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Jeffrey Schmehl's Biography

Contact Information

The Gateway Building
Suite 518
201 Penn Street
Reading, PA 19601-3956

5613 United States Courthouse
601 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-1738

Full Name:

Jeffrey L. Schmehl

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

1955

Birth Place:

Reading, PA

Home City:

Reading, PA

JD, School of Law, University of Toledo, 1980

BA, Dickenson College, 1977

No political experience information on file.

Member, Education Committee, Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges, 2009-present

Member, County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania Courts and Corrections Committee

Member, Self Represented Litigants Task Force

Member, Executive Committee, Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges, 2000-2008

Co-Chair, Commonwealth Partners Regional Conference between Judges and Legislators, 2002-2006

Member, Legal Education Committee, Berks County Bar Association, 1995-1997

Member, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Berks County Bar Association, 1993-1995

Chair, Public Relations Committee, Berks County Bar Association, 1986-1988

Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2013-present

Adjunct Professor, Alvernia College

President Judge, Berks County Court of Common Pleas, 2007-2013

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, June 13, 2013

Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, January 4, 2013

Judge, Berks County Court of Common Pleas, 1998-2007

Berks County Solicitor, Berks County Services Center, 1989-1997

Partner/Associate, Rhoda, Stoudt and Bradley, 1986-1997

Assistant District Attorney, Berks County District Attorney, 1981-1986

Owner/Attorney, Jeffrey L. Schmehl Esquire, 1981-1986

Assistant Public Defender, Berks County Public Defender, 1980-1981

Member, Board of Directors, Berks County Mental Health and Development Disabilities Advisory Board, 2008-present

Member, Free and Accepted Masons, 1985-present

Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1980-present

Member, American Bar Association

Member, American Judicature Society

Member, Berks County Bar Association

Member, Endlich Law Club

Member, Justice William Strong American Inn of Court

Member, Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges

Member, Clover Park Athletic Association, 1982-2012

Chair, Berks County Board of Elections, 1999, 2003, 2011

Member, Berks County Board of Elections, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2011

Member, Board of Directors, Wyomissing Area little League Baseball, 1996-2001

Vice President, Wyomissing Basketball Club, 1994-2001

Member, Board of Directors, Wyomissing Mavericks Football League, 1994-1999

Member, Board of Directors, Kline's Creek Park Recreational Association, 1986-1991

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