William H. Yohn Jr.

William Hendricks Yohn Jr. (born November 20, 1935) is an inactive Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

William Hendricks Yohn Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Incumbent
Assumed office November 20, 2003
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
In office September 16, 1991 – November 20, 2003
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	John P. Fullam
Succeeded by	Gene E. K. Pratter
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 146th district
In office 1969–1980
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	Robert D. Reber Jr.
Personal details
Born	William Hendricks Yohn Jr. November 20, 1935 Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Education	Princeton University (BA) Yale Law School (JD)

Education and career

Born in 1935 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania,[1] Yohn graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1957 and received his Juris Doctor from the Yale Law School in 1960. He also attended the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada. Yohn served in the United States Marine Corps from 1960 to 1961, and continued in the reserves until 1965. He was in private practice in Pottstown from 1961 to 1981. During that time, Yohn served as an assistant district attorney (1962–1965) and as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1968 to 1980. In 1981 he was elected as a judge on the court of common pleas for Montgomery County, a position he held until 1991.[2]

Federal judicial service

Yohn was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on June 14, 1991, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge John P. Fullam. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 12, 1991, and received commission on September 16, 1991. He assumed senior status on November 20, 2003.[2]

Vincent Fumo case

Yohn was assigned to be the Judge during the Vincent Fumo corruption trial in Philadelphia Federal Court in September 2008. On September 14, 2008, The Philadelphia Inquirer announced that Yohn had been hospitalized. He had been suffering from a cough and had complained in court last week about viruslike symptoms.[3] As of September 30, 2008, Yohn was replaced as the judge in the Fumo case.[4][5]

References

1. Pennsylvania. Dept. of General Services; Pennsylvania. Bureau of Publications; Pennsylvania. Dept. of Property and Supplies (1976). The Pennsylvania Manual. 103. Department of General Services. ISSN 0275-8814. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
2. "Yohn, William Hendricks, Jr. - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
3. Lounsberry, Emilie (September 15, 2008). "Judge's illness delays Fumo corruption trial". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008.
4. "Federal judge in Fumo corruption trial replaced". The Legal Intelligencer. Associated Press. September 30, 2008.
5. McCoy, Craig R. (September 30, 2008). "Judge in Fumo trial is replaced". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved August 23, 2015.

External links

• William H. Yohn Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.