Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
George H.W. BushRepublican president
Seat
CA30603
Nominated
May 16, 1991
Committee hearing
June 20, 1991
Committee action
Reported (favorably)June 27, 1991
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
June 27, 1991
Commissioned
July 2, 1991
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
May 31, 2006

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware Judge Nov. 4, 1985 July 22, 1991 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Ronald Reagan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Judge July 2, 1991 In service George H.W. Bush

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

  • No recorded activity.

Cases

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Judicial writings

No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.

Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.