Federal judge to retire from the bench and join law firm
July 14, 2009
Pennsylvania: Federal senior judge Bruce Kauffman announced plans to retire from the bench effective July 20, 2009. He was nominated to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by President Clinton in 1997. From 1980 to 1982 Kauffman served as a justice for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He also spent many years in private practice as an attorney.
Upon leaving the bench, Kauffman will join the firm Elliott Greenleaf as a shareholder and co-chairman of the firm's executive committee. He also plans to devote some of his time to "advocating for an independent and fairly compensated federal and state judiciary".[1]
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Western District of Pennsylvania • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Western District of Pennsylvania
State courts:
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania Superior Court • Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court • Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas • Pennsylvania Magisterial Districts
State resources:
Courts in Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania judicial elections • Judicial selection in Pennsylvania
