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Marjorie Rendell
2015 - Present
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Marjorie O. Rendell is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia. She joined the court in 1997 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Rendell graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with her bachelor's degree in 1969 and from the Villanova University School of Law with her J.D. in 1973.[1]
Professional career
- 1997-present: United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
- 2015-present: Senior judge
- 1997-2015: Judge
- 2003-2011: First lady of Pennsylvania
- 1993-1997: Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- 1973-1993: Private practice, Philadelphia, Pa.[1]
Federal judicial career
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Marjorie O. Rendell |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 262 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: January 7, 1997
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: September 5, 1997
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: September 18, 1997
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| Confirmed: September 26, 1997
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Rendell was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit by President Bill Clinton on January 7, 1997, to a seat vacated by Judge William Hutchinson. The American Bar Association rated Rendell Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[2] Hearings on Rendell's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 5, 1997, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on September 18, 1997. Rendell was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on September 26, 1997, and she received her commission on September 29, 1997. Rendell assumed senior status on July 1, 2015.[1][3]
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Rendell was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by President Bill Clinton on November 19, 1993, to a seat vacated by Judge Louis Bechtle. The American Bar Association rated Rendell Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified for the nomination.[4] Hearings on Rendell's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 27, 1994, and her nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on February 9, 1994. Rendell was confirmed on a voice vote of the United States Senate on February 10, 1994, and she received her commission the next day. Rendell resigned from the district court on November 20, 1997, upon her elevation to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.[1][5]
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 105th Congress," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 25 — Marjorie O. Rendell — The Judiciary," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 103rd Congress," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 927 — Marjorie O. Rendell — The Judiciary," accessed December 19, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Louis Bechtle |
Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1994–1997 |
Succeeded by: NA Temporary seat abolished |
| Preceded by: William Hutchinson |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1997–2015 |
Succeeded by: NA
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Wendy Beetlestone • Paul Diamond • Juan Sanchez (Pennsylvania) • Mitchell Goldberg • Jeffrey L. Schmehl • Chad F. Kenney, Sr. • Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro • John M. Younge • Gail Weilheimer • Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr. • Mark A. Kearney • Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. • Gerald J. Pappert • Mia Roberts Perez • Kelley Hodge • Joshua Wolson • Karen Marston • John Gallagher (Pennsylvania federal judicial nominee) • John Frank Murphy • Catherine Henry • Mary Kay Costello | ||
| Senior judges |
Harvey Bartle • Robert Kelly (Pennsylvania) • Jan DuBois • Ronald Buckwalter • William Yohn • John Padova Sr. • Eduardo Robreno • Anita Brody • Petrese Tucker • Berle Schiller • Richard Surrick • Legrome Davis • Cynthia Rufe • Michael Baylson • Tim Savage • Darnell Jones • Joel Slomsky • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Carol Wells • Timothy Rice • David Strawbridge • Elizabeth Hey • Lynne Sitarski • Scott Reid • Marilyn Heffley • Richard A. Lloret • Pamela Carlos • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
William Ditter • John Fullam • Louis Pollak • Norma Shapiro • Lowell Reed • James Giles • Thomas O'Neill (Pennsylvania) • Bruce Kauffman • Curtis Joyner • Mary McLaughlin • James Gardner (Pennsylvania) • Gene Pratter • Lawrence Stengel • Thomas Golden • Felipe Restrepo • William Lewis (Pennsylvania) • Richard Peters • Joseph Hopkinson • Archibald Randall • John Kintzing Kane • John Cadwalader • William Butler • Anthony Scirica • Franklin Van Antwerpen • Marjorie Rendell • John Bayard McPherson • James Buchanan Holland • Joseph Whitaker Thompson • Oliver Booth Dickinson • Charles Louis McKeehan • William Huntington Kirkpatrick • Herbert Hutton • Daniel Huyett • Harry Kalodner • James M. Kelly (Pennsylvania) • Marvin Katz • John Whitaker Lord • Joseph Simon Lord • Alfred Luongo • George Austin Welsh • Albert Maris • Guy Bard • Louis Bechtle • Edward Becker • Ralph Body • Raymond Broderick • Edward Cahn • Thomas Clary • John Morgan Davis (Pennsylvania) • Thomas Egan (Pennsylvania) • Herbert Fogel • Frederick Follmer • Abraham Freedman • James Ganey • Francis Van Dusen • Aloyisus Higginbotham • Robert Gawthrop • James Gorbey • Clifford Green • Allan Grim • John Hannum • Charles William Kraft • Thomas Masterson • Joseph McGlynn • James McGranery • Clarence Newcomer • Emanuel Mac Troutman • Jay Waldman • Charles Weiner • Harold Wood • Donald Van Artsdalen • Edward G. Smith • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Harvey Bartle • John Fullam • James Giles • Curtis Joyner • Petrese Tucker • Juan Sanchez (Pennsylvania) • William Huntington Kirkpatrick • Mitchell Goldberg • John Whitaker Lord • Joseph Simon Lord • Alfred Luongo • Louis Bechtle • Edward Cahn • Thomas Clary • James Ganey • | ||
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
