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Thomas Rueter

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Thomas Rueter

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Prior offices
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Education

Bachelor's

University of Scranton, 1977

Law

Pennsylvania State University, 1980


Thomas Rueter was a federal magistrate judge with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He was appointed to the court on February 22, 1994.[1] Rueter retired from the court on September 11, 2020.[2]

Education

Judge Rueter graduated from the University of Scranton in 1977. In 1980, he received a J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, where he was notes editor of the law review.[1]

Career

Rueter clerked for Joseph L. McGlynn, Jr. from 1980 to 1982. He was an associate of the Philadelphia law firm of White and Williams from 1982 to 1985 and then, from 1985 to 1994 he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Philadelphia. For the last four years of his service in the U.S. Attorney's office, he served as Chief of the Narcotics Section.[1]

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