--- title: "William Shaw Stickman IV | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/william-shaw-stickman-iv" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # William Shaw Stickman IV U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania - State: Pennsylvania - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania, 2019-present - American federal judge serving on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania since August 5, 2019 - He held the role of a law clerk to Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (2006–2007) - Stickman’s legal career began as a litigation associate at Reed Smith LLP in Pittsburgh - He then joined Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd LLC, rising to partner ### Education - He later received his J.D. in 2005 from Duquesne University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review - B.A. summa cum laude in classics/ancient languages from Duquesne University in 2002. ### Additional information - Adjunct faculty, Department of Classics, Duquesne University, 2007-present - On May 13, 2019, President Donald Trump nominated Stickman to replace Judge Joy Flowers Conti, who had assumed senior status in 2018. - Private practice, Pittsburgh, PA, 2007-2019 - Private practice, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005-2006 - Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1979, Stickman grew up in the Mount Washington neighborhood. - Date of birth: 1979-01-01 - focusing on commercial litigation, appellate matters, and personal injury cases. - He graduated valedictorian from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School - Birth place: Pittsburgh, PA ## 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/6840721) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6840721) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6840721) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14434/william-shaw-stickman-iv/) - [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/14434/william-shaw-stickman-iv/) - [Wikidata: William S. Stickman IV](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63456291) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/william-shaw-stickman-iv", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/william-shaw-stickman-iv", "name": "William Shaw Stickman IV | KnowJudges", "description": "William Shaw Stickman IV, U.S. District Court for the Western 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.