Gene E. K. Pratter

Gene E. K. Pratter (b. 1949, Chicago, Illinois) is a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

She was appointed to the court by President George W. Bush on November 3, 2003, to a seat vacated by William H. Yohn, and Confirmed by the Senate on June 15, 2004, and received commission on June 16, 2004. Prior to her appointment to the bench, she served as general counsel to the law firm of Duane Morris LLP. [ [http://www.duanemorris.com/site/past_and_present.html Duane Morris firm history] ]

Judge Pratter received her bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 1971, and her Juris Doctor from University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1975.

On November 15, 2007, she was nominated by President George W. Bush to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, to replace Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen, who assumed senior status in 2006. [ [http://www.uscourts.gov/cfapps/webnovada/CF_FB_301/index.cfm?fuseaction=Reports.ViewVacancies Current federal judicial nominees pending] ] Her nomination was withdrawn in July 2008 in favor of Paul S. Diamond. [ [http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202422708639&rss=newswire Law.com article] ] [http://www.instablogs.com/entry/bush-nominates-judge-for-3rd-us-appeals-court/]

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* [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=3061 Profile] from the Federal Judicial Center