Michael Farbiarz Biography – Michael Farbiarz Wiki

Michael Farbiarz is a Judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He was nominated by President Joe Biden (Democratic Party) on January 3, 2023, to replace Judge Noel Hillman, who took senior status on April 4, 2022. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 2, 2023, and received commission on May 5, 2023.

Prior to that, he served as the General Counsel of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, one of the largest public agencies in the United States, from 2016-2023. As General Counsel, he managed a law department of around 120 people and, among other things, oversaw the negotiation and documentation of numerous large infrastructure transactions, including the two then-largest public-private partnerships in U.S. history and a number of multi-billion dollar transactions, including a $15 billion+ deal to remake JFK airport.

Prior to that, Judge Farbiarz served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) from 2004 to 2014. He received the Department of Justice’s single highest annual award, and focused on terrorism, counter-espionage, and arms-trafficking – including serving as Co-Chief of the SDNY’s national security-focused unit from 2010-2014.

Judge Farbiarz was an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York from 2001 to 2004. He served as a law clerk for Judge José A. Cabranes on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 2000 to 2001 and for Chief Judge Michael B. Mukasey on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1999 to 2000.

Judge Farbiarz received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1999 and his A.B. from Harvard University in 1995. In addition, Judge Farbiarz was a Senior Fellow at New York University School of Law from 2014 to 2016.

Age

Michael E. Farbiarz was born in 1973 in New York City, New York, to parents Baruc Farbiarz and Elsa Arditti.

Michael Farbiarz Parents

Judge Michael Farbiarz is the son of Baruc Farbiarz and Elsa Arditti. His father, Baruc Farbiarz, was born in 1946 in a displaced persons camp in Germany. He lived there for 2 years, and then he moved to the young state of Israel. He lived there until he was just shy of his 13th birthday, and then he moved to the United States. His mother’s parents had moved to the United States as adults from what was the Ottoman Empire. His parents are high school sweethearts.

Michael Farbiarz Wife

Judge Michael Farbiarz is married to Megan Lewis. They are college sweethearts.

Michael Farbiarz Family

Honorable Michael E. Farbiarz and his wife, Megan Lewis, have three children; two daughters, Sara and Alanna, and a son, Gabriel.

Michael Farbiarz Religion

Judge Farbiarz identifies as Jewish (Judaism).

Michael Farbiarz Ethnicity

Judge Michael Farbiarz is of Jewish ethnicity.

Salary

U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz receives an annual salary of $247,400.

Political Party

Judge Farbiarz is a nominee of Democratic President Joe Biden.