Thomas Ignatius Vanaskie

Professional career

• Private practice, Scranton, PA, 1980-1994
• Law clerk, Hon. William Nealon, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1978-1980

Judicial service

• Judge, District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania, 1994-2010
• Judge, Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2010-present
• He joined the court in 2010, assumed senior status in 2018, and retired in 2019.
• Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Retired: January 2, 2019.
• Senior status: November 30, 2018.
• Service ended: April 28, 2010, upon elevation to the Court of Appeals.
• Confirmed: April 21, 2010, by the Senate (77–20 vote).
• Commissioned: April 26, 2010.
• Nominated: August 6, 2009, by President Barack Obama to a seat vacated by Franklin Van Antwerpen.
• Chief Judge: 1999–2006.
• From 1980 to 1994, Vanaskie practiced law in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
• Confirmed: February 10, 1994, by the Senate; commissioned February 11, 1994.
• Appointed: November 17, 1993, by President Bill Clinton to a newly created seat.
• Thomas Ignatius Vanaskie (born November 11, 1953, Shamokin, Pennsylvania) is a retired American federal judge who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and as Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
• After retirement, Vanaskie serves as Of Counsel at Stevens & Lee, co-chairing the firm’s Appellate Practice Group and chairing its Mediation, Neutral Services, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group.
• In summary: Thomas Ignatius Vanaskie is a distinguished federal judge with over four decades in the legal profession, spanning private practice, trial court leadership, appellate service, and post-retirement legal advocacy.

Education

• Lycoming College · B.A., 1975
• The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University · J.D., 1978
• Penn State Dickinson Law

Personal record

Born 1953 · Shamokin, PA