William Lloyd Standish

William Lloyd Standish IV (February 16, 1930 – January 1, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania .

Contents

• 1 Education and career

• 2 Federal judicial service

• 3 Death

• 4 References

• 5 Sources

Education and career

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Standish was born in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania in 1930. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1953. He received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1956. He was in private practice in Pittsburgh from 1956 to 1980. He was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania from 1980 to 1987.

Federal judicial service

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Standish was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 1, 1987, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Barron Patterson McCune . He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 5, 1987, and received his commission on November 6, 1987. He assumed senior status on March 1, 2002, and stopped hearing cases in 2012, but remained in inactive senior status until his death.

Death

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Standish died on January 1, 2015, in Sewickley, Pennsylvania , following a lengthy undisclosed illness. He was 84.

References

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1. ↑ "Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, on Confirmation of Appointments to the Federal Judiciary and the Department of Justice" . U.S. Government Printing Office. 26 March 1989 – via Google Books.

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   William Lloyd Standish at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

3. ↑ Satyanarayana, Megha. "Attorney, Allegheny County, U.S. judge dies at 84, was mentor to many" . TribLIVE.com.

Sources

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• William Lloyd Standish at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

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