Gail A. Weilheimer

Gail Allison Weilheimer (; born 1970) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 2025. She previously served as a judge of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas from 2014 to 2025.

Education

Weilheimer received a Bachelor of Arts in 1992 from Hofstra University and a Juris Doctor in 1995, from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law of Hofstra University.

Career

From 1995 to 2002, Weilheimer served as an assistant district attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. In 2002, she worked as an associate at Abrahams, Loewenstein and Bushman, P.C. in Philadelphia. From 2003 to 2006, she was a litigation associate, where she focused on criminal defense practice at Frank, Rosen, Snyder and Moss in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. From 2006 to 2013, she worked as a senior counsel at Wisler Pearlstine, LLP in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, She served in that position from 2014 to 2025. On July 31, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. During her confirmation hearing, Senator John Neely Kennedy questioned her about a case of a nursing home assistant who sexually assaulted an elderly, incapacitated woman with Alzheimer's disease, whom Weilheimer sentenced to eleven months for the crime following a plea deal. On September 19, 2024, her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 party-line vote. On November 21, 2024, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 51–47 vote. On December 3, 2024, her nomination was confirmed by a 50–48 vote. She received her judicial commission on January 2, 2025, and was sworn in on January 3, 2025.

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