Petrese Tucker, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Judge Petrese B. Tucker is chief judge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the first woman to serve in that position in the district. She is also the first African American woman on the Eastern District bench. She joined the bench in 2000, nominated by President Bill Clinton, after serving for 13 years as a state judge in the First Judicial District.