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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Pennsylvania: Chief Judges
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Number of chief judges: 17 Kirkpatrick, William Huntington (1948-1958)
Ganey, James Cullen (1958-1961)
Clary, Thomas James (1961-1969)
Lord, John Whitaker, Jr. (1969-1971)
Lord, Joseph Simon III (1971-1982)
Luongo, Alfred Leopold (1982-1986)
Fullam, John Patrick (1986-1990)
Bechtle, Louis Charles (1990-1993)
Cahn, Edward Norman (1993-1998)
Giles, James Tyrone (1999-2005)
Bartle, Harvey III (2006-2011)
Joyner, J. Curtis (2011-2013)
Tucker, Petrese B. (2013-2017)
Stengel, Lawrence F. (2017-2018)
Sánchez, Juan Ramon (2018-2024)
Goldberg, Mitchell S. (2024-2025)
Beetlestone, Wendy (2025-present)
Western District of Pennsylvania
Number of chief judges: 16 Gibson, Robert Murray (1948-1949)
McVicar, Nelson (1949-1951)
Gourley, Wallace Samuel (1951-1969)
Marsh, Rabe Ferguson, Jr. (1969-1975)
Sorg, Herbert Peter (1975-1976)
Weber, Gerald Joseph (1976-1982)
Teitelbaum, Hubert Irving (1982-1985)
Cohill, Maurice Blanchard, Jr. (1985-1992)
Diamond, Gustave (1992-1994)
Ziegler, Donald Emil (1994-2001)
Smith, D[avid] Brooks (2001-2002)
Ambrose, Donetta W. (2002-2009)
Lancaster, Gary L. (2009-2013)
McLaughlin, Sean J. (2013)
Conti, Joy Flowers (2013-2018)
Hornak, Mark Raymond (2018-present)
Middle District of Pennsylvania
Number of chief judges: 12 Watson, Albert Leisenring (1948-1955)
Murphy, John William (1955-1962)
Follmer, Frederick Voris (1962)
Sheridan, Michael Henry (1962-1976)
Nealon, William Joseph, Jr. (1976-1989)
Conaboy, Richard Paul (1989-1992)
Rambo, Sylvia H. (1992-1999)
Vanaskie, Thomas Ignatius (1999-2006)
Kane, Yvette (2006-2013)
Conner, Christopher C. (2013-2020)
Jones, John E. III (2020-2021)
Brann, Matthew William (2021-present)