The son of a federal judge was killed and her husband was wounded when a gunman opened fire at their home in Middlesex County Sunday evening, setting off a massive investigation involving multiple state and federal law enforcement agencies.
Mark Anderl, 63, a well-known criminal defense attorney and the husband of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, and their son, Daniel, 20, were shot at about 5 p.m. at their home in North Brunswick.
Salas, who sources say was in the basement of the home at the time, was not injured in the shooting.The gunman may have been dressed as a FedEx deliveryman, two law … Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 20th, 2020 | Author: NJNewsCommons | Filed under: New Jersey | Tags: Daniel Anderl, Federal Judge, Mark Anderl, North Brunswick shooting, U.S. District Judge Esther Salas | Comments Off on Federal judge’s son killed, husband shot by unknown gunman at their N.J. home
New Jersey is “stunned”
New Jersey was stunned that U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg recommended U.S Senator Chuck Schumer’s brother-in-law to be a federal judge, according to a headline in the NYPost.
I live in New Jersey and I’m not stunned. Are you stunned?
Lautenberg and Senator Robert Menendez recommended Kevin McNulty of Short Hills for a federal judgeship in October. President Obama nominated McNulty for a seat on the New Jersey District bench on December 16th.
McNulty, a Director of the Newark firm, Gibbons, PC is married to Schumer’s sister Fran.
The Post says that McNulty was a last minute choice of Lautenberg who had been actively considering other candidates and that the choice was made to keep New Jersey’s senior citizen senator in the good graces of Schumer who will help him stave off a movement within the Democratic party to challenge his nomination for reelection in 2014.
Lautenberg will be 88 years old in January. He’ll be 90 on election day 2014. 96 at the end of another term, should he be reelected and survive.
Lautenberg’s staff denied that politics was involved with the McNulty appointment. The senator didn’t even know McNulty was related to Schumer when his name first came up for a judicial appointment in 2009. Maybe he forgot.
Schumer’s staff denied that he had anything to do with the nomination.
The point of the story seems to be that Lautenberg is running for another term. Not even Frank Pallone is stunned by that news.
The other point would be that a candidate for the bench other than McNulty was stunned. Oh well.
The good news is the McNulty appears to be qualified to be a federal judge. The Schumer-McNulty’s do not appear to have bought political influence. McNulty has made on $2000 in federal campaign contributionssince 2000; $500 to Jon Corzine’s senatorial election campaign and $1500 to his firms PAC. Fran Schumer gave another $500 to Corzine in 2000.
Posted: December 26th, 2011 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Frank Lautenberg, Robert Menendez | Tags: Chuck Schumer, Federal Judge, Fran Schumer, Frank Lautenberg, Frank Pallone, Kevin McNulty, NY Post, Robert Menendez, U.S Senator | 1 Comment »
