Ralph Scalera

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Years in office: 1971 - 1976

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard University, 1952

Law

University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1955

Personal

Birthplace

Midland, PA

Ralph Francis Scalera (1930-present) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Scalera was nominated by PresidentRichard Nixon on November 12, 1971, to a seat vacated byJohn Lester Miller; he was confirmed by the Senate on November 23, 1971, and received commission onNovember 30. He resigned onMay 1, 1976.^[1] Scalera was succeeded in this position byPaul Simmons.

Early life and education

• Harvard University, A.B., 1952
• University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.B., 1955

Professional career

• U.S. Army, 1955-1957
• Private practice, Beaver, Pennsylvania, 1957-1959
• Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1959-1961
• Private practice, Beaver, Pennsylvania, 1961-1964
• Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, 1964-1970
• Presiding judge, 1966-1970
• Private practice, Beaver, Pennsylvania, 1970-1971
• Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1976-present

Judicial career

Western District of Pennsylvania

Scalera was nominated by PresidentRichard Nixon on November 12, 1971, to a seat vacated byJohn Lester Miller; he was confirmed by the Senate on November 23, 1971, and received commission onNovember 30. He resigned onMay 1, 1976.^[1] Scalera was succeeded in this position byPaul Simmons.

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Active judges	Chief Judge: Cathy Bissoon  •  Susan Baxter  •  Robert J. Colville  •  Marilyn J. Horan  •  Mark Raymond Hornak  •  J. Nicholas Ranjan  •  Stephanie Haines  •  William Shaw Stickman  •  Scott Hardy  •  Christy Wiegand
Senior judges	Nora Fischer  •  Arthur Schwab  •  David Cercone  •  Joy Conti  •
Magistrate judges	Keith Pesto  •  Maureen Kelly  •  Patricia Dodge  •  Richard Lanzillo  •  Kezia Taylor  •  Christopher Brown (Pennsylvania)  •
Former Article III judges	William Knox  •  Jonathan Hoge Walker  •  William Wilkins  •  Thomas Irwin  •  Wilson McCandless  •  Winthrop Welles Ketcham  •  Marcus Wilson Acheson  •  Joseph Weis (Third Circuit)  •  Brooks Smith  •  Thomas Hardiman  •  Joseph Buffington  •  Timothy Lewis (Pennsylvania)  •  James Hay Reed  •  Nathaniel Ewing  •  James Scott Young  •  Charles Prentiss Orr  •  W. H. Seward Thomson  •  Robert Murray Gibson  •  Alan Bloch  •  Maurice Cohill  •  Gustave Diamond  •  William Standish  •  Gary Lancaster  •  Terrence McVerry  •  Sean McLaughlin  •  Frederic Palen Schoonmaker  •  Nelson McVicar  •  Frederick Follmer  •  Carol Mansmann  •  Owen Burns  •  Robert Cindrich  •  Edward Dumbauld  •  Wallace Gourley  •  Rabe Marsh  •  Barron McCune  •  John McIlvaine  •  Glenn Mencer  •  John Lester Miller  •  Louis Rosenberg  •  Ralph Scalera  •  Daniel Snyder  •  Herbert Sorg  •  William Stewart (Pennsylvania)  •  Hubert Teitelbaum  •  Gerald Weber  •  Joseph Willson  •  Donald Ziegler  •  Donald Lee  •  Paul Simmons  •  Peter Phipps  •
Former Chief judges	Robert Murray Gibson  •  Donetta Ambrose  •  Maurice Cohill  •  Gustave Diamond  •  Gary Lancaster  •  Nelson McVicar  •  Wallace Gourley  •  Rabe Marsh  •  Herbert Sorg  •  Hubert Teitelbaum  •  Gerald Weber  •  Donald Ziegler  •  Mark Raymond Hornak  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byRichard Nixon
1969	Adams •Barlow •Battin •Brooks •Burger •Carswell •Clark •Garth •Gibbons •Goodwin •Hannum •Herman •Ingraham •Kilkenny •Lane •Levin •MacKinnon •McFadden •Middlebrooks •Parker •Robb •Trask •Widener •Wilkins •Williams •Wright
1970	Becker •Blackmun •Bogue •Bratcher •Bue •Conti •Cox •Ditter •Dupree •Eisele •Engel •Fay •Feikens •Fisher •Frey •Gorbey •Hill •Huyett •Kelleher •Kennedy •Kent •King •Kitchen •Knapp •Knox •Krupansky •McCune •McGarr •McWilliams •Mechem •J. Miller •W. Miller •Morton •Moye •Muir •O'Kelley •Oakes •Pell •Pointer •Pratt •Roney •Rosenn •Ross •Schnacke •Scott •Stapleton •Steger •Stevens •Teitelbaum •Thompson •Tjoflat •Toledo •Turrentine •Urbom •VanArtsdalen •Walinski •Wallace •Wangelin •Webster •Weis •Wellford •Wilkey •Winner •Wood
1971	Alaimo •Allen •A. Anderson •J. Anderson •Barrett •Bauer •Bauman •Benson •Blair •Blatt •Boe •Brieant •Broderick •Bryan Jr. •Byrne •Campbell •Chapman •Choy •Contie •Costantino •DeMascio •Denney •Dier •Doyle •Field •Finesilver •Flannery •Freeman •Gagliardi •Goodwin •Gordon •Green •Gurfein •Hall •Hand •Hodges •Holden •Hunter •Kunzig •Lacey •Lucas •Lydick •Mansfield •McGovern •McLaren •McMillen •Mulligan •Murray •Neaher •Newcomer •Newman •Nielsen •O'Connor •Oakes •Pierce •Powell •Rehnquist •Renfrew •Richey •Rosen •Rubin •Russell •Scalera •Sharp •Sprecher •Stephenson •Stuart •Timbers •Tone •Sickle •Varner •R. West •Williams • Young
1972	Bechtle •Bennett •Burns •Campbell •Carter •Coffrin •Duffy •Enright •Foreman •Freedman •Griesa •Hermansdorfer •Joiner •Kashiwa •King •Knapp •Lively •Mahon •Markey •Neill •Owens •Pesquera •Roettger •Skopil, Jr. •Stewart •Tauro •Turk •Wallace •H. Ward •R. Ward •Widener
1973	Biunno •Conner •Engel •Fogel •Garth •Gee •Guin •Hancock •Harvey •Marshall •Miller •Nangle •Owen •Reed •Schatz •Sharp •Skinner •Sneed •Snyder •Stern •Webster •Weis •Wood
1974	Alsop •Duncan •Firth •Gurfein •Hill •Matsch •McGlynn •Meanor •Miles •Morris •Orrick •Platt •Porter •Schwartz •Stagg •Tone •Voorhees •Warren •Warriner •Werker