Susan D. Wigenton

Susan Davis Wigenton (born October 12, 1962)[1] is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Susan Davis Wigenton
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Assumed office
June 12, 2006
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJohn Winslow Bissell
Personal details
Born (1962-10-12) October 12, 1962
Neptune Township, New Jersey
EducationNorfolk State University (B.A.)
The College of William & Mary Law School (J.D.)

Early life and education

Born in Neptune Township, New Jersey, Wigenton grew up with three brothers in a sports-oriented family headed by her pastor father.[2] She graduated from Norfolk State University with her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1984 and later from The College of William & Mary Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1987.

Wigenton was a law clerk for Superior Court Judge Lawrence Lawson in the New Jersey Superior Court from 1987 to 1988 before serving in private practice in the State of New Jersey from 1988 to 2000.

Federal judicial career

Wigenton was a United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 2000 to 2006. She was nominated to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President George W. Bush on January 25, 2006 to a seat vacated by John Winslow Bissell as Bissell assumed senior status. Wigenton was confirmed by the Senate May 26, 2006 on a Senate voice vote and received her commission on June 12, 2006.

Notable cases

Wigenton presided over the trial of Andrew Auernheimer for alleged cybercrimes. The trial resulted in Auernheimer's conviction on two counts, but on April 11, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the conviction for improper venue under the Sixth Amendment, holding that the online conduct of Auernheimer, a resident of Arkansas, did not have a sufficient nexus to New Jersey, where the trial was held.[3]

Wigenton is presiding judge for the trial concerning the Fort Lee lane closure scandal known as Bridgegate.[4]

Personal life

Wigenton is married to Kevin Wigenton, an attorney in private practice in Red Bank, New Jersey who has been censured by the New Jersey Supreme Court for misappropriating client funds.[5]

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See also

References
  1. United States Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary (1 January 2006). "Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  2. Susan Wigenton - United States District Judge. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  3. "U.S. court voids man's conviction for hacking celebrities' iPads". Reuters. 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  4. SAMPSON, PAUL BERGER and PETER J. "Bridgegate jury seated, trial ready to begin".
  5. "Red Bank lawyer gets censured by N.J. Supreme Court over alleged financial irregularities".

Sources
Legal offices
Preceded by
John Winslow Bissell		 Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
2006–present		 Incumbent
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