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Patty Shwartz
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 64 to 34Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 4, 2013
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 14, 2013
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 64 to 34
- Confirmed
- April 9, 2013
- Commissioned
- April 10, 2013
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1961, 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, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1986-1987
- Law clerk, Hon. Harold A. Ackerman, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1987-1989
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of New Jersey, 1989-2003; deputy chief, Criminal Division, 1995-1999; chief, Criminal Division, 1999-2001, 2002-2003; executive assistant U.S. attorney, 2001-2002
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