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Robert S. Gawthrop III

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania · 1987

Robert S. Gawthrop III, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Robert Smith Gawthrop III (December 2, 1942 – August 1, 1999) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Education

  • Amherst CollegeB.A., 1964
  • Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law)J.D., 1970

Career

U.S. Army lieutenant, Field Artillery, 1965-1967; Law clerk, Hon. Lee F. Swope, Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County [Pennsylvania], 1969-1970; Private practice, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1970-1978; Assistant district attorney, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1971-1978; Assistant district attorney, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, 1976-1977; Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Chester County [Pennsylvania], 1978-1988; Adjunct professor, Dickinson School of Law, 1981-1982

Biography

Robert Smith Gawthrop III (December 2, 1942 – August 1, 1999) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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