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JUDICIARY 5 - 21
JUDICIAL BIOGRAPHIES
THE SUPREME COURT
The Chief Justice
RALPH J. CAPPY, born in 1943, in Pittsburgh, son of Joseph R. and Catherine Cappy; Univ. of Pgh. (B.S.), 1965; Univ. of Pgh.
Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1968; frmr law clerk to Pres. Judge, Allegheny Co. Ct. of Common Pleas; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. pub. def.:
Allegheny Co. (chief pub. def. 1975-78); admitted to pract.: U.S. Supreme Ct., 1975; frmr. mem.: Allegheny Co., Pa., Amer. Bar
Assns., Amer. Judicature Soc., Justinian Soc., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges (serving as treas., sec., chair of num. comms.);
Duquesne Univ.-Cyril H. Wecht Inst. of Law & Forensic Sci. Adv. Bd.; fellow: Amer., Allegheny Bar Founds.; chair/bd. of trustees:
Univ. of Pgh.; 1st v-chair/bd. of dir.: Univ. of Pgh. Med. Ctr.; 2nd v-chair/bd. of dir.: UPMC Shadyside Hosp.; bd. mem.: Chil-
dren’s Hosp. of Pgh.; frmr. chair/bd. of visitors: Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law; awds.: Widener Univ. Hon. Doct. of Laws, Univ. of Pgh.
Sch. of Law Disting. Alumnus Awd., Univ. of Pgh. Disting. Laureate Alumni, MADD Citation of Merit, Pa. State Police Man of the
.
Yr., Pa. F.O.P Man of the Yr., Pa. Bar. Assn. Judicial Awd., Order of Sons of Italy in Amer. Gold Medal Awd. as Man of the Yr.;
apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas July 1979, elected Nov. 1979; apptd. adm. judge-Civil Div. 1986-90; justice, Pa. Supreme
Court Jan. 1, 1990; apptd. chief justice Jan. 1, 2003.
The Justices
RONALD D. CASTILLE, born in 1944, in Miami, Fla., son of Marie and the late Henry Castille; Auburn Univ. (B.S.), 1966; Univ.
of Va. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1971; frmr. comm.: U.S. Marine Corps, rifle platoon cmdr., medically retired-1st Lt., Vietnam, Bronze
Star w/Combat “V”, two Purple Hearts, Combat Action Ribbon, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, Presidential Unit & Naval Unit
Citations; atty.: Reed Smith Shaw & McClay; frmr. Phila. dist. atty.; frmr. asst. dist. atty.; chief asst. dist. atty., Career Crim. Unit;
dep. dist. atty., Pre-Trial Div.; frmr. comm.: President’s Comm. on Model State Drug Laws; bd. mem.: Pa. Ctr. for Adapted Sports,
Natl. Alliance for Model State Drug Laws, Phila. USO, Police Athletic League; frmr. bd. mem.: Urban Coalition; frmr. exec. bd.
mem.: Crim. Justice Coord. Comm.; frmr. leg. chair: Pa. Dist. Attys. Assn.; frmr. v. pres./leg. chair: Natl. Dist. Attys. Assn.; frmr.
mem.: Pa. Adv. Comm.-U.S. Comm. on Civil Rights; sec./v. pres.: Phila. Vietnam Vet. Mem. Fund; frmr. exec. comm.: Phila.
Cncl. BSA; frmr. co-chair: Pa. Anti-Crime Coalition for George Bush for President; awds.: Military Order of World Wars Patrick
Henry Awd. for Patriotic Achiev.-2000, Phila. Flag Day Assn. Fnders. Awd.-1998, Natl. Dist. Attys. Assn. Pres. Awd. for Outst.
Svc.-1991; elected justice, Pa. Supreme Court 1993.
THOMAS G. SAYLOR, born in 1946, in Meyersdale, son of Alice H. and the late Thomas G. Saylor; Univ. of Va. (B.A.), 1969;
Columbia Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1972; Univ. of Va. Sch. of Law (LL.M.), 2004; frmr. priv. pract.: Somerset, Hbg.; frmr. 1st asst.
dist. atty.: Somerset Co.; frmr. dir.: Pa. Bur. of Consumer Protection; frmr. 1st dep. atty. gen.: Pa.; elected judge, Superior Court
1993; elected justice, Pa. Supreme Court 1997; married; 2 children.
J. MICHAEL EAKIN, born in 1948, in Mechanicsburg, son of John M. and Lillian E. Eakin; Mechanicsburg H.S., 1966; Franklin
& Marshall Coll. (B.A.), 1970; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1975; frmr. 28th Div.: Pa. Army Natl. Guard; frmr. asst. dist.
atty./dist. atty.: Cumberland Co.; frmr. priv. pract.: Eakin & Eakin; mem.: Cumberland Co., Dauphin Co., Lancaster Co., Pa., Amer.
Bar Assns., Amer. Judges Assn., Pa. Crim. Procedural Rules Comm.-Supreme Ct. (chair, 1999-2001), Acad. of Crim. Justice
Sciences, Exec. Comm.-Pa. Dist. Atty. Assn. (Educ. chair, 1987-95, pres. 1992-93); frmr. bd. mem.: Pa. Dist. Atty. Inst. (pres.
1994-95); faculty: Natl. Coll. of Dist. Attys.; pres.: Police Prosecutor Training Inst., State Police Youth Camp, Troop H Camp
Cadet Inc.; author: several articles; admitted to pract.: Pa., U.S. Supreme Cts., Third Circuit Ct. of Appeals; elected judge, Supe-
rior Court 1995; elected justice, Pa. Supreme Court 2001; married; 3 children.
MAX BAER, born in 1947, in Pittsburgh, son of Henry and Helen Baer; Univ. of Pgh. (B.A.), 1971; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law
(J.D.), 1975; Robert Morris Coll., credits, Masters of Tax Prog., 1985-86; frmr. dep. atty. gen.: Pa.; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. chair:
Dom. Rel. Comm.-Pa. Supreme Ct., Fam. Law Sect.-Pa. State Conf. of Trial Judges; frmr. mem.: Educ. Comm.-Pa. Conf. of State
Trial Judges; frmr. mem./ex officio: Juv. Ct. Judges Comm.; co-author: The Judge’s Book; author: fam. law articles, Pa. Family
Lawyer; guest columnist: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Forum; Open, Shut and Complicated, A Critique of the Elian Gonzales Case,
Feb. 2000; awds: Pa.’s Most Valuable Peacemaker (mediation advocate)-2004, Champion of Children Awd.-2003, Fed. Dept. of
Health and Human Svc. Adopt.-2002, Pa. Bar Assn. Child Advocate of the Yr.-2000, Robert S. Stewart Awd. for outst. contrib. to
fam. law-1998, Excell. Awd. for Jud. Innovation-1998, Pa.’s Adopt. Advocate of the Yr.-1997; lecturer: fam. law and social pol.,
Carnegie Mellon Univ.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1989, retained 1999; adm. judge, Family Div., Dec. 1993-April
1999; elected justice, Pa. Supreme Court 2003; married; 2 children.
CYNTHIA ACKRON BALDWIN, born in 1945, in McKeesport, daughter of James A. and Iona (Meriweather) Ackron; Pa. State
Univ. (BA), 1966, (MA), 1974; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (JD), mem. Law Review, 1980; Point Park Coll. Hon. Doct. of Laws,
1999; Carlow Univ. Hon. Doct. of Human., 2007; frmr. mem.: Pa. Bar Assn., U.S. Dist. Ct. (W. dist.), U.S. Ct. Appeals (3d cir.),
U.S. Supreme Ct.; frmr. dep. atty. gen.: Pgh.; frmr. atty.-in-charge: W. Pa. Consumer Protection Div.; frmr. vis. law prof./adj.
prof.: Duquesne Univ.; frmr. assoc.: Palkovitz & Palkovitz; frmr. judge: Allegheny Co. Ct. Common Pleas Fam.-Div., Civ. Div.; frmr.
justice: Pa. State Supreme Ct.; frmr. sec./exec. bd.: Neighborhood Legal Svc. Assn.; frmr. bd. mem.: Gtr. Pgh. YWCA, United
Way, Pgh.; frmr. bd. trustees: Penn State Univ. (chair 2004-07; immed. past chair 2007); frmr. adv. bd.: Mon Valley Ednl. Con-
sortium; awds.: Chatham Coll. Role Model Awd.-1982; Neighborhood Legal Svcs. Assn. Reginald Heber Smith Fellow-1980-
81, Greater Pgh. YWCA Ldrshp. Awd. in the Professions-1987, Duquesne Sch. of Law Outst. Achieve. Awd,-1996, Disting.
Daugh. of Pa.-1996, Fulbright Scholar. Lectr.-1994; frmr. mem.: PCCD; mem.: Intl. Assn. of Women Judges, Allegheny Co. Bar
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Seated (l-r): Ronald D. Castille; Ralph J. Cappy (Chief Justice); Thomas G. Saylor. Standing (l-r): Cynthia A. Baldwin; J Michael Eakin; Max Baer; James J. Fitzgerald.
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Assn., Homer S. Brown Lawyers Assn. (v. pres. 1987-88, bd. govs.), Pa. Bar Assn. (bd. govs. 1997-2000), Pa. State Univ. Alum-
ni Assn. (pres. 1989-93); appt. justice, Pa. Supreme Court 2006; married; 2 children.
JAMES J. FITZGERALD, III, born in 1939 in Boston, Mass.; Univ. of Penn. (B.A.),1962; Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law
(J.D.),1966; frmr. exec. v. pres.: Gtr. Phila. C of C; frmr. chief cnsl.: Pa. Liquor Control Bd.; frmr. asst. dist. atty; elected judge,
Phila. Co. Court of Comm. Pleas 1989 (Maj. Crim. Trial Prog.); appt. adm. law judge 2002-07, Phila. Ct. Common Pleas; pres.:
Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law J. Willard O'Brien Amer. Inn of Ct.; mem.: Phila. Co. Bar Assn., St. Thomas More Soc., Brehon Law
Soc.; Univ. of Pa. Alumni Merit Awd.-1989, Brehon Law Soc. Awd. for Jud. Excell.-2005; appt. justice, Pa. Supreme Court 2007;
married; 3 children; 2 grandchildren.
Acting Executive Administrator of the Supreme Court
LORRAINE JANICKI, born in 1953, in Scranton, daughter of the late Joseph J. and Anna T. Janicki; Temple Univ. (B.A.) Crim.
Justice, cum laude (1981); frmr. Pa Supreme Ct.; frmr. chief clerk: Superior Ct. of Pa.; apptd. Acting Executive Administrator,
Supreme Court, Dec. 2005.
THE SUPERIOR COURT
The President Judge
KATE FORD ELLIOTT, born in 1949, in Pittsburgh, daughter of John M. and Loretto Ford; Univ. of Pgh. (B.A.), educ., 1971;
Duquesne Univ. (M.S.), educ., 1973; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1978; frmr. reading spec.: Pgh. Bd. of Educ.; frmr. judi-
cial law clerk: Superior Ct. Sr. Judge Henry M. Montgomery; frmr. adm. asst.: Superior Ct. Pres. Judge William F. Cercone; frmr.
chief staff atty.: Superior Ct.; frmr. atty.: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart; mem.: Allegheny Co.-Appellate Pract. Comm. (chair 1987-88),
Amer.-Judicial Adm. Div., Pa. Bar Assn.; Natl. Assn. of Women Judges, Amer. Judicature Soc.; fellow: Amer. Bar Found.; v.
chair: Pa. Futures Comm.; judge, Superior Court 1989, retained 1999; President Judge, Jan. 9, 2006; married; 1 child.
Judges
JOSEPH A. HUDOCK, born in 1937, in Greensburg, son of Andrew J. and Rebecca Hudock; St. Vincent Coll. (B.A.), 1959;
Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1962; frmr. U.S. Navy JAG Corps; editorial bd.: The Practical Litigator; mem./past pres.:
United Way of Central Westmoreland; frmr. mem./bd. dir.: United Way of Westmoreland Co.; mem.: Salvation Army Adv. Bd.; past
pres.: Mt. View Rotary, Westmoreland Amer. Inn of Ct. (found. mem.); St. Vincent Coll. Disting. Alum.-1986; judge, Court of
Common Pleas, Westmoreland Co., 1978-89; elected judge, Superior Court 1989, retained 1999; past chair: Supreme Ct.
Appellate Rules Comm.; married; 4 children.
MICHAEL T. JOYCE, born in 1949, in Pittsburgh; Academy H.S., 1967; Penn State Univ. (B.A.), 1973; Franklin Pierce Law Ctr.
(J.D.), 1977; frmr. U.S. Army: 25th Infantry Div., Vietnam, Bronze Star, 2 Army Commend. Medals; frmr. atty.: priv. pract.; mem.:
Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Amer. Judicature Soc., Amer. Judges Assn., Pa., Erie Co. Bar Assns., Pa. State Alumni Assn.,
Dom. Rela. Assn. of Pa., Vietnam Vets. of Amer., VFW, Amer. Legion, Millcreek Youth Athl. Assn., Erie Co. Sheriff’s Scuba Res-
cue & Recovery Dive Team, Airplane Owners & Pilots Assn.; explorer ldr.: BSA; lic. SCUBA diving instr.; priv. pilot; apptd. judge,
Erie Co. Court of Common Pleas July 1985, elected Nov. 1985, retained 1995; elected judge, Superior Court 1997; married; 2
sons.
CORREALE F. STEVENS, born in Hazleton; Wyoming Seminary Coll. Prep. Sch.; Penn State Univ. (A.B.), pol. sci.; Dickinson
Sch. of Law (J.D.); assoc. ed., Dickinson Law Review; adj. lect.: Penn State-Hazleton; frmr. Pa. House of Reps.; frmr. dist. atty.:
Luzerne Co.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991; elected judge, Superior Court 1997; married; 3 children.
