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Donetta W. Ambrose
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Senior status since November 5, 2010.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- October 25, 1993
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- November 16, 1993
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 18, 1993
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- November 20, 1993
- Commissioned
- November 24, 1993
- Senior status
- Since November 5, 2010
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1945, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Louis Manderino, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, 1970-1971
- Assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1972-1974
- Private practice, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, 1974-1981
- Assistant district attorney, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 1977-1981
- Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County [Pennsylvania], 1982-1993
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