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Joseph FrancisWeis Jr.

Joseph FrancisWeis Jr.

28th Commissioned Judge,
U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania

  

Federal Judicial Service:
U. S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania

Nominated by Richard M. Nixon on March 11, 1970, to a seat vacated by Joseph P. Willson; Confirmed by the Senate on April 23, 1970; received commission on April 24, 1970; sworn in on May 5, 1970.

Service terminated on March 27, 1973, due to appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Nominated by Richard M. Nixon on February 13, 1973, to a seat vacated by Abraham Lincoln Freedman; Confirmed by the Senate on March 14, 1973, and received commission on March 15, 1973.

Assumed senior status on April 1, 1988.

Professional Career:
Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1950-1968
Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1968-1970
Adjunct professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1986

Education:
Duquesne University, B.A., 1947
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 1950

Personal:
Born 1923 in Pittsburgh, PA

Personal Interest:
U.S. Army Captain, Third Army’s Fourth Armored Division, 1943-1948
Awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart after being wounded in Europe