Nora Fischer
| Nora Fischer | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #7 |
| Station: | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 04/02/2007 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Robert Cindrich |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1951 |
| Home State: | Homestead, PA |
| Bachelors: | St. Mary's College, B.A., 1973 |
| Law School: | Notre Dame Law, J.D., 1976 |
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Nora Fischer is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She joined the court in 2007 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.
Early life and education
A native Pennsylvanian, Fischer graduated from St. Mary`s College with her Bachelor's Degree in 1973 and later graduated with her Juris Doctorate Degree from Notre Dame Law School in 1976.[1]
Professional career
After law school, Fischer became Editor for Callaghan and Company Legal Publishers from 1976 to 1977 then spent the remainder of her pre-judicial legal career as a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Pennsylvania from 1977 to 2007.
Judicial career
Western District of Pennsylvania
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, Fischer was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 9, 2007 to a seat vacated by Robert Cindrich as Cindrich resigned from Federal Judicial Service[2]. Fischer was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 14, 2007 on a unopposed 96-0 vote and received commission on April 2, 2007[3].
Notable cases
ACORN case
The notable case section on this page needs to be reformatted.
Judge Fischer on May 28, 2010, ordered that lawsuit by ACORN must proceed despite challenges to dismiss the case. ACORN is suing the State of Pennsylvania over a state law banning the use of quotas in voter registration drives. Attorney General Tom Corbett argued to have the case dismissed on the basis of ACORN shutting down.[4]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ Judge Fischer's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ [ http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=431 "FJC.gov" Judge Cindrich's Biography, January 26, 2009]
- ↑ "Senate Judiciary Committee' Confirmations of the 110th Congress, January 28, 2009
- ↑ Pittsburgh Live "Judge allows ACORN challenge of voter law", May 30, 2010
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Robert Cindrich |
Western District of Pennsylvania 2007–Current Seat #7 |
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 | ||
