Thomas Ambrose Masterson

Thomas Ambrose Masterson (December 10, 1927 – June 15, 2000) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education and career Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Masterson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1949 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1952. He was an attorney at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. from 1952 to 1953. He was a volunteer defender in Philadelphia in 1953. He was in private practice in Philadelphia and an instructor at Seton Hall University School of Law from 1953 to 1956. He became an assistant District Attorney of Philadelphia 1956 and was deputy city solicitor from 1956 to 1960. Federal judicial service