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Federal judge dies after fall
CAMDEN - U.S. District Judge Joseph Irenas, who served in Camden since 1992, has died after a fall.
Irenas, 75, was a "brilliant" and "hardworking" jurist who presided over his courtroom long after reaching retirement age, Chief Judge Jerome B.
Simandle said Tuesday.
The Princeton resident died Friday at Cooper University Hospital, Camden. He'd been taken there with severe head trauma from a fall at the courthouse last Wednesday morning.
"It's just a huge loss.
It's a catastrophe," said Simandle, who noted Irenas continued to serve even as he battled kidney failure for the past 15 years.
"He received just about every award that a lawyer or judge can receive in New Jersey," Simandle said.
Among other honors, Irenas was the 2003 recipient of the Camden County Bar Association's Judge John F.
Gerry Award, which recognized his "spirit and humanitarianism."
"He was a longtime member and good friend of the association," said Executive Director Lauren