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| James Gardner | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #3 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 10/03/2002 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Jan Dubois |
| Past post: | Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas, Judge |
| Past term: | 1981 - 2002 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1940 |
| Home State: | Allentown, PA |
| Bachelors: | Yale, B.A., 1962 |
| Law School: | Harvard Law, J.D., 1965 |
| Military service: | U.S. Navy JAG 1966 - 1969, Reserves 1969 - 1993 |
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He is one of twenty-two Article III judges on the court, and one of thirteen judges on the court who were nominated to it by George W. Bush.
Early life and education
A native Pennsylvanian, Gardner graduated from Yale University with his Bachelor's Degree in 1962 and later graduated from Harvard Law School with his Juris Doctorate Degree in 1965. Gardner also served in the U.S. Navy JAG {Judge Advocate General) Corps from 1966 to 1969 and also served in the U.S. Naval Reserve JAG Corps from 1969 to 1993.[1]
Professional career
Gardner served as a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Pennsylvania from 1965 to 1966 and 1969 to 1981 with taking a three year hiatus due to active duty military service. Gardner also served as a solicitor to the Lehigh County Treasurer from 1971 to 1977 and also served as a part-time Assistant district attorney for the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office from 1972 to 1977. In 1977, Gardner became a full-term First assistant district attorney for the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office until 1981 when Gardner became a Common Pleas Judge for the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County until his appointment to the Federal Bench in 2002.
Judicial career
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
On the recommendation of U.S. Senators Rick Santorum and Arlen Specter Gardner was nominated by President George W. Bush on April 22, 2002, to a seat vacated by Jan Dubois as DuBois assumed senior status. Savage was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 2, 2002 on a majority voice vote and received commission on October 3, 2002[2].
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Jan Dubois |
Eastern District of Pennsylvania 2002–Current Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Ludlum • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
