Bruce
P.
Merenstein
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08/04/2010
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06/29/2010
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06/03/2010
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05/28/2010
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02/01/2010
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01/01/2010
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09/01/2009
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08/27/2009
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08/24/2009
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05/27/2009
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05/04/2009
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03/31/2009
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10/23/2008
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09/29/2008
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08/21/2008
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02/13/2008
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01/11/2008
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11/26/2007
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09/18/2007
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09/18/2007
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09/18/2007
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06/04/2007
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05/09/2007
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12/08/2006
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10/01/2006
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06/19/2006
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04/25/2006
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03/31/2006
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03/31/2006
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03/22/2006
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01/03/2006
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12/09/2005
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10/20/2005
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02/10/2005
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Education
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University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1998
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University of Massachusetts, M.S., University Fellowship recipient, 1988
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Brandeis University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1985
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London School of Economics, Certificate in Sociology/Economics, 1984
Court Admissions
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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
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U.S. Supreme Court
Clerkships
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Edward R. Becker, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1998-1999
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association, member
- American Law Institute, member
- Bar Association for the Third Federal Circuit, member
- Pennsylvania Bar Association (and its Appellate Advocacy Committee), member
- Philadelphia Bar Association (and its Appellate Courts Committee), member
- Philadelphia Bar Association, Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention, investigator
- On-line columnist for appellate issues for The Legal Intelligencer Blog.
Other Distinctions
- Recipient, Earl G. Harrison Pro Bono Award, 2008
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for appellate law, 2008-2011
- Two time recipient of a Burton Award for Legal Achievement, in 2007 for co-authoring "Interim Issues Requiring Appellate Review—Pennsylvania’s Collateral Order Doctrine," and again in 2009 for co-authoring "Charities and the Orphans' Court."
- Honors from HIAS & Council, a public-interest immigration advocacy organization, in recognition of outstanding pro bono work on an asylum case, 2005
- Recognized as a ‘Pennsylvania Super Lawyer’ by the publishers of Law & Politics in the area of appellate law, 2009
- Recognized among ‘Pennsylvania Rising Stars’ by the publishers of Law & Politics and Super Lawyers in the area of appellate law, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Winner of the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s prestigious Keedy Cup moot court competition, 1998
- Graduation awards from the University of Pennsylvania Law School for best constitutional law paper, best civil procedure paper, and most significant contribution to the Law Review, 1998
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