Education
Syracuse University.
Syracuse University.
Born in Camden, New Jersey, Kugler received a Bachelor of Arts from Syracuse University in 1975 and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers University Law School in Camden in 1978. He was a law clerk, Honorary John F. Gerry, United States. District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1978 to 1979.
He was an Assistant Prosecutor, Camden County Prosecutor" General’ s Office, New Jersey from 1979 to 1981.
He was a Deputy attorney general of Division of Criminal Justice, New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety from 1981 to 1982. He was in private practice in New Jersey from 1982 to 1992.
Kugler was a Federal Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1992 to 2002. He was nominated by President George West. Bush on August 1, 2002, to a seat on the District Court vacated by Joseph East. Irenas.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 14, 2002, and received his commission on December 4, 2002.
Kugler is the son of George F. Kugler, Junior., who served as New Jersey Attorney General from 1970 to 1974.