Berle Schiller
Berle Schiller is afederal judge serving on senior status for theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He joined the court in 2000 after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton. He assumed senior status on June 18, 2012.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Brooklyn,New York, Schiller graduated from Bowdoin College with his bachelor's degree in 1965 and obtained hisJ.D. from New York University School of Law in 1968.[1]
Professional career
Schiller was a private practice attorney inPennsylvania from 1968 to 1969 and again from 1972 to 1993. Schiller was Deputy Attorney General for the Pennsylvania Department of Justice in 1971 before serving as Chief Counsel for theFederal Transit Administration from 1994 to 1996. Schiller was appointed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge to theSuperior Court of Pennsylvania, where he served as an appellate judge from 1996 to 2000.[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Schiller was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by PresidentBill Clinton on April 11, 2000 to a seat vacated byRobert Gawthrop.Schiller was confirmed by the U.S.Senate on May 24, 2000 on a Senate vote and received commission onJune 2, 2000.[2] He assumed senior status on June 18, 2012.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Robert Gawthrop | Eastern District of Pennsylvania 2000–2012 Seat #17 | Succeeded by: Edward G. Smith |
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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 •Hamilton •Huck •Hunt •Lawson •Lefkow •Lynch •Martin •McLaughlin •Moody •Murguia •Paez •Pisano •Presnell •Rawlinson •Reagan •Schiller •Singal •Steele •Surrick •Swain •Tallman •Teilborg •Tucker •Whittemore | ||
Federal courts:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court:Eastern District of Pennsylvania,Middle District of Pennsylvania,Western District of Pennsylvania • U.S. Bankruptcy Court:Eastern District of Pennsylvania,Middle District of Pennsylvania,Western District of Pennsylvania
State courts:
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania•Pennsylvania Superior Court•Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court•Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas•Pennsylvania Magisterial Districts
State resources:
Courts in Pennsylvania •Pennsylvania judicial elections •Judicial selection in Pennsylvania
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- Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Seat 17
- Judge on senior status, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
