U.S. District Chief Judge Jose Linares at the 42nd annual Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey Judicial Conference at Mayfair Farms in West Orange on March 29. Courtesy photo.
Jose Linares is joining McCarter & English upon his retirement as chief judge of New Jersey’s federal courts.
Linares, whose 16-year career on the federal bench came to an end Thursday, said he has long desired to return to private practice. Linares said he was drawn to McCarter by the opportunity to start an alternate dispute resolution practice for the firm, and to work with his son-in-law, Guillermo Artiles, a partner at the firm whose practice focuses on government relations and intellectual property litigation.
