Lowell Reed
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Lowell Reed, Jr. is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He joined the court in 1987 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. He is serving on senior status.
Early life and education
A native Pennsylvanian, Reed graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison with his Bachelor's Degree in 1952 and later graduated from the Temple University School of Law with his Juris Doctorate Degree in 1958. Reed also served as a U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander in the Division of Naval Intelligence, from 1953 to 1957.
Legal career
Reed began his legal career as a law clerk for Common Pleas Judge Ethan Allen Doty for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia in 1958. From 1958 to 1962, Reed was the Corporation trial counsel for PMA Insurance Group based in Philadelphia before entering into Private practice licensed in the State of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1988. In addition to his legal work, Reed became a Lecturer in law at the Temple University Beasley School of Law from 1966 to 1981 and the pm Faculty advisory board of the The Academy of Advocacy at Temple University since 1989
Federal judicial career
On the recommendation of U.S. Senators Arlen Specter and John Heinz III Reed was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on December 18, 1987, to a seat vacated by Tony Scirica as Scirica was nominated to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals</ref>"FJC.gov" Judge Scirica's Biography, January 30, 2009</ref>. Reed was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 19, 1988, and received commission on April 20, 1988. Reed later assumed senior status on June 21, 1999.