JOHN L. MUSMANNO, born in Stowe Township; Wash. & Jefferson Coll. (B.A.), magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1963; Van-
derbilt Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1966; asst. ed., Vanderbilt Law Review; mem.: Amer., Pa., Allegheny Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Ct. of
Judicial Discipline; frmr. mem.: Pa. Judicial Conduct Bd.; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. dist. justice; awds.: Acad. of Trial Lawyers of
Allegheny Co. Awd.-1993, Pa. Trial Lawyers Assn. Pres. Awd.-1991; elected judge, Allegheny Co. Court of Common Pleas 1981,
Fam., Crim. & Civ. Div.; re-elected in 1991, adm. judge-Civil Div. 1990-97; elected judge, Superior Court 1997.
JOAN ORIE MELVIN, born in Pittsburgh, daughter of John R. Orie, M.D. and the late Patricia Orie; Univ. of Notre Dame (B.A.),
1978; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1981; mem.: Amer., Pa., Allegheny Co. Bar Assns., PBA Women in the Profession
Comm., Amer. Judicature Soc., Fed. Circuit Bar Assn.; bd. mem.: Passavant Hospital, VOICE, Vincentian Home; frmr. mem.:
STOP Violence Taskforce, United Way Prob. Solving Troubled Youth Comm., Allegheny Co. MH/MR Adv. Bd.; awds.: YMCA of
Grtr. Pgh. Tribute to Women Ldrshp. Awd., Govt./Pub. & Civic Svc., Carlow Coll. Women of Spirit Awd., Duquesne Univ. Sch. of
Law Women’s Law Assn. Woman of the Yr., Anne B. Anstine Excell. in Pub. Svc. Awd.-2004, Berks Co. Bar Assn. Liberty Bell
Awd.-2005, Bus. & Prof. Women. Assn. Women in Govt. Awd.; frmr. magistrate/chief magistrate: City of Pgh.; apptd. judge,
Court of Common Pleas July 1990, elected 1991, served in Fam., Crim. & Civ. Divs., 1990-97; elected judge, Superior Court
1997; married; 6 children.
MAUREEN E. LALLY-GREEN, born in 1949, in Sharpsville; Duquesne Univ. (B.S.), second. educ./math., 1971; Duquesne
Univ. Sch. of Law, Law Review, 1974; appt. Superior Court 1998, retained 1999; frmr. assoc.: priv. Pgh. firm; frmr. cnsl.: Com-
modity Futures Trading Comm., Westinghouse Elec. Corp.; frmr. consult.: Justices of the Pa. Supreme Ct.; frmr. prof.: Duquesne
Univ. Sch. of Law; adj. prof.: Duquesne’s Law Sch.; pub. in var. law reviews; mem.: Pa. Supreme Ct. Appel. Ct. Procedural Rules
Comm.; sec./mem.: Pa. Intergov. Comm. on Race, Gender, & Ethnic Fairness; bd. mem.: Ireland Inst. of Pgh., Epilepsy Found.
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Standing (l to r): Robert E. Colville, (Sr. Judge); Zoran Popovich (Sr. Judge); Robert C. Daniels; Seamus P McCaffery; Mary Jane Bowes; Fred P Anthony (Sr. Judge); Susan Peikes Gantman; Jack A. Panella;
Patrick R. Tamilia (Sr. Judge) and Justin M. Johnson (Sr. Judge). Seated (l to r): Richard B. Klein; Maureen Lally-Green; John L. Musmanno; President Judge Kate Ford Elliott; Joan Orie Melvin; Debra Todd
.J.E.
and John T. Bender. Not Pictured: Joseph L. Hudock; Correale F. Stevens; John T.J. Kelly, Jr. (Sr. Judge); and Stephen J. McEwen, Jr., P (Sr. Judge).
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of W./Cent. Pa., St. Francis Univ., Natl. & Intl. Assn. of Women Judges; bd. of trustees: Auberle, McKeesport Soc. of Allegheny
Co.; exec. comm.: Pa. Bar Assn. Comm. on Women in the Profession; frmr. chair: Supreme Ct. Gender Fairness Imple. Comm.;
chair: PBA Quality of Work Life Comm.; mem./sec. of the bd.: Allegheny Co. Bar Assn.; mem./chair: Zoning Hearing Bd. of Cran-
berry Twp.; frmr. pres.: W. Pa. Partners of the Amer.; awds.: Pa. Bar. Assn. Comm. on Women in the Profession Anne X. Alpern
Awd.-2006, St. Thomas More Soc. St. Thomas More Awd.-2002, Duquesne Univ. Law Sch. Disting. Alumna Awd.-2001,
Chatham Coll. Pres. Medal-2000, Kellogg Found. Fellow in Intl. Develop., Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law Women’s Law Assn.
Woman of the Yr.; recogn: Who’s Who in the World; Who’s Who in America; Who’s Who in American Law; Who’s Who Among
American Women; Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders; Who’s Who in Executives & Professionals; apptd. to Supreme Court 1997.
DEBRA McCLOSKEY TODD, born in 1957, in Ellwood City, daughter of the late Harry and Blanche McCloskey; Lincoln H.S.,
1975; Chatham Coll. (B.A. with hons.), 1979; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), Law Review, 1982; Univ. of Va. Sch. of Law
(LL.M.), 2004; frmr. law dept.: U.S. Steel Corp.; frmr. priv. pract.; mem./grad./frmr. bd. mem.: Ldrshp. Pgh.; frmr. hon. mem.:
Acad. of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny Co. (pres.: 2000); mem.: Allegheny, Pa., Amer. Bar Assns., PBA Comm. on Women in the
Profession; elected judge, Superior Court 1999; married.
RICHARD B. KLEIN, born in Philadelphia, son of the late Judge Charles and Rosalie (Benson) Klein; Amherst Coll. (B.A.), Phi
Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, 1961; Harvard Law Sch. (LL.B.), cum laude, 1964; frmr. trial judge: CCP of Phila Co.; frmr. priv.
pract.; frmr. spec. asst. atty. gen.; found./co-chair: Pa. Bar Assn. Plain English Comm.; mem.: PBA House of Deleg. (ADR, Appel-
late Advoc. Comms.); mem.: Pa. Supreme Ct. Appellate Procedural Rules Comm., Jt. State Govt. Comm. Adv. Comm. on Alter.
Dispute Resolu.; found. chair: Phila. Bar LUG-PC; chair: Phila. Common Pleas Ct. Jury Selection Comm.; frmr. educ. ldr.: legal-
study tours; author: West Book, Trial Communication Skills, written with Julius Fast (author of the orig. Body Language); written
& lectured widely; adj. lect.: Temple Univ. James Beasley Sch. of Law; elected to Superior Court 2001.
JOHN T. BENDER, Penn State Univ. (B.A.); Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.); law clerk: Pres. Judge Emeritus Wm. F. Cercone,
Justice Rolf Larsen; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Allegheny Co.; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. dist. justice: Magisterial Dist. 05-2-04; mem.:
Allegheny Co., Pa., Amer. Bar Assns.; elected judge, Superior Court 2001.
MARY JANE BOWES, born in 1954, in Pittsburgh; daughter of Mary Jane & Carl Grefenstette; Georgetown Univ. (B.A.), 1976;
.
Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1979; frmr. law clerk: Chief Justice Henry X. O’Brien, Judge P Hester; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr.
corp. cnsl.; mem.: Pa., Allegheny Co. Bar Assns., Natl. Assn. of Women Judges; co-chair: App. Adv. of Comm., PBA; co. pres.:
Women’s Bar Assn. of W. Pa.; frmr. mem.: Acad. of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny Co.; bd. of trustees: St. Anthony Sch. Progs., Pgh.,
Allegheny Co. Med. Soc. Found.; frmr. bd. mem.: St. Clair Mem. Hosp., Duquesne Univ.; past pres.: Parental Stress Ctr., St.
Thomas More Soc., Georgetown Univ. Alumni Club-Pgh.; Pa. Best 50 Women in Bus. Awd.-1997; elected judge, Superior Court
2001.
SUSAN PEIKES GANTMAN, Univ. of Pa. (B.A./M.A.), cum laude, 1974; Villanova Sch. of Law, 1977; frmr. law clerk: Hon.
Richard S. Lowe, Montgomery Co. Ct. of Common Pleas; frmr. sol.: Montgomery Co. Office of Children & Youth, Montgomery
Co. Housing & Commun. Develop.; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Montgomery Co.; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. partner: Sherr, Joffe & Zuck-
erman, PC (chair: Dom. Rela. Sec.); frmr. sr. mem.: Cozen O’Connor (co-chair: Fam. Law Sect.); frmr. lect./instr.: Pa. State
Police Acad., Pa. Bar Inst., Dept. of Pub. Welfare; lect.: Pa., Montgomery Bar Assns., Lawyers’ Club of Phila.; frmr. bd. mem.:
Women’s Philanthropy, Fed. of Allied Jewish Appeal, Women of Vision; mem.: Natl. Assn. of Womens Judges, Amer., Pa., Mont-
gomery Co. Bar Assns., PBA Comm. on Women in the Profession, Natl. Assn. of Women Judges, Montgomery Co. Bar Found.
Taxis Circle; awds.: Bond of Faith, Juvenile Adv. Assn. Awd.; recog.: Montgomery Co. Office of Children & Youth-achieve. &
outst. svc.; fellow: Pa. Bar Found.; master: Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law Inns of Ct.; elected judge, Superior Court Jan. 2004.
.
SEAMUS P McCAFFERY, born in 1950, in Belfast, Ireland, son of Seamus and Rita McCaffery; Cardinal Dougherty H.S., 1968;
La Salle Univ. (B.A.); Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.); frmr. US Marine; frmr. capt.: Marine Corps Reserve; frmr. cmdg. officer:
USAF Reserve 913th Secur. Police Squadron; colonel: Air Force Reserve (Reg. Emerg. Prepared. Liaison Officer-Homeland
Defense); frmr. Phila. Police Dept.; mem.: Pa., N.J., Wash. DC Bar Assns.; apptd. adm. judge: Phila. Munic. Ct. 2001; fac. mem.:
Pa. Bar Institute; guest lect.: Phila. Police Acad.; num. charit. orgs.; adv. mem.: Phila. Civil War & Underground Railroad Muse-
um; bd. mem.: Vietnam Vet. Mem. Comm., Pa. March of Dimes; awds.: five meritorious svc. medals, War on Terrorism Svc.
Medal; num. military & law enforce. awds., medals & decorations, civ. & prof. awds.; elected judge, Superior Court 2003; mar-
ried; 3 sons; 2 grandchildren.
JACK ANTHONY PANELLA, born in 1955, son of Vivian and the late Rocco Panella; St. John’s Univ. (B.S.), 1977; Catholic
Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1980; atty.; frmr. asst. co. sol./co. sol.; frmr. mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; mem.: Judicial Con-
duct Bd., Northampton Co., Pa., Amer. Bar Assns.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas Oct. 1991, elected 1993; elected pres.
judge May 2, 2000; apptd. judge, Court of Judicial Discipline Sept. 1998; elected judge, Superior Court 2003; married; 3 chil-
dren.
Executive Administrator of the Superior Court
DAVID A. SZEWCZAK, born in 1956, in Philadelphia; Villanova Univ. (B.A.), pol. sci., 1978; Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.),
1981; admitted to pract.: U.S., Pa. Supreme Cts., U.S. Dist. Ct. for E. Dist. of Pa., U.S. Third Circuit Ct. of Appeals; law clerk/adm.
asst.: Pres. Judge Vincent A. Cirillo; supv. staff atty.: Cent. Legal Staff; frmr. prothonotary: Superior Ct.; apptd. Executive Admin-
istrator Oct. 2005; mem.: Natl. Conf. of Appellate Ct. Clerks, Prothonotaries & Clerks of Ct. Assn. of Pa., Montgomery, Pa. Bar
Assns.; married; 1 child.
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Prothonotary of the Superior Court
KAREN REID BRAMBLETT, born in Providence, RI, daughter of Olga and Matthew Reid; Univ. of Georgia (B.S.), Phi Beta Kappa,
cum laude, 1970; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), magna cum laude, 1979; admitted to pract.: Pa.Supreme Ct., U.S. Third Cir-
cuit Ct. of Appeals, U.S. Dist. Ct. for E. Dist. of Pa.; frmr. adj. faculty legal writing: Temple Univ. Sch. of Law; supervising staff
atty.: Superior Ct. Cent. Legal Staff; fellow: Intl. Develop. Law Inst., Rome, Italy; frmr. priv. prac.; mem.: Pa., Phila. (past chair:
Appellate Ct. Comm., past co-chair: Prof. Guid. Comm.) Bar Assns., Natl. Conf. of Appellate Ct. Clerks; ad hoc mem.: Appellate
Ct. Procedural Rules Comm.; apptd. Prothonotary, Superior Court Feb. 2006; married, 1 child.
THE COMMONWEALTH COURT
The President Judge
BONNIE BRIGANCE LEADBETTER, born in 1947, in Houston, Tex., daughter of Charles F. and Blanche Carna Brigance; Rice
Univ. (B.A.), 1968; Univ. of Pgh. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1971, mgr. ed. Law Review; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Phila.; frmr. asst. U.S. atty.:
.C.;
E. Dist. of Pa.; frmr. Leadbetter & Becker; frmr. cnsl.: Mutual Fire Marine & Inland Ins. Co., Fineman & Bach, P frmr. judge
protempore: Ct. of Common Pleas; fellow: Amer. Coll. of Trial Lawyers; master: J. Willard O’Brien Amer. Inn of Court; bd. of vis-
itors: Widener Law & Govt. Inst.; mem.: Amer., Pa., Phila. Bar Assns.; frmr. mem.: U.S. Dist. Ct., E.D. Pa.; dir.: Hist. Soc., U.S.
