Paul S. Diamond | |
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| Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| Assumed office June 22, 2004 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Herbert J. Hutton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paul Steven Diamond (1953-01-02)January 2, 1953 (age 73)[1] Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) University of Pennsylvania (JD) |
Paul Steven Diamond (born January 2, 1953) is aUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and a former federal judicial nominee to be a judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was appointed a federal judge byGeorge W. Bush in 2004.
Diamond was born inBrooklyn. He received aBachelor of Arts degree fromColumbia University in 1974 and aJuris Doctor from theUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School in 1977.[1][2]
Diamond was an assistant district attorney in thePhiladelphia CountyDistrict Attorney's Office from 1977–1979. In 1980 he served as alaw clerk toPennsylvania Supreme Court JusticeBruce W. Kauffman, who would later also be appointed as a judge on the Eastern District by PresidentBill Clinton). Diamond returned to the District Attorney's Office from 1981 to 1983. He worked in private practice in Philadelphia from 1983 to 2004, when he was appointed byPresidentGeorge W. Bush to the Eastern District. Diamond also has worked as anadjunct professor of law atTemple University Beasley School of Law from 1990–1992.[3] From 1993 until 1995, Diamond worked as the treasurer and as the counsel for the failed 1996 presidential campaign of United States SenatorArlen Specter.[4]
On January 20, 2004, PresidentGeorge W. Bush nominated Diamond to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated byHerbert J. Hutton. Diamond was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on June 16, 2004 and received his commission on June 22, 2004.[5]
On July 2, 2008, theLegal Intelligencer reported that as part of a package of judicial nominees, President Bush had agreed to withdraw his then nominee to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,Gene E. K. Pratter and replace her with Diamond.[4] On July 24, 2008, President Bush formally nominated Diamond to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in conjunction with Pratter's withdrawal.[6] Since Diamond was nominated after July 1, 2008, the unofficial start date of theThurmond Rule during a presidential election year, no hearings were scheduled on his nomination, and the nomination was returned to Bush at the end of his term.
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| Preceded by | Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 2004–present | Incumbent |