James Anthony Strazzella

Background

Strazzella, James Anthony was born on May 18, 1939 in Hanover, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Armed Forces and T.A. Strazzella.

Education

Villanova University (Bachelor of Arts, 1961). University of Pennsylvania (Juris Doctor, 1964).

Career

Law clerk to Honorary Samuel Roberts Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1964-1965. Assistant United States attorney District of Columbia, 1965-1969. Vice dean, assistant professor law University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1969-1973.

Faculty Temple University, since 1973. James G. Schmidt chair in law, since 1989. Acting dean, 1987-1989.

Chief counsel Kent State investigation President's Commission Campus Unrest, 1970. Chairman Attorney General's Task Force on Family Violence, Pennsylvania, 1985-1989. Member, chairman justice operations Mayor's Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission, Philadelphia, 1983-1985.

Pennsylvania Joint Council Criminal Justice, 1979-1982. Member Committee to Study Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial Systems, 1980-1982. Judicial Council Pennsylvania, 1972-1982.

Chairman criminal procedural rules committee Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1972-1985. Member task force on prison overcrowding, 1983-1985, research advisory committee, 1988, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Chairman United States Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Committee, 1991, member, 1989, 90, 91.

Co-chair Mayor's Transition Task Force on Public Safety, Philadelphia, 1992. Designate District of Columbia Committee on Administration of Justice Under Emergency Conditions, 1968. Delegate District of Columbia Judicial Conference, 1985, 95.

Achievements

• James Anthony Strazzella has been listed as a reputable lawyer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Wagner Free Institute of Science, since 2007. Member advisory board directors, past president A Better Chance in Lower Merion. Director History Fire Museum, Philadelphia, since 1978, 1st vice president, 2002—2007.

Board directors Council Legal Education Opportunity Board, since 1997, Lower Merion History Society, 1998—2000, Neighborhood Civic Association, Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, 1984—1987. Board trustees Bala Cynwyd Public Library., 1999—2005. President Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse in Fairmount Park, since 2003.

Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Member: St. Thomas More Society (president 1985-1986, St. Thomas More award 1996, past director Philadelphia area), Philadelphia Bar Association (criminal justice section, appellate courts committee), Pennsylvania Bar Association (commission professional standards 1981-1984, chairman criminal law section 1986-1988, Merit award 1987), Federal Bar Association (Philadelphia criminal law committee advisory board 1988-1993, chairman national criminal law committee 1991-1992), American Law Institute, American Bar Association (faculty appellate judges seminars 1975—2003, various committees, academy advisor appellate judges education committee 1993—2003, reporter task force on federalization criminal law 1998-1999), Order of the Coif (past member executive board University Pennsylvania).

Connections

Father:

Armed Forces

Mother:

T.A. Strazzella