WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senators, Democrat Bob Casey Jr. and Republican Pat Toomey, announced Friday they will continue their bipartisan judicial agreement, which has already succeeded in filling 14 vacancies on federal district courts in Pennsylvania.
Casey and Toomey look forward to continuing this bipartisan process under President Trump, and appointing individuals who demonstrate the intelligence, experience, and character to serve Pennsylvania well on the federal bench.
Casey and Toomey will employ the following process to fill vacancies on the federal district courts in Pennsylvania:
• Separate judicial nomination advisory panels will be established in the Eastern District and Western District of Pennsylvania, where the federal district courts currently have judicial vacancies.
• These panels will screen applicants for judicial vacancies and submit the names of qualified applicants to the two U.S. Senators.
• Each panel will be made up of 20 members, including two co-chairs. Casey and Toomey will each appoint nine panel members and one co-chair. The Eastern District panel co-chairs are Robert Ross – senior partner at Ross Feller Casey, LLP; and John J. Soroko — chairman and CEO, Duane Morris LLP. The Western District panel co-chairs are Michael Adams – founder and managing partner, Mike Adams & Associates, LLC; and Heather S. Heidelbaugh — partner with Leech Tishman.
Applicants will be required to complete and submit the questionnaire approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Persons interested in being considered for an appointment should email the address corresponding to their district:
Eastern District: judgeappEDPA@toomey.senate.gov and/or judicial_nominations@casey.senate.gov
Western District: judgeappWDPA@toomey.senate.gov and/or judicial_nominations@casey.senate.gov
The deadline for applicants to submit the completed Senate Judiciary questionnaire in both the Eastern and Western District is no later than April 10 at 8 a.m.
There are currently no vacancies in the Middle District. When vacancies occur the senators will employ a similar process.
