Education
Yale College; Yale University. New York University School of Law.
Yale College; Yale University. New York University School of Law.
McNulty earned a bachelor"s degree in 1976 from Yale University and a law degree in 1983 from New York University School of Law. After law school, McNulty served as a law clerk for Judge Frederick Bernard Lacey of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He then joined the United States Attorney"s office in New Jersey, where he served as an assistant United States Attorney for over a decade.
While in the United States. Attorney"s office, McNulty served as deputy chief of the criminal division from 1992 until 1995, and chief of the appeals division from 1995 until 1998.
On December 16, 2011, President Obama nominated McNulty to a federal judgeship on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey to fill the seat vacated by Judge Garrett Brown, Junior., who took senior status on January 2, 2012. He received a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 14, 2012 and his nomination was reported to the floor on April 19, 2012, by voice vote, with Senator Lee recorded as voting northern
McNulty is the brother in-law of New York senator Chuck Schumer. Senator Frank Lautenberg submitted McNulty"s name for consideration late in the process, and some anonymous commentators have suggested that it is a political move to ensure Lautenberg has future support of Schumer.
On July 16, 2012, the Senate confirmed McNulty"s nomination by a vote of 91–3.
He received his commission on July 18, 2012.