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Robert F. Kelly
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Senior status since July 17, 2001.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- May 1, 1987
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 3, 1987
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 23, 1987
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 25, 1987
- Commissioned
- June 26, 1987
- Senior status
- Since July 17, 2001
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1935, 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, Media, Pennsylvania, 1961-1962, 1964-1976
- Private practice, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1962-1964
- Clerk, Hon. Francis J. Catania, Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County [Pennsylvania], 1964-1972
- Prothonotary, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1972-1976
- Chairman, Delaware County [Pennsylvania] Republican Executive Committee, 1972-1985
- Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County [Pennsylvania], 1976-1987
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