Dist. Ct., E.D. Pa.; apptd. judge, Commonwealth Court May 1996, elected 1997; elected pres. judge 2007; judge, Court of Judi-
cial Discipline 1999-2003; married; 2 children.
Judges
JAMES GARDNER COLINS, born in 1946, in Philadelphia; Northeast H.S.; Univ. of Pa. (B.A.), 1968; Villanova Univ. Sch. of
Law (J.D.), 1971; Sigma Chi; capt.: U.S. Army Reserves; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Phila. Co.; frmr.priv. pract./labor arbitrator; bd. of
gov.: Hercules/Spartan Chap.-Amer.-Hellenic Educ. & Progressive Assn., Phila. Boosters’ Assn.; mem.: Pa., Amer., Phila. Bar
Assns., PBA Judiciary; elected to SCRIBES (Amer. Soc. of Writers on Legal Subj.) in 2005 by the Bd. of Dir.; num. co. bar
assns., prof. orgs.; lecturer: Pa. Bar Assn., Pa. Bar Inst., Pa. Defense Inst.; awds.: Phila. Flag Day Assn. Annual Awd.-2002, Amer.
Hellenic Lawyers’ Assn. Awd.-1996, John Peter Zenger Law Soc. Disting. Jurist Awd.-1996; judge: Phila. Munic. Ct. 1980;
elected judge, Commonwealth Court 1983, retained 1993, elected pres. judge 1994-99, re-elected 2002-2007.; apptd. judge,
Judicial Conduct Board 1998-2000, elected chair, 1999-2000; apptd. Judicial Council of Pa. Jan. 1998; married; 4 children.
BERNARD L. McGINLEY II, born in 1946, in Pittsburgh, son of John R. and Marie McGinley; John Carroll Univ., 1967; Univ.
of Pgh. Law Sch., 1970; frmr. capt.: Med. Svc. Corps; U.S. Army Reserves; frmr. asst. dist. atty.; frmr. instr.: crim. law, Alleghe-
ny Commun. Coll.; frmr. chair: Allegheny Co. Bd. of Viewers; mem.: Amer., Pa., Allegheny Co. Bar Assns., Knights of Equity;
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1981; elected judge, Commonwealth Court 1988; married; 4 children.
DORIS A. SMITH-RIBNER, Univ. of Pgh. (B.S.), econ., 1969; Univ. of Pgh. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1972; admitted to pract.: Pa.
Supreme Ct., Allegheny Co. Ct. of Common Pleas, U.S. Dist. Ct. for W. Dist. of Pa., Ohio Supreme Ct., U.S. Third Circuit Ct. of
Appeals; frmr. law partnership; frmr. Pa. Human Relations Comm.; frmr. sol./controller: Allegheny Co.; frmr. mem.: Hearing
Comm.-Pa. Supreme Ct. Disciplinary Bd.(chair 1983-84); mem.: Allegheny Co., Phila., Amer. Bar Assn.; bd. of visitors: Univ. of
Pgh. Sch. of Law; bd. mem.: Just the Beginning Found.; judge, Court of Common Pleas 1984-86; elected judge, Commonwealth
Court 1987, retained 1997; married; one child.
DANTE ROBERT PELLEGRINI, born in 1945, in Pittsburgh; Duquesne Univ. (B.A.), 1967; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.),
1970; frmr. 1st lt.: U.S. Army; frmr. asst. sol./spec. asst. sol./first asst. sol./dep. city sol./city sol.: Pgh. Law Dept.; assoc.: Metz,
Cook, Hanna & Kelly; mem.: Allegheny Co., Pa., Amer. Bar Assns., frmr. exec. comm.: Natl. Inst. of Municipal Law Officers; lect.:
Pa. Bar Inst.; elected judge, Commonwealth Court 1989.
ROCHELLE S. FRIEDMAN, born in 1938, in Pittsburgh, daughter of the late Leopold Weiss and Florence Zimmerman; Univ. of
Pgh. (B.A.), 1959, (J.D.), 1972; atty.; frmr. adj. faculty mem.: Univ. of Pgh. Grad. Sch. of Pub. Health; mem.: Amer., Pa., Bucks
& Phila Co. Bar Assns., Natl. Assn. of Women Judges; found. mem.: Natl. Museum of Women in the Arts; bd. mem.: Jewish Pris-
oner Svc. Intl.; Temple Inn of Court; admitted to pract.: U.S., Pa. Supreme Cts., U.S. Third Circuit Ct. of Appeals, U.S. Dist. Ct.
for W. Dist. of Pa.; elected judge, Commonwealth Court 1991, retained 2001; 2 children.
RENÉE COHN JUBELIRER, born in Pittsburgh on May 25, 1957, daughter of Sam and Trudy Levine; State Coll. Area H.S.,
1974; Penn State Univ. (B.A.), honors, 1978; Northwestern Univ. Law Sch. (J.D.), Order of the Coif, Law Review, 1983; frmr.
teaching fellow: Stanford Law Sch.; frmr. asst. prof.: DePaul Univ. Coll. of Law; frmr. assoc.: Sidley & Austin; v. pres./shareholder:
Frank, Frank, Penn & Bergstein; frmr. asst. co. sol.: Lehigh Co. Dept. of Law; frmr. legal cnsl.: ATX Telecommunications Svcs.;
frmr. arbitrator: Ct. of Common Pleas, Lehigh Co.; mem.: Pa., Amer., Lehigh Co. Bar Assns., Natl. Assn. of Women Judges;
apptd. Judicial Ed. Sub Comm. of Judicial Cncl. of Pa., 2003; elected judge, Commonwealth Court 2001; married; 3 sons.
ROBERT E. SIMPSON, JR., born in 1951, in Harrisburg, son of the late Robert E. Simpson and Jacqueline Dietrich; Freedom
H.S., 1969; Dickinson Coll. (B.A.), pol. sci., 1973; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976; frmr. law clerk: Hon. Glenn E. Mencer,
.C.;
Commonwealth Ct.; frmr. sr. litigation partner: Teel Stettz, P adj. prof.: Dickinson Sch. of Law; mem.: Pa. Minor Judiciary
Educ. Bd. (apptd.), Judicial Auditing Agency, James S. Bowman Amer. Inn of Ct. (Hbg.), Amer. Judicature Soc., Amer. (Sec. of
Litigation), Pa. (Appellate Prac. Sec.), Northampton Co. (Bd. of Govs., 1987-89), Dauphin Co. Bar Assns., Pa. State Trial Judges
Assn.; awds.: “Highly Recommended” for election to Pa. Commonwealth Ct. by Pa. Bar Assn. Judicial Evaluation Comm.-2001,
Members of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
JUDICIARY
Seated (l to r): Doris A. Smith-Ribner, James Gardner Colins, Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter (President Judge), Bernard L. McGinley, Dan Robert Pellegrini. Standing (l to r): Mary Hannah
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Leavitt, Renee Cohn Jubelirer, Rochelle S. Friedman, Robert E. Simpson, Jr.
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Freedom H.S. Circle of Excell.-inducted May 2000, Natl. Bd. of Trial Advoc. Certifi. Civil Trial Advoc.-1984; judge, Northampton
Co. Court of Common Pleas 1989-2002; elected judge, Commonwealth Court 2001; married; 2 children.
MARY HANNAH LEAVITT, born in 1947, in Cleveland, Ohio, daughter of the late Alma D. and Luther C. Leavitt Jr.; The Laurel
Sch., 1965; Conn. Coll. (B.A.), Latin, 1969; Univ. of Pa. (M.A.), classical archeology, 1972; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), Law
Review, 1978; frmr. asst. cnsl./chief of litig./chief cnsl.: Pa. Ins. Dept.; frmr. partner: Buchanan Ingersoll; admitted to pract., Pa.,
U.S. Supreme Cts., Ninth Circuit Ct. of Appeals; mem.: Amer., Pa., Dauphin Co. Bar Assns.; elected judge, Commonwealth Court
2001; married; 3 children.
Executive Administrator of the Commonwealth Court
G. RONALD DARLINGTON, born in 1947, in Philadelphia, son of George W. and Alice Turner Darlington; Princeton Univ. (B.A.),
1969; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1972; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. adm. asst.: Pres. Judge James S. Bowman, Commonwealth Ct.;
mem.: Pa. Bar Assn., Natl. Conf. of Appellate Court Clerks; frmr. trustee: Dickinson Sch. of Law; pres.: Princeton Alumni Assn.
of Cent. Pa.; frmr. pres.: Dickinson Sch. of Law Alumni Club of Cumberland, Dauphin & Perry Co.; lect.: Pa. Bar Inst., Pa., Dauphin
Co. Bar Assns.; adj. prof.: Widener Univ. Sch. of Law; co-author: Pa. Appellate Pract., 2nd ed.; apptd. prothonotary, Common-
wealth Court Oct. 1976; apptd. executive administrator, Commonwealth Court Oct. 1986; married; 2 children.
Prothonotary of the Commonwealth Court
DANIEL R. SCHUCKERS, born in 1943, in Pittsburgh, son of Raymond R. and Monica Horak Schuckers; Colgate Univ. (B.A.),
1965; Stanford Univ. (M.A.), 1966; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1973; frmr. Peace Corps volun.: Uganda; frmr. teacher: Rose
Tree Media Sch. Dist.; frmr. hist. instr.: Penn State Univ.-York; frmr. law clerk: Judge Roy Wilkinson Jr.; frmr. asst. atty. gen./dep.
chief cnsl.: Dept. of Labor & Ind.; frmr. dep. atty. gen.: litig. sec.; frmr. dep. prothonotary for law: Commonwealth Court; mem.:
Pa. Bar Assn.; author: num. articles on unemployment compensation; co-author: Pa. Appellate Pract., 1986, Pa. Appellate Pract.,
2nd ed., 1994; apptd. prothonotary, Commonwealth Court 1987; married; 3 children.
COURT OF JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE
THE PRESIDENT JUDGE
WILLIAM H. LAMB, born in 1940, in Bryn Mawr, son of Scott G. and Sarah Holman Lamb; Duke Univ. (B.A.), cum laude, 1962;
Univ. of Pa. Law Sch. (J.D.), cum laude, 1965; law clerk: Hon. John C. Bell; assoc.: Dechert; asst. dist. atty./dist. atty./spec. pros-
.C.,
ecutor: Chester Co.; chair: Lamb McErlane P Supreme Ct. Med. Malpractice Task Force; mem.: Pres. Adv. Comm. on the
Arts; ct. liaison: Supreme Ct. Investment Adv. Bd.; (2) Pa. State Police Awds. of Merit; frmr. justice: Pa. Supreme Court; apptd.
judge, Court of Judicial Discipline 2004; pres. judge, Court of Judicial Discipline July 2007; married; 3 children; 2 grandchil-
dren.
Judges
RICHARD A. SPRAGUE, born in 1925, in Baltimore, Md., son of the late George and Marian Sprague; Univ. of Pa. Law Sch.
(J.D.), 1953; U.S. Navy; 1st asst. dist. atty.: Phila. Co.; spec. prosecutor: Washington, Allegheny, Delaware Co.; chief cnsl./dir.:
House of Rep. Select Comm. on Assassinations of Pres. Kennedy & Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; spec. cnsl.: Judicial Inquiry &
Review Bd.; lect.: Temple Univ.; owner: Sprague & Sprague; apptd. judge, Court of Judicial Discipline 2004; pres. judge, Court
of Judicial Discipline July 2006; 2 children.
LAWRENCE J. O’TOOLE, born in 1950, in Pittsburgh, son of Lawrence J., Esq. and Catherine Scheib O’Toole; La Salle Coll.
(B.S.), 1972; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1975; frmr. asst. pub. def.: Allegheny Co.; atty.: Liberty Mutual Insur. Co.;
mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas Feb. 1993, elected Nov. 1993; apptd. judge, Court
of Judicial Discipline 2004; married.
JOHN L. MUSMANNO, born in Stowe Township; Washington & Jefferson Coll. (B.A.), Phi Beta Kappa, 1963; Vanderbilt Univ.
Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1966; asst. ed., Vanderbilt Law Review; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. dist. justice; mem.: Amer., Pa., Allegheny Co.
Bar Assns.; awds.: Acad. of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny Co. Awd.-1993, Pa. Trial Lawyers Assn. Pres. Awd.-1991; elected judge,
Allegheny Co. Court of Common Pleas 1981, retained 1991; adm. judge, Civil Div., Allegheny Court of Common Pleas 1990-
97; elected judge, Superior Court 1997; apptd. judge, Court of Judicial Discipline 2005.
KELLEY STREIB, born in 1965, in Nashville, Tenn., daughter of Douglas and Sarah Pannell; Mississipi Univ. for Women (B.A.)
1986; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1992; frmr. teacher: Escambia Co. Sch. Dist.; frmr. law clerk: Allegheny Co. Court of
Common Pleas; adj. prof.: Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law; mem.: Cranbery Women’s Club, Ldrshp. Butler Co.; cncl. coordin.:
MOPS Intl.; awds.: U.S. Congress Angel in Adoption- 2001, Best Pub. Official-1998; Rotary Int. Svc. Above Self/Paul Harris Fel-
low-1997/99; elected magisterial district judge, 1994; apptd. judge, Court of Judicial Discipline 2006; married; 4 children.
