Maryanne Trump Barry

American judge (1937–2023)

"Maryanne Trump" and "Maryanne Barry" redirect here. For people with similar names, see Mary Trump and Marion Barry (disambiguation) .

Maryanne Trump Barry (April 5, 1937 – November 13, 2023) was an American attorney and United States federal judge . She became an assistant United States attorney in 1974 and was first appointed to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. In 1999, she was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by Bill Clinton .

In January 2006, Barry testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the nomination of her colleague Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court . She took senior status in June 2011, and announced her retirement from the bench in February 2019 after an investigation was launched into allegations that she had committed judicial misconduct by participating in fraudulent tax and financial transactions.

Barry was the eldest sister of 45th and 47th president of the United States , Donald Trump .

Early life and education

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Barry was born Maryanne Trump in the Queens borough of New York City on April 5, 1937, the first child of real estate developer Fred Trump and his wife Mary Anne MacLeod Trump . She was the eldest sister of Donald Trump .

She attended Kew-Forest School . : 243  She graduated _cum laude _ with a BA from Mount Holyoke College in 1958,

: 244  and an MA in public law and government from Columbia University in 1962.

She later attended law school, earning her JD from Hofstra University School of Law in 1974.

Career

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U.S. Attorney's Office

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After being a homemaker for 13 years, Barry became an assistant United States attorney in 1974, one of only two women out of 62 lawyers in the office of the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey . She was in the civil division from 1974 to 1975 and in the appeals division from 1976 to 1982, serving as deputy chief of that division from 1976 to 1977 and chief of the division from 1977 to 1982. She served as Executive Assistant United States Attorney from 1981 to 1982. She was First Assistant United States Attorney from 1981 to 1983.

Federal judicial service

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U.S. District Court service

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On September 14, 1983, Barry was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Henry Curtis Meanor . She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 6, 1983, and received her commission the next day. According to her niece Mary L. Trump , Donald Trump influenced his lawyer Roy Cohn to get Barry the commission, which Donald held over Barry, prompting her to state that she had earned the position.

In 1985, she recused herself in a drug-trafficking case due to her brother Donald's relationship with the accused trafficker. Her service in the district court ended on October 25, 1999, when she was elevated to the court of appeals.

Barry's reputation on the bench was that of a tough judge with strong command of her courtroom. In 1989, while a district court judge in Newark, New Jersey , she disapproved a plea bargain that would have freed two county detectives accused of protecting a drug dealer, and forced the case to trial. The detectives were convicted and received jail terms. She also presided over the conviction of Louis Manna , the Genovese crime family mobster accused of plotting to assassinate rival John Gotti .

U.S. Court of Appeals service

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Barry in 1992

A Republican, Barry was nominated to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by Democratic President Bill Clinton

on June 17, 1999. She

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