Claire C. Cecchi
Claire Claudia Cecchi (born January 18, 1964) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey sitting in Newark, New Jersey. She joined the court as a United States Magistrate Judge in 2006. Early life and education. Cecchi graduated from The Bronx High School of Science in 1982, Barnard College of Columbia University in 1986 with her Bachelor of Arts, "cum laude" and in 1989 from Fordham University School of Law with a Juris Doctor. Legal career. Following law school graduation, Cecchi worked in the Office of Corporation  Counsel in New York City where she handled litigation matters. She was an associate at Robinson, St. John & Wayne from 1992 to 1996 and its successor firm, Robinson, Lapidus & Livelli in 1996. From 1997 to 2001, Cecchi was an associate at the firm of Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey was a partner from 2001 to 2004. Between 2005 and 2006, she worked as a Partner at McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP. Cecchi is a Fellow of the American Bar Association, a Director to the Historical Society of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and a Master of  the William J. Brennan, Jr./Arthur T. Vanderbilt American Inn of Court, 2009. Federal judicial career. On the recommendation of Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, Cecchi was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President Barack Obama on December 1, 2010, to a seat vacated by Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr., when he became a federal appeals court judge. On June 14, 2011, the Senate confirmed Cecchi in a 98–0 vote. She received her commission on June 14, 2011.