Career From 1995 to 2002,Weilheimer served as an assistant district attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office . In 2002,she worked as an associate at Abrahams,Loewenstein and Bushman,P.C. in Philadelphia . From 2003 to 2006,she was a litigation associate,where she focused on criminal defense practice at Frank,Rosen,Snyder and Moss in Elkins Park,Pennsylvania . [ 3] From 2006 to 2013,she worked as a senior counsel at Wisler Pearlstine,LLP in Blue Bell,Pennsylvania , [ 2] She was an Abington Township commissioner from 2004 to 2008. [ 3]
In November 2013,Weilheimer was elected as a Democrat with 63,084 votes,defeating her Republican opponent Sharon Giamporcaro,who received 58,906 votes. [ 3] [ 4] From 2014 to 2025,she served as a judge of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas . [ 2]
Federal judicial service On July 3,2024,President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Weilheimer to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania . On July 8,2024,her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Weilheimer to the seat vacated by Judge Gene E. K. Pratter ,who died on May 17,2024. [ 5] On July 31,2024,a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee . [ 6] During her confirmation hearing,Senator John Neely Kennedy questioned her about a case of a nursing home assistant who sexually assaulted an elderly,incapacitated woman with Alzheimer's disease ,whom Weilheimer sentenced to eleven months for the crime following a plea deal . [ 7] [ relevant? ] party-line vote . [ 8] On November 21,2024,the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 51–47 vote. [ 9] On December 3,2024,her nomination was confirmed by a 50–48 vote. [ 10] She received her judicial commission on January 2,2025, [ 11] and was sworn in on January 3,2025. [ 12]
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