Herbert Jay Stern | |
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| Judge of the United States Court for Berlin | |
| In office 1979 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
| In office December 28, 1973 – January 4, 1987 | |
| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Leonard I. Garth |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas H. Politan |
| United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey | |
| In office 1971–1973 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Frederick B. Lacey |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan L. Goldstein |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Herbert Jay Stern November 8, 1936 New York, New York |
| Education | Hobart College (B.A.) University of Chicago Law School (J.D.) |
Herbert Jay Stern (born November 8, 1936) is a trial lawyer, with a national practice in civil and criminal litigation, as well as mediation and arbitration. Earlier in his career, Stern served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and as the United States Judge for Berlin.
He presided over a hijacking trial that was the only case ever tried in an American court in the occupied American Sector of West Berlin.
He was part of the team that successfully handled several major corruption and organized crime trials in New Jersey.