Ted McKee was sworn in as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on June 20, 1994, and became Chief Judge on May 4, 2010. He began his legal career at a large Philadelphia law firm, but left there in 1977 to begin his career in public service. He has since been an Assistant United States Attorney, Deputy Solicitor to the Law Department of the City of Philadelphia, and General Counsel to the Philadelphia Parking Authority. He was elected to a 10-year term as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania and chaired the Pennsylvania Sentencing Commission. He was appointed to the Court of Appeals by President Clinton shortly after being retained for a second 10-year term on the Court of Common Pleas.
Judge McKee serves on the boards of directors of several nonprofit organizations and institutions including the Vera Institute of Justice and Syracuse University. He is also a member of the Board of Visitors of Temple University Beasley School of Law, an honorary member of the Board of Visitors of Syracuse University College of Law, and has been an advisor to the American Law Institute. He also previously served on the Criminal Law Committee of the United States Judicial Conference.
Recently, Judge McKee was appointed to serve as a member of the National Academy of Science Committee on Law and Justice, and is one of the inaugural members of the Council on Criminal Justice. He also serves on the Board of the Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement.
