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Peter Joseph Phipps
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 56 to 40Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- May 13, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 5, 2019
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 27, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 56 to 40
- Confirmed
- July 16, 2019
- Commissioned
- July 17, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1973, 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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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Appointed by Donald J. Trump; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended July 22, 2019: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Columbus, Ohio, 1998-2001
- Law clerk, Hon. R. Guy Cole, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2001-2002
- Attorney, Federal Programs Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2003-2018; trial attorney, 2003-2009; senior counsel, 2009-2011; senior trial counsel, 2011-2018
- Adjunct professor, Duquesne University School of Law, 2014-
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