Chambers: (570) 207-5710

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

       ENTERED ON DUTY
       July 24, 1979
       Chief Judge, January 1, 1989 to September 1, 1992

               * 1951-1953  Partner, Powell & Conaboy
               * 1953-1962  Kennedy, O'Brien & O'Brien
               * 1962-1979  Judge, Court of Common Pleas,
                   Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (President Judge, 1978-1979)

       APPOINTMENTS

               * Chairman, United States Sentencing Commission, 1994-1998
               * Chairman, Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing 1979-1981

       SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

               * Former President, Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges
               * Former President, Pennsylvania Joint Council on Criminal Justice
               * Former President, Board of Directors, Scranton School District
               * Former Chairman, Board of Directors, Marywood College
               * Former Chairman, Board of Directors, University of Scranton

EDUCATION

               * B.A., 1945, University of Scranton
               * LL.B., 1950, Catholic University of America

PERSONAL

               * Born:  1925, Scranton, Pennsylvania

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