TY - JOUR AU - Angliss, Katie PY - 2011/04/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Perspectives from the Bench: Technology in the Pittsburgh Courtroom An Interview with the Honorable Nora Barry Fischer, District Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania JF - Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law & Policy JA - tlp VL - 11 IS - 0 SE - Features DO - 10.5195/tlp.2011.65 UR - https://tlp.law.pitt.edu/ojs/tlp/article/view/65 SP - AB - <em><span style="font-family: NewsGothicMT-Italic; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: NewsGothicMT-Italic; font-size: small;"><p align="left">Judge Nora Barry Fischer has served as a district judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania since 2007, when she was appointed by President George W. Bush. Prior to her service as a district judge, Judge Fischer worked as a legal editor at Callaghan &amp; Company, was a partner in private practice at Meyer Darragh Buckler Bebenek &amp; Eck, and was an equity partner at Pietragallo Bosick &amp; Gordon. Additionally, Judge Fischer worked as a trained mediator and arbitrator in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Judge Fischer is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, an active member of the Executive Women&rsquo;s Council of Pittsburgh, a past President of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, and a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession, where she serves on the Mentoring Subcommittee. She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree magna cum laude from Saint Mary&rsquo;s College, and a JD degree from Notre Dame Law School in 1976.</p></span></span></em> ER -