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title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />November 5, 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chief Judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Pennsylvania" title="United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania">United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2002–2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/D._Brooks_Smith" title="D. Brooks Smith">D. Brooks Smith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gary_L._Lancaster" title="Gary L. Lancaster">Gary L. 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Hornak">Mark R. Hornak</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Donetta Wypiski</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1945-11-05</span>) </span>November 5, 1945<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 79)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Kensington,_Pennsylvania" title="New Kensington, Pennsylvania">New Kensington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Duquesne_University" title="Duquesne University">Duquesne University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Donetta Wypiski Ambrose</b> (born November 5, 1945) is a <a href="/wiki/Senior_status" title="Senior status">senior</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_judge" title="United States federal judge">United States district judge</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Pennsylvania" title="United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania">United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donetta_Ambrose&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ambrose was born in <a href="/wiki/New_Kensington,_Pennsylvania" title="New Kensington, Pennsylvania">New Kensington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FJCBio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJCBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her father, Chester Wypiski, worked at the <a href="/wiki/Alcoa" title="Alcoa">Alcoa</a> mill.<sup id="cite_ref-Reeger_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reeger-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree from <a href="/wiki/Duquesne_University" title="Duquesne University">Duquesne University</a> in 1967 and a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> from <a href="/wiki/Duquesne_University_School_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Duquesne University School of Law">Duquesne University School of Law</a> in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-FJCBio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJCBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2022Retire_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022Retire-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_as_lawyer_and_state_judge">Career as lawyer and state judge</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donetta_Ambrose&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career as lawyer and state judge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She was a <a href="/wiki/Law_clerk" title="Law clerk">law clerk</a> to Louis Manderino of <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Court_of_Pennsylvania" title="Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania">Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania</a> from 1970 to 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-FJCBio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJCBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2022Retire_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022Retire-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was an assistant attorney general of Pennsylvania Department of Justice from 1972 to 1974, thereafter entering private practice in New Kensington until 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-FJCBio_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJCBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a time in the mid-1970s, Ambrose was the only woman practicing law in <a href="/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania">Westmoreland County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2022Retire_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022Retire-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was an assistant district attorney in the Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office from 1977 to 1981,<sup id="cite_ref-FJCBio_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJCBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a part-time role.<sup id="cite_ref-2022Retire_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022Retire-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reeger_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reeger-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a prosecutor, she was part of the team handling the "Kill for Thrill" case against John Lesko and Michael Travaglia, who were convicted of slaying four people in Western Pennsylvania in 1979 and 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-2022Retire_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022Retire-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was a judge of the Westmoreland County <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Courts_of_Common_Pleas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas">Court of Common Pleas</a> from 1982 to 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-FJCBio_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJCBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a state judge, she worked on hundreds of asbestos cases, fashioning a formula that helped settle most of the county's asbestos litigation.<sup id="cite_ref-Reeger_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reeger-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She left the state court to accept an appointment to the federal bench.<sup id="cite_ref-2022Retire_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022Retire-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Federal_judicial_service">Federal judicial service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donetta_Ambrose&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Federal judicial service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 25, 1993, Ambrose was nominated by President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> to a seat on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Pennsylvania" title="United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania">U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania</a> vacated by <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Joseph_Weber" title="Gerald Joseph Weber">Gerald Joseph Weber</a>. She was confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> on November 20, 1993, and received her commission on November 24, 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-FJCBio_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJCBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon the elevation of <a href="/wiki/D._Brooks_Smith" title="D. Brooks Smith">D. Brooks Smith</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit">Third Circuit Court of Appeals</a>, Judge Ambrose became Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and served in that capacity until 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-FJCBio_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJCBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While on the federal bench, Ambrose presided over the civil trial against <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Richfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Richfield">Atlantic Richfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Babcock_%26_Wilcox" title="Babcock & Wilcox">Babcock & Wilcox</a>, and others, alleging that radioactive emissions from its nuclear-fuel facility in <a href="/wiki/Apollo,_Pennsylvania" title="Apollo, Pennsylvania">Apollo</a> caused a <a href="/wiki/Cancer_cluster" title="Cancer cluster">cancer cluster</a> in the surrounding area.<sup id="cite_ref-Domin_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Domin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The case was one of the longest-running cases in the history of the U.S. District Court of Western Pennsylvania, running for 14 years and ultimately settling for $52.