Benevolence Define: Berle Schiller

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Berle Schiller

Berle M. Schiller (born 1944) is a senior United States federal judge.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Schiller received a B.A. from Bowdoin College in 1965 and a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1968. He was in private practice of law in Pennsylvania from 1968 to 1969. He was a Deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania Department of Justice in 1971, returning to private practice from 1972 to 1993. He was a chief counsel to the Federal Transit Administration from 1994 to 1996, and was an appellate judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania from 1996 to 2000.

On April 11, 2000, Schiller was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by Robert S. Gawthrop. Schiller was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 24, 2000, and received his commission on June 2, 2000. He assumed senior status on June 18, 2012.