Michael Andre Shipp (born 1965) is a judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He is a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
He received his Bachelor of Science from Rutgers University in 1987. He received his Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1994. He served as a law clerk for Justice James Coleman of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1994 to 1995. From 1995 to 2003, he worked as an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Newark, New Jersey. From 2003 to 2007, he worked in the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, first as an Assistant Attorney General in charge of Consumer Protection and later as Counsel to the Attorney General. In 2007, he was appointed as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey holding that position until his elevation to District Judge on that court. He is the brother of former NFL player, Marcel Shipp. Justice Shipp is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Shipp received his LLM in judicial studies from Duke Law School in 2020.
Federal Judicial Service
In January 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Shipp to be a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey to the seat vacated by Judge Mary Little Cooper. He received his commission In July 2012.
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