Magistrate Judge Susan E. Schwab of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is a former Jurist in Residence who taught the Government Law Colloquium and presented several lectures discussing current judicial issues.

Judge Schwab was appointed to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in 2012, after 11 years of public service and career in private law practice. Immediately prior to taking the bench, Judge Schwab was Deputy Chief of Staff for Administration and Deputy Chief Counsel for the Democratic Caucus of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She also served as counsel to United States Senator Bob Casey when he was Pennsylvania State Treasurer and Auditor General. Before that she was a partner at Harrisburg-based Rhoads & Sinon, LLP and also practiced with Semanoff, Orsmby, Greenberg and Torchia, LLC in Huntingdon Valley.

Judge Schwab has the distinction of being a member of the inaugural class of Widener University School of Law, serving as the school’s first valedictorian after graduating magna cum laude. She was Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.

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