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United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (senior status)

Tenure

2018 - Present

Years in position

6

Prior offices

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Education

Personal


Joy Flowers Conti is a judge on senior status of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She joined the court in 2002 after being nominated by President George W. Bush (R). She retired from full-time service, assuming senior status, December 6, 2018. Judge Conti served as chief judge of the court from 2013 to 2018.[1]

Early life and education

Born in Kane, Pennsylvania, Conti graduated from Duquesne University with her bachelor's degree in 1970 and from Duquesne University School of Law with her J.D. in 1973.[2]

Professional career

  • 1982-2002: Private practice, Pennsylvania
  • 1978-1982: Hearing examiner, Bureau of Occupational and Professional Affairs, Pa. Dept. of State
  • 1976-1982: Professor of law, Duquesne University School of Law
  • 1974-1976: Private practice, Pennsylvania
  • 1973-1974: Law clerk, Hon. Louis L. Manderino, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania[2]

Judicial career

  • 2013-2018: Chief judge

Federal judicial nomination

Western District of Pennsylvania

See also: Federal judges nominated by George W. Bush
Nomination Tracker

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Nominee Information
Name: Joy Flowers Conti
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Progress
Confirmed 187 days after nomination.
ApprovedNominated: January 23, 2002
ApprovedABA Rating: Substantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified
Questionnaire:
ApprovedHearing: May 9, 2002
Hearing Transcript: Hearing Transcript
QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more)
ApprovedReported: May 16, 2002 
ApprovedConfirmed: July 29, 2002
ApprovedVote: 96-0

Conti was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2002, to a seat vacated by Alan Bloch. The American Bar Association rated Conti Substantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Conti's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 9, 2002, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on May 16, 2002. Conti was confirmed on a recorded 96-0 vote of the U.S. Senate on July 29, 2002, and she received her commission on July 31, 2002. She retired from full-time service, assuming senior status, December 6, 2018. Conti served as the chief judge of the district court from 2013 to 2018.[2][3][4]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by:
Alan Bloch 		Western District of Pennsylvania
2002–2018 		Succeeded by:
William Shaw Stickman

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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  •  

George W. Bush

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Federal judges nominated by George W. Bush
2001

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2002

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2003

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Yeakel
2004

Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson

2005

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2006

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2007

Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu

2008

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