Jerry Pappert

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Gerald John Pappert (born 1963) is a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and former unelected Pennsylvania Attorney General .

Contents

• 1 Biography

  • 1.1 Federal judicial service

• 2 References

• 3 External links

Biography

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Pappert was born in 1963, in Albany, New York . He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1985 from Villanova University . He received a Juris Doctor in 1988 from the Notre Dame Law School . He began his legal career at the law firm of Duane Morris LLP , from 1988 to 1997. He served as the first deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania, from 1997 to 2003, and as the Attorney General of Pennsylvania , from 2003 to 2005. He was a partner at Ballard Spahr LLP, from 2005 to 2008. He served as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of Cephalon, Inc. , from 2008 to 2012. From 2012 to 2014, he was a partner at Cozen O'Connor . He concurrently served as chair of the Pennsylvania Banking and Securities Commission.

Federal judicial service

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On June 16, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Pappert to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to the seat vacated by Judge Stewart Dalzell , who assumed senior status on October 31, 2013. On July 24, 2014 a hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary was held on his nomination. On September 18, 2014 his nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote . On December 1, 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on his nomination. On December 3, 2014, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 67–28 vote. Later that day, he was confirmed by a voice vote . He received his judicial commission on December 4, 2014.

References

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1. ↑ Voruganti, Harsh (March 31, 2017). "Understanding Blue Slips: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?" . The Vetting Room. Retrieved April 24, 2021.

2. ↑ "President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Five to Serve on the United States District Courts" . _whitehouse.gov _. June 13, 2014 – via National Archives .

3. ↑ "Obama Nominates Four Lawyers to Federal Bench" Philadelphia Business Journal, June 14, 2014

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   Jerry Pappert at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

5. ↑ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" . _whitehouse.gov _. June 16, 2014 – via National Archives .

6. ↑ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary" . www.judiciary.senate.gov. July 24, 2014.

7. ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 18, 2014 United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary" (PDF).

8. ↑ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Gerald J. Pappert, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania)" . United States Senate . Retrieved December 3, 2014.

9. ↑ "PN1778 — Gerald J. Pappert — The Judiciary" . congress.gov. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

External links

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• Jerry Pappert at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
• Jerry Pappert at Ballotpedia

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