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Donetta W. Ambrose

Donetta W. Ambrose

Pennsylvania Western District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Born 1945 in New Kensington, PA

FJC ID: 37

Donetta Wypiski Ambrose (born November 5, 1945) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Gender
Female
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County [Pennsylvania]
    Judge · 1982–1993
  2. Private practice, New Kensington, Pennsylvania
    1974–1981
  3. Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
    Assistant district attorney · 1977–1981
  4. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    Assistant attorney general · 1972–1974
  5. Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
    Law clerk , Hon. Louis Manderino · 1970–1971

Appointments

  1. Pennsylvania Western District Court
    1993–2010 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)

Education

  1. Duquesne University School of Law
  2. Duquesne University
    B.A. · 1967