Terrence F. McVerry

Terrence F. McVerry
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 30, 2013
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
In office
September 4, 2002  September 30, 2013
Appointed by G.W. Bush
Preceded by Donald E. Ziegler
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from the 42nd district
In office
January 2, 1979  November 30, 1990
Preceded by Sheldon Parker
Succeeded by Gregory Fajt
Personal details
Born September 16, 1943
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Alma mater Duquesne University
Duquesne University School of Law

Terrence F. McVerry (born September 16, 1943) is a Senior United States District Judge.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, McVerry received a B.A. from Duquesne University in 1965 and a J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law in 1968. He was in private practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1966 to 1998. He was an Assistant district attorney of District Attorney of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1973. In 1978, McVerry was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and represented a number of south hills communities in the General Assembly for six terms through 1990.[1]

He was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from 1998 to 2000. He was a Solicitor/Director, Allegheny County Law Department, Pennsylvania from 2000 to 2002. He was a Solicitor/General counsel, Community College of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from 2000 to 2002.[2]

McVerry was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. McVerry was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2002, to a seat vacated by Donald E. Ziegler. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 3, 2002, and received his commission on September 4, 2002. He took senior status on September 30, 2013.

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