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Arlen Specter: “Mr. Schwab is an outstanding lawyer and will make an outstanding judge. His credentials include: Graduating cum laude…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2002
Mr. Schwab is an outstanding lawyer and will make an outstanding judge. His credentials include: Graduating cum laude from Grove City College; Order of Coif from the University of Virginia Law School; an extraordinary litigation record as a trial lawyer, appearing in some 22 States, in addition to Pennsylvania; in the Federal courts in Pennsylvania, he argued appeals in the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts. He has an extraordinary litigation background and will make an outstanding judge.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Commenting on the nomination of Arthur J. Schwab for a judgeship.

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