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| Marjorie Rendell | |
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| Assumed office January 21, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Katherine Schweiker |
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| Assumed office September 29, 1997 |
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| Nominated by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | William D. Hutchinson |
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| In office February 11, 1994 – November 20, 1997 |
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| Nominated by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Louis C. Bechtle |
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| Born | 1947 Wilmington, Delaware |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Spouse(s) | Governor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell (D–PA) |
| Children | Jesse Rendell |
| Residence | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania, BA 1969 Georgetown University grad school, 1970-1971 Villanova University School of Law, J.D. 1973 |
| Profession | Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1973-1993 |
| Website | Office of the First Lady Judges of the United States Courts |
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Marjorie ("Midge") Osterlund Rendell is a federal judge and the current First Lady of Pennsylvania. She was born in Wilmington, Delaware where her father was employed as a DuPont executive and where she attended Ursuline Academy as a young girl.
After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctor from Villanova University Law School, she practiced as an attorney for twenty years as a partner in the Philadelphia firm of Duane, Morris & Heckscher, where she focused her practice on bankruptcy and commercial litigation.
In 1994 she was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In 1997 she was once again nominated by President Clinton, this time for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit where she continues to serve as an appellate judge today. She is also a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1993, she founded and managed Avenue of the Arts, Inc., whose purpose was to develop Philadelphia's Broad Street into a world-class artistic venue.
In 2003, she was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women"[2] She married Ed Rendell in 1971 and became First Lady of the state of Pennsylvania when her husband was sworn in as Governor on January 21, 2003, after having won the state's gubernatorial election in November, 2002. They have one son, Jesse.
References
- ^ "Marjorie O. Rendell." Marquis Who's Who TM. Marquis Who's Who, 2009. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC. Fee via Fairfax County Public Library, accessed 2009-05-01. Document Number: K2017468130.
- ^ "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2001. Archived from the original on 2004-02-09. http://web.archive.org/web/20040209095936/politicspa.com/features/mostpoliticallypowerfulwomen.htm.
Despite devoting a substantial amount of her career to bankruptcy practice in an interview with the News Letter of the Federal Courts,The Third Branch Vol. 36, Number 11—November 2004 she indicated "For whatever reason, the large cases tend to gravitate to a few courts."
External links
- Office of the First Lady: Judge Marjorie Rendell official state site
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