Ruggero Aldisert

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit

Years in office: 1986 - 2014

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Years in office: 1968 - 1986

Education

Bachelor's

University of Pittsburgh, 1941

Law

University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1947

Personal

Birthplace

Carnegie, PA

Ruggero John Aldisert was afederal appeals judge with theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit inPhiladelphia. Aldisert served onsenior status from 1986 to 2014. He retired from the federal judiciary in August 2014.^[1][2]

Education

Aldisert graduated from University of Pittsburgh with his bachelor's degree in 1941 and later received hisJ.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1947.^[2]

Military service

Aldisert served in the United States Marine Corps from 1942 to 1946.^[2]

Professional career

Aldisert spent fourteen years in private practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1947 to 1961. Next, he joined theCourt of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, where he served as a judge for seven years. During his judicial career, Aldisert also was an adjunct professor for the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.^[2]

Judicial career

Aldisert was nominated to serve on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit by PresidentLyndon Johnson on July 17, 1968, to a seat vacated byAustin Staley. Aldisert was confirmed by the U.S.Senate on July 29, 1968, and received commission onJuly 29, 1968. Aldisert served as the aschief judge of the Court from 1984 to 1986 before assumingsenior status onDecember 31, 1986. He retired from the court in August 2014.^[2]

See also

• United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit

External links

• Judge Ruggero Aldisert's biography at theFederal Judicial Center
• How Appealing blog, "20 questions with Senior Circuit Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert"

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Michael Chagares  •  Patty Shwartz  •  Felipe Restrepo  •  Thomas Hardiman  •  Cheryl Ann Krause  •  Tamika Montgomery-Reeves  •  Stephanos Bibas  •  Peter Phipps  •  Paul Matey  •  David Porter (Third Circuit)  •  Arianna Freeman  •  Cindy Chung  •  Emil Bove  •  Jennifer Mascott
Senior judges	Thomas Vanaskie  •  Anthony Scirica  •  Walter Stapleton (federal judge)  •  Robert Cowen  •  Jane Roth  •  Richard Nygaard  •  Theodore McKee  •  Marjorie Rendell  •  Thomas Ambro  •  Julio Fuentes  •  Brooks Smith  •  D. Michael Fisher  •
Former judges	Samuel Alito  •  Joseph Greenaway  •  Thomas Vanaskie  •  Marcus Wilson Acheson  •  Joseph Weis (Third Circuit)  •  Morton Greenberg  •  Ruggero Aldisert  •  Dolores Sloviter  •  Theodore McKee  •  Maryanne Trump Barry  •  Kent Jordan  •  Joseph Buffington  •  George Mifflin Dallas  •  Timothy Lewis (Pennsylvania)  •  Lee Sarokin  •  James Hunter  •  James Rosen  •  Michael Chertoff  •  Robert Wodrow Archbald  •  George Gray (Third Circuit)  •  John Bayard McPherson  •  William Mershon Lanning  •  Joseph Whitaker Thompson  •  John Warren Davis (Third Circuit)  •  Thomas Griffith Haight  •  Victor Baynard Woolley  •  William Clark (New Jersey)  •  Harry Kalodner  •  Phillip Forman  •  Albert Maris  •  John Biggs  •  Francis Biddle  •  William Francis Smith  •  Edward Becker  •  Abraham Freedman  •  James Ganey  •  Francis Van Dusen  •  Aloyisus Higginbotham  •  Carol Mansmann  •  Herbert Goodrich  •  Arlin Adams  •  John Gibbons (Third Circuit)  •  William Hastie  •  William Hutchinson  •  Charles Alvin Jones  •  Gerald McLaughlin  •  John O'Connell  •  Max Rosenn  •  Collins Seitz  •  David Stahl (Third Circuit)  •  Austin Staley  •
Former Chief judges	Anthony Scirica  •  Ruggero Aldisert  •  Dolores Sloviter  •  Theodore McKee  •  Brooks Smith  •  Harry Kalodner  •  John Biggs  •  Edward Becker  •  Aloyisus Higginbotham  •  John Gibbons (Third Circuit)  •  William Hastie  •  Collins Seitz  •  Austin Staley  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byLyndon Johnson
1964	Anderson •Bratton •Christie •Collins •Cowen •Davis •Ely •Freedman •Gordon •Higginbotham •McNichols •Muecke •Nichols •Port •Rabinovitz •Robinson •Simons •Suttle •Weber •Whelan •Zampano
1965	Bryant •Celebrezze •Coffin •Coleman •Collinson •Corcoran •Doyle •Eubanks •Fortas •Frankel •Gasch •Gibson •Gordon •Harris •Hemphill •Hill •Hunter •Landis •Langley •Leventhal •Maxwell •McEntee •Mehrtens •Nichol •Reynolds •Russell •Smith •Tamm •Thornberry •Young
1966	Ainsworth •Atkins •Boyle •Cabot •Cassibry •Copple •Craven •Cummings •Dyer •Fairchild •Feinberg •Ferguson •Fullam •Garrity •Godbold •Goldberg •Goodwin •Gray •Guinn •Harvey •Hauk •Heaney •Heebe •Hickey •Hogan •Kaufman •Kinneary •Krentzman •Lay •Leddy •Lord •Lynch •MacKenzie •Mansfield •McCree •McRae •Mitchell •Motley •Napoli •Nichols •Noland •Peck II •Peckham •Pettine •Pittman •Porter •Real •Roberts •Robinson •Robinson •Rubin •Russell •Scott •Seals •Seitz •Simpson •Singleton •Skelton •Smith •Smith •Taylor •Thomas •von der Heydt •Watson •Winter • Wise
1967	Arnow •Beckworth •Belloni •Butzner •Cancio •Carter •Clayton •Combs •Comiskey •Curtin •Eaton •Edenfield •Fernandez-Badillo •Gesell •Gordon •Jones •Keith •Kellam •Lambros •Maletz •Marshall •Masterson •Merhige •Morgan •Murray •Neville •Pollack •Pregerson •Theis •Troutman •Van Dusen •Waddy •Weiner •Weinstein •Whipple •Williams
1968	Aldisert •Baldwin •Bownes •Bright •Green •Gubow •Henderson •Holloway •Hufstedler •Judd •Justice •Keady •Kerner, Jr. •Lasker •Latchum •Lawrence •McMillan •Morgan •Newman •Nixon •Pratt •Re •Rosenstein •Schwartz •Smith •Stahl •Travia •Woodward