Legrome D. Davis
 |
Legrome D. Davis | |
|---|---|
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| Assumed office September 28, 2017 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| In office April 23, 2002 – September 28, 2017 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Edmund V. Ludwig |
| Succeeded by | Karen S. Marston |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) Rutgers University (JD) |
Legrome Derek Davis (born 1952) is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Education and career
[edit]Davis was born in Columbus, Ohio. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1973 and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers Law School in 1976.[1] Davis was an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia from 1977 to 1980. After leaving the D.A.'s office Davis spent a year as an attorney for the Pennsylvania Crime Commission. He returned to the D.A.'s office from 1981 to 1987, before spending a year in the general counsel's office at the University of Pennsylvania. He was briefly in private practice in Pennsylvania in 1987. He was elected a judge on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, as one of the Casey Five, to replace judges removed from that court for corruption,[2][3] where he served from 1987 to 2002 in that court's criminal division.[4]
Federal judicial service
[edit]Expired nominations to district court under Clinton
[edit]Davis was nominated to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by President Bill Clinton on two occasions, July 30, 1998[5] and January 26, 1999.[6] Each time, he was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Edmund V. Ludwig, who assumed senior status on May 20, 1997. Both nominations lapsed.[7]
Renomination to district court under Bush
[edit]On January 23, 2002, Davis was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by Edmund V. Ludwig. Davis was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 18, 2002, and received commission on April 23, 2002. He assumed senior status on September 28, 2017.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The President Nominates Francis M. Allegra and Legrome D. Davis to serve on the Federal Bench". The White House. July 30, 1998. Archived from the original on July 5, 2010. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
- ^ Kromer, John (2020). "Philadelphia Battlefields: Disruptive Campaigns and Upset Elections in a Changing City (Temple University Press)". www.phila3-0.org.
- ^ Goldman, Mary; Hearn, Peter; Jones, Ernest E. (2007-11-01). "Letters, Judges too good to throw out". Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ D'Annunzio, P.J. (September 28, 2017). "Pa. Eastern District Judge Legrome Davis Takes Senior Status". The Legal Intelligencer. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ "PN1316 — Legrome D. Davis — The Judiciary". congress.gov. October 21, 1998. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ "PN34 — Legrome D. Davis — The Judiciary". congress.gov. December 15, 2000. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ a b Legrome D. Davis at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
[edit]- Legrome D. Davis at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1952 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American judges
- African-American judges
- Judges of the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Lawyers from Columbus, Ohio
- Princeton University alumni
- Rutgers School of Law–Camden alumni
- United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush