Robert Kugler

Hon. Robert B. Kugler (Ret.) joined JAMS after serving approximately 32 distinguished years on the bench as a United States District Court judge and magistrate judge for the District of New Jersey (D.N.J). In 2017, Chief Justice John Roberts appointed him to a seven-year term on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), a court established by Congress to hear requests made by federal governmental agencies for the approval of electronic and other forms of surveillance related to foreign intelligence. Judge Kugler took his place on the FISC in 2017, assumed the role of senior district court judge in the District of New Jersey in 2018, and completed his terms on both courts in 2024.