Nora Barry Fischer
U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
Judge · Federal · Pennsylvania
Data last updated: 10/7/2026. Status: senior.
Cases in this dataset
131 linked docket records. These counts are not a count of rulings or a prediction.
Case volume by filing year
- 2009
1 - 2011
2 - 2016
1 - 2017
1 - 2018
1 - 2019
2 - 2020
3 - 2021
6 - 2022
19 - 2023
48 - 2024
24 - 2025
23
Recent cases
- United States v. WEST
- United States v. MURRAY
- CLINTON v. PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC.
- NESPOLI v. UPMC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH
- EMRIT v. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
- TATAR v. WASHINGTON APA NMB, LLC
- MCDONALD v. DUDEK
- United States v. OWENS
- United States v. UNIVERSAL STAINLESS & ALLOY PRODUCTS, INC.
- BOROUGH OF MONACA v. AGC CHEMICALS AMERICAS, INC.
Career history
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania · 2007-04-02 to End not recorded · George W. Bush
- Notre Dame Law School J.D. 1976
- St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana B.A. 1973
Sources and corrections
- fjc-bio · 2026-10-07
- courtlistener-people-bulk · 2026-10-07
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