James Aloysius Coolahan

James Aloysius Coolahan (April 26, 1903 – July 16, 1986) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Education and career Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, Coolahan received a Bachelor of Laws from Rutgers Law School in 1925. He was a law clerk from 1925 to 1927, and was in private practice in Jersey City, New Jersey from 1927 to 1949, including service as a first assistant corporation counsel to the City of Hoboken from 1932 to 1943. He was a judge of the Hudson County Court in New Jersey from 1949 to 1956, and of the Superior Court of New Jersey from 1956 to 1962. Federal judicial service