--- title: "Evelyn Padin | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/evelyn-padin" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Evelyn Padin 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 - U.S. federal district judge for the District of New Jersey, appointed by President Joe Biden in 2022 and confirmed by the Senate 51–43 - Counsel to Landlord Tenant Board, Office of Landlord Tenant Relations, Jersey City, New Jersey, 2003-2004 - Judge, Jersey City [New Jersey] Municipal Court, 1998 - She held the role of Judge in Jersey City Municipal Court from 1998 and was a court-appointed family mediator. - Began her legal career as an associate at Linares & Coviello (1992–1994) and later founded her own firm, the Law Offices of Evelyn Padin - Law clerk, Hon. Lorraine Parker, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1992 - The second Latina federal judge for the District of New Jersey ### Education - Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services — 1985 ### Additional information - Private practice, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1995-2022 - On November 3, 2021, President Biden nominated Padin to replace retired Judge Faith S. Hochberg. - Padin was President of the New Jersey State Bar Association (2019–2020) and has served on multiple boards, including the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey and the New Jersey Association for Justice. - She also served as Counsel to the Landlord Tenant Board (2003–2004) - Private practice, Bloomfield, New Jersey, 1992-1994 - Born in 1960 in Jersey City, New Jersey, Padin earned her B.A. from Rutgers University (1983), a Master of Social Work from Fordham University (1985), and her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law (1992). - Date of birth: 1960 - focusing on criminal defense and personal injury law. - As of now, Judge Padin presides in Courtroom MLK 4C at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey - She is also a frequent lecturer on legal and diversity topics - Birth place: Jersey City ## 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/12007536) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/12007536) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/12007536) - [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) - [Judge Evelyn Padin](https://www.fjc.gov/node/12007536) - [Wikidata: Evelyn Padin](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109379586) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/evelyn-padin", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/evelyn-padin", "name": "Evelyn Padin | KnowJudges", "description": "Evelyn Padin, 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.