Mitchell S. Goldberg

Mitchell S. Goldberg (born 1959) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Mitchell S. Goldberg
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Incumbent
Assumed office March 5, 2024
Preceded by	Juan Ramon Sánchez
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Incumbent
Assumed office October 31, 2008
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	John R. Padova
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Bucks County
In office 2003–2008
Personal details
Born	1959 (age 64–65) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	Ithaca College (AB) Temple University (JD)

Education and career

Goldberg was born in Philadelphia. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Ithaca College in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 1986. After serving as an assistant district attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office from 1986 to 1989, he entered private practice in Pennsylvania until 1996. He became an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1997, serving in that position until 2003 when he was elected to a judgeship on the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas. He also taught as an adjunct professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law from 2002 to 2006.

Federal judicial service

On July 24, 2008, Goldberg was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by John R. Padova. Goldberg was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26, 2008, and received his commission on October 31, 2008.

On March 5, 2024, Goldberg became chief judge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, succeeding Juan Ramon Sánchez.

See also

• List of Jewish American jurists

Sources

• Mitchell S. Goldberg at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.