Edward Cahn

Who is Edward Cahn?

Edward Norman Cahn is a former United States federal judge.

Cahn was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He attended Lehigh University, where he played basketball and set a record by becoming the first Lehigh student to score 1,000 points; he graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in 1955. Cahn continued to Yale Law School, where he earned an LL.B. in 1958. After graduation from law school, he entered private practice in Allentown, and began service as a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Corporal. He left the service in 1964.

On November 18, 1974, President Gerald Ford appointed Cahn a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18, 1974, and received his commission on December 20, 1974. Cahn became chief judge in 1993. He retired on December 31, 1998, and is now of counsel to Blank Rome.

On August 20, 2001, the Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and United States Courthouse was renamed in his honor.

He was appointed and approved as Chapter 11 case trustee for the SCO Group on August 25, 2009.