J. Curtis Joyner

Judge J. Curtis Joyner

Personal

Birthday:

1948

Birthplace:

Newberry, SC

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Legal publications specialist, U.S. Office of the Federal Register, 1974-1975
Private practice, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1975-1987
Chester County [Pennsylvania] District Attorney`s Office, 1975-1987; assistant district attorney, 1975-1980; chief deputy district attorney, 1980-1984; first assistant district attorney, 1984-1987
Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Chester County [Pennsylvania], 1987-1992

Education

Name of School:

Central State University, Ohio

Degree:

B.S.

Degree Year:

1971

Name of School - Second:

Howard University School of Law

Consistent with providing the professional leadership necessary to advocate and defend the rights of all, but particularly of African-Americans and other minorities, it is the Law School's mission to: Educate and enable students to develop their highest capabilities and skills as lawyers; Engage as an institution in the active pursuit of solutions to domestic and international legal, social, economic and political problems that are of particular concern to minority groups; and Imbue its students with dedication to excellence and commitment to the solutions to those problems.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1974

Name of School - Third:

National Judicial College

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Court Name:

Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

President Nominating:

George H.W. Bush

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

4/13/1992

Retirement from Active Service:

5/1/2013