Career
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, McVerry received a Bachelor of Arts from Duquesne University in 1965 and a Juris Doctor from Duquesne University School of Law in 1968. He was in private practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1966 to 1998. He was an Assistant district attorney of District Attorney of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1973.
In 1978, McVerry was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and represented a number of south hills communities in the General Assembly for six terms through 1990.
He was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from 1998 to 2000. He was a Solicitor/Director, Allegheny County Law Department, Pennsylvania from 2000 to 2002.
He was a Solicitor/General counsel, Community College of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from 2000 to 2002. McVerry was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
McVerry was nominated by President George West. Bush on January 23, 2002, to a seat vacated by Donald East. Ziegler.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 3, 2002, and received his commission on September 4, 2002. He took senior status on September 30, 2013.
