Louis Charles Bechtle

Louis Charles Bechtle (born December 14, 1927) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education and career Born on December 14, 1927, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bechtle was in the United States Army from 1946 to 1947, then received a Bachelor of Science degree from Temple University in 1951 and a Bachelor of Laws from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 1954. He was an Assistant United States Attorney in Philadelphia from 1956 to 1959. He was in private practice in Philadelphia from 1959 to 1962, and in Norristown, Pennsylvania from 1962 to 1969. He was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1972. Federal judicial service