Jay Carl Waldman

Judge Jay Carl Waldman

Personal

Birthday:

11/16/1944

Birthplace:

Pittsburgh, PA

Date of Death:

5/30/2003

Place of Death:

Philadelphia, PA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Law clerk, Hon. Gwilym A. Price, Jr., Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County [Pennsylvania], 1969-1970
Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1970-1971
Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1971-1975
Deputy assistant attorney general, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1975-1977
Director, Thornburgh for Governor Commission, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1978
Counsel, Gov. Richard Thornburgh, Pennsylvania, 1979-1981
General counsel, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1981-1986
Commissioner, Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, 1986-1988
Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1986-1988

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, July 26, 1991; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School:

University of Wisconsin

Degree:

B.S.

Degree Year:

1966

Name of School - Second:

University of Pennsylvania Law School

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Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1969

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Court Name:

Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

President Nominating:

Ronald Reagan

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

10/17/1988

Termination Date:

5/30/2003

Termination Reason:

Death