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Jamel Ken Semper
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Active service.
Confirmed 54 to 44Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- September 18, 2023
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 4, 2023
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 26, 2023
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 54 to 44
- Confirmed
- November 29, 2023
- Commissioned
- December 1, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1981, 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. Harold Fullilove, Superior Court of New Jersey, 2007-2008
- Assistant prosecutor, Union County, New Jersey, 2008-2013; Appellate Unit, 2008-2009; Juvenile Unit, 2009-2010; Adult Trial Unit, 2010-2013
- Assistant prosecutor, Essex County, New Jersey, 2013-2016; Trial Unit, 2013-2014; Carjacking Unit, 2014; Homicide Task Force, 2014-2016
- Director, Special Prosecutions Unit, Essex County, New Jersey, 2016-2018
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of New Jersey, 2018-2023
- Violent Crimes Unit, 2018-2019
- Economic Crimes Unit, 2019
- Chief, Violent Crimes Unit, 2019-2020
- Chief, Organized Crime and Gangs Unit, 2020-2022
- Chief, Newark Violent Crime Initiative, 2021-2023
- Deputy chief, Criminal Division, 2022-2023
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