Sean J. McLaughlin (1955) is a United States federal judge.
Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, McLaughlin received an A.B. from Georgetown University in 1977, followed by a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1980. He served as a law clerk for three different judges on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania - William W. Knox, in 1980; Gerald Joseph Weber, in 1980-1981, and Maurice Blanchard Cohill, in 1981. McLaughlin then entered private practice until 1994.
He was nominated by President Bill Clinton on August 12, 1994, to a seat on the same court where he had clerked, which had been vacated by Glenn E. Mencer. McLaughlin was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 1994, and received his commission on October 11, 1994. Among the more notable cases presided over by McLaughlin was the criminal conviction of the conspirators in the murder of Brian Douglas Wells.[1]
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| Preceded by Glenn E. Mencer |
Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania October 11, 1994 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |