Edmund V. Ludwig (May 20, 1928 – May 17, 2016) was a
United States district judge
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of the
.
Early life and education
Born in
Philadelphia
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,
Pennsylvania
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, Ludwig received an
Artium Baccalaureus degree from
Harvard University
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in 1949 and a
Bachelor of Laws
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from
Harvard Law School
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Each class ...
in 1952. He was a Reserve Captain in the
Army JAG Corps from 1953 to 1956, before returning to private practice in Philadelphia, and later
Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Legal career
Ludwig was elected a Judge on the
Bucks County
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Court of Common Pleas
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in 1968, and went to serve as a Clinical associate professor at
Hahnemann University
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, and a visiting lecturer at
Temple University Beasley School of Law
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Student body
Admission for fall 2019 entering class was highly compe ...
in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Ludwig also briefly served as a member of the
University of Pennsylvania
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's faculty in the early 1980s, and held a variety of positions at
Villanova University School of Law
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in the late 1970s.
Federal judicial service
Ludwig was nominated by
President
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Ronald Reagan
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to a seat on the
on June 21, 1985. The seat was vacated by the retiring former
Lieutenant Governor
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Raymond J. Broderick
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. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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on October 16, 1985, and received his commission on October 17, 1985.
He assumed
senior status
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on May 20, 1997, serving in that status until his death on May 17, 2016, in
Doylestown,
Pennsylvania
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.
References
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1928 births
2016 deaths
Drexel University faculty
Harvard Law School alumni
Judges of the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas
Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Lawyers from Philadelphia
Temple University faculty
United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan
20th-century American judges
United States Army officers
University of Pennsylvania faculty
Villanova University alumni
Wasserstein Fellows
Villanova University faculty