Theodore Alexander McKee (born June 5, 1947, in Rochester, New York) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He previously served on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania.
Theodore Alexander McKee
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Born 1947 in Rochester, NY
FJC ID: 1563
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 192/year
Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1994–
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
- African American
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2010–2016
- Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County [Pennsylvania]Judge · 1984–1994
- Rutgers Law SchoolLecturer · 1980–1991
- Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDeputy city solicitor · 1980–1983
- Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] Parking AuthorityGeneral counsel · 1983
Eastern District of PennsylvaniaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1977–1980- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1975–1977
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitChief Judge1994–2022 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1975- State University of New York at CortlandB.A. · 1969