WILLIAM D. BUCCI, born in 1956, in Philadelphia, son of Vito R. and the late Rose M. Bucci; Temple University (B.A.) 1980;
frmr. sr. v. pres./inv.: Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc.; frmr. sr. v. pres./inv.: Ryan Beck & Co.; exec. dir./inv.: Oppenheimer & Co.;
life mem.: U.S. Naval Acad. Athl. Assn.; mem.: Brotherhood of Free & Accepted Masons Master Mason Legatus; trustee: Cabri-
ni Coll.; natl. 2nd v. pres.: Order Sons of Italy; awds.: President’s Club, Brokerage Industry-1992, Italy, Knighted, L’Onorificenza
Di Cavaliere (111) Classe-2003; Kentucky Colonel; apptd. judge, Court of Judicial Discipline 2006.
Members of the Court of Judicial Discipline
JUDICIARY
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Seated (l to r): William D. Bucci, John L. Musmanno, Lawrence J. O’Toole, Paul P Panepinto*, President Judge Emeritus Robert L. Capoferri*, President Judge Emeritus Richard A. Sprague, President Judge
William H. Lamb, Kelley T.D. Streib. (*term expired 8/07)
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PATRICK JUDGE, SR., born in 1946, in Kingston, son of Thomas and the late Margaret Judge; att. Wilkes Univ. and Kings Col-
lege; mem.: Selective Service Bd. of U.S.; past pres.: Gtr. Pittston C of C; bd. mem.: Pittston Industrial Develop. Auth., N.E. Pa.
Conven. Ctr. Arena Auth., Fed. Jud. Sel. Comm.; adv. bd.: PNC Bank, Geisinger Hosp.; frmr. mem./chair: Judicial Conduct Bd.;
exec. v. pres.: Keystone Auto. Ops., Inc.; apptd. judge, Court of Judicial Discipline 2007; married; 2 children.
STEWART L. KURTZ, born in 1944, in Huntingdon, son of George C. and Mary B. Kurtz; Franklin & Marshall Coll. (A.B.), 1966;
Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1969; frmr. law clerk: U.S.D.C. for M.D.; frmr. dist. atty.: Huntingdon Co.; apptd. Civil Proce-
dural Rules Comm. 2004, reapptd. 2007 (v. chair); apptd. pres. judge, Huntingdon Co., April 1992, elected 1993, retained
2003; apptd. judge, Court of Judicial Discipline 2007; married; 1 child.
Court Administrator of the Court of Judicial Discipline
WANDA SWEIGART, born in 1952, in Sunbury, daughter of Ethel and the late Guy Williard; Upper Dauphin H.S., 1970; HACC
(A.A.), 1972; frmr. dep. clerk of courts: Court of Judicial Discipline; mem.: Pa., Natl. Assn. of Court Mgmt., Amer. Judicature
Soc.; apptd. court administrator, Court of Judicial Discipline Nov. 1995; married; 2 children.
COURT OF JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE
Term Term
President Judges Appointed Expires Judges Appointed Expires
*Joseph F. McCloskey.................. 1993 1997 *Dawson R. Muth ......................... 1993 1994
*Stephen J. McEwen Jr................. 1996 1999 *Peter DePaul ............................... 1993 1995
*Esther R. Sylvester ...................... 1996 2000 *Justine M. Johnson..................... 1993 1995
*Jack A. Panella............................ 1997 2001 *William F. Burns ......................... 1993 1996
*James E. Russo (dec. 2004) ....... 1998 2002 *Carol K. McGinley....................... 1993 1996
*Ralph J. Sposato......................... 1999 2003 *Christine L. Donohue .................. 1993 1996
*Sal Cognetti Jr. ........................... 2000 2004 *William C. Cassebaum................ 1993 1997
.
*Robert P Horgos.......................... 2000 2004 *Samuel J. Magaro....................... 1994 1998
*Debbie O’Dell Seneca ................. 2001 2005 *Robert A. Messa ......................... 1995 1999
*Richard A. Sprague ..................... 2004 2008 *Martin Weinberg ......................... 1996 2000
*Robert L. Capoferri...................... 2003 2007 *Joseph V. Sweeney Jr.................. 1996 2000
*William H. Lamb ......................... 2005 2008 *Leslie A. Miller............................ 1999 2000
(reapptd. 2005; apptd. pres. judge 7/07) *Robert L. Byer............................. 1997 2001
*Bonnie B. Leadbetter ................... 1999 2003
*Michele O’Leary (dec. 2005)....... 2000 2004
*James E. Beasley (dec. 2004)..... 2001 2005
*Joseph A. Halesey ...................... 2002 2006
*Robert L. Capoferri...................... 2003 2007
.
*Paul P Panepinto ......................... 2003 2007
*Richard A. Sprague ..................... 2004 2008
*Lawrence J. O’Toole .................... 2004 2008
*William H. Lamb ......................... 2004 2005
*Marc Sandler .............................. 2004 2008
*John L. Musmanno ..................... 2005 2009
*Kelley Streib ............................... 2006 2010
*William D. Bucci......................... 2006 2008
*Patrick Judge Sr.......................... 2007 2011
*Stewart L. Kurtz........................... 2007 2011
* Incumbent
JUDICIARY 5 - 31
COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS
ALPHABETICALLY, ALL DISTRICT COURTS
ABRAMSON, HOWLAND W. (1st District); Univ. of Pa. Women of Standard Awd.-2004, Message Carriers First
(B.A.), 1970; Wharton Sch. (M.B.A.), 1972; Temple Univ. Ann. Tree of Hope in Life Awd.-2003, Rankin Christian Ctr.
Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1975; frmr. atty./asst. sol.: City of Phila; Commun. Svc. Awd.-2003, Every Child’s Inc. Champion of
frmr. legal cnsl.: Pa. Ct. Adm; frmr. atty.: Fox, Rothschild, Permanency-2003, Univ. of Pgh. Women’s Law Assn.
O’Brien & Frankel; frmr. chair: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; Woman of the Yr.-2002, Sojourner Awd.-2001, Univ. of Pgh.
frmr. special adv.: Judicial Ethics Comm.; mem.: Phila. Bar Alumni of the Yr.-1999; apptd. judge, Court of Common
Assn. Prof. Responsibility Comm.; Mid-Atlantic States reg. Pleas July 1990, elected 1991, retained 2001; married; 3
dir.: Amer. Coll. of Bus. Ct. Judges; principal auth.: “Judicial sons.
Ethics Adv. Comms. Should Render Opinions Which Adhere
to Binding U.S. Constitutional Precedents,” Duquesne Law ALLEN, JACQUELINE F. (1st District), born in 1952, in
Review, Vol. 42 No. 2, Winter 2003, “The ABA Code Revi- Memphis, Tenn., daughter of Nathaniel and N. Pearl Allen
sions & Judicial Cmpgn. Speech: Constitutional & Practical Brown; Lincoln Univ. (B.A.), 1974; Ohio State Univ. (M.A.),
Implications,” Touro Law Review, Vol. 20, No. 3; elected 1975; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1979; frmr. law clerk:
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001. Common Pleas Ct.; frmr. cnsl.: SEPTA; frmr. assoc. gen.
cnsl.: Conrail; frmr. asst. gen. cnsl.: Unisys Corp.; admitted
ACKERMAN, DANIEL J. (P.J.–10th District), born in to pract.: U.S., Pa. Supreme Cts., U.S. Dist. Ct., E. Dist. of
1939, in Pittsburgh, son of James L. and Vivian C. Ackerman; Pa., U.S. Ct. of Appeals; frmr. fellow: Acad. of Advocacy;
Thiel Coll. (B.A.), 1961; Univ. of Pgh. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1964;
mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Intl. Assn. of Women
frmr. asst. pub. def.: Westmoreland Co.; mem.: Pa. Conf. of
Judges, Barristers’ Assn. of Phila, Women Lawyers Div.-Natl.
State Trial Judges, Smithfield United Ch. of Christ; apptd.
Bar Assn., Amer., Pa., Phila. Bar Assns., Afro-Amer. Cultural
judge, Court of Common Pleas May 1980, elected 1981,
& Hist. Museum, Pinn Mem. Bapt. Ch.; frmr. bd. mem.:
retained 1991, 2001, pres. judge 2002-07; married; 2 chil-
Phila. Facilities Mgt. Corp., Point Breeze Perf. Arts Ctr., Phila.
dren.
Child Guid. Ctr.; frmr. trustee: Women’s Law Proj.; trustee:
ADAMS, JOSEPH C. (19th District), born in 1968, in St. Joseph’s Univ.; frmr. mem./chair: Natl. Bar Assn. Judicial
Pottsville, son of Pamela Torquato and the late Anthony K. Cncl., Phila.; trustee/sec.: Barnes Found.; elected judge,
Adams; Pottsville Area H.S., 1986; Etown Coll. (B.S.), bus. Court of Common Pleas 1993, retained 2003; married.
adm., 1990; Univ. of Dayton Law Sch. (J.D.), 1993; frmr. sr.
dep. prosecutor: York Co. Dist. Atty. Off.; frmr. partner/share- ALLISON, PAUL K. (2nd District), born in 1937, in N.
holder: CGA; frmr. custody mediator: York Co. Ct. of Com- Adams, Mass., son of William M. and Jane H. Allison;
mon Pleas; bd. mem.: York Co. Bar. Assn.; v. pres.: Herbert Williams Coll. (A.B.), 1958; Univ. of Pa. (LL.B.), 1961; atty.;
C. Cohn Inn of Ct.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas mem.: Pa., Lancaster Co. Bar Assns.; elected judge, Court of
2005; married; 2 children. Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001; married; 3 children.
ADDY, DAVID W. (56th District), born in 1957, in Abing- AMMERMAN, FREDRIC J. (P .J.–46th District), born in
ton, son of William D. and the late Helen S. Addy; Temple 1956, in Curwensville, son of David S. Ammerman and
Univ. (A.S.), summa cum laude, horticulture, 1981; Temple Joyce Courson; Brookville Area H.S., 1974; Juniata Coll.
Univ. (B.A.) summa cum laude, econ., 1983; Villanova Univ. (B.A.), 1979; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1982; frmr. atty.:
Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1986; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Carbon Co.; Ammerman & Ammerman; frmr. part-time asst. dist.
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; married; 3 atty./dist. atty.: Clearfield Co.; apptd. judge, Court of Com-
children. mon Pleas Oct. 1994, elected 1995, retained 2005; married;
ALBRIGHT, KENT H. (38th District), born in 1941, son of 2 daughters.
the late Chester H. and Miriam Albright; Souderton Area H.S., ANDERSON, DUDLEY N. (29th District), born in 1946, in
1959; Ursinus Coll. (B.A.), 1964; Walter F. George Sch. of Wilmington, Del., son of Alfred H. and Phyllis Anderson;
Law, Mercer Univ. (LL.B./J.D.), 1967; frmr. priv. pract.; Lycoming Coll. (B.A.), 1968; Widener Univ. (J.D.), 1975;
mem.: Amer., Pa., Montgomery Co. Bar Assns., Harleysville frmrly. U.S. Army; frmr. atty.; elected judge, Court of Com-
Lions Club; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas 1995, mon Pleas 1997; married; 2 children.
elected Nov. 1995, retained 2005; married; 3 sons.
ARNER, JAMES G. (P .J.–18th District), born in 1951, in
ALLEN, CHERYL LYNN (5th District), born in 1947, in Brookville, son of Alice Lou and the late James H. Arner;
Pittsburgh, daughter of Robert and Corrine Allen; Schenley Clarion Area H.S., 1969; Grove City Coll. (B.A.), 1973; Colo.
H.S., 1965; Penn State Univ. (B.S.), 1969; Univ. of Pgh. State Univ. (M.A.), 1975; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.),
(J.D.), 1975; frmr. elem. teacher: Pgh. Pub. Sch; frmr. atty.: 1978; frmr. priv. pract.; mem.: Ethics Comm./Legis. Comm.-
Neighborhood Legal Svcs., Pa. Human Rela. Comm., Alle- Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Dom. Viol. Bench Book Adv.
gheny Co. Law Dept.; mem.: Pa. Dept. of Health Adolescent Comm.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1999; mar-
Health Task Force, Supreme Ct. Juv. Ct. Judges Comm.; bd. ried; 2 sons.
mem.: Shirley H. Jordan Found., IRETA, CASA, Pgh. Ldrshp.
Found., Child Watch, Lydia’s Place, Theotherapy, Inc.; awds.: ASHWORTH, DAVID L. (2nd District), born in 1955, in
Three Rivers Youth Nellie Ldrshp. Awd.-2006, Gtr. Pgh. Hartford, Conn., son of Norman S. and Ann Ashworth; Con-
YWCA Trib. to Women Awd.-2006, Pa. Comm. for Women estoga H.S., 1973; Gettysburg Coll. (B.A.), Eng., 1977; Del.
Woman’s Hist. Month Awd.-2005, Juv. Ct. Judges’ Comm. Law Sch. of Widener Univ. (J.D.), 1980; atty./found. partner:
Awd.-2004, Allegheny Co. Bar Assn. Juv. Justice Awd.- Wagman, Ashworth, Kreider & Wright; mem.: Pa., Lancaster
2004, CASA Volun. Recog. Awd.-2004, Second Chance Inc. Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; past pres.:
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Rotary Club of Lancaster; elected judge, Court of Common Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1973; frmrly. U.S. Army
Pleas 1999; married; 3 children. Reserves; frmr. 1st asst. dist atty.: Westmoreland Co.; frmr.
