Mitchell S. Goldberg (born 1959) is the
chief United States district judge of the
.
Education and career
Goldberg was born in
Philadelphia
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. He received an
Artium Baccalaureus degree from
Ithaca College
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in 1981 and a
Juris Doctor
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from
Temple University Beasley School of Law
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Student body
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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
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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
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at Temple University Beasley School of Law from 2002 to 2006.
Federal judicial service
On July 24, 2008, Goldberg was nominated by President
George W. Bush
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to a seat on the
vacated by
John R. Padova. Goldberg was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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by voice vote on September 26, 2008, and he 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.
See also
*
List of Jewish American jurists
This is a list of notable Jewish American jurists. For other famous Jewish Americans, see Lists of American Jews.
Supreme Court of the United States
United States courts of appeals
United States district courts
* Ronnie Abrams, J ...
References
Sources
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1959 births
Living people
Assistant United States attorneys
Ithaca College alumni
Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Lawyers from Philadelphia
Temple University Beasley School of Law alumni
United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush