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Edward S. Kiel
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 25, 2024
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byKevin McNulty
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office
July 16, 2019 – March 25, 2024
Succeeded byStacey D. Adams
Personal details
Born
Sun Yol Kiel (길선열)

1965 (age 58–59)
Daegu, South Korea
EducationRutgers University (BA, BS)
University of Notre Dame (JD)

Edward Sunyol Kiel (born 1965)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey since 2024. He previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2019 to 2024.

Education

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Kiel received a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Rutgers University in 1988 and a Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School in 1991.[2][3]

Career

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From 1991 to 1992, Kiel served as a law clerk for Presiding Criminal Judge Michael R. Imbriani of the Somerset County Superior Court. From 1992 to 1994, he was an associate with Jamieson Moore Peskin & Spicer in Princeton, from 1994 to 1998 with Beattie Padovano in Montvale and from 1998 to 2001 with Cole Schotz in Hackensack. He later served as partner at Cole Schotz from 2001 to 2019.[3] In 2023, Kiel had been under consideration for appointment to the Supreme Court of New Jersey by Governor Phil Murphy.[4]

Federal judicial service

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From 2019 to 2024, Kiel served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.[3][5]

On October 4, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Kiel to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Kiel was recommended to the Biden administration by Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez.[6] President Biden nominated Kiel to the seat being vacated by Judge Kevin McNulty, who subsequently assumed senior status on October 31, 2023.[6][7][8] On November 1, 2023, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[9] During his confirmation hearing, he was questioned by Republican senators over his views on the 2023 Israel-Hamas war and antisemitism on college campuses. Kiel previously worked with the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, a group which senator Josh Hawley said had "recently released controversial statements supporting Palestine.[10] On November 30, 2023, his nomination was reported out of committee by a party line 11–10 vote.[11] On January 3, 2024, his nomination was returned to the president under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate[12] and he was renominated on January 8, 2024.[13] On January 18, 2024, his nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 party-line vote.[14][15] On March 20, 2024, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 50–48 vote.[16] Later that day, his nomination was confirmed by a 50–49 vote.[17] He received his judicial commission on March 25, 2024.[18]

Personal life

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Kiel immigrated from South Korea.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "Mr. Edward S. Kiel Profile | Hackensack, NJ Lawyer | Martindale.com". www.martindale.com. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "President Biden Names Thirty-Ninth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Wildstein, David (May 13, 2023). "Michael Noriega is Murphy's pick for N.J. Supreme Court". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "Edward S. Kiel | United States Courts". www.uscourts.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Wildstein, David (September 6, 2023). "Biden picks Semper, Kiel as federal judges". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  7. ^ a b Wildstein, David (October 4, 2023). "Biden taps Kiel for federal judgeship". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  8. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. October 4, 2023.
  9. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. October 30, 2023.
  10. ^ Fox, Joey (November 1, 2023). "Kiel appears before Judiciary Committee for federal judgeship". newjerseyglobe.com. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  11. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – November 30, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  12. ^ "PN1066 — Edward Sunyol Kiel — The Judiciary". congress.gov. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  13. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 8, 2024.
  14. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2024" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  15. ^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Twenty Judicial Nominations, One Executive Nomination to the Full Senate" (Press release). United States Senate Judiciary Committee. January 18, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  16. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Edward Sunyol Kiel to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey.)". United States Senate. March 20, 2024. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  17. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Edward Sunyol Kiel, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey)". United States Senate. March 20, 2024. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  18. ^ Edward S. Kiel at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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