Education
Born December 16, 1940 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, Scirica graduated from Wesleyan University in 1962 and received his Juris Doctor from University of Michigan Law School in 1965.
Born December 16, 1940 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, Scirica graduated from Wesleyan University in 1962 and received his Juris Doctor from University of Michigan Law School in 1965.
Prior to his appointment to the federal bench in 1984, he practiced law in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, serving as an assistant district attorney, and was elected to the Court of Common Pleas. Scirica also served as a State Representative in the Pennsylvania General Assembly from 1971 to 1979. Scirica was a Republican representing parts of Montgomery County.
In 1984, Scirica was appointed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
He was elevated to the Court of Appeals in 1987. He became Chief Judge in 2003 when then-Chief Judge Edward Roy Becker assumed senior status.
Scirica assumed senior status on July 1, 2013 following his appointment as a Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. In 1994, Scirica was elected to the American Law Institute and was elected to the ALI Council in May 2011.
In 2008, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Junior. of the United States. Supreme Court named Judge Scirica to be chairman of the executive committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
In 2011, Scirica was elected to the Council of the American Law Institute. He currently chairs an ALI Regional Advisory Group, coordinating the efforts to identify and nominate new members. Scirica joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania Law School in July 2013 as a Senior Fellow.
Scirica wrote a dissent in the Prometheus Radio Project v.
Federal Communication Commission case. He authored the unanimous opinion in the Winer Family Trust v. Queen private securities fraud class action.
His former law clerks include Gregory G. Garre, a former-United States Solicitor General, and Magistrate Judge Timothy R. Rice.