AUGELLO, JOSEPH MICHAEL (11th District), born in asst. pub. def.; frmr. priv. pract.; mem.: Pa. Conf. of State
1949, son of Michael I. and Susan Augello; Univ. of Scranton Trial Judges, Pa., Westmoreland Co. Bar Assns., K of C, NRA,
(A.B.), 1971; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1974; frmr. Amer. Legion, Loom, Sons of Italy, I.S.D.A.; elected judge,
dist. justice: 11-1-04; frmr. mem.: Appellate Ct. Procedural Court of Common Pleas 1999; married; 1 daughter.
Rules Comm.; mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; awds.: BELL, JANET MOSCHETTA (27th District); elected judge,
Univ. of Scranton Alumni Achiev. Awd., Ital. Amer. Assn. of Court of Common Pleas 2005.
Luzerne Co. Man of Yr.-1990; apptd. judge, Court of Com-
BELTRAMI, ANTHONY S. (3rd District), born in 1962, in
mon Pleas Feb. 1990, elected 1991, retained 2001, pres.
Hazleton, son of Louis T. and Elaine C. Beltrami; Bishop
judge 1997-2002; married; 2 daughters.
Hafey H.S., 1980; Penn State Univ. (B.A.), gen. arts/sci.,
BALDWIN, WILLIAM E. (P.J.–21st District), born in 1985; Touro Law Sch. (J.D.), magna cum laude, 1989; frmr.
1948, in Pottsville; Lehigh Univ. (B.S.), 1970; Univ. of Md. priv. pract.; frmr. asst. dist. atty./frmr. asst. pub. defender:
Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1975; frmrly. U.S. Marine Corps Northampton Co.; frmr. law clerk: Robert A. Freedberg;
Reserves; mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; frmr. mem.: trustee: Judge Richard D. Grifi Lodge, Sons of Italy; mem.:
Pa. House of Reps.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas Pa., Northampton Co. Bar Assns.; awds.: Comparative Law
1987, retained 1997, pres. judge Jan. 1998; married; 3 chil- Amer. Jurisprudence Awd.-1989; Prof. Responsibility Amer.
dren. Jurisprudence Awd.-1989, Const. Law Amer. Jurisprudence
BANACH, KELLY L. (31st District), born in 1957, in Allen- Awd.-1988; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005;
town, daughter of Stanley F. and Marietta A. Banach; Swain married; 4 children.
Sch., 1975; Cornell Univ. (B.A.), govt., 1979; Villanova Univ. BERNSTEIN, MARK ISRAEL (1st District), born in 1947,
Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1982; frmr. asst. pub. def.: Bucks Co.; in New York City, son of Harry and Edith Bernstein; St. John’s
frmr. assoc.: Wiener & Wiener; frmr. sr. chief dep. dist. atty.: Coll. (B.A.), 1969; Univ. of Pa. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1973; frmr.
Lehigh Co.; bd. mem.: JCC; awds.: Child Advocacy Ctr. of Pa. Army Natl. Guard; priv. pract.; frmr. dep. city comm.:
Lehigh Co. Unsung Hero Awd.-2004, Bus. & Prof. Women’s Phila.; mem.: Pa., Amer. Bar Assns., Phila. for Recycling,
Club of Lehigh Valley Nike Awd.-2004; elected judge, Court Exec. Comm.-Phila. Lawyers Against Apartheid; bd. mem.:
of Common Pleas 2003; married; 2 children. W. Mt. Airy Neighbors; chair/bd. of eds.: The Bill of Rights: A
BARATTA, STEPHEN G. (3rd District), born in 1956, son Bicentennial View; auth.: two essays: “Judicial Decision Mak-
of Patricia and the late Renald S. Baratta; Bangor Area H.S., ing, A Meditation on Judicial Morality,” The Judge’s Book;
1974; Lafayette Coll. (B.A.), 1978; Fordham Univ. Sch. of auth.: “Expert Testimony in Pa.,” Temple Law Review; auth:
Law (J.D.), 1981; 1st asst. dist. atty./asst. sol.: Northampton Pa. Rules of Evidence with Comments and Annotations;
Co.; bd. mem.: VIA Inc., Boys & Girls Club of Easton; mem.: Found. for Improvement of Justice Awd.-1999; elected to
UNICO, Corrections Comm.-Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; Office of Sec. of Bd. of Judges Jan. 2000; apptd. judge,
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1997; married; 3 Court of Common Pleas April 1987, elected Nov. 1987,
children. retained 1997; married; 3 children.
BARRASSE, MICHAEL J. (45th District), born in 1956, in BERRY, WILLIS W. JR. (1st District), born in 1942, in
Scranton, son of Joseph and Nancy Barrasse; Scranton Prep. Atlantic City, N.J., son of the late Willis W. Berry; frmrly. U.S.
H.S., 1974; Univ. of Scranton (B.A., M.A.), 1978; Dickinson Air Force; frmr. crim. def. atty.; elected judge, Court of Com-
Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1981; frmr. dist. atty.: Lackawanna Co.; mon Pleas 1995, retained 2005; married; 2 children.
asst. dist. atty.: Phila., Lackawanna Co.; priv. pract.; chair: BERTIN, EMANUEL A. (38th District), born in 1944, in
Children’s Advocacy Ctr.; frmr. mem.-at-large/bd. of dir.: Brooklyn, N.Y., son of Robert and Ruth Bertin; Moravian Coll.
Natl. Dist. Atty’s. Assn.; adv. bd.: BSA, Salvation Army; (B.A.), Eng., 1966; Univ. of Richmond Law Sch. (J.D.), 1969;
mem.: Drug & Alcohol Treatment Svc. Bd.; faculty: Natl. frmr. pres.: Amer. Acad. of Matrimonial Lawyers (Pa.); frmr.
Judicial Coll, Judicial Fellow; Natl. Drug. Ct. Inst.; pres.: Pa. chair: Fam. Law Comm.-Montgomery Co. Bar Assn., Fam.
Drug Ct. Profs.; Psychological Soc. Awd.-2006; elected Law Sect.-Pa. Bar Assn., Pa. Joint State Govt. Comm. on
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1999; married; 2 children. Dom. Rela. Laws; frmr. ed.-in-chief: Pa. Family Lawyer (PBA);
BARRETT, R. STEPHEN (38th District), Springfield H.S.; auth.: Pa. Child Custody Law textbook; frmr. legal cnsl.: Intl.
Penn State Univ. (B.A.); Univ. of Toledo Coll. of Law (J.D.); Acad. of Matrimonial Lawyers, USA; frmr. diplomat: The
atty.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1999. Amer. Coll. of Family Trial Lawyers; awds: Pa. Bar Assn. Spe-
cial Achiev. Awd.-1987, 1988, The Best Lawyers in Amer.,
BAYLEY, EDGAR B. (P .J.–9th District), born in 1939, in
1983-95; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1995,
Bayshore, N.Y., son of Edgar and Dorothy Bayley; St.
retained 2005; married; 2 children; 4 grandchildren.
Lawrence Univ. (B.A.), 1961; Dickinson Sch. of Law (LL.B.),
1964; frmrly. U.S. Army; frmr. chief pub. def.; frmr. 1st asst. BIGHAM, ROBERT G. (51st District); elected judge, Court
dist. atty./dist. atty.: Cumberland Co.; frmr. partner: Arnold, of Common Pleas 1997.
Slike & Bayley; frmr. adj. asst. prof. of law: Dickinson Sch. BLACK, ALAN M. (P .J.–31st District), born in 1938, in
of Law; frmr. supv. judge: 5th statewide Invest. Grand Jury; Bethlehem, son of the late Benjamin and Leah Black; Liberty
mem.: Pa. Bar Assn.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas H.S., 1956; Univ. of Pa. (B.S.), econ., 1960; Harvard Law
1983, retained 1993, 2003; married; 2 children. Sch. (J.D.), 1963; frmr. sol.: City of Allentown; past pres.:
BELL, ALFRED B. (10th District), born in 1947, in Greens- Donald E. Wieand Amer. Inn of Ct., Adult Literacy Ctr. of
burg, son of the late Alfred E. Bell and Helena C. Sicken- Lehigh Valley; bd. of govs.: Civic Theater of Allentown;
berger; Hempfield Area H.S., 1965; Calif. Univ. of Pa., 1969; mem.: Allentown Rotary Club; found. mem.: Confront, Inc.;
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elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1997; married; 2 BRANCA, THOMAS C. (38th District), born in 1949, in Nor-
children. ristown, son of the late Salvatore and Fannie Branca; Bishop
Kenrick H.S., 1966; Ursinus Coll. (B.A.), pol. sci., 1970;
BLACKWELL, PENNY L. (19th District), born in 1948, in
Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1973; frmr. staff atty.: Def.
Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone; Portland State Univ. (B.S.),
Assn. of Phila.; frmr. assoc./partner: Hunn, Branca & Ghen;
1971; Amer. Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1974; mem.: Pa., York
frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. partner: Stewart Wood & Branca; frmr.
Co. Bar Assns., frmr. partner: Wolfson & Blackwell; elected chief pub. def.: Montgomery Co.; mem.: Pa., Montgomery
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001; mar- Co. Bar Assns., Amer. Trial Lawyers Assn.; elected judge,
ried; 1 daughter. Court of Common Pleas 2001; married; 4 children.
BLAHOVEC, JOHN EDWARD (10th District), born in BRATTON, BRUCE F. (12th District), born in 1949, in
1951, in Greensburg, son of John G. and Margaret Blahovec; Lewistown, son of the late Mary E. and E. Bruce Bratton; Mt.
Univ. of Pgh. (B.A.), 1973; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), Union Area H.S., 1967; Penn State Univ. (B.A.), pre-law, cum
1976; mem.: Pa., Westmoreland Co. Bar Assns., St. Paul’s laude, 1973; Univ. of Pa. (J.D.), 1976; frmr. specialist/E-5:
Ch.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1985, retained U.S. Army; frmr. partner: Connelly Martsolf Reid Bratton &
1995, 2005; married; 2 children. Spade, Martsolf & Bratton; mem.: Pa., Dauphin Co. Bar
BOCCABELLA, JOHN A. (23rd District), born in 1945, in Assns.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas 2001; mar-
Wash., D.C., son of Peter and Matilda Boccabella; Gonzaga ried; 2 children.
H.S., 1963; Univ. of Pa. Wharton Sch. (B.S.), econ., 1967; BRENNER, LAWRENCE J. (31st District), born in 1937,
Univ. of Miami Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1970; frmr. assoc.: Lien- in Allentown; St. Charles Seminary (B.A.), 1959; Villanova
der Hyman & Potter, Engel & Halderan; frmr. staff atty.: Tri- Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1965; atty.; frmr. asst. dist. atty.;
Co. Legal Svcs.; mem.: Pa., Fla., Berks Co. Bar Assns., frmr. co. sol.; mem.: Amer., Pa., Lehigh Co. Bar Assns.; frmr.
Endlich Law Club, VEII Bene. Soc.; elected judge, Court of pres.: Lehigh Co. United Way; apptd. judge, Court of Com-
Common Pleas 2005; married; 3 children. mon Pleas July 1991, elected 1993, retained 2003; married;
3 children.
BORKOWSKI, EDWARD J. (5th District), born in 1961, in
Pgh., son of the late Joseph and Anna Borkowski; Cent. Cath. BRIGHT, GWENDOLYN N. (1st District), born in 1951, in
H.S., 1974; Duquesne Univ. (B.A.), magna cum laude, psy- Philadelphia; Del. State Coll. (B.A.), 1972; Atlanta Univ.
chology, 1976; Univ. of Pgh. Grad. Sch. of Social Work (M.A.), 1972; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976; atty.;
(M.S.W.), 1976; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1985; frmr. asst. chief: Mental Health Div.; frmr. asst. def.: Def.
frmr. paralegal/asst. dist. atty./chief trial dep./1st asst. dist. Assn. of Phila.; mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Natl.
atty: Allegheny Co.; frmr. magis.: City of Pgh.; mem.: Amer. Assn. of Women Judges, Natl. Cncl. of Juv. & Fam. Ct.
Coll. of Trial Attys.; bd. mem.: Pgh. Boys & Girls Club; awds.: Judges, Barristers’ Assn. of Phila., Women Lawyers Div.-
Prosecutor of the Yr.-2003, True Local Hero-2002; elected Natl. Bar Assn., Mother Bethel A.M.E. Ch.; elected judge,
judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005. Court of Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005; 1 child.
BORTNER, MICHAEL E. (19th District); elected judge, BRILLHART, MICHAEL J. (19th District), born in 1944, in
Court of Common Pleas 2003. York, son of Helen E. and the late Marvin J. Brillhart; Univ. of
Pa. (B.A.), 1966; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1969; mem.:
BOYLAN, REA B. (7th District), born in 1954, daughter of York Co. YMCA, Pa., York Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State
the late Thomas and Betty Boylan; Cumberland Valley H.S., Trial Judges; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991,
1972; Dickinson Coll. (B.A.), 1974; Dickinson Sch. of Law retained 2001; married; 4 children.
