Background
Fickler, Arlene was born on April 21, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Fickler, Arlene was born on April 21, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bachelor cum laude, University of Pennsylvania, 1971; Juris Doctor cum laude, University of Pennsylvania, 1974.
Worked at Hoyle, Morris & Kerr. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Pennsylvania. 1980, District of Columbia.
Comment Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1973-1974. Co-Author, with A.L. Levin: "Realignment of the Fifth Circuit: A Necessary First Step," 46 Mississippi Law Journal 659, 1975. "A New Proposal for a National Court of Appeals," 59 Judicature 164, November 1975.
Staff Attorney, Commission on Revision of Federal Court Appellate System, 1974-1975. Executive Assistant, Bicentennial Committee of Judicial Conference of the United States, 1975-1976. President, Law Alumni Society of University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Member: Philadelphia (Chairman, Federal Courts Committee, 1992), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. The District of Columbia Bar. American Law Institute.
Federal Bar Council of Second Circuit. Trustee, Philadelphia Bar Foundation.
President University of Pennsylvania Law School Alumni Board Mgrs., 1997-1999. Trustee Jewish Fedn.of Greater Philadelphia, 1981-1988, 89-93, 94-98, Philadelphia Bar Foundation, 1993-1998, Jewish Cmty. Centers of Philadelphia, since 1997, HIAS Immigration Superior vena cava syndrome Philadelphia,1998-, Jewish Cmty.
Rels. Council Greater Philadelphia, 1983-1994, 98-. Member United Jewish Appeal National Young Women's Leadership Cabinet, 1982-1987. Vice president Philadelphia chapter American Jewish Congress, since 1995.
Member American Bar Association, American Law Institute, American Bar Foundation, Pennsylvania Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar, Philadelphia Bar Association (chairman federal courts committee 1992), Federal Bar Council of Second Circuit.