Michael Baylson
| Michael Baylson | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Position: | Seat #16 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Approval vote: | 98-0-2 |
| Active: | 06/19/2002 - 7/13/2012 |
| Senior: | 7/13/2012 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Robert Kelly |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1939 |
| Home State: | Philadelphia, PA |
| Bachelors: | U. of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1961 |
| Law School: | U. of Pennsylvania, LL.B., 1964 |
Contents |
Early life and education
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Baylson graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with his Bachelor's Degree in 1961 and with his Law Degree in 1964.[1]
Professional career
Baylson began his legal career as a law clerk for Common Pleas Judge Joseph Sloane in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County in 1965 before serving as Assistant District Attorney for the Philadelphia County District Attorney's Office from 1966 to 1970. Baylson, entered private practice in the State of Pennsylvania from 1970 to 1988.[1]
In 1988, on the recommendation of U.S. Senators John Heinz III and Arlen Specter, Baylson was nominated by President George W. Bush as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania where he served until 1983.[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
On the recommendation of U.S. Senators Rick Santorum and Arlen Specter, Baylson was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by President George H.W. Bush on January 23, 2002, to a seat vacated by Robert Kelly. Baylson was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 30, 2002 on a unopposed 98-0-2 Senate vote and received commission on June 19, 2002. [2] [3] He assumed senior status on July 13, 2012.
Notable cases
See also
External links
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: Robert Kelly |
Eastern District of Pennsylvania 2002–2012 |
Succeeded by: NA |
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
