Madeline Elizabeth Cox Arleo (born November 25, 1963) is a

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of the

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and a former

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of the same court.

Biography

Arleo was born in 1963 in

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. She received a

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degree in 1985 from

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and a

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degree in 1986 from

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. She received a

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, summa cum laude, in 1989 from

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, where she was Editor in Chief of the Law Review. She began her legal career as a

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to Judge Marie L. Garibaldi of the

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, from 1989 to 1990. She worked at the law firm of Clapp & Eisenberg from 1990 to 1994 and at the law firm of Barry & McMoran from 1994 to 1998. From 1998 to 2000, she was a partner at the law firm of Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry, LLP, where her practice focused on civil litigation in Federal and State courts.

Federal judicial service

From 2000 to 2014, she served as a

in the District of New Jersey. On June 26, 2014, President

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nominated Arleo to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, to the seat vacated by Judge

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, who retired on January 31, 2014. On July 29, 2014, a hearing before the

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was held on her nomination. On September 18, 2014, her nomination was reported out of committee by a

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. On November 18, 2014, Senate Majority Leader

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filed for

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on her nomination. On November 19, 2014, the

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invoked

on her nomination by a 56–40 vote. On November 20, 2014, her nomination was confirmed by a

. She received her judicial commission on November 21, 2014.

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