1. Bruce Beemer was born on December 14,1968 and is an American attorney and jurist currently serving as a judge on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.
15 Facts About Bruce Beemer
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Bruce Beemer previously served as the attorney general of Pennsylvania from 2016 to 2017 and as Inspector General of Pennsylvania from 2016 to 2019.
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Bruce Beemer was nominated to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas by Governor Tom Wolf and unanimously confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Senate in November 2019.
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In 1992, Beemer earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Scranton, before earning a Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1995.
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In 2005, Judge Bruce Beemer was promoted to deputy district attorney in charge of the General Trial Unit, where he supervised eighteen attorneys prosecuting roughly ten thousand cases a year ranging from weapons and drug violations, DUI, theft, forgery, burglary, robbery, and assault.
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Judge Bruce Beemer became the supervisor of both the Summary Appeals Unit and the Extradition Unit in 2006.
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Bruce Beemer worked regularly with city, state, and federal law enforcement agents to identify and prosecute gang related criminal activity throughout the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.
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Bruce Beemer spent considerable time investigating several cold case homicides.
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In 2010, Bruce Beemer left the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office to join the law firm founded by his parents as a partner, opening a new Pittsburgh office.
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Bruce Beemer brought federal and state criminal defense work to the firm, which had mostly represented plaintiffs in cases regarding environmental law, personal injury, and medical malpractice.
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Bruce Beemer primarily focused on the representation of those harmed by environmental polluters.
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In 2011, Attorney General Linda L Kelly appointed Beemer to serve as her chief of staff.
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In 2013, Bruce Beemer was asked to serve as senior counsel and chief of the Criminal Prosecutions Section by newly elected Attorney General Kathleen Kane.
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In July 2016, Bruce Beemer was appointed by Governor Tom Wolf to serve as Inspector General of Pennsylvania.
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Bruce Beemer was appointed to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in 2019.