NJ U.S. Attorney, Philip Sellinger, Announces Resignation
“Serving as the United States Attorney has been the honor of a lifetime,” U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger of the District of New Jersey said in a statement.
December 23, 2024 at 05:13 PM
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Philip R. Sellinger, who has served as the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey for the last three years, announced his resignation in a Monday statement.
Sellinger has served as U.S. attorney since being confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December 2021. At his federal post, Sellinger oversaw all federal criminal prosecutions and civil litigation for the state and managed more than 150 prosecutors in Newark, Camden, and Trenton. Sellinger left Greenberg Traurig in 2021, where he most recently was co-managing shareholder in the firm’s New Jersey office and previously served as co-chairman of the firm's global litigation practice.
“Serving as the United States Attorney has been the honor of a lifetime,” Sellinger said in a statement. “My sincere thanks to President Biden for appointing me the temporary steward of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. I leave knowing the storied traditions of this office will continue through our dedicated career Assistant U.S. Attorneys and staff.”
Before joining Greenberg Traurig, Sellinger was a partner with Sills Cummis & Gross, where he led the litigation department and served on the firm’s management committee. Before entering private practice, he also served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey.
In a statement on his resignation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office shared several accomplishments achieved under Selliger’s stewardship in the last three years, including creating the first standalone Civil Rights Division in any U.S. Attorney’s Office. Sellinger’s office also led the investigation into TD Bank, resulting in the bank’s guilty plea and over $1.8 billion in criminal penalties.
He also cited figures in the statement that showed a significant drop in the total number of shooting victims statewide as well as collecting more than $599 million in criminal and civil debts.
Sellinger earned his B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his J.D. from New York University School of Law. He served as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson in New Jersey. Sellinger founded and co-chaired the New Jersey Muslim Jewish Advisory Council and served on the American Jewish Committee.
His resignation will take effect on Jan. 8. However, an inquiry sent to the U.S. Attorney’s Office asking where Sellinger might be headed was not immediately returned.
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