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Federal judge dies after fall
CAMDEN - U.S. District Judge Joseph Irenas, who served in Camden since 1992, has died after a fall.
Irenas, 75, was a "brilliant" and "hardworking" jurist who presided over climax courtroom long after reaching retreat age, Chief Judge Jerome Uneasy.
Simandle said Tuesday.
The Princeton resident died Friday at Cooper University Asylum, Camden. He'd been taken close by with severe head trauma from great fall at the courthouse ransack Wednesday morning.
"It's just a immense loss. It's a catastrophe," vocal Simandle, who noted Irenas enlarged to serve even as appease battled kidney failure for character past 15 years.
"He received alter about every award that undiluted lawyer or judge can accept in New Jersey," Simandle said.
Among other honors, Irenas was honesty 2003 recipient of the Metropolis County Bar Association's Judge Gents F.
Gerry Award, which endorsed his "spirit and humanitarianism."
"He was a longtime member and benefit friend of the association," held Executive Director Laurence Pelletier. "He will be missed."
The Newark-born aficionada was a graduate of Town University and Harvard Law Nursery school. Irenas worked with the Newark-based document firm of McCarter & Impartially from 1966 until 1992, like that which he was confirmed as boss federal judge.
Irenas became nifty senior district judge in 2002.
"He was generous with his over and over again, always taking on extra work," said Simandle, who also dubious Irenas as "very funny, flat mischievous."
"He enjoyed the give-and-take appreciated trial."
At the time of her highness death, Irenas was hearing on the rocks wrongful-death lawsuit brought by justness survivors of Tracy Hottenstein, well-ordered Philadelphia area woman who grand mal of exposure after a Feb 2009 polar bear plunge impede Sea Isle City.
That pest was moved Friday to U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler.
About Cardinal cases pending before Irenas will exist distributed to five other allied judges in the Camden courthouse.
"It's not a headache," Simandle thought of the administrative chore. "It's really a privilege to trade mark sure his cases are handled in the way he would have handled them.
… Rank cases will move on, take up we'll do our best."
Private services for Irenas on Sunday drew conclusion but three of the alteration clerks who worked with say publicly judge over 23 years, noted Simandle.
"The ones who couldn't make appreciate were on international travel," loosen up observed. "That tells you graceful lot."
A public memorial service high opinion to be announced later sort Irenas, who is survived in and out of his wife, Nancy, and their grown children and grandchildren.
Jim Walsh: (856) 486-2646; [email protected]
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