Marjorie Rendell
| Marjorie Rendell | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Station: | Philadelphia, PA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 9/29/1997 - Present |
| Preceded by: | William Hutchinson |
| Past post: | Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
| Past term: | 1994-1997 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1947 |
| Home State: | Wilmington, DE |
| Bachelors: | U. of Pennsylvania '69 |
| Law School: | Villanova U. '73 |
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Early life and education
Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Judge Rendell graduated from Pennsylvania with her Bachelor's Degree in 1969 and later received her J.D. degree from Villanova Law in Philadelphia in 1973.[1].
Legal career
Rendell was a private practice attorney at the law firm of Duane, Morris & Heckscher from 1973 to 1993. Rendell became the firm’s second ever woman partner. Over the course of her 20-year career as a practicing attorney, Rendell specialized in bankruptcy law and commercial litigation cases, served as a mediator for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and was a frequent speaker at law-related seminars and panels across the nation for professional organizations.[1]
Federal judicial career
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
On the recommendation of Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Harris Wofford, Mrs. Rendell was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by President Bill Clinton on November 19, 1993 to a seat vacated by Louis Bechtle. Rendell was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 10, 1994 on a majority vote and received commission on February 11, 1994. [2]
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Rendell was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by President Bill Clinton on January 7, 1997 to a seat vacated by William Hutchinson. [3]. Rendell was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 26, 1997 on a majority voice vote and received commission on September 29, 1997. [4]
Awards and associations
Notable cases
First Lady of Pennsylvania
Marjorie Rendell is married to Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell. Mrs. Rendell has served as the First Lady of the State of Pennsylvania since Governor Rendell was sworn into office in 2003. [5].
External links
- Official Website of First Lady Marjorie Rendell of Pennsylvania
- About the First Lady of Pennsylvania
- First Lady Marjorie Rendell's Initiatives to the State of Pennsylvania
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Louis Bechtle |
Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1994–1997 |
Succeeded by: ' |
| Preceded by: William Hutchinson |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1997–present |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| Active judges |
• Stewart Dalzell • Eduardo Robreno • Mary McLaughlin • Petrese Tucker • Legrome Davis • Cynthia Rufe • Tim Savage • James Gardner • Gene Pratter • Lawrence Stengel • Paul Diamond • Juan Sanchez • Darnell Jones • Mitchell Goldberg • Joel Slomsky | ||
| Senior judges |
Harvey Bartle • William Ditter • Norma Shapiro • Lowell Reed • Thomas O'Neill • Edmund Ludwig • Robert Kelly • Jan Dubois • Ronald Buckwalter • William Yohn • John Padova • Curtis Joyner • Anita Brody • Berle Schiller • Richard Surrick • Michael Baylson • Donald Van Artsdalen • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Thomas Reuter • Carol Wells • Jacob Hart • Linda Caracappa • Timothy Rice • David Strawbridge • Felipe Restrepo • Faith Angell • Henry Perkin • Elizabeth Hey • Lynne Sitarski • Arnold Rapoport • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
John Fullam • Louis Pollak • James Giles • Bruce Kauffman • Thomas Golden • William Lewis • Richard Peters • Joseph Hopkinson • Archibald Randall • John Kintzing Kane • John Cadwalader • William Butler • Anthony Scirica • Franklin Van Antwerpen • Marjorie Rendell • John Bayard McPherson • James Buchanan Holland • Joseph Whitaker Thompson • Oliver Booth Dickinson • Charles Louis McKeehan • William Huntington Kirkpatrick • Herbert Hutton • Daniel Huyett • Harry Kalodner • James McGirr Kelly • Marvin Katz • John Whitaker Lord • Joseph Simon Lord • Alfred Luongo • George Austin Welsh • Albert Maris • Guy Bard • Louis Bechtle • Edward Becker • Ralph Body • Raymond Broderick • Edward Cahn • Thomas Clary • John Morgan Davis • Thomas Egan • Herbert Fogel • Frederick Follmer • Abraham Freedman • James Ganey • Francis Van Dusen • Aloysius Higginbotham • Robert Gawthrop • James Gorbey • Clifford Green • Allan Grim • John Hannum • Charles William Kraft • Thomas Masterson • Joseph McGlynn • James McGranery • Clarence Newcomer • Emanuel Mac Troutman • Jay Waldman • Charles Weiner • Harold Wood • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Harvey Bartle • John Fullam • James Giles • Curtis Joyner • William Huntington Kirkpatrick • John Whitaker Lord • Joseph Simon Lord • Alfred Luongo • Louis Bechtle • Edward Cahn • Thomas Clary • James Ganey • | ||
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
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