Sean Joseph McLaughlin (born January 4, 1955) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Sean J. McLaughlin
Pennsylvania Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Born 1955 in Erie, PA
FJC ID: 1579
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- secretary, and general counsel, Erie Indemnity Co.Executive vice president · 2013–present
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2013
- Private practice, Erie, Pennsylvania1981–1994
Law clerk , Hon. Gerald J. Weber · 1980–1981
Law clerk , Hon. Maurice B. Cohill · 1981
Law clerk , Hon. William Knox · 1980
Appointments
1994–2013 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Resignation
Education
J.D. · 1980- Georgetown UniversityA.B. · 1977