Petrese B. Tucker
Petrese B. Tucker | |
|---|---|
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| Assumed office June 1, 2021 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| In office May 1, 2013 – July 31, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | J. Curtis Joyner |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence F. Stengel |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| In office June 1, 2000 – June 1, 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Thomas Newman O'Neill Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Kelley B. Hodge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Petrese Debré Brown May 27, 1951 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Temple University (BA, JD) |
Petrese Debré Brown Tucker (born May 27, 1951)[1] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Education and career
[edit]Tucker was born in Philadelphia. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Temple University in 1973 and a Juris Doctor from Temple University School of Law in 1976. She was a law clerk for Judge Lawrence Prattis of the Common Pleas Court from 1976 to 1978. She was in private practice in Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1978. She was an Assistant District Attorney of Philadelphia, District Attorney Office from 1978 to 1986. She was an adjunct professor, Great Lakes Colleges Association from 1984 to 1985. She was a senior trial attorney of Southeastern Transportation Authority Legal Department from 1986 to 1987. She was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 2000.
Federal judicial service
[edit]On July 27, 1999, Tucker was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Thomas N. O'Neill, Jr. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 24, 2000, and received her commission on June 1, 2000. Tucker served as Chief Judge of the District from May 1, 2013, to July 31, 2017. She assumed senior status on June 1, 2021.[2]
See also
[edit]- List of African-American federal judges
- List of African-American jurists
- List of first women lawyers and judges in Pennsylvania
References
[edit]- ^ Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, February 22, March 23, April 27, and May 10, 2000. U.S. Government Printing Office. 2001. p. 844.
- ^ Petrese B. Tucker at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Sources
[edit]- Petrese B. Tucker at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1951 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American judges
- 20th-century American women judges
- 21st-century American women judges
- 21st-century American judges
- African-American judges
- Judges of the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Lawyers from Philadelphia
- Temple University Beasley School of Law alumni
- United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton