Marjorie May "Midge" Rendell (née Osterlund; born December 20, 1947) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a former First Lady of Pennsylvania. In 2003, she was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women".
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 13/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 434/year
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1994–1997Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1997–
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
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Member · 2011–2018- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1973–1993
Appointments
1997–2015 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
1994–1997 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1973- University of PennsylvaniaB.A. · 1969