Edward G. Biester, Jr.

Edward George Biester Jr. (born January 5, 1931) is a retired Republican politician and judge who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, from 1967 to 1977. Biester served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1977. He was Pennsylvania's attorney general for from 1979 to 1980 and became a judge in 1980. He graduated from Temple University Law School in 1955.

Biography Biester graduated from George School in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1948, Wesleyan University in 1952, and Temple University School of Law in 1955. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1976. In 1977, he was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board. He was Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1980. He has been a member of the Office of Military Commissions in the Department of Defense since 2003.

In September 2004 he was appointed to the United States Court of Military Commission Review. In April 2007, Biester joined JAMS, The Resolution Experts, as a full-time mediator and arbitrator at the JAMS Philadelphia Resolution Center at the Bell Atlantic Tower on Arch Street.