Born on January 9, 1884, in
Franklin,
New Jersey, Lynch
read law in 1906. He entered private practice in
Paterson, New Jersey from 1906 to 1913. He was an
Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1913 to 1916, serving as Second Assistant United States Attorney from 1913 to 1914, and as First Assistant United States Attorney from 1914 to 1916. He was the
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1916 to 1919. ==Federal judicial service==