Katharine Sweeney Hayden | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
Assumed office May 30, 2010 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
In office September 29, 1997 – May 30, 2010 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | H. Lee Sarokin |
Succeeded by | Esther Salas |
Personal details | |
Born | Katharine M. Jackson May 30, 1942 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Children | 2, including Matt |
Education |
Marymount Manhattan College (
BA) Seton Hall University ( MA, JD) |
Katharine M. Sweeney Hayden (née Jackson; born May 30, 1942) [1] [2] is an American attorney and jurist serving as Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. [3] [4]
Born in New York City, Hayden earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marymount Manhattan College in 1963, a Master of Arts from Seton Hall University in 1971, and a Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1975. [5]
She was a law clerk for Judge Robert L. Clifford of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1975-76. After her clerkship she became an Assistant United States Attorney at the United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey from 1976-78. She was in private matrimonial law practice in New Jersey from 1978–91, and then became a judge for the New Jersey Superior Court (Family Division) from 1991-97. [6]
Hayden was nominated by President Bill Clinton on May 6, 1997, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by H. Lee Sarokin. [7] She was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1997, and received her commission four days later. Hayden assumed senior status on May 30, 2010. [8]
Hayden continues her connection to her alma mater, Seton Hall University School of Law, serving as an adjunct professor teaching course on Persuasion & Advocacy and Sentencing, and frequently employing Seton Hall Law students as judicial clerks and interns.[ citation needed]
Hayden is married to Joseph A. Hayden, Jr., a criminal defense attorney and partner at the New Jersey law firm of Walder Hayden & Brogan. She has two sons, including Matt Sweeney, a musician and founding member of the band Chavez. [4]