Background
Ludwig, Edmund Vincent was born on May 20, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry and Ruth (Viner) Ludwig.
Ludwig, Edmund Vincent was born on May 20, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry and Ruth (Viner) Ludwig.
AB, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1949. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1952.
Associate Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, 1956-1959. Partner Barnes, Biester & Ludwig, Doylestown, 1959-1968. Judge Common Pleas Court, Bucks County, 1968-1985, United States District Court (eastern district), Philadelphia, since 1985.
Faculty Pennsylvania College of the Judiciary, 1974-1985. Presenter Villanova University Law School, Pennsylvania, 1975-1980, lecturer, 1984-1997. Visiting lecturer Temple Law School, 1977-1980.
Clinical associate professor Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, 1977-1985. Member Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judge's Commission, 1978-1985. Chairman Pennsylvania Chief Justice's Educational Committee, 1984-1985.
President Pennsylvania Conference State Trial Judges, 1981-1982. Co-chairman 3d circuit task force on counsel for independent litigants in civil cases, 1998. Jurist in residence, Drexel University, College of Law, since 2006.
Chairman Children and Youth Advisory Committee, Bucks County, 1978-1983. Member Pennsylvania Advisory Committee on Mental Health and Mental Retardation, 1980-1985. Founder, board directors Today, Inc., Newtown, Pennsylvania, 1971-1985, Probation Volumes, Bucks County, 1971-1981.
Board directors New Directions for Women, Delaware Valley, since 1988. Member Pennsylvania Joint Council Criminal Justice, Inc., 1979-1980. Member Joint Family Law Council Pennsylvania, 1979-1985.
Vice chairman Human Services Council Bucks County, 1979-1981. Member Committee to Study Unified Judicial System Pennsylvania, 1980-1982, Pennsylvania Legislative Task Force on Mental Health Laws, 1986-1987. Chairman Juvenile Justice Alliance, Philadelphia, since 1992.
Co-chairman Doylestown Revitalization Board, Pennsylvania, 1993-1996. Member 3d circuit task force on equal treatment in the courts, 1995-1997. Chairman Doylestown (Pennsylvania) History Society, since 1995.
Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association (chairman committee legal services to disabled 1990-1992), Philadelphia Bar Association (pro bono public award 1998, Public Interest Distinguished Service award 1998, Justice Brennan Distinguished Jurist award 2005), Federal Bar Association (honorary), Harvard Club (New York City and Philadelphia, vice president 1979-1980), Harvard Law School Association (executive committee since 1993), Federal Judges Association (board directors since 1998, vice president, member chairman since 1999), United States Judicial Conference (committee on court administration and case management), American Law Institute, Pennsylvania Task Force on Medical Malpractice.
Children: Edmund Junior, John, Sarah, David.