Background
Stern, Herbert J. was born on November 8, 1936.
Stern, Herbert J. was born on November 8, 1936.
Hobart College (Bachelor of Arts, 1958). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, 1961). Assistant District Attorney, New York County, Homicide Bureau, 1962-1965.
Trial Attorney, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the United States.
Department of Justice, 1965-1969. Chief Assistant, United States.
Attorney’ General’ s Office for the District of New Jersey, 1969. Acting United States Attorney, 1970-1971.
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 1971-1974.
United States District Judge, District of New Jersey, 1974-1987. United States Judge for Berlin, 1979. Company-Director, Advocacy Institute, University of Virginia School of Law, since 1980.
Worked at Stern & Greenberg. Admitted to the bar, 1961, New New York 1971, New Jersey.
Assistant District Attorney, New York County, Homicide Bureau, 1962-1965.
Trial Attorney, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the United States.
Department of Justice, 1965-1969. Chief Assistant, United States.
Attorney" General’ s Office for the District of New Jersey, 1969. Acting United States Attorney, 1970-1971.
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 1971-1974.
United States District Judge, District of New Jersey, 1974-1987. United States Judge for Berlin, 1979. Company-Director, Advocacy Institute, University of Virginia School of Law, 1980.
Adjunct Professor: Seton Hall Law School, 1976-1986.
Rutgers School of Law, 1980-1986. Recipient: Honorary Doctor of Law, Seton Hall Law School, 1973.
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Newark State College, 1973. Honorary Doctor of Letters, Montclair State College, 1973.
Honorary Doctor of Civil Laws, Bloomfield College, 1973.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Hobart College, 1974. Dean"s Award for Exceptional Public Service. Akron University School of Law, 1986.
Schwartzer Fellow, University of Chicago Law School, 1985.
Sierra Club Distinguished Public Service Award, 1973. Bronze Shields of Newark Exceptional Community Service Award of the Society of Black Police Officers, 1973.
Winner of the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge George Washington Honor Medal for Excellence in the category of books, 1984. Winner, International Platform Association"s Clarence Darrow Award, 1985.
Subject of the Book, "Tiger in the Court," Playboy Press, Chicago, 1973.
Author: "Judgment in Berlin," Universe Books, New York, 1984. "Trying Cases to Win," (4 Volumes), Wylie, New York, 1991, 1992, 1993. Recipient: Torch of Learning Award of the American Friends of the Hebrew University, 1987.
Medal of Excellence, Hobart College, 1990.
Special Counsel for Honorary Lawrence Walsh, Independent Counsel, Iran-Contra Prosecution, 1988. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations.
Association of the Federal Bar of the District of New Jersey (President, 1971-1972). Fellow: American Bar Foundation.
American Law Institute.
Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Association of the Federal Bar of the District of New Jersey (President, 1971-1972). Fellow: American Bar Foundation.
American Law Institute.