(J.D.); teacher; lawyer; controller: Bucks Co.; adj. prof.: Trial
BRINKLEY, GENECE E. (1st District), born in Nashville,
Advocacy; asst. dist. atty., asst. pub. def.; frmr. chair: Civil
Tenn., daughter of Eugene H. and Doris Marie Brinkley; Spel-
Proc. Rules Comm.-Pa. Supreme Ct.; elected judge, Court of
man Coll. (B.A.); Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.); atty.;
Common Pleas 1999; 1 child.
mem.: Women Lawyer’s Div. & Judicial Cnsl. Exec. Comm.-
BOZZA, JOHN A. (6th District), born in 1947, in Natl. Bar Assn., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sor. Inc., Spruce Adoles-
Rochester, N.Y., son of John and Olga Bozza; Natl. Coll. of cent Counseling & Educ. Ctr., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges;
Educ. (B.A.), 1969; SUNY at Albany (M.A.), 1973; DePaul bd. mem.: Bright Hope Nonprofit Corp.; elected judge, Court
Univ. (J.D.), cum laude, 1979; frmr. assoc. prof., crim. jus- of Common Pleas 1993, retained 2003.
tice: Gannon Univ.; frmr. partner: Riehl & Bozza; frmr. asst. BRONSON, GLENN B. (1st District), born in 1954, in Long
dist. atty.: Erie Co.; frmr. commissioner: Erie Housing Auth.; Branch, N.J.; Univ. of Pa. Wharton Sch. (B.S.), summa cum
mem.: Amer., Pa., Erie Co. Bar Assns., Amer. Inn of Ct.; laude, econ., 1975, (M.B.A.), with distinction, 1976, (M.S.),
apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas July 1989, elected operations research, 1977; N.Y. Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), cum
Nov. 1989, retained 1999, pres. judge 1994-99; married; 3 laude, Order of the Coif, 1981; frmr. law clerk: U.S. Dist.
children. .
Judge Lee P Gagliardi; frmr. asst. U.S. atty.: U.S. Atty. Off., E.
BRADLEY, JAMES P SR. (32nd District), born in 1946,
. Dist. of Pa.; frmr. chief: Maj. Crimes Sect.; priv. pract.; apptd.
son of the late Daniel and Mary Bradley; W. Phila. Cath. H.S., judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; married; 2 children.
1964; La Salle Coll. (B.A.), pre-law, 1968; Temple Univ. Sch. BROWN, CHARLES CLIFFORD JR. (P .J.–49th District),
of Law (J.D.), 1972; frmrly. USMCR; frmr. managing atty.: born in 1937, in Bellefonte, son of the late Charles Clifford
Kemper Ins. Co.; frmr. partner: Donahue & Bradley; frmr. sol.: and Laura Pearl Brown; Bellefonte H.S., 1955; Juniata Coll.
Upper Darby Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd.; bd. mem.: Time for (B.A.), 1959; N.Y. Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), Root-Tilden
Teens; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; mar- Scholar, 1962; frmr. dist. atty.: Centre Co.; mem.: Centre Co.,
ried; 3 children. Pa. Bar Assns., Sen. Jr. Chamber Intl.; frmr. mem.: Natl. Bd.
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of YMCA (USA), Sentencing Comm. of Pa.; trustee emeritus: CAMPBELL, MARY ANN (23rd District), born in 1950, in
Juniata Coll.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1979, Reading, daughter of Earl Y. Potts and Rita L. Hafer; Muhlen-
retained 1989, 1999; married; 4 children. berg Twp. H.S., 1968; Loyola Univ. of Chicago (B.A.), pol.
sci., 1980; Rutgers Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1984; frmrly.
BROWN, JOAN A. (1st District), born in 1950, in Mem-
Berks Co. Dom. Rela.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas
phis, Tenn., daughter of Ms. Willie D. Brown; Bennett Coll.
May 2001, elected Nov. 2001; 4 children.
(B.A.), 1972; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976; frmr.
law clerk: Judge Curtis C. Carson Jr., Court of Common CAPUZZI, CONRAD B. (P .J.–14th District), born in 1939,
Pleas; atty.: U.S. EEOC; corp. atty.: SEPTA; elected judge, in Uniontown, son of Corrado and Ida Capuzzi; Waynesburg
Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001; married. Coll. (B.S.), 1961; W. Va. Univ. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1964;
frmrly. U.S. Army, active reserves; frmr. asst. dist. atty.; frmr.
BROWN, KENNETH D. (P .J.–29th District), born in 1948, dist. atty.; mem.: Amer., Pa., Fayette Co. Bar Assns.; apptd.
in New York City, son of Innis and Isabelle Peterson Brown; judge, Court of Common Pleas Oct. 1977, elected 1979,
Amer. Univ. Sch. of Intl. Svc. (B.A.), 1970; Rutgers Law Sch., retained 1989, 1999, apptd. pres. judge Jan. 2003; married;
1973; frmr. asst. pub. def.; frmr. asst. dist. atty.; priv. pract.: 4 children.
Roesgen, Larrabee & Brown; frmr. dist. atty.: Lycoming Co.;
mem.: Pa., Lycoming Co. Bar Assns.; awds.: recog. awds. for CARPENTER, HIRAM A. III (24th District), born in 1946,
serv. as dist. atty.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas July in Sewickley, son of Hiram A. and Mary Carpenter; Dickinson
1988, elected 1989, retained 1999; married; 3 children; 1 Coll. (B.A.), 1969; Geo. Wash. Natl. Law Ctr. (J.D.), 1973;
frmrly. U.S. Army Reserves; officer: Pa. Conf. of State Trial
granddaughter.
Judges; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1989,
BUCCI, JAMES M. (23rd District), born in 1951, in Read- retained 1999; married; 6 children.
ing, son of the late James and Eleana Bucci; Exeter Twp.
CARPENTER, WILLIAM R. (38th District), born in 1953,
H.S.; Villanova Univ. (B.A.), 1974; Antioch Sch. of Law
in Philadelphia, son of William E. and Madelyn Carpenter;
(J.D.), 1978; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2003; Juniata Coll. (B.A.), 1975; Ohio Northern Univ. (J.D.), 1978;
married; 3 children. 1st asst. dist. atty.: Montgomery Co.; mem.: Montgomery
BURKE, THOMAS F. JR. (11th District), born in 1946, in Co. Bar Assn.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1993,
Pittston, son of Marita and the late Thomas F. Burke; W. retained 2003; married; 4 sons.
Pittston H.S., 1964; Lehigh Univ. (B.A.), fin., cum laude, CARRAFIELLO, MATTHEW D. (1st District), born in
1968; Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1973; frmrly. U.S. 1946, son of the late Michael and Rita Carrafiello; S. Phila.
Army, Vietnam, Bronze Star; frmr. atty.: Burke & Burke; H.S., 1964; Temple Univ., 1968; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law,
mem.: St. John the Evang. RC Ch.; Marywood Coll. Pres. 1971; frmr. atty.; frmr. undersheriff: Phila.; bd. chair: Unico
Scholarship honoree-1991; apptd. judge, Court of Common Village, Inc.; local co-chair: Meet Your Judges; dir.: CATCH
Pleas May 1998, elected 1999; married; 5 children. MH/MR Ctr.; trustee: Citizens Crime Comm. Del. Valley; past
BURR, CHARLES B. II (32nd District), born in 1940, in pres.: Friends of Franklin D. Roosevelt Park; elected judge,
Pittsburgh; son of the late C. Robert and Helen F. Burr; Con- Court of Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005; married; 2
estoga Sr. H.S., 1958; Yale Univ. (B.S.) 1962; Univ. of Pa. children.
Law Sch. (LL.B/J.D.), 1966; priv. pract.; frmr. asst. U.S. atty.: .
CARUSO, GARY P (10th District), born in 1948, in Mon-
E. Dist. of Pa.; frmr. adj. prof.: Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law; essen, son of Alberta and the late Herman Caruso; Monessen
frmr. judge pro tem.: Phila., Del. Co.; frmr. pro. arbitrator/ H.S., 1966; Waynesburg Coll. (B.A.), cum laude, econ.,
med.; frmr. sol.: Radnor Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd.; mem.: Guy 1970; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), Duquesne Law
G. deFuria Inn of Ct., Amer., Pa., Del. Co. Bar Assns.; elected Review, 1973; frmr. asst. pub. def.: Westmoreland Co.; frmr.
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1999; married; 2 children. past pres.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; mem.: Pa. Comm.
on Sentencing, Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges Educ. Comm.,
BUTCHART, ANN M. (1st District); elected judge, Court of
Pa. Supreme Ct. Jud. Educ. Curr. Comm., St. Vincent Prev.
Common Pleas 2005.
Proj. Adv. Bd.; bd. of dir.: S.W. Behavorial Health Care Inc.,
BUTTS, NANCY L. (29th District), born in 1958, in S.W. Pa. Human Svcs. Inc.; elected judge, Court of Common
Philadelphia; Neshaminy H.S., 1976; Lehigh Univ. (B.A.), Pleas 1985, retained 1995, 2005; married; 2 children.
1980; Calif. West. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1985; frmr. asst. pub. CASCIO, JOHN M. (P .J.–16th District), born in 1946, in
def./asst. dist. atty.: Lycoming Co.; frmr. law clerk: Hon. Clin- Somerset, son of Joseph N. and Jeanne Cascio; Franklin &
ton W. Smith; frmr. assoc. atty.: Law Office of Chas. A. Szy- Marshall Coll. (A.B.), 1968; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.),
bist, Esq.; frmr. EMT: Susquehanna Health Sys.; mem.: Pa., 1973; frmrly. U.S. Naval Reserves; mem.: Pa. Conf. of State
Bucks Co. Bar Assns., Lycoming Law Assn., Phi Alpha Delta, Trial Judges, Somerset Co., Pa. Bar Assns.; frmr. bd. pres.:
Delta Kappa Gamma, Old Lycoming Twp. Vol. Fire Dept., Southern Alleghenies Legal Aid Inc.; apptd. judge, Court of
Natl. Reg. of EMTs; ins.: Pa. State Fire Acad.; frmr. pres.: Common Pleas Feb. 1988, elected 1989, retained 1999;
Charles F. Greevy Jr. Amer. Inns of Ct.; awds.: Who’s Who in apptd. pres. judge 2006; married; 2 children.
Amer. Law Students, Who’s Who in Amer. Law; elected judge,
Court of Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005. CASHMAN, DAVID R. (5th District), born in 1946, in New
Haven, Conn., son of Justin L. Cashman, M.D. and Grace E.
BYRD, SANDY L.V. (1st District), born in 1949, in Birm- Gillis, M.D.; Brown Univ. (A.B.), cum laude, 1968; Duquesne
ingham, Ala.; Millsaps Coll. (B.S.), 1971; Geo. Wash. Univ. Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1971; mem.: Law Review, Amer.,
(J.D.), 1975; frmr. atty.: Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown & Pa., Allegheny Co. Bar Assns.; past pres.: Acad. of Trial
Sandler; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Phila.; mem.: Amer., Phila. Bar Lawyers; chair/bd. of trustees: Regency Hall Nursing Home;
Assns.; married; 1 child. dir.: Boys & Girls Club of W. Pa.; frmr. adj. prof.: Duquesne
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Univ. Sch. of Law; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas judge, Court of Common Pleas March 1987, elected Nov.
April 1988, elected 1991, retained 2001; married; 2 children. 1987, retained 1997; married; 1 child.
CEPPARULO, ALBERT JOHN (7th District), born in 1946, CIAVARELLA, MARK A. JR. (P .J.–11th District), born in
in Philadelphia, son of Nancy and the late Albert Cepparulo; 1950, in Wilkes-Barre, son of Mary and the late Mark A.
Central H.S. (hon. B.A.), 1964; Penn State Univ. (B.S.), tax. Ciavarella; att. St. Mary’s Sch.; King’s Coll.; Duquesne Univ.
acct., 1968; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1974; frmr. Sch. of Law; atty.; partner: Lowery, Ciavarella & Rogers;
counter intelligence agent/sgt.: U.S. Army-Vietnam; frmr. sr. elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005;
trial atty.: Defenders Assn. of Phila.; frmr. assoc.: Curtin & married; 3 children.
Heefner, LLP; frmr. partner: Baldi, Cepparulo & Williams, CLARK, KIM BERKELEY (5th District), born in 1956, in
.C.;
P prof., evidence & trial advocacy: Univ. of Pa. Law Sch.; Pittsburgh, daughter of the late Clarence Berkeley and Mar-
mem./past pres.: Today, Inc., Solebury Lions Club; hon. garet Johnson Clark; Tenn. State Univ. (B.A.), 1978;
mem.: Amer. Bd. of Crim. Lawyers; awds.: Bucks Co. Bar Duquesne Univ. (J.D.), 1983; frmr. dep. dist. atty.: Allegheny
Assn. Liberty Awd.-2003, Fellow, Amer. Bd. of Crim. Co.; mem.: Pa. Juv. Ct. Judges’ Comm. (secy.), Pa. Gov.
Lawyers-1998; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2003; Comm. on Children & Fam., Natl. Cncl. Juv. & Fam. Ct.
married; 2 children. Judges, Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges Educ. Comm., Assn.
