William H. Yohn, Jr.

William H. Yohn, Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Incumbent
Assumed office November 20, 2003
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
In office September 16, 1991 – November 20, 2003
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	John P. Fullam
Succeeded by	Gene E. K. Pratter
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 146th district
In office 1969–1980
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	Robert D. Reber, Jr.
Personal details
Born	November 20, 1935 Pottstown, Pennsylvania[1]
Alma mater	Princeton University Yale Law School

William H. Yohn, Jr. (born November 20, 1935) is a Senior Judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Born in 1935 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Judge Yohn graduated from Princeton University in 1957 and received his J.D. from the Yale Law School in 1960. Judge Yohn served in the United States Marine Corps from 1960 to 1961, and continued in the reserves until 1965. He was in private practice in Pottstown from 1961 to 1981. During that time, Judge Yohn served as an assistant district attorney (1962–1965) and as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1968 to 1980. In 1981 he was elected as a judge on the court of common pleas for Montgomery County, a position he held until 1991, when was appointed by President George H. W. Bush to the Eastern District. He assumed senior status in 2003.

Judge Yohn was assigned to be the Judge during the Vincent Fumo corruption trial in Philadelphia Federal Court in September 2008.

On September 14, 2008, the Philadelphia Inquirer announced that Yohn had been hospitalized. He had been suffering from a cough and had complained in court last week about viruslike symptoms.^[2] As of September 30, 2008, Judge Yohn was replaced as the judge in the Fumo case.^[3][4]

References

1. Pennsylvania. Dept. of General Services; Pennsylvania. Bureau of Publications; Pennsylvania. Dept. of Property and Supplies (1976). The Pennsylvania Manual 103. Department of General Services. ISSN 0275-8814. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
2. Lounsberry, Emilie (September 15, 2008). "Judge's illness delays Fumo corruption trial". Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008.
3. "Federal judge in Fumo corruption trial replaced". The Legal Intelligencer. Associated Press. September 30, 2008. (subscription required (help)).
4. McCoy, Craig R. (September 30, 2008). "Judge in Fumo trial is replaced". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved August 23, 2015.

External links

• William H. Yohn, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.