Judge Profile

Anne E. Thompson

Judicial Experience:

  • District Judge, U.S. District Court, NJ District
  • Judge, Trenton Municipal Court, 1972 to 1975

Other Professional Experience:

  • Prosecutor, Mercer County, 1975 to 1979
  • Municipal Court Judge, Trenton, 1972 to 1975
  • Municipal Prosecutor, Lawrence Township, Lawrenceville, 1970 to 1972
  • Assistant Deputy Public Defender, Mercer-Somerset-Hunterdon Region, 1967 to 1970
  • Grant Writer, United Progress Inc., 1966 to 1967
  • Attorney, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Deptartment of Labor, Chicago, 1964 to 1965

Biographical Data:

  • Judge Thompson was nominated by President Jimmy Carter, Sept. 28, 1979, to new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; confirmed by Senate Oct. 31, 1979; received commission Nov. 2, 1979. Chief judge,  1994-2001.

    Race or Ethnicity: African-American

Education:

  • LL.B., Howard University School of Law, 1964
  • M.A., Temple University, 1957
  • B.A., Howard University, 1955
Profile provided by the New Jersey State Office of Court Administration.