Thomas L. Ambro

Thomas Ambro
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Assumed office
February 16, 2000
Appointed by Bill Clinton
Preceded by Walter Stapleton
Personal details
Born (1949-12-27) December 27, 1949
Cambridge, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater Georgetown University
Georgetown University Law Center

Thomas L. Ambro (born December 27, 1949) is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He began his judicial service in 2000.

Education and legal career

Judge Ambro received both his B.A. (1971) and J.D. (1975) from Georgetown University. After law school, he clerked for Chief Justice Daniel L. Hermann of the Supreme Court of Delaware. Following his clerkship, he was in private practice in Wilmington, Delaware from 1976–2000 at the law firm of Richards, Layton & Finger. There he was a force behind Delaware's rise as a preferred venue for large Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Immediately prior to being elevated to the bench, he headed the bankruptcy practice at Richards Layton.

Judge Ambro is a past Chair of the Section of Business Law of the American Bar Association and past Editor of The Business Lawyer. For 20 years, he chaired the Committee on the Uniform Commercial Code for the Commercial Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Inns of Court, the American Law Institute, and the National Bankruptcy Conference. Judge Ambro serves as an adjunct professor at his alma mater, Georgetown University, where he teaches a course on public speaking to undergraduate students. The Hon. Thomas L. Ambro Fellowship, awarded to support a summer internship with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, is named in his honor.[1]

Judicial service

Ambro was appointed to the Third Circuit by President Bill Clinton on September 29, 1999, to fill a seat vacated by Walter King Stapleton. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 10, 2000, by a 96-2 vote and received his commission on February 16, 2000.

Among Judge Ambro's well-known opinions are:

His notable dissenting opinions include:

Selected publications

References

  1. http://www.deb.uscourts.gov/news/hon-thomas-l-ambro-fellowship-criteria-selection-summer-scholarship-recipient
  2. Rimer, Sara (December 19, 2001). "Death Sentence Overturned In 1981 Killing of Officer". The New York Times. p. 1.

Sources

Legal offices
Preceded by
Walter Stapleton
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
2000–present
Incumbent
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