Terrence Francis McVerry (September 16, 1943 – March 8, 2021) was a

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of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Education and career

Born in

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, McVerry received a

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degree from Duquesne University in 1965 and a

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from

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in 1968. He was in private practice in Pittsburgh, from 1966 to 1998. He was an Assistant district attorney of District Attorney of

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, Pennsylvania, from 1969 to 1973. In 1978, McVerry was elected to the

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and represented a number of south hills communities in the General Assembly for six terms through 1990. He was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from 1998 to 2000. He was a Solicitor/Director, Allegheny County Law Department, Pennsylvania from 2000 to 2002. He was a Solicitor/General counsel, Community College of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from 2000 to 2002.

District court service

McVerry was a senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. McVerry was nominated by President

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on January 23, 2002, to a seat vacated by Donald Emil Ziegler. He was confirmed by the

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on September 3, 2002, and received his commission on September 4, 2002. He took

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on September 30, 2013, and died on March 8, 2021.Obituary: Terrence F. ‘Terry’ McVerry, a former legislator and judge
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