James T. Giles
| James Tyrone Giles | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
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In office November 27, 1979 – February 11, 2008 | |
| Nominated by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Herbert A. Fogel |
| Succeeded by | Joel Harvey Slomsky |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1943 (age 72–73) Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Lawyer |
James Tyrone Giles (born 1943) is a former United States federal judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, Giles received a B.A. from Amherst College in 1964 and an LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1967. He was a clerk for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1967, and a field attorney of the National Labor Relations Board in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1967 to 1968. He was in private practice in Philadelphia from 1968 to 1979.[1]
On October 11, 1979, Giles was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by Herbert A. Fogel. Giles was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 26, 1979, and received his commission on November 27, 1979. He served as chief judge from 1999 to 2005. He assumed senior status on February 11, 2008, and retired from the court completely on October 3, 2008. He thereafter returned to private practice.[1]
References
- 1 2 Giles, James Tyrone at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center. Accessed 2015-01-02.
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| Preceded by Herbert Allan Fogel |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1979–2008 |
Succeeded by Joel Harvey Slomsky |