Joseph F. Weis Jr.
United States federal judge
Joseph Francis Weis Jr. (March 12, 1923 – March 19, 2014) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Education and career
Born March 12, 1923, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Weis received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947 from Duquesne University and a Juris Doctor in 1950 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He served in the United States Army as a Captain from 1943 to 1948. He was in private practice in Pittsburgh from 1950 to 1968. He was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from 1968 to 1970.
Federal judicial service
Weis was nominated by President Richard Nixon on March 11, 1970, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Joseph Putnam Willson. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 23, 1970, and received his commission on April 24, 1970. His service terminated on March 27, 1973, due to elevation to the Third Circuit.
Weis was nominated by President Nixon on February 13, 1973, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated by Judge Abraham Lincoln Freedman.
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