Background
Kauffman, Bruce William was born on December 1, 1934 in Atlantic City. Son of Joseph Bernard and Lilyan (Abraham) Kauffman.
lawyer state supreme court justice
Kauffman, Bruce William was born on December 1, 1934 in Atlantic City. Son of Joseph Bernard and Lilyan (Abraham) Kauffman.
University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts, 1956). Yale Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1959).
Worked at Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kauffman, Limited Liability Partnership (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Also Cherry Hill, New Jersey) specializing in Civil Litigation, Criminal Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1960, New Jersey.
1961, Pennsylvania.
1965, United States. Supreme Court. 1982, District of Columbia. Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha.
Pi Gamma Museum
Order of the Coif. Author, "Judicial Selection in Pennsylvania: A Proposal," 27 Villanova Law Review 1163 (1982). Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1980-1982.
Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania, Appellate Advocacy, 1995. Chairman of the Board, United States of America Bancshares, 1995.
Member, Judicial Inquiry and Review Board, 1984-1988.
Chairman, 1988. President, Philadelphia Bar Foundation, 1982-1984. Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association Judicial Selection Reform Committee, 1983-1984.
Fellow, Phi Beta Kappa Associates.
Delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention. Company-Chairman, Subcommittee on Selection of Judges, 1967-1968. Chairman, Montgomery County Government Study Commission, 1973-1974.
Member: Lawyers" Club of Philadelphia, 1966.
Committee of Censors, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1976-1980.
Civil Service Commission, Lower Merion Township, 1978-1980, (Chairman, 1982-1988). National Executive Committee, Yale Law School Association, (Vice President, 1984-1986).
Member, Executive Committee, Central Philadelphia Development Corporation, 1989-1993.
Advisory Board, Broadcasting Industry Council to Improve American Productivity, 1983-1985. Board Member, Citizens Crime Commission, 1992. Trustee: University of the Arts, 1988.
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers.
International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Chairman, Mayor"s Task Force on Minority Employment in the Philadelphia Police Department, 1982.
Member: American Law Institute, Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission, ("Move Commission") 1985-1986. Advisory Committee to the United States.
Commission on Civil Rights, 1985-1988.
Philadelphia Police Advisory Commission, 1994. American Judicature Society. Juristic Society; Pennsylvania Society.
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Company-Chairman, City of Philadelphia Election Reform Task Force, 1994. Member, House of Delegates, Pennsylvania Bar Association. Chairman, Philadelphia Bar Association Commission to Preserve Legal Services for All, 1995.
Member: District of Columbia Bar and American Associations.
(Also in Cherry Hill, New Jersey Office).
Member, Judicial Inquiry and Review Board, 1984-1988, Chairman, 1988. President, Philadelphia Bar Foundation, 1982-1984. Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association Judicial Selection Reform Committee, 1983-1984.
Fellow, Phi Beta Kappa Associates.
Delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention. Company-Chairman, Subcommittee on Selection of Judges, 1967-1968.
Chairman, Montgomery County Government Study Commission, 1973-1974. Member: Lawyers" Club of Philadelphia, 1966.
Committee of Censors, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1976-1980. Civil Service Commission, Lower Merion Township, 1978-1980. (Chairman, 1982-1988).
National Executive Committee, Yale Law School Association (Vice President, 1984-1986).
Member, Executive Committee, Central Philadelphia Development Corporation, 1989-1993. Advisory Board, Broadcasting Industry Council to Improve American Productivity, 1983-1985.
Board Member, Citizens Crime Commission, 1992. Trustee: University of the Arts, 1982-1988.
Fellow, Phi Beta Kappa Associates.
Delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention. Company-Chairman, Subcommittee on Selection of Judges, 1967-1968. Chairman, Montgomery County Government Study Commission, 1973-1974.
Married Carol Jackson, June 15, 1991. Children: Bradley Leonard, Marjorie Beth, Robert Andrew, Lauri Ann, Christine Lynn.