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Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Senior status since December 11, 2003.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- November 17, 1989
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 21, 1990
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 8, 1990
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- March 9, 1990
- Commissioned
- March 12, 1990
- Senior status
- Since December 11, 2003
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1936, 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
- Private practice, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1963-1980
- Legal aid attorney, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1964-1966
- Clerk, Hon. John Bowman and Hon. Anthony Appel, Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County [Pennsylvania], 1966-1970
- Assistant district attorney, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1970-1978
- District attorney, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1978-1980
- Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County [Pennsylvania], 1980-1990
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