Edmund V. Ludwig
Edmund V. Ludwig | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
In office May 20, 1997 – May 17, 2016 |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
In office October 17, 1985 – May 20, 1997 |
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Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Raymond Broderick |
Succeeded by | Legrome D. Davis |
Personal details | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
May 20, 1928
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Doylestown, Pennsylvania |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Harvard University A.B. Harvard Law School LL.B. |
Profession | Attorney |
Military service | |
Service/branch | United States Army JAG Corps |
Years of service | 1953–1956 |
Rank | Reserve Captain |
Edmund V. Ludwig (May 20, 1928 – May 17, 2016) was a United States District Judge.
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Early life and education
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Ludwig received an Artium Baccalaureus from Harvard University in 1949 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1952. He was a Reserve Captain in the Army JAG Corps from 1953 to 1956, before returning to private practice in Philadelphia, and later Doylestown.
Legal career
Ludwig was elected a Judge on the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas in 1968, and went to serve as a Clinical associate professor at Hahnemann University, and a visiting lecturer at Temple University's Law School in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Ludwig also briefly served as a member of the University of Pennsylvania's faculty in the early 1980s, and has held a variety of positions at Villanova University's Law School in the late 1970s.
Federal judicial service
Ludwig was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on June 21, 1985. The seat was vacated by the retiring former Lieutenant Governor Raymond Broderick. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 16, 1985, and received his commission on October 17, 1985. He assumed senior status on May 20, 1997, serving in that status until his death on May 17, 2016, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.[1]
References
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External links
- Edmund V. Ludwig at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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Preceded by | Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1985–1997 |
Succeeded by Legrome Davis |
- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- 1928 births
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- People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Judges of the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan
- United States Army officers
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Harvard University alumni
- Drexel University faculty
- Temple University faculty
- University of Pennsylvania faculty