Jerry Pappert
Jerry Pappert | |
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.jpg) Pappert in 2014 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| Assumed office December 4, 2014 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Stewart Dalzell |
| 44th Attorney General of Pennsylvania | |
| In office December 15, 2003 – January 18, 2005 Acting: December 15, 2003 – February 2, 2004 | |
| Governor | Ed Rendell |
| Preceded by | D. Michael Fisher |
| Succeeded by | Tom Corbett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gerald John Pappert May 15, 1963 Albany, New York |
| Political party | Republican[1] |
| Education | Villanova University (B.A.) Notre Dame Law School (J.D.) |
Gerald John Pappert (born May 15, 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and former Pennsylvania Attorney General.
Biography
Pappert was born on May 15, 1963, in Albany, New York. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1985 from Villanova University. He received a Juris Doctor in 1988 from the University of Notre Dame Law School. He began his legal career at the law firm of Duane Morris LLP, from 1988 to 1997. He served as the First Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania, from 1997 to 2003, and as the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, from 2003 to 2005. He was a partner at Ballard Spahr LLP, from 2005 to 2008. He served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Cephalon, Inc., from 2008 to 2012. From 2012 to 2014, he was a partner at Cozen O'Connor. He concurrently served as Chair of the Pennsylvania Banking and Securities Commission.[2][3][4]
Federal judicial service
On June 16, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Pappert to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to the seat vacated by Judge Stewart Dalzell, who assumed senior status on October 31, 2013.[5] On July 24, 2014 a hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary was held on his nomination.[6] On September 18, 2014 his nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.[7] On December 1, 2014 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on his nomination. On Wednesday December 3, 2014 cloture was invoked by a 67–28 vote.[8] He was later confirmed by a voice vote that same day.[9] He received his judicial commission on December 4, 2014.[4]
References
- ^ Voruganti, Harsh (March 31, 2017). "Understanding Blue Slips: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?". The Vetting Room. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ "President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Five to Serve on the United States District Courts". whitehouse.gov. June 13, 2014 – via National Archives.
- ^ "Obama Nominates Four Lawyers to Federal Bench" Philadelphia Business Journal, June 14, 2014
- ^ a b "Pappert, Gerald John – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. June 16, 2014 – via National Archives.
- ^ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 18, 2014 United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary" (PDF).
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Gerald J. Pappert, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania)". United States Senate. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ^ "PN1778 — Gerald J. Pappert — The Judiciary". congress.gov. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
External links
- Jerry Pappert at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Gerald J. Pappert at Ballotpedia
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Notre Dame Law School alumni
- Pennsylvania Attorneys General
- Pennsylvania lawyers
- Pennsylvania Republicans
- Lawyers from Albany, New York
- United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama
- 21st-century American judges
- Villanova University alumni