largest ransomware attack in the U.S. that crippled institutions in New Jersey and elsewhere. Sarah Brockington Bost (2002), Mayor of Irvington, New Jersey Martin Taccetta & Michael Taccetta (1987) - Unsuccessful prosecution of high-ranking members of The Jersey Crew, a faction of the Lucchese crime family UMDNJ (2005) - Deferred prosecution agreement overseen by federal monitor Herbert Stern involving Medicaid double-billing and other cases of health care fraud at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Thomas J. Whelan - Conviction of mayor of Jersey City on conspiracy, bribery and extortion charges Woodcliff Lake (2018) - Filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Borough of Woodcliff Lake for violations of RLUIPA resulting from the Borough’s efforts to prevent an Orthodox Jewish congregation from building a new place of worship. Prominent officeholders Prominent assistant US attorneys Samuel Alito - associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court Carolyn Arch - partner, Arch & Goodwin, Newark, N.J. Maryanne Trump Barry - U.S. circuit court judge, Third Circuit John Winslow Bissell - U.S. district court judge Matthew Boxer - comptroller, State of New Jersey Garrett Brown, Jr. - U.S. district court judge Renée Marie Bumb - U.S. district court judge Michael Chagares - U.S. circuit court judge, Third Circuit Michael Chertoff - Former secretary, Department of Homeland Security Stanley R. Chesler - U.S. district court judge Chris Christie - Former governor of New Jersey John Farmer Jr. - Former attorney general, State of New Jersey Joseph Greenaway - U.S. circuit court judge, Third Circuit Gurbir Grewal - Former Bergen County prosecutor and former attorney general of New Jersey Peter C. Harvey - Former attorney general, State of New Jersey Katharine Hayden - U.S. district court judge Noel Hillman - U.S. district court judge; Former chief, Public Integrity Section, U.S. Department of Justice Richard J. Hughes - Former governor of New Jersey; Former chief justice, New Jersey Supreme Court David Lat - blogger, Underneath their Robes and Above the Law William Martini - U.S. district court judge; Former congressman (NJ-8) Stuart Rabner - chief justice, New Jersey Supreme Court Jerome Simandle - U.S. district court judge Herbert Stern - former U.S. district court judge; former federal monitor, UMDNJ Medicaid fraud investigation Officeholders References External links Official District Court website Official U.S. Attorney's Office website Thomas Library of Congress Video reviewing the first 225 years of the Office of the United States Attorney for the District