CHARLES, BRADFORD H. (52nd District), born in 1956, of Trial Lawyers in Crim. Ct.-Fam. Law Sect. & Juv. Law
in Lebanon, son of Georgia Ann and the late George D. Comm., Women’s Bar Assn., Homer S. Brown Law Assn.,
Charles; Lebanon H.S., 1974; Grove City Coll. (B.A.), 1978; Children’s Hosp. Ethics Comm., Children’s Waiting Room
Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1981; frmr. partner: Buzon Adv. Comm., Urban League of Pgh., Duquesne Univ. Law
Davis Law Firm; frmr. asst. dist. atty./1st asst. dist. atty./dist. Alumni Assn., Holy Cross Episcopal. Ch.; past chair:
atty.: Lebanon Co.; bd. certified: Civil Trial Advocacy; mem.: Allegheny Co. Jail Oversight Bd.; life mem.: NAACP; instr.:
Ch. of Good Shepherd, Kiwanis Club; PIAA, NCAA swimming Afro-Amer. Music. Inst.; author: Prosecuting Child Abuse
official; bd. of dir.: Lebanon YMCA, Lebanon Jubilee Minis.; Cases, Perspectives on Child Abuse: Pre-School Children
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1999; married; 3 and Their Families; pres.: Allegheny Co. Bar Assn.; bd. mem.:
children. Pgh. Proj., Lydia’s Place, Gtr. Pgh. Literacy Cncl., Allegheny
Co. Crim. Just. Policy, Beverly Jewell Wall Lovelace Chil-
CHEN, IDA K. (1st District), born in 1952, in Hong Kong, dren’s Prog.; awds.: Duquesne Light/WQED Multimedia,
daughter of Yuen-Yin and Kuo-Sin Chen; Temple Univ. (B.S.), Afro.-Amer. Ldrshp. Awd. for Excell. in Educ.-2007, New
1973; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law, 1976; frmr. trial atty.: U.S. Pgh. Courier 50 Women of Influence-2006, Vision Outreach
EEOC; frmr. comm.: Phila. Comm. on Human Rela.; frmr. Minis. Stop the Viol. Human. Awd.-2005, Lydia’s Place Vol.
mem.: Govt.’s Judicial Appellate Nom. Comm., Pa. Inter- Awd.-2005, Fam. Resources Children First Prev. Awd.-2004,
branch Comm. for Gender, Racial & Ethnic Forum; frmr. Delta Sigma Theta Inc. Mosaic of Pub. Svc. Awd. for Excell.
pres.: Phila. Chap.-Fed. Bar Assn.; frmr. chair: 21st Century in Law-2003, Univ. of Pgh. BLSA Outst. Judge-2001-02,
Review Forum Ethics Comm.; bd. mem.: Samuel S. Fels Graceworks Minis. Champ. of Grace Awd.-2001, McKeesport
Fund, Drexel Univ., On Lok Sr. Citizen’s Home; lecturer: Tem- Black Caucus Human. Awd.-1999; apptd. judge, Court of
ple Univ. Sch. of Law, Cornell Univ. Sch. of Ind. & Labor Common Pleas March 1999, elected Nov. 1999, adm.
Rela.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas June 1987, judge-Fam. Div.-Juv. Sect.; married.
elected 1989, retained 1999.
CLARK, LAWRENCE F. JR. (12th District); Indiana Univ.
CHERRY, JOHN F. (12th District), born in 1951, in DuBois, (J.D.), outst. sr. law stud., 1974; att. Wilkes Coll., HACC,
son of the late Judge John A. and Theresa M. Cherry; DuBois N.W. Univ.; grad.: PSP Acad., Traffic Inst. at N.W. Univ.; frmr.
H.S., 1969; Gannon Univ., 1973; Dickinson Sch. of Law mem.: PSP; frmr. asst. atty. gen./chief cnsl.: PSP; frmr. legal
(J.D.), 1983; frmr. teacher/coach/asst. principal: Elk Co. adv.: PSP Acad.; frmr. atty.: priv. pract.; frmr. spec. consult.:
Christian H.S.; frmr. dep. dist. atty./chief dep. dist. atty./dist. Pa. Senate; frmr. bd. mem./chair: Derry Twp. Bd. of Supv.;
atty.: Dauphin Co.; frmr. asst. atty. gen.: Pa.; frmr. atty.: Gold- mem.: St. Joan of Arc Ch., Hershey Rotary; exec. bd./Eagle
berg, Katzman & Shipman; adj. prof.: Widener Univ. Sch. of Scout: Keystone Area Cncl.-BSA; elected judge, Court of
Law, Dickinson Coll.; mem.: Pa., Dauphin Co. Bar Assns., Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005; married.
Rotary, Sons of Italy, K of C, St. Thomas More Soc., Keystone
CLARK, TAMA MYERS (1st District), born in Boston,
Cncl. BSA; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1999;
Mass., daughter of Dr. and Mrs. S.L. Myers Sr.; Morgan State
married; 2 sons.
Univ. (B.S.), summa cum laude, math., 1968; Univ. of Pa.
CHERRY, PAUL (46th District); elected judge, Court of Law Sch. (J.D.) 1972; Univ. of Pa. Grad Sch. of Fine Arts
Common Pleas 2003. .),
(M.C.P 1972; Natl. Judicial Coll., 1987; frmr. asst. dist.
atty.; frmr. dep. city sol.; v. pres.: Resource Ctr. for Human
.
CHESLOCK, JEROME P (43rd District), born in 1939, in
Svc.; bd. mem.: New Directions for Women, Prisoners’ Fam.
W. Hazleton, son of Leona and the late Stanley J. Cheslock;
Welfare Assn.; mem.: Phila., Natl., D.C., Pa., Amer. Bar
St. Francis (B.A.), 1961; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.) 1964;
Assns., SE Pa. Chap.-Youth Svc. Adv. Cncl., Phila. Child
atty.; frmr. pub. def.; frmrly. U.S. Army; mem.: Pa., Monroe
Support Proj. Women in Transition Adv. Bd., Commun. Coll.
Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; past pres.:
of Phila. Job Equity Prog. Adv. Bd., Dom. Rela. & Crim. Pro-
Stroudsburg Area Sch. Dist.; elected judge, Court of Com-
cedural Rules Comms.-Pa. Supreme Ct., Barrister’s Assn. of
mon Pleas 1993, retained 2003; married; 1 child.
Phila., Women & Girl Offenders Task Force-Mayor’s Comm.
CHRONISTER, JOHN H. (19th District), born in 1944, in for Women, Amer. Red Cross, Crime Prev. Assn., Penn Towne
York, son of Willard R. and Miriam V. Chronister; Dickinson Chap.-The Links, Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha, Amer. Found. for
Coll. (B.A.), 1965; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1968; frmr. Negro Affairs, Phila. Chap.-Coalition of 100 Black Women,
pub. def. office: York Co.; mem.: Hayshire UCC; apptd. Protection of Human Subj. Proj. Rev. Comm.; zone rep.: Pa.
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Conf. of State Trial Judges; cnsl.: Phila. Prisons’ Bd. of CONAHAN, MICHAEL T. (11th District), born in 1952, in
Trustees; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1983, Hazleton, son of Elizabeth and the late Joseph B. Conahan
retained 1993, 2003; married. Sr.; Villanova Univ. (B.S.), 1974; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law
(J.D.), 1977; frmr. dist. justice (11-1-03); elected judge,
CLELAND, JOHN M. (P .J.–48th District), born in 1947, in
Court of Common Pleas 1993, retained 2003; married.
Kane, son of Drs. Charles and the late Elizabeth Cleland;
Kane Area H.S., 1968; Denison Univ. (B.A.), hist., 1969; Geo. CONNELLY, SHAD F. (6th District), born in 1945, in Erie,
Wash. Univ. Natl. Law Ctr. (J.D.), honors, 1972; frmr. law .
son of the late Prosper F. and Rose P Vendetti Connelly; Univ.
.
clerk: The Hon. P McCune; frmr. atty.: Woods Baker & Cle- of Va. (B.A.); Edinboro State Univ. (M.A.); Duquesne Univ.
land; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1985; retained Sch. of Law (J.D.); frmrly. U.S. Navy; frmr. asst. pub. def.;
1995, 2005; married; 2 children. frmr. asst. dist. atty.; law instr.: Erie Bus. Ctr., Mercyhurst
Coll.; official: H.S. basketball & football; mem.: Amer., Pa.,
CLOUSE, KENNETH A. (32nd District), born in 1944, in
Erie Co. Bar Assns., Phi Alpha Delta; frmr. mem.: PCCD,
Abington, son of Kenneth L. and Mary Clouse; Haverford
Coll. (B.A.), 1966; N.Y. Univ. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1970; sol.: Small Co. Adv. Comm.-Pa. Comm. on Sentencing; elected
Haverford Twp., Del. Co. Office of Employment Tng.; comm.: judge, Court of Common Pleas 1985, retained 1995; mar-
Haverford Twp.; bd. mem.: Gtr. Main Line Branch Red Cross; ried; 4 children.
mem.: Del. Co. Bar Assn.; Vanderbilt Medal for Disting. Svc.; COOK, MARIA MUSTI (19th District), born in 1957, in
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001, York; York Cath. H.S., 1975; York Coll. of Pa. (B.S.) cum
elected acting pres. judge March 2001, pres. judge Dec. laude, mktg., 1981; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1984; frmr.
2001-06; 3 sons. law clerk: York Co. Ct. of Common Pleas; frmr. atty./partner:
Kain, Brown & Roberts; frmr. priv. pract.; mem.: Rotary Club
CODY, JACQUELINE CARROLL (15th District), born in
1953, in West Chester, daughter of Joseph W. Jr. and Christi- of York, York Co. Bar Assn. (pres.-1995), York Co. Bar Found.
na Carroll; St. Joseph’s Coll. (B.S.), 1975; Villanova Univ. (pres.-1996); sr. adv.: Young Women’s Club of York; Disting.
Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1979; frmr. judicial clerk: Hon. Robert S. Alumni Awd.-2007; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas
Gawthrop III, 1980; frmr. asst. dist. atty.; frmr. dep. dist. atty.; 2006.
mem.: Chester Co. Bar Assn., St. Agnes Ch.; apptd. judge, COOPERMAN, AMANDA (1st District), elected judge,
Court of Common Pleas 1992, elected 1993, retained 2003; Court of Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005.
married.
CORBETT, TRISH (45th District), born in 1958, in Scran-
.
COHEN, DENIS P (1st District), born in 1951, in Queens, ton, daughter of Martin J. and the late Dorothy Grogan Cor-
N.Y., son of Cnclman. David and Florence Cohen; Central bett; Scranton Cent. H.S., 1976; W. Chester Univ. (B.A.), pol.
H.S., 1969; Univ. of Pa. (B.A.), 1973; Boston Coll. Law Sch. sci., cum laude, 1983; Widener Sch. of Law-Del. Campus
(J.D.), 1976; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: City of Phila.; frmr. co- (J.D.), 1988; asst. dist. atty.: Lackawanna Co.; law clerk: Del.
chair: city-wide Israel Indep. Day Celebration; frmr. Phila. Superior Ct.; personal injury civil litigation; mem.: Amer.,
ldr.: United Jewish Appeal Mission to Israel; frmr. bd. of Pa., Lackawanna Co. Bar Assns.; elected judge, Court of
trustees: Jewish Fed. of Gtr. Phila.; frmr. bd. of govs.: Phila. Common Pleas 1997; married; 2 children.
Bar Assn., 19th Police Dist. Adv. Cncl.; frmr. v. pres.: Jewish
CORSO, S. GERALD (38th District), born in 1939, in
Commun. Rela. Cncl., Overbrook Farms Neigh. Civic Assn.;
Washington, D.C., son of Samuel Joseph and Freda Elizabeth
bd. of dir.: Phila. Tribune Charities, Homeless Advocacy
Corso; Univ. of Va. (B.A.), 1962; Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law
Proj.; corresp. sec.: Louis Brandeis Law Soc.; co-chair: Prof.
(J.D.), 1965; mem.: Amer. Bar Assn., Pa. Trial Lawyers Assn.,
Responsibility Comm.-Phila. Bar Assn.; chair: Crim. Justice
Ambler Kiwanis; chair: Law Day Comm., Pub. Rela. Comm.;
Sect.-Phila. Bar. Assn.; frmr. pres.: Boston Coll. Law Sch.
frmr. chair: Amer. Citizenship Comm.; frmr. dir.: Montgomery
Alumn. Assn., pres.-elect: Boston Coll. Law Sch. Natl. Alum.
Bar Assn.; frmr. pres.: Montgomery Co. Trial Lawyers Assn.;
Cncl.; v. pres.: Boston Coll. Law Sch.; bd. of mgrs.: Cental
frmr. sol.: Upper Moreland Twp., Towamencin Twp.; frmr. co-
H.S.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas 2000, elected
sol.: Upper Gwynedd-Towamencin Mun. Auth.; frmr.
Nov. 2001; widowed; 1 son.
trustee/sol.: Lodge Ruggero Bonghi, Sons of Italy, Towa-
COLL, MICHAEL F.X. (32nd District), born in 1943, in mencin Youth Assn., Inglewood Home & Sch. Assn. (pres.-
Philadelphia; Malvern Prep. Sch., 1961; Villanova Univ. 1983); apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas Feb. 1985,
(B.S.), math, 1965; Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1968; elected Nov. 1985, retained 1995, 2005, pres. judge 2002-
frmr. lt.: U.S. Naval Reserve; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Del. Co.; 07; married; 2 children.
frmr. mem.: Pa. Assn. of Sch. Sol.; mem.: Pa., Del. Co. Bar
COX, J. CRAIG (53rd District), born in 1955, in New Cas-
Assns.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2003; mar-
tle, son of James C. and Joanne Saylor Cox; New Castle Sr.
ried; 3 children.
H.S., 1973; Univ. of Pgh. (B.A.), pol. sci., 1977; Univ. of
COLVILLE, ROBERT J. (5th District), born in 1965, in Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1980; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. asst.
Pittsburgh, son of Robert E. Colville and Judith Helen Joyce; dist. atty.: Lawrence Co.; bd. of dir.: Adult Lit. of Lawrence
N. Cath. H.S., 1984; Penn State Univ. (B.A.), 1989; Co., Lawrence Co. Drug & Alcohol Comm., Inc.; mem.:
Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1992; frmr. law clerk: Pa. Lawrence Co. Soc. Svc. Indep. Monitoring for Quality Adv.
Supreme Ct. Justice Ralph J. Cappy; frmr. assoc.: Pietragal- Bd., New Wilmington Rotary Intl. Club; elected judge, Court
lo, Bosick & Gordon; mem.: Amer., Pa., Allegheny Co. Bar of Common Pleas 1999; married; 1 son.
