Patty Shwartz
| Patty Shwartz | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
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Assumed office April 10, 2013 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Maryanne Barry |
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| Born | 1961 (age 55–56) Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Rutgers University, Newark (BA) University of Pennsylvania (JD) |
Patty Shwartz (born 1961) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Shwartz was born in Paterson, New Jersey. She grew up in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, where she attended Hebrew school and became bat mitzvah at Congregation Beth Shalom. She graduated from Pompton Lakes High School. Shwartz earned her B.A. from Rutgers College in 1983 and her J.D. from University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1986, where she was a member of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. After graduating from law school, she worked as an associate at Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz.
Shwartz clerked for Judge Harold A. Ackerman of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1987–1989. She then worked for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey from 1989 until 2003. During this time she held the following positions: Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division (1995 to 1999), Chief of the Criminal Division (1999–2001 and 2002–2003) and Executive Assistant United States Attorney (2001–2002). From 2003 to 2013, she served as a United States magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Since 2009, Shwartz had taught as an adjunct professor of law at Fordham University School of Law.
Shwartz was recommended for a judgeship on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by Senator Frank Lautenberg. On October 5, 2011 she was nominated by President Barack Obama to a judgeship on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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