Alan N. Bloch

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Bloch received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1953 and, after serving as a lieutenant in the United States Army from 1953 to 1955, received a Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1958. He was in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard from 1955 to 1959, and in the United States Air Force Reserve from 1959 to 1963. He was in private practice in Pittsburgh from 1958 to 1979.[1]

On August 3, 1979, Bloch was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Herbert Peter Sorg. Bloch was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 31, 1979, and received his commission on November 2, 1979. He assumed senior status on April 12, 1997.[1]

• List of Jewish American jurists
• List of United States federal judges by longevity of service

• Alan Neil Bloch at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.