acting inspector general, 2020-2021
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