--- title: "Claire Claudia Cecchi | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/claire-claudia-cecchi" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Claire Claudia Cecchi U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey - State: New Jersey - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, D. New Jersey, 2011-present - Current role: Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (since 2011) - U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 2006-2011 - District Judge: Nominated by President Barack Obama on December 1, 2010, to replace Joseph A. Greenaway Jr., who was elevated to the Third Circuit - Before joining the judiciary, Cecchi served as Assistant Corporation Counsel for the New York City Law Department (1989–1992). - Claire Claudia Cecchi (née Chadirjian; born January 18, 1964, in Queens, New York) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, sitting in Newark - She then practiced private law in Newark, NJ, and later as an associate and partner at several law firms, including McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP. ### Education - Fordham University School of Law in — J.D. (1989) ### Additional information - Private practice, Newark, NJ, 1992-2006 - Date of birth: 1964-01-01 - Birth place: Queens, NY ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393716) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393716) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393716) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/576/claire-claudia-cecchi/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/576/claire-claudia-cecchi/) - [Wikidata: Claire C. Cecchi](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5125163) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/claire-claudia-cecchi", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/claire-claudia-cecchi", "name": "Claire Claudia Cecchi | KnowJudges", "description": "Claire Claudia Cecchi, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.