Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen

Personal

Birthday: 
1941
Birthplace: 
Passaic, NJ
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Contracts counsel, Hazeltine Corporation, New York City, 1967-1970
Chief counsel, Northampton County [Pennsylvania] Legal Aid Society, 1970-1971
Private practice, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1971-1979
Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County [Pennsylvania], 1979-1987

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, September 11, 1991; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School: 
University of Maine
Degree: 
B.S.
Degree Year: 
1964
Name of School - Second: 

Temple University Beasley School of Law

At Temple, we believe that some things just have to be learned by doing. You can't learn to ride a bicycle by reading a manual, you can't learn how to be a lawyer by watching even the best of lawyers, and you can't improve if mistakes are only imagined. At Temple, students don't just read, watch, or imagine. They do that and more-they do the work of attorneys. It sounds simple but it works. Temple University's Beasley School of Law offers a different kind of law school experience: a Real World, Real Law experience that incorporates academic and practical applications of legal study into rigorous classroom experiences.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1967

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Court Name: 

Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
Ronald Reagan
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
12/9/1987
Termination Date: 
6/1/2004
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Court Name - Second: 

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second: 
5/24/2004
Retirement from Active Service - Second: 
10/23/2006