Austin Leander Staley

Austin Leander Staley (December 30, 1902 – August 3, 1978) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Education and career Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Staley received a Bachelor of Laws from Duquesne University School of Law in 1928. He was in private practice in Pittsburgh from 1928 to 1950. He was an assistant city solicitor in Pittsburgh in 1934. He was a deputy attorney general of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1934 to 1935. He was Director of the State Workmen's Compensation Bureau from 1935 to 1936. He was a deputy secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry from 1936 to 1939. Federal judicial service