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Donald Ziegler

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Prior offices

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Education

Personal


Donald Emil Ziegler (1936-present) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Ziegler was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on March 22, 1978, to a seat vacated by Rabe Marsh; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 1, 1978, and received commission the next day. He served as chief judge from 1994-2001.[1] He assumed senior status on October 1, 2001, and retired on May 31, 2003. Ziegler was succeeded in this position by Terrence McVerry.

Early life and education

  • Duquesne University, B.A., 1958
  • Georgetown University Law Center, LL.B., 1961

Professional career

  • Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1962-1974
  • Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1974-1978

Judicial nominations and appointments

Western District of Pennsylvania

Ziegler was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on March 22, 1978, to a seat vacated by Rabe Marsh; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 1, 1978, and received commission the next day. He served as chief judge from 1994-2001. He assumed senior status on October 1, 2001, and retired on May 31, 2003.[1]Ziegler was succeeded in this position by Terrence McVerry.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by:
Rabe Marsh 		Western District of Pennsylvania
1978–2001
Seat #2 		Succeeded by:
Terrence McVerry

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Active judges

Chief Judge: Mark Raymond Hornak   •  Cathy Bissoon  •  Susan Baxter  •  Robert J. Colville  •  Marilyn J. Horan  •  J. Nicholas Ranjan  •  Stephanie Haines  •  William Shaw Stickman  •  Scott Hardy  •  Christy Wiegand

Senior judges

Nora Fischer  •  Arthur Schwab  •  David Cercone  •  Kim Gibson  •  Joy Conti  •  

Magistrate judges Keith Pesto  •  Maureen Kelly  •  Patricia Dodge  •  Richard Lanzillo  •  Kezia Taylor  •  Christopher Brown (Pennsylvania)  •  
Former Article III judges

William Knox  •  Jonathan Hoge Walker  •  William Wilkins  •  Thomas Irwin  •  Wilson McCandless  •  Winthrop Welles Ketcham  •  Marcus Wilson Acheson  •  Joseph Weis (Third Circuit)  •  Brooks Smith  •  Thomas Hardiman  •  Joseph Buffington  •  Timothy Lewis (Pennsylvania)  •  James Hay Reed  •  Nathaniel Ewing  •  James Scott Young  •  Charles Prentiss Orr  •  W. H. Seward Thomson  •  Robert Murray Gibson  •  Alan Bloch  •  Maurice Cohill  •  Gustave Diamond  •  William Standish  •  Gary Lancaster  •  Terrence McVerry  •  Sean McLaughlin  •  Frederic Palen Schoonmaker  •  Nelson McVicar  •  Frederick Follmer  •  Carol Mansmann  •  Owen Burns  •  Robert Cindrich  •  Edward Dumbauld  •  Wallace Gourley  •  Rabe Marsh  •  Barron McCune  •  John McIlvaine  •  Glenn Mencer  •  John Lester Miller  •  Louis Rosenberg  •  Ralph Scalera  •  Daniel Snyder  •  Herbert Sorg  •  William Stewart (Pennsylvania)  •  Hubert Teitelbaum  •  Gerald Weber  •  Joseph Willson  •  Donald Ziegler  •  Donald Lee  •  Paul Simmons  •  Peter Phipps  •  

Former Chief judges

Robert Murray Gibson  •  Donetta Ambrose  •  Maurice Cohill  •  Gustave Diamond  •  Gary Lancaster  •  Nelson McVicar  •  Wallace Gourley  •  Rabe Marsh  •  Herbert Sorg  •  Hubert Teitelbaum  •  Gerald Weber  •  Donald Ziegler  •  

Jimmy Carter

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Federal judges nominated by Jimmy Carter
1977

Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron

1978

Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler

1979

Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright •

Zobel
1980

Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams

1981

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