Alfred James Lechner, Jr.
Alfred James Lechner, Jr. (born 1951) is a former United States federal judge. The Biographical Directory of Federal Judges states that he was born in 1948.
Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Lechner was a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, and received a B.S. from Xavier University in 1969 and a J.D. from Notre Dame Law School in 1972. He was in private practice in New York City from 1972 to 1975, and in Elizabeth, New Jersey from 1975 to 1984, serving as a special counsel to the Elizabeth, New Jersey Department of Law from 1975 to 1976. He was a judge on the New Jersey Superior Court from 1984 to 1986.
On April 8, 1986, Lechner was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Frederick B. Lacey. Lechner was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 6, 1986, and received his commission on June 9, 1986. Lechner served in that capacity until October 1, 2001, when he resigned.
Lechner was hired in November 2015 as the President and CEO of the Cause of Action Institute, which is engaged in activities similar to those of the more well-known Judicial Watch. Lechner was in the news due to Cause of Action's Freedom on Information Act litigation brought with respect to the July, 2016 shooting of police in Dallas, Texas.[1] However, Lechner left Cause of Action in the fall of 2016 after less than a year in his role.
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- Alfred James Lechner, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by Frederick Bernard Lacey |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey 1986–2001 |
Succeeded by Jose L. Linares |