Thomas L. Ambro | |
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Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
Assumed office February 6, 2023 | |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
In office February 16,2000 –February 6,2023 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Walter King Stapleton |
Succeeded by | Tamika Montgomery-Reeves |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Lee Ambro [1] December 27,1949 Cambridge,Ohio,U.S. |
Education | Georgetown University (BA,JD) |
Thomas Lee Ambro (born December 27,1949) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Ambro received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971 from Georgetown University and his Juris Doctor in 1975 from Georgetown University Law Center. After law school,he clerked for Chief Justice Daniel L. Herrmann of the Supreme Court of Delaware.
Following his clerkship,he was in private practice in Wilmington,Delaware from 1976 to 2000 at the law firm of Richards,Layton &Finger. There he was a force behind Delaware's rise as a preferred venue for large Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Immediately prior to being elevated to the bench,he headed the bankruptcy practice at Richards Layton. [2]
Ambro is a past Chair of the Section of Business Law of the American Bar Association and past Editor of The Business Lawyer. For 20 years,he chaired the Committee on the Uniform Commercial Code for the Commercial Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Inns of Court,the American Law Institute,and the National Bankruptcy Conference.
Ambro serves as an adjunct professor at his alma mater,Georgetown University,where he teaches a course on public speaking to undergraduate students. The Thomas L. Ambro Fellowship,awarded to support a summer internship with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware,is named in his honor. [3]
Ambro was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by President Bill Clinton on September 29,1999,to fill a seat vacated by Judge Walter K. Stapleton,who assumed senior status on June 2,1999. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 10,2000 by a 96–2 vote. [4] He received his commission on February 16,2000. [2] He announced his intent to assume senior status upon confirmation of a successor on December 15,2021. [5] He assumed senior status on February 6,2023. [2]
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