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Joel Harvey Slomsky
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Senior status since October 9, 2018.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- July 24, 2008
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 23, 2008
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 25, 2008
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- September 26, 2008
- Commissioned
- October 6, 2008
- Senior status
- Since October 9, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1946, 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
- Special attorney, Philadelphia Strike Force, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1971-1973
- Private practice, Pennsylvania, 1973-2008
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