Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., Associate Justice

Biography of Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., Associate Justice

Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., Associate Justice

Nominated: President George W. Bush

Took Seat: January 31, 2006

Bio of Justice Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. from the Supreme Court

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, April 1, 1950.

He married Martha-Ann Bomgardner in 1985, and has two children – Philip and Laura.

He served as a law clerk for Leonard I. Garth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1976–1977. He was Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1977–1981, Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1981–1985, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1985–1987, and U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1987–1990.

He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1990.

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