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Mark A. Kearney

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Mark A. Kearney
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Tenure
2014 - Present
Years in position
11
Education
Bachelor's
Villanova University, 1984
Law
Villanova University Law, 1987
Personal
Birthplace
Philadelphia, PA
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Mark A. Kearney is afederal judge for theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the court, he was a shareholder at the law firm ofElliot Greenleaf & Siedzikowski, P.C. PresidentBarack Obama nominated Kearney to theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania onJune 16, 2014.[1] Kearney was confirmed by the United StatesSenate on December 3, 2014, by a voice vote.[2]

Education

Kearney earned his B.A. andJ.D. from Villanova University in 1984 and 1987, respectively.[1] He also spent a year at Drexel University School of Business from 1985 to 1986, but earned no degree.[3]

Professional career

  • 1990-2014: Attorney,Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski, P.C.
  • 2011-2014: Managing share holder of Delaware Office
  • 2000-2014: Director
  • 2000-2014: Corporate secretary
  • 1995-2014: Co-hiring shareholder
  • 1995-2014: Shareholder
  • 1990-1995: Associate
  • 1988-1990: Attorney,Elliott Mannino & Chancery
  • 1987-1988: Law clerk, Vice Chancellor Maurice A. Hartnett, III, Delaware Court of Chancery[1][3]

Judicial career

Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Nomination Tracker
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Nominee Information
Name: Make A. Kearney
Court:Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Progress
Confirmed 170 days after nomination.
ApprovedANominated: June 16, 2014
ApprovedAABA Rating: Unanimously Qualified
Questionnaire:Questionnaire
ApprovedAHearing: July 24, 2014
QFRs:QFRs(Hover over QFRs to read more)
ApprovedAReported: September 18, 2014 
ApprovedAConfirmed: December 3, 2014
ApprovedAVote: Voice vote


Mark A. Kearney was nominated by PresidentBarack Obama on June 16, 2014, to fill a vacancy on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. President Obama on the nomination:

“I am honored to put forward these highly qualified candidates for the federal bench. They will be distinguished public servants and valuable additions to the United States District Courts.[1][4]”

TheAmerican Bar Association rated KearneyUnanimously Qualified for the nomination.[5]

TheSenate Judiciary Committee heald a hearing for Kearney on July 24, 2014.[6] The committee reported Kearney to the fullSenate on September 18, 2014, on voice vote.[7] TheSenate confirmed Kearney on December 3, 2014, by a voice vote.[2]

Awards and associations

Awards

  • 2013, 2014: Benchmark Litigation, Pennsylvania Local Litigation Star
  • 2012, 2013, 2014: Top 100 Lawyer inPennsylvania
  • 2012: The American Cancer Society'sCare Never Quits Award
  • 2012: Whitpain Recreation Association's 2012 Volunteer Recognition Award
  • 2012: Pennsylvania Bar Association's Exemplary Pro Bono Award
  • 2012: Pennsylvania Bar Association's Chief Justice John P. Flaherty Award
  • 2011, 2012, 2013: Top 100 Lawyer in Philadelphia
  • 2011: Norristown Area School District's Special Recognition Award for Commitment to the Civics Education of Students in the School District
  • 2011: Montgomery Bar Association's Henry Stuckert Miller Public Service Award for Devotion and Service to the Community of Montgomery County
  • 2011: Suburban Life Readers Choice Recognition for Region's Top Lawyers,Business Law
  • 2008, 2010: National Thomas Reuters Luminary Award for Communications Excellence from the National Association of Bar Executives
  • 2003-2014: PennsylvaniaSuper Lawyer byThomson Reuters
  • 2003: Montgomery Bar Association's Annual President's Award for "Leadership and Dedicated Service to the Bar and Devotion to the Rule of Law"
  • 1995-Present: Martindale Hubbell AV rated

Associations

  • 2012-Present: Board of consultors, Villanova Law School
  • 2010-Present: Director, Legal Aid of SoutheasternPennsylvania
  • 2008-2010: National Conference of Bar Presidents
  • 2005-2009: Director, Montgomery Child Advocacy Project
  • 2007-Present: Director, Pennsylvania Bar Institute
  • 2014-Present: President
  • 2013-2014: Vice-president
  • 2012-2013: Secretary
  • 2011-2012: Treasurer
  • 2006-Present: Director, Montgomery Bar Foundation
  • 2012-Present: Vice president
  • 2010-2011: President
  • 2010: Chairperson
  • 2007-Present: Philadelphia Aviation Country Club
  • 2005-Present: Whitpain Recreation Association
  • 2011-2012: Tournament chair
  • 2005-Present: Executive committee
  • 2002-Present: Brehon Law Society
  • 2002-2013: Director, Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians
  • 2002-2010: Chairperson
  • 2002-2004: Director, Internet Cable Corporation
  • 2003-2004: Audit Committee chair
  • 2002, 2004: United States District Court Merit Selection Panel for the Recommendation of U.S. Magistrate Judge
  • 2001-2009: Philadelphia Vesper Club
  • 2000-2002: Board of directors, Philadelphia Area Immigration Resource Center
  • 1996-Present: Pennsylvania Society
  • 1993-Present: Montgomery Bar Association
  • 2013-Present: Chair/co-chair, Federal Practice Committee
  • 2010-2014: Chair, Government Relations Committee
  • 2009: President
  • 2008-2009: Chair, Managing Partners Committee
  • 2008: President-elect
  • 2007-Present: Legislative liaison
  • 2007: Vice-president
  • 2007: CLE director
  • 2006: Secretary
  • 2005: Treasurer
  • 2002-2005: Director
  • 1999-2009: Chair/co-chair, Federal Practice Committee
  • 1989-Present: Philadelphia Bar Association
  • 1998-1999: Director, U.S.A. Banschares
  • 1988-Present: Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • 2012-Present: Federal Practice Committee, Steering Committee
  • 2004-Present: House of delegates
  • 1984-Present: Malvern Retreat League[3]


See also

External links

Officeholder

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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    Active judges

    Chief Judge: Wendy 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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