Peter Phipps testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be U.S. district judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, on April 25, 2018. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

Peter J.  Phipps was nominated in 2018 for his current spot as a district court judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and was nominated for the Third Circuit on May 3.

Phipps was senior trial counsel in the federal programs branch at the Justice Department's Civil Division, and spent three years as an associate at Jones Day, where he focused on civil litigation. He got his J.D. from Stanford Law School.