Boxer graduated from
Lakewood High School in 1988 and graduated
magna cum laude from
Princeton University in 1992 with an A.B. in politics after completing a 132-page long senior thesis titled "White Lie, White Power: The Myth of Harmonious Race Relations in
Lakewood,
New Jersey." He then earned a
J.D. from
Columbia University School of Law in 1995. Boxer began his career as a law clerk for New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Gary S. Stein and then for U.S. District Court Judge Jerome B. Simandle. He went on to spend four years as an attorney with the Lowenstein Sandler law firm, where he litigated criminal and complex civil cases with an emphasis on securities fraud. As a federal prosecutor from 2001 to 2006, Boxer served in the terrorism unit, the criminal division and the special prosecutions division of the U.S. Attorney's Office. While there, he oversaw the investigation and prosecution of numerous public officials on corruption charges including
Operation Bid Rig. In January 2006, Gov. Jon Corzine chose Boxer to direct the state Authorities Unit, where he developed new regulations concerning procurement reform and ethics reform that led to greater transparency and efficiency at New Jersey's 58 independent state authorities. He is a resident of
Bridgewater Township. ==References==