A. Richard Caputo

A. Richard Caputo
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Incumbent
Assumed office March 31, 2009
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
In office November 12, 1997 – March 31, 2009
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Richard Paul Conaboy
Succeeded by	Malachy E. Mannion
Personal details
Born	1938 (age 85–86) Port Chester, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Law School

A. Richard Caputo (born 1938) is a Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Biography

Born in Port Chester, New York, Caputo received an A.B. from Brown University in 1960 and an LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1963. He was in private practice in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1964, and in the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps from 1964 to 1967. He was an assistant public defender in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania in 1968, returning to private practice in Kingston, Pennsylvania from 1968 to 1997.

On July 31, 1997, Caputo was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania vacated by Richard P. Conaboy. Caputo was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 9, 1997, and received his commission on November 12, 1997. He assumed senior status on March 31, 2009.

References

• A. Richard Caputo at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Richard Paul Conaboy	Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania 1997–2009	Succeeded by Malachy E. Mannion