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Cynthia Rufe

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Cynthia Rufe
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Tenure
2021 - Present
Years in position
4
Prior offices:
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Years in office: 2002 - 2021
Successor:Mary Kay Costello (Nonpartisan)
Education
Bachelor's
Adelphi University, 1970
Law
State University of New York, Buffalo, 1977
Personal
Birthplace
Philadelphia, PA
Contact

Cynthia Rufe is afederal judge onsenior status with theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She joined the court in 2002 after a nomination from PresidentGeorge W. Bush (R).[1]

Rufe assumedsenior status on December 31, 2021.[2]

Biography

Early life and education

Rufe graduated from Adelphi University with her bachelor's degree in 1970 and graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School with herJ.D. degree in 1977.[1]

Professional career

  • 1994-2002: Judge,Bucks County Court of Common Pleas
  • 1982-1993: Attorney, private practice
  • 1984-1988: Solicitor,Bucks County Children and Youth Social Services Agency
  • 1980-1981: Deputy Public Defender, Bucks County Public Defender's Office
  • 1977-1982: Assistant and Coordinator Public Defender, Juvenile Division, Bucks County Public Defender's Office[1]

Judicial career

Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2002-present)

On the recommendation of U.S. SenatorsRick Santorum and Arlen Specter, Rufe was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by PresidentGeorge W. Bush onJanuary 23, 2002, to a seat vacated by JudgeNorma Shapiro. Rufe was confirmed by the U.S. Senate onApril 30, 2002, and received commission onMay 3, 2002.[3][4] She assumedsenior status on December 31, 2021.[5]

See also

External links

Officeholder

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

  • Website
  • Footnotes

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    Active judges

    Chief JudgeWendy Beetlestone  •  Paul Diamond  •  Juan Sanchez (Pennsylvania)  •  Jeffrey L. Schmehl  •  Chad F. Kenney, Sr.  •  Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro  •  John M. Younge  •  Gail Weilheimer  •  Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr.  •  Mark A. Kearney  •  Joseph F. Leeson, Jr.  •  Gerald J. Pappert  •  Mia Roberts Perez  •  Kelley Hodge  •  Joshua Wolson  •  Karen Marston  •  John Gallagher (Pennsylvania federal judicial nominee)  •  John Frank Murphy  •  Catherine Henry  •  Mary Kay Costello

    Senior judges

    Harvey Bartle  •  Robert Kelly (Pennsylvania)  •  Jan DuBois  •  Ronald Buckwalter  •  William Yohn  •  John Padova Sr.  •  Eduardo Robreno  •  Anita Brody  •  Petrese Tucker  •  Berle Schiller  •  Richard Surrick  •  Legrome Davis  •  Cynthia Rufe  •  Michael Baylson  •  Tim Savage  •  Darnell Jones  •  Joel Slomsky  •  

    Magistrate judgesCarol Wells  •  Timothy Rice  •  David Strawbridge  •  Elizabeth Hey  •  Lynne Sitarski  •  Scott Reid  •  Marilyn Heffley  •  Richard A. Lloret  •  Pamela Carlos  •  
    Former Article III judges

    William Ditter  •  John Fullam  •  Louis Pollak  •  Norma Shapiro  •  Lowell Reed  •  James Giles  •  Thomas O'Neill (Pennsylvania)  •  Bruce Kauffman  •  Curtis Joyner  •  Mary McLaughlin  •  James Gardner (Pennsylvania)  •  Gene Pratter  •  Lawrence Stengel  •  Thomas Golden  •  Felipe Restrepo  •  William Lewis (Pennsylvania)  •  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  •  Mitchell Goldberg  •  Herbert Hutton  •  Daniel Huyett  •  Harry Kalodner  •  James M. Kelly (Pennsylvania)  •  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 (Pennsylvania)  •  Thomas Egan (Pennsylvania)  •  Herbert Fogel  •  Frederick Follmer  •  Abraham Freedman  •  James Ganey  •  Francis Van Dusen  •  Aloyisus 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  •  Donald Van Artsdalen  •  Edward G. Smith  •  

    Former Chief judges

    Harvey Bartle  •  John Fullam  •  James Giles  •  Curtis Joyner  •  Petrese Tucker  •  Juan Sanchez (Pennsylvania)  •  William Huntington Kirkpatrick  •  Mitchell Goldberg  •  John Whitaker Lord  •  Joseph Simon Lord  •  Alfred Luongo  •  Louis Bechtle  •  Edward Cahn  •  Thomas Clary  •  James Ganey  •  


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