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Joseph F. Leeson, Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Active service.
Confirmed 76 to 16Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- June 16, 2014
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 24, 2014
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 18, 2014
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 76 to 16
- Confirmed
- December 4, 2014
- Commissioned
- December 5, 2014
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1955, 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, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1980-2014
- Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, 1981-2014
- Office of the Solicitor, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1985-2013; Personnel Appeals Board solicitor, 1985-1990; Industrial Development Authority solicitor, 1991-2004; General Purpose Authority solicitor, 2004-2013
- Solicitor's Office, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1991-2003; city council solicitor, 1991-1998; city solicitor, 1998-2003
- Solicitor, East Allen Township, Pennsylvania, 2006-2014
- Tax hearing officer, Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, 2011-2014
- Alternative zoning solicitor, Borough of Bangor, Pennsylvania, 2011-2014
- Solicitor, Board of Ethics, Easton, Pennsylvania, 2013-2014
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