Richard Barclay Surrick (born 1937) is a
senior United States district judge
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of the
.
Education and career
Born in
Media
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,
Pennsylvania
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Surrick received a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree from
Dickinson College in 1960, and a
Juris Doctor from
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson Law
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in 1965. He was also initiated as a member of the Raven's Claw Society. He was in private practice in
Pennsylvania
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from 1965 to 1977. He was a chief of the appellate division in the Office of the Public Defender of
Delaware County, from 1965 to 1974. He was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County from 1978 to 2000. He received a
Master of Laws
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from the
University of Virginia School of Law in 1982.
Federal judicial service
On April 11, 2000, Surrick was nominated by President
Bill Clinton
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to a seat on the
vacated by
Lowell A. Reed, Jr. Surrick was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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on May 24, 2000, and received his commission on June 5, 2000. He assumed
senior status
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on February 1, 2011.
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1937 births
Dickinson College alumni
Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Living people
Public defenders
United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
Dickinson School of Law alumni
University of Virginia School of Law alumni
20th-century American judges
People from Media, Pennsylvania
21st-century American judges