Edward S. Kiel Explained

Edward S. Kiel
Office:Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Term Start:March 25, 2024
Appointer:Joe Biden
Predecessor:Kevin McNulty
Office1:Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Term Start1:July 16, 2019
Term End1:March 25, 2024
Successor1:Stacey D. Adams
Birth Name:Sun Yol Kiel (길선열)
Birth Place:Daegu, South Korea
Education:Rutgers 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

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

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. In 2023, Kiel had been under consideration for appointment to the Supreme Court of New Jersey by Governor Phil Murphy.[4]

Federal judicial service

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

Personal life

Kiel immigrated from South Korea.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. October 30, 2023.
  2. Web site: Mr. Edward S. Kiel Profile Hackensack, NJ Lawyer Martindale.com . October 4, 2023 . www.martindale.com.
  3. President Biden Names Thirty-Ninth Round of Judicial Nominees . October 4, 2023 . The White House . Washington, D.C. . October 4, 2023.
  4. Web site: Wildstein . David . May 13, 2023 . Michael Noriega is Murphy's pick for N.J. Supreme Court . October 4, 2023 . New Jersey Globe . en-US.
  5. Web site: Edward S. Kiel United States Courts . October 4, 2023 . www.uscourts.gov . en.
  6. Web site: Wildstein . David . September 6, 2023 . Biden picks Semper, Kiel as federal judges . September 6, 2023 . New Jersey Globe . en-US.
  7. Web site: Wildstein . David . October 4, 2023 . Biden taps Kiel for federal judgeship . October 4, 2023 . New Jersey Globe . en-US.
  8. Nominations Sent to the Senate . October 4, 2023 . The White House . Washington, D.C. .
  9. Web site: Nominations. October 30, 2023. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Washington, D.C..
  10. News: November 1, 2023. Fox. Joey. Kiel appears before Judiciary Committee for federal judgeship. newjerseyglobe.com. November 2, 2023.
  11. Web site: Results of Executive Business Meeting – November 30, 2023. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. November 30, 2023.
  12. Web site: January 3, 2024 . PN1066 — Edward Sunyol Kiel — The Judiciary . January 9, 2024 . congress.gov.
  13. Nominations Sent to the Senate . January 8, 2024 . The White House . Washington, D.C. .
  14. Web site: Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2024. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. January 19, 2024.
  15. Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Twenty Judicial Nominations, One Executive Nomination to the Full Senate . January 18, 2024 . United States Senate Judiciary Committee . January 18, 2024.
  16. Web site: 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. March 20, 2024.
  17. Web site: 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. March 20, 2024.

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