Anita Brody
| Anita Brody | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George H.W. Bush |
| Active: | 10/02/1992 - 06/07/2009 |
| Senior: | 06/08/2009 - Present |
| Preceded by: | 104 Stat. 5089 |
| Past post: | Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Judge |
| Past term: | 1981 - 1992 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1935 |
| Home State: | New York City, NY |
| Bachelors: | Wellesley College, B.A., 1955 |
| Law School: | Columbia Law, J.D., 1958 |
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Anita Blumstein Brody is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She joined the court in 1992 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush. Brody recently assumed senior status on June 8, 2009
Early life and education
Born in New York City, New York, Brody graduated from Wellesley College with her Bachelor's Degree in 1955 and later from Columbia Law School with her Juris Doctor Degree in 1958. [1]
Professional career
Brody served as Deputy Assistant State Attorney General for the State of New York from 1958 to 1959. Brody entered private practice in the State of Pennsylvania from 1958 to 1981. Brody also served as a part-time Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1978 to 1979. Brody was a Common Pleas Judge in the Court of Common Pleas for the 38th Judicial District in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania from 1981 to 1992.[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
On the recommendation of Arlen Specter, Brody was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by President George H.W. Bush on November 22, 1991, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089, which was approved by Congress. Brody was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 29, 1992 on a Senate vote and received commission on October 2, 1992. [2]
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1992–2009 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