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, Ambrose presided over pretrial hearings in the <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_by_the_United_States_federal_government" title="Capital punishment by the United States federal government">federal death penalty case</a> against Robert Bowers, who was indicted on <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_synagogue_shooting" title="Pittsburgh synagogue shooting">charges of murdering 11 congregants in a gun massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ambrose assumed <a href="/wiki/Senior_status" title="Senior status">senior status</a> (semi-retirement) on November 5, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Reeger_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reeger-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FJCBio_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJCBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ambrose retired (assumed inactive senior status) on February 1, 2022, after 28 years on the federal bench.<sup id="cite_ref-2022Retire_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022Retire-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bowers case was randomly reassigned to a different judge upon her retirement.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donetta_Ambrose&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In her early years on the federal bench, Ambrose lived in <a href="/wiki/Lower_Burrell,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania">Lower Burrell</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-Domin_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Domin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ambrose later moved to <a href="/wiki/Oakmont,_Pennsylvania" title="Oakmont, Pennsylvania">Oakmont</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2022Retire_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022Retire-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donetta_Ambrose&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FJCBio-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FJCBio_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FJCBio_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FJCBio_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FJCBio_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FJCBio_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FJCBio_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FJCBio_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FJCBio_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FJCBio_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377156">Donetta W. Ambrose</a> at the <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_Federal_Judges" title="Biographical Directory of Federal Judges">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></i>, a publication of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Judicial_Center" title="Federal Judicial Center">Federal Judicial Center</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Reeger-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Reeger_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Reeger_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Reeger_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Reeger_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jennifer Reeger, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.triblive.com/news/trailblazing-marked-senior-federal-judges-career/">Trailblazing marked senior federal judge's career</a>, <i>Pittsburgh Tribune-Review</i> (January 1, 2011).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2022Retire-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2022Retire_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2022Retire_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2022Retire_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2022Retire_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2022Retire_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2022Retire_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2022Retire_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2022Retire_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Paula Reed Ward, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/alle-kiski-valleys-donetta-ambrose-legal-trailblazer-retires-from-u-s-district-court-after-28-years/">Donetta Ambrose, legal trailblazer, retires from U.S. District Court after 28 years</a>, (February 13, 2022).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Domin-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Domin_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Domin_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Donna J. Domin, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.triblive.com/news/judgment-call-ambrose-credits-hometown-for-success/">Judgment call: Ambrose credits hometown for success</a>, <i>Pittsburgh Tribune-Review</i> (February 16, 2003).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19980812nuke5.asp">Apollo cancer trial opens with tough case to prove</a>, <i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i> (August 12, 1998).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mary Ann Thomas, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.triblive.com/news/bw-settles-radioactive-emissions-lawsuit-for-52-5-million/">B&W settles radioactive emissions lawsuit for $52.5 million</a>, <i>Pittsburgh Tribune-Review</i> (April 19, 2009).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Torsten Ove, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2022/02/03/tree-of-life-shooting-suspect-trial-new-judge-death-penalty-case/stories/202202030100">New U.S. judge to preside over alleged Tree of Life shooter's death penalty case</a>, <i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i> (February 3, 2022).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Torsten Ove, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2021/11/12/tree-of-life-synagogue-shooting-suspect-robert-bowers-trial-defense-lawyers-insanity-plea/stories/202111120088">Bowers defense team won't seek insanity defense but still wants more time; judge grants another delay</a>, <i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i> (November 12, 2021).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Paula Reed Ward, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://triblive.com/local/judge-denies-motion-to-suppress-statements-made-by-defendant-in-tree-of-life-case/">Judge denies motion to suppress statements made by defendant in Tree of Life case</a>, <i>Pittsburgh Tribune-Review</i> (January 20, 2022).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Torsten Ove, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2022/02/03/tree-of-life-shooting-suspect-trial-new-judge-death-penalty-case/stories/202202030100">New U.S. judge to preside over alleged Tree of Life shooter's death penalty case</a>, <i>Pittsburgh Tribune-Review</i> (February 3, 2022).</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #DDCEF2;">Legal offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Joseph_Weber" title="Gerald Joseph Weber">Gerald Joseph Weber</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <span class="nowrap">Judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Pennsylvania" title="United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania">United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania</a></span> </b><br />1993–2010 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mark_R._Hornak" title="Mark R. Hornak">Mark R. Hornak</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/D._Brooks_Smith" title="D. Brooks Smith">D. Brooks Smith</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <span class="nowrap">Chief Judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Pennsylvania" title="United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania">United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania</a></span> </b><br />2002–2009 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gary_L._Lancaster" title="Gary L. Lancaster">Gary L. 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