James Tyrone Giles

Judge James Tyrone Giles

Personal

Birthday:

1943

Birthplace:

Charlottesville, VA

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Clerk, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1967
Field attorney, National Labor Relations Board, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1967-1968
Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1968-1979, 2008-

Education

Name of School:

Amherst College

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1964

Name of School - Second:

Yale University Law School

Located in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale Law School, is one of the world's premier law schools. It offers an unmatched environment of excellence and educational intimacy in the form of world renowned faculty, small classes, limitless opportunities for clinical training, and strong encouragement of public service. Small by design, our impact on the world is measured by its accomplished graduates and its ongoing scholarship and outreach through 17 centers and projects.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1967

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Court Name:

Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

President Nominating:

Jimmy Carter

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

11/27/1979

Retirement from Active Service:

2/11/2008

Termination Date:

10/3/2008

Termination Reason:

Retirement