Maryanne Trump-Barry
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Marriage and Family
- Maryanne Trump Desmond married John Joseph Barry in 1982. “Maryanne Trump Desmond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Trump of Jamaica Estates, Queens, was married yesterday to John Joseph Barry, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James J. Barry of New York. The Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale performed the ceremony at the Marble Collegiate Church in New York.” (New York Times, December 27, 1982)
- Maryanne’s husband, James Barry, was a criminal defense attorney based in New York and New Jersey. “Mr. Barry, a lawyer with a practice in New York and New Jersey, graduated from Pratt Institute and New York University School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He is a member of the Criminal Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and vice president of the Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey.” (New York Times, December 27, 1982)
Legal Career
- Maryanne Trump received her undergraduate degree from Mount Holyoke college and a law degree from Hofstra University. “The bride, First Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey in Newark, is the highest ranking woman in the major United States Attorneys' Offices. She graduated cum laude from Mount Holyoke College, received a master's degree in public law and government from Columbia University, and received a J.D. degree from Hofstra University School of Law, where she served as editor of the Law Review and a member of the National Moot Court Team. She is first vice president of the Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey, and a member of the Lawyer's Advisory Committee of the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Her father is founder and chairman of the board of the Trump Organization, a real estate firm, with headquarters in New York City, of which her brother, Donald J. Trump, is president.” (New York Times, December 27, 1982)
- September, 1983: Ronald Reagan nominated Maryanne Trump Barry to a position as a federal judge. “President Reagan today nominated Maryanne Trump Barry, the first assistant United States attorney for New Jersey, to be a district judge in Trenton. […] Mrs. Barry, who is 46 years old and lives in East Orange, was born in Jamaica, Queens. She is a graduate of the Hofstra University School of Law and was editor of its Law Review. Her brother is Donald Trump, a major New York City real-estate developer, who is seeking to build a casino-hotel in Atlantic City. She said she did not anticipate any conflict-of- interest problems regarding his activities in New Jersey.” (New York Times, September 15, 1983)
Political Opinions
- Maryanne Trump Barry called for harsher sentences for muggers after her own mother was mugged. “Judge Not: Donald Trump's sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, says the legal system needs to get tough with muggers, or elderly residents like her mother will have to continue to live in a ‘climate of fear.’ Mary Trump, 79, was beaten and robbed last month. ‘I'm speaking now as a daughter and not as a federal judge,’ Barry said in Newark, N.J. ‘Thugs who brutalize elderly people should be punished severely.’” (Los Angeles Times, November 18, 1991)
Financial Matters
- 1983: Maryanne Trump Barry’s federal judicial position initially paid a salary of $70,300 per year. “President Reagan today nominated Maryanne Trump Barry, the first assistant United States attorney for New Jersey, to be a district judge in Trenton. ‘I am delighted,’ Mrs. Barry said of her nomination to the $70,300- a-year post.” (New York Times, September 15, 1983)
