Wendy Beetlestone

Judge Wendy Beetlestone

Personal

Birthday:

1961

Birthplace:

Ibadan, Nigeria

Race or Ethnicity:

White/African Am.

Gender:

Female

Prior Employment:

Television news producer, Pittsburgh and Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, 1986-1990
Law clerk, Hon. Robert S. Gawthrop III, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1993-1994
Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1994-2002, 2005-2014
General counsel, The School District of Philadelphia [Pennsylvania], 2002-2005

Education

Name of School:

Liverpool University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1984

Name of School - Second:

University of Pennsylvania Law School

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Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1993

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Court Name:

Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

President Nominating:

Barack Obama

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

11/21/2014