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Magistrate Judge William I. Arbuckle

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

      ENTERED ON DUTY
      Part-Time: July 29, 2008
      Full-Time:  June 8, 2017

            * 1994 to 2017 Private Law Practice
                               State College, PA
           * 1986 – 1994 Counsel, Judicial Conduct Board, and former J.I.R.B.
                               Harrisburg, PA
           * 1985 – 1986 Private Law Practice
                               Plymouth Meeting, PA
           * 1981 – 1985 Deputy Attorney General
                               Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
                               Harrisburg, PA
           * 1980 – 1981 Chief Public Defender
                               Erie County, Erie, PA
           * 1979 – 1980 Associate - Insurance Defense Practice
                               Knox Graham McGlaughlin Gornall & Sennett
                               Erie, PA
           * 1974 – 1979 Assistant Public Defender & Assistant Prosecutor
                               Portage & Summit Counties, Ohio

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

           * Federal Magistrate Judges Association
           * Pennsylvania Bar Association
           * Director, Pa Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, Inc.
           * Lycoming County Bar Association
           * Past President, Wilkinson-Campbell Inn of Court

EDUCATION

           * 1974 Akron University School of Law - Juris Doctorate
                        Member, Law Review and 6th Circuit Moot Court Team    
           * 1971 Grove City College - Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
                         Graduated with honors, Class President, Team Captain, and three time
                         NCAA All-American in swimming, Air Force ROTC.
           * 1967 Strong Vincent High School, Erie, PA.

MILITARY

          * 1971 – 1985  United States Air Force Reserve
                               Captain, J.A.G.

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