--- title: "Anita Blumstein Brody | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anita-blumstein-brody" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Anita Blumstein Brody U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania - State: Pennsylvania - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - 2009–present: Senior Judge, same court - Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, having assumed senior status on June 8, 2009 - 1992–2009: Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, appointed by President George H. W. Bush on November 22, 1991, confirmed by the Senate on September 2, 1992, and commissioned October 2, 1992 - Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, 1981-1992 - Deputy Assistant Attorney General of New York — 1958–1959, then practiced law in Philadelphia — 1973–1981 - Deputy assistant attorney general, State of New York, 1958-1959 ### Education - Columbia Law School — J.D. (1958) - Wellesley College — B.A. (1955) ### Additional information - The record notes that nFL concussion litigation: In 2013, she heard arguments on whether former NFL player suits over chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) should go to arbitration or federal court; the NFL’s counsel admitted difficulty arguing for arbitration for players who never signed the league’s collective bargaining agreement - Private practice, Philadelphia, PA, 1973-1981 - Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1978-1979 - Born May 25, 1935, Brooklyn, New York - Date of birth: 1935-01-01 - Birth place: New York, NY ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1378321) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1378321) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1378321) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/404/anita-blumstein-brody/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/404/anita-blumstein-brody/) - [Wikidata: Anita B. Brody](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4765497) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anita-blumstein-brody", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anita-blumstein-brody", "name": "Anita Blumstein Brody | KnowJudges", "description": "Anita Blumstein Brody, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.