Richard Conaboy

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Years in office: 1992 - 2018

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Years in office: 1979 - 1992

Education

Bachelor's

University of Scranton, 1945

Law

Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 1950

Personal

Birthplace

Scranton, PA

Richard Paul Conaboy was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He joined the court in 1979 after being nominated by PresidentJimmy Carter (D). He assumedsenior status on September 1, 1992. His service ended on November 9, 2018, when he died.

Early life and education

A native ofScranton, Pennsylvania, Conaboy graduated from the University of Scranton with his bachelor's degree in 1945 and from the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law with hisLL.B. in 1950.^[1]

Military service

Conaboy served in the U.S. Army as a sergeant from 1945 to 1947.^[1]

Professional career

• 1979-2019:United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • 1992-2019: Senior judge
  • 1989-1992: Chief judge
  • 1979-1992: Judge
• 1962-1979: Judge,Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas
  • 1978-1979: Chief judge
• 1959-1962: Hearing examiner, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
• 1953-1959: Deputy attorney general, Pennsylvania State Workman's Insurance Fund
• 1951-1962: Private practice,Scranton, Pa.^[1]

Judicial career

Middle District of Pennsylvania

Conaboy was nominated by PresidentJimmy Carter on May 29, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. Conaboy was confirmed by theU.S. Senate on July 23, 1979, and he received his commission onJuly 24, 1979. Conaboy served as thechief judge of the court from 1989 to 1992. He elected to takesenior status beginning onSeptember 1, 1992. Conaboy died on November 9, 2018.^[1] Conaboy was succeeded in this position by JudgeRichard Caputo.

See also

• United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
• United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit

External links

• Judge Conaboy's biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Active judges	Chief Judge: Matthew Brann  •  Karoline Mehalchick  •  Julia Munley  •  Joseph Saporito  •  Jennifer Philpott Wilson  •  Keli Neary
Senior judges	Yvette Kane  •  Malachy Mannion  •  Robert David Mariani  •
Magistrate judges	Martin C. Carlson  •  Susan E. Schwab  •
Former Article III judges	Thomas Vanaskie  •  Richard Caputo  •  James Munley  •  Christopher Conner  •  John E. Jones  •  William Nealon  •  Richard Conaboy  •  Sylvia Rambo  •  William Caldwell  •  Edwin Kosik  •  James McClure  •  Robert Wodrow Archbald  •  Charles Witmer  •  Albert Williams Johnson  •  Albert Leisenring Watson  •  Frederick Follmer  •  Robert Herman  •  John William Murphy  •  Michael Sheridan  •
Former Chief judges	Thomas Vanaskie  •  William Nealon  •  Richard Conaboy  •  Sylvia Rambo  •  Albert Leisenring Watson  •  Frederick Follmer  •  John William Murphy  •  Michael Sheridan  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byJimmy Carter
1977	Ballantine •Bownes •Boyle •Bua •Carr •Clark •Cowan •Daly •Filippine •Higginbotham •Hoeveler •Hug •Johnstone •Kane •Keith •Leval •Logan •MacLaughlin •McKay •Melton •Merritt •Murphy •Nickerson •Oberdorfer •Roszkowski •Roy •Rubin •Sifton •Tang •Vance •Veron
1978	Arnold •Baker •Boyle •Burns •Campos •Claiborne •Collins •Cook •Devine •Diamond •Duplantier •Edenfield •Friedman •Gonzalez •Greene •Jenkins •Lowe •Mazzone •McMillian •O'Brien •Pfaelzer •Phillips •Pollak •Sand •Shapiro •Simmons •Smith •Sweet •Tanner •Wiseman •Ziegler
1979	Ackerman •Alarcon •Anderson •Arceneaux •Arnold •Aspen •Beatty •Beer •Belew •Bertelsman •Bilby •N. Black •S. Black •Bloch •Bowen •Brett •Brooks •Brown •Buchmeyer •Bunton •Burciaga •Cabranes •Carr •Carrigan •Castagna •Cire •Clark •Cohn •Conaboy •Cordova •Crabb •Cudahy •Davis •DeAnda •Debevoise •Edwards •Eginton •Ellison •Enslen •O. Evans •T. Evans •Farris •Ferguson •Fletcher •Frye •Garcia •Garza •B. Gibson •H. Gibson •Gierbolini-Ortiz •Giles •Gilliam •Green •Hall •Hastings •Hatchett •Hatfield •Hatter •Hawkins •Henderson •Higby •Hillman •Houck •Howard •Hudspeth •Hungate •F. Johnson •S. Johnson •N. Jones •S. Jones •Karlton •Kazen •Kearse •Keeton •Kehoe •Kennedy •Kidd •King •Kravitch •Loughlin •Martin •McCurn •McDonald •McNaught •McNichols •Mikva •Mitchell •Moran •Murnaghan •Murphy •D. Nelson •D.W. Nelson •Newblatt •Newman •Overton •Paine •Panner •J. Parker •R. Parker •Penn •Perez-Gimenez •Perry •Politz •Poole •Porter •Pregerson •Price •Rambo •Ramirez •Reavley •Redden •E. Reed •S. Reed •Reinhardt •Renner •Robinson •Rothstein •Sachs •Saffels •Sanders •Sarokin •Schroeder •Schwartz •Seay •Senter •Seymour •Shannon •Shaw •Shoob •Skopil •Sloviter •Sofaer •Spellman •Sprouse •Staker •Tate •Taylor •Thompson •Tidwell •Unthank •Vietor •Vining •Wald •Ward •Weinshienk •West •Wicker •Williams •Winder •Woods •Wright • Zobel
1980	Aguilar •Aldrich •Anderson •Boochever •Breyer •Britt •Cahill •Canby •Carroll •Cerezo •Clemon •S. Ervin •R. Erwin •Getzendanner •Gilmore •Ginsburg •Haltom •Hardy •Henderson •Hobbs •Holschuh •Horton •Howard •Johnson •Keep •Kelly •Kenyon •Kocoras •Marquez •Marshall •Michael •Nixon •Norris •Patel •Polozola •Propst •Quackenbush •Ramsey •Rice •Shadur •Spiegel •Tashima •Thompson •Vela •White •Williams
1981	Heen