Mitchell S. Goldberg | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
Assumed office March 5, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Juan Ramon Sánchez |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
Assumed office October 31,2008 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | John R. Padova |
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Bucks County | |
In office 2003–2008 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1959 (age 64–65) Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,U.S. |
Education | Ithaca College (AB) Temple University (JD) |
Mitchell S. Goldberg (born 1959) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Goldberg was born in Philadelphia. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Ithaca College in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 1986. After serving as an assistant district attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office from 1986 to 1989,he entered private practice in Pennsylvania until 1996. He became an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1997,serving in that position until 2003 when he was elected to a judgeship on the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas. He also taught as an adjunct professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law from 2002 to 2006.
On July 24,2008,Goldberg was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by John R. Padova. Goldberg was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26,2008,and received his commission on October 31,2008.
On March 5,2024,Goldberg became chief judge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,succeeding Juan Ramon Sánchez. [1]
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