- Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr. was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on July 31, 2024.
- Previously, he was a United States Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, role he had had since 2015.
- As of February 2024, he is the Court’s Chief United States Magistrate Judge.
- From 1985 to 2015, Judge Saporito served as a part-time Assistant Public Defender in the Office of the Public Defender for the County of Luzerne, Pennsylvania
- Concurrently he had a private legal practice at Saporito & Saporito and then Saporito, Saporito & Falcone.
- Judge Saporito received his J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law in 1985, and his B.A. from Villanova University in 1982.
Confirmed