Jennifer P. Wilson
Jennifer Philpott Wilson is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.Education
Wilson earned her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Swarthmore College and her Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School where she served as the Executive Notes and Comments Editor for the Brooklyn Law Review.Legal and academic career
Upon graduation from law school, Wilson served as a law clerk to Judge Jon Phipps McCalla of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and to Judge Julio M. Fuentes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
She then served as a trial attorney with the Department of Justice's Tax Division and was an Associate with Chadbourne & Parke LLP. She became a partner with Philpott Wilson LLP, in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, where her practice included civil litigation, criminal defense, and family law matters. From 2011–2012, she was an adjunct professor at Penn State Dickinson Law, teaching a course on written advocacy and judicial opinions.Federal judicial service
On May 3, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Wilson to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. On May 13, 2019, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Wilson to the seat vacated by Judge Yvette Kane, who took senior status on October 11, 2018. On June 5, 2019 a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On June 27, 2019, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 18–4 vote. On November 6, 2019, the Senate voted 89–3 to invoke cloture on her nomination. On November 7, 2019, her nomination was confirmed by a vote of 88–3. She received her judicial commission on November 8, 2019.
