Federal Judge Resigns to Join Law Firm

U.S. District Judge Bruce Kauffman of Philadelphia is resigning to join the Elliott Greenleaf law firm.

Kauffman will chair Elliott Greenleaf’s executive committee, Philadelphia Business Today reports. The law firm cites the benefits of his experience with white-collar defense issues, corporate internal investigations, and mediation of complex financial and business disputes.

Kauffman became a federal judge in January 1998. He was chairman of Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kauffman when President Clinton nominated him for the federal bench. He was also a former justice on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

He became a senior judge last year, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports.

Updated at 10:30 a.m. CT to add coverage from the Philadelphia Business Journal.