WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, praised the Senate confirmation of Edward Kiel to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

“I’m thrilled to see the confirmation of Judge Edward Kiel, a highly qualified jurist who has dedicated his career to justice and the law,” said Senator Booker. “I’m confident he will serve the people of New Jersey and our country with fairness and integrity. His is an extraordinary American story: he will serve as a federal judge in the same courthouse where his parents were naturalized as American citizens. Judge Kiel’s confirmation brings us closer to ensuring our judiciary reflects the rich tapestry of experiences of all Americans.”

Judge Edward S. Kiel has been a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of New Jersey since 2019. Previously, Judge Kiel was a partner at Cole Schotz, P.C. from 2002 to 2019. Before that, he was an associate at Cole Schotz from 1998 to 2001, at Beattie Padovano from 1994 to 1998, and at Jamieson Moore Peskin & Spicer from 1992 to 1994. Judge Kiel served as a law clerk on the Superior Court of New Jersey, Somerset County from 1991 to 1992. He received his J.D. from Notre Dame Law School in 1991 and his B.A. in Economics and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University in 1988.

Booker introduced Kiel during his Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing in November 2023.

President Joe Biden has nominated and the Senate has confirmed nine judges to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey: Julien X. Neals, Zahid Quraishi, Christine O’Hearn, Karen Williams, Georgette Castner, Evelyn Padin, Michael Fabiarz, Robert Kirsch, and Jamel Semper. Biden has also nominated Adeel Abdullah Mangi to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Booker has served on the Senate Judiciary Committee since 2018. He has been a leader in the Senate on criminal justice and policing reform since he was first elected in 2013. Booker has introduced numerous criminal justice reform proposals, including: the Fair Chance Act, the MERCY Act, the Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act, the Second Look Act, the Justice in Policing Act, and the EQUAL Act. He was also a key architect of the most sweeping overhaul of the criminal justice system in decades, the First Step Act, which was signed into law in 2018.