Louis Charles Bechtle

Personal

Birthday: 
1927
Birthplace: 
Philadelphia, PA
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Army, 1946-1947
Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1956-1959
Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1959-1962
Private practice, Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1962-1969
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1969-1972

Education

Name of School: 
Temple University
Degree: 
B.S.
Degree Year: 
1951
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: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1954

Judicial Career

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

Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
Richard M. Nixon
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
3/7/1972
Retirement from Active Service: 
4/30/1993
Termination Date: 
6/30/2001
Termination Reason: 
Retirement