Berle Mark Schiller (June 17, 1944 – July 22, 2025) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 2000 to 2025.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 13/year
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 2000–2025
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Superior Court of PennsylvaniaJudge · 1996–2000
- Federal Transit AdministrationChief counsel · 1994–1996
- Private practice, Pennsylvania1968–1969, 1972–1993
Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaDeputy attorney general · 1971
Appointments
2000–2025 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1968- Bowdoin CollegeB.A. · 1965