Assns., Juv. Ct. Procedural Rules Comm.-Pa. Supreme Ct.,
CREANY, TIMOTHY P. (47th District), born in 1945, in
Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; elected judge, Court of Com- Johnstown; Univ. of Notre Dame, 1967; Dickinson Sch. of
mon Pleas 1999; married; 2 children. Law, 1974; frmrly. U.S. Marine Corps; frmr. asst. dist. atty.;
frmr. dist. atty.; frmr. mem.: Pa. Comm. on Sentencing;
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mem.: Jt. Task Force to Insure Gender Fairness-Pa. Conf. of Judges Assn. Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Natl. Cncl. of
State Trial Judges, Comm. Racial & Gender Bias in the Jus- Juv. & Family Ct. Judges; frmr. dist. justice: 7th & 8th Wards
tice System; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas July of Pgh.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2001; mar-
1992, elected 1993, retained 2003; married; 3 children; 2 ried; 1 child.
grandchildren. DeFINO-NASTASI, ROSE MARIE (1st District); elected
CRONIN, JOSEPH P JR. (32nd District), born in 1947, in
. judge, Court of Common Pleas 2001.
.
Ridley Park, son of Joseph P and Madeleine Cronin; St. DELLA VECCHIA, MICHAEL A. (5th District), born in
Joseph’s Coll. (B.S.), 1968; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law 1946, in Pittsburgh, son of the late Amato and Carmela Scot-
(J.D.), 1975; frmrly. U.S. Marine Corps; mem.: Pa. Conf. of ti Della Vecchia; Dormont H.S., 1964; Dickinson Coll. (A.B.),
State Trial Judges; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas philosophy/pol. sci., 1968; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.),
1991, retained 2001; married. 1971; frmr. partner: Evashavik & Della Vecchia; frmr.
CULLEN, JAMES P. (2nd District), born in 1949, in mem./of cnsl.: Rose, Schmidt, Hasley & DiSalle, Brennan,
Philadelphia, son of Philip M. and Martha O’Brien Cullen; Robins & Daley; frmr. recorder of deeds: Allegheny Co.; frmr.
Franklin & Marshall Coll. (A.B.), 1971; Villanova Univ. Sch. treas./v. pres./pres.: Pa. Recorder of Deeds Assn.; frmr.
of Law (J.D.), 1974; frmr. law clerk: Hon. Thomas J. Clary, mem.: Pa., Fed. Bar Assns.; mem: Amer., Allegheny Co. Bar
U.S. Dist. Ct.; frmr. atty.: Natl. Labor Rela. Bd.; frmr. priv. Assns.; frmr. bd. of trustees: Commun. Coll. of Allegheny
pract.; frmr. asst. pub. def.: Lancaster; mem.: Pa., Lancaster Co.; Omicron Delta Kappa Awd.-1967; apptd. judge, Court of
Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; apptd. judge, Common Pleas June 2001, elected Nov. 2001; married; 3
Court of Common Pleas Dec. 1992, elected 1993, retained children.
2003; married; 9 children. DelRICCI, THOMAS M. (38th District), born in 1954, in
CUNNINGHAM, CHARLES J. III (1st District), born in Philadelphia, son of Jennie and the late Thomas M. DelRicci;
Philadelphia; Father Judge H.S.; St. Joseph’s Univ. (B.A.) St. Joseph’s Prep. Sch.; St. Joseph’s Univ. (B.A.), 1975;
econ., (certif.) Latin-Amer. Stud.; Temple Univ. Law Sch.; Loyola Univ. (J.D.), 1975; atty.; mem.: Pa., Montgomery Co.
frmr. trial atty.; frmr. asst./chief/dep. dist. atty.: Phila. Dist. Bar Assns.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1997;
Atty. Office; frmr. Pa. Appellate Ct.; apptd. to Judicial Con- married; 2 children.
duct Bd., 2006; appt. judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; DEMBE, PAMELA PRYOR (1st District), born in 1947, in
elected 2005. Cleveland, Ohio; daughter of Paul G. and Dolores D. Pryor;
CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM R. (6th District), born in 1956, W. Geauga H.S., 1965; Temple Univ. (B.A.), 1972; Temple
in Erie, son of Ronald and Marilyn Cunningham; N.E. H.S., Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1977; past pres.: Pa. Conf. of State
1974; Allegheny Coll. (B.A.), 1978; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law Trial Judges, Brehon Law Soc., Friends of the Free Libr. of
(J.D.), 1981; frmr. priv. pract.: Orton, Joyce & Dunlavey, P
.C.; Phila.; mem.: Amer., Pa. (chair-Crim. Law Sect., co-chair-
frmr. dist. atty.: Erie Co.; elected judge, Court of Common Judicial Adm. Comm., Nomin. Comm.), Phila. Bar Assns.,
Pleas 1995, retained 2005, pres. judge Jan. 2000-05. Natl. Assn. of Women Judges.
DALTON, ROBERT E. JR. (P.J.–4th District), born in DEMPSEY, THOMAS E. (1st District), born in 1945, in
1953, in Danville, son of Robert E. Sr. and Carol Dalton; Univ. Philadelphia, son of the late Frank and Marie Dempsey; La
of Notre Dame (B.S.), 1975; Loyola Univ. of Chicago Sch. of Salle Coll. (B.A.), 1967; Univ. of Notre Dame Law Sch.
Law (J.D.), 1978; frmr. atty.; mem.: Pa., Tioga Co. Bar (J.D.), 1970; La Salle Univ. (M.A.), 1990; frmr. asst. dist.
Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; elected pres. judge, atty.; sol. to prothonotary: Phila. Ct. of Common Pleas;
Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001; married; 3 elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001;
children. married.
DANIELE, RHONDA LEE (38th District), born in 1947, in Di VITO, GARY F. (1st District), born in 1946, in Union
Norristown, daughter of Pauline and the late William Jordan; City, N.J., son of Frank and Evelyn Di Vito; St. Peter’s Prep.,
Bishop Kenrick H.S., 1965; Temple Univ. (B.A.), 1969; Vil- 1964; La Salle Coll. (B.A.), 1968; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law
lanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1972; frmr. priv. pract.: (J.D.), 1973; U.S. Army Reserves; frmr. law clerk; frmr. chief
Lovenwirth & Jordan, Narducci & Signore, Daniele & cnsl.: Pa. Liquor Control Bd.; frmr. priv. pract.; 1 child.
Daniele; frmr. Pub. Def. Assn. of Phila.; frmr. pub. def.: Mont- DICKMAN, TOBY LYNN (38th District), born in 1955, in
gomery Co.; frmr. instr.: Intro to Juv. Justice, Temple Univ.; Philadelphia, daughter of the late Gordon and Pauline Dick-
mem.: Montgomery Co. Bar Assn. (bd. mem., Young Lawyers man; Akiba Hebrew Acad., 1972; Temple Univ. (B.A.), 1972;
Sect., Bench-Bar Comm., Juv. Rules Comm., Law Day Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1980; frmr. atty./partner:
Comm., Crim. Rules Comm.); frmr. treas.: E. Norriton Mun. Rubin, Glickman & Steinberg; mem.: Pa. (Zone 9 House of
Auth.; bd. mem.: Montgomery Co. MH/MR Emerg. Svc. Delegates), Montgomery Co. (Judiciary Comm. 1988-92,
(pres. 1982-95), Lincoln Ctr. for Fam. & Youth; frmr. dir.: co-chair-Fam. Law Comm. 1995-97, Fam. Law Sect. Media-
Child Advocacy; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas tion Subcomm. 1997-2001) Bar Assns.; frmr. bd. mem.:
1995, retained 2005; married; 3 children. Montgomery Co. Legal Aid Svc.(v-pres. 1998-2000); awds.:
DeANGELIS, GUIDO ANTHONY (5th District), born in Montgomery Co. Bar Assn. Dorothy M. Yeager Awd.-2002,
1957, in Pittsburgh, son of Emidio and Mary DeAngelis; Rotary Intl. World Comm. Svc.-1991, Pa. Bar Assn. Outst.
Cent. Cath. of Pgh., 1974; Point Park Coll. (B.A.), pol. sci., Contribution to Pro Bono Svc.-1987, 1988; elected judge,
cum laude, 1980; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1984; Court of Common Pleas 2001; married; 1 daughter.
.C.;
frmr. atty.: John R. DeAngelis & Assoc., P frmr. law clerk: DiNUBILE, VICTOR J. JR. (1st District), born in 1938, in
Judge David S. Cercone; past pres.: Special Ct. Judges Assn. Philadelphia; Univ. of Pa. (B.A.), 1960; Temple Univ. Sch. of
of Allegheny Co.; mem.: Allegheny Co. Bar Assn., Amer. Law (LL.B.), 1963; atty.; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Phila.; mem.:
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Phila., Pa., Amer. Bar Assns., Amer. Judicature Soc., Mahanoy City, St. Clair Bor., N. Union Twp., Frackville Area
Lawyers’ Club of Phila., Defender Assn.-Phila. Citizens’ Mun. Auth.; mem.: Amer., Pa., Schuylkill Co. Bar Assns.,
Crime Comm., Temple Univ. Law Alumni, Justinian Soc., Phi Knights of Lithuania, K of C, BPOE, TPA, St. Thomas More
Alpha Delta, Univ. of Pa. Alumni Soc.; frmr. chair: Chestnut Soc., Hawk Mtn. Sanctuary, Schuylkill Co. Hist. Soc.; past
Hill Commun. Assn. Zoning Comm.; auth.: var. articles, Tem- pres.: Frackville Hist. Soc., Frackville Rotary Club; Dickinson
ple Law Ouarterly; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas Sch. of Law Woolsack Soc. Awd.; elected judge, Court of
June 1981, elected Nov. 1981, retained 1991, 2001; supv. Common Pleas 1993, apptd. judge Dec. 1993 to fill unex-
judge, Complex Litig. Ctr., 1996-99; married; 3 children. pired term of retiring judge, retained 2003; married; 4 chil-
DiSALLE, JOHN F. (27th District), born in 1959; son of dren; 1 grandchild.
Richard and Joan DiSalle; Peters Twp. H.S., 1977; Duquesne DOMITROVICH, STEPHANIE (6th District), born in 1954,
Univ. (B.A.), hist., 1981; Univ. of Pgh. (J.D.), 1984; frmr. daughter of Stephen J. and Helen Domitrovich; Carlow Univ.
cnsl.: Natl. City Bank; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Washington Co.; (B.A.), summa cum laude, 1976; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of
.C.;
frmr. pres.: DiSalle & Arcuri, P mem.: Pa., Washington Co. Law (J.D.), 1979; Natl. Judicial Coll. (Master of Judicial
Bar Assns.; bd. mem.: Washington Symphony Orches.; Studies-Trial Judge), 1993; Natl. Cncl. of Juv. & Fam. Ct.
adv./bd. mem.: Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Gtr. Pgh.; Citizen Judges (Master of Judicial Studies-Juv. & Fam. Ct. Judge),
of the Yr. Awd.-2000; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1998; Univ. of Nev. at Reno & Natl. Judicial Coll. (Ph.D.),
2005; married. 2006; frmr. asst. sol.: Erie Co.; frmr. instr.: Penn State Univ.-
DiSANTIS, ERNEST J. JR. (6th District), born in 1948, in Behrend Campus; instr.: Gannon Univ.; fac. mem.: Natl. Judi-
Erie, son of Mary Grace and the late Ernest J. DiSantis; Gan- cial Coll., Natl. Cncl. of Juv. & Fam. Ct. Judges; mem.:
non Coll. (B.A.), 1970; Univ. of Akron Sch. of Law (J.D.), Amer. Judges Assn., Intl., Amer., Pa., Erie Co. Bar Assns.,
1974; asst. U.S. atty.: W. Dist. of Pa. (chief-Erie Div.); 1st Natl. Assn. of Women Judges; immed. past pres.: Pa. Conf.
asst. dist. atty.: Erie Co.; dept. atty. gen.: Pa. Bur. of Con- of State Trial Judges (sec./mem.: Judicial Ethics Comm.);
sumer Protection; of cnsl.: Elderkin Law Firm; elected judge, past pres.: NW Pa. Amer. Inn of Ct.; mem./dist. rep./chair:
Court of Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005. Children & Fam. Law Comm.; chair: Coord. Cncl. of Unified
Fam. Cts., Natl. Conf. of State Trial Judges; trustee: Gannon
DJERASSI, RAMY I. (1st District), born in 1957, in Univ.; awds.: Amer. Legion Post 773 Citizen of the Yr.-1993,
Boston, Mass., son of Isaac and Tika Djerassi; Episcopal AHEPA Person of the Yr.-1992, Women’s Roundtable Woman
Acad., 1974; Yale Univ. (B.A.), hist./pol. econ., 1978; Tulane of the Yr.-1991, Quigley H.S. Disting. Alumna Awd.-1991;
Univ. (J.D.), 1982; Univ. of Pa. (M.G.A.), 1993; frmr. asst. elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1989, retained 1999;
dist. atty.: Phila.; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. pres.: W. Phila. Habi- married; 2 children.
tat for Humanity, Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel, USCJ Mid-
Atlantic Reg.; appointed judge, Court of Common Pleas Aug. DORNEY, SHERYL ANN (19th District), born in 1949, in
2003, elected Nov. 2003; married; 3 children. Ouakertown, daughter of Edward and Dorothy M. Dorney;
Mansfield Univ. (B.A.), 1971; Valparaiso Univ. Sch. of Law
DOBSON, THOMAS R. (35th District), born in 1954, in (J.D.), 1974; admitted to pract.: Bucks Co., York Co., U.S.
Altoona, son of Richard T. and Annette Rogal Dobson; Dist. Ct. for Middle Dist. of Pa., U.S. Supreme Ct.; frmr. asst.
Altoona Area H.S., 1972; Bucknell Univ. (B.A.), hist., 1976; dist. atty./1st asst. dist. atty.: York Co.; frmr. law pract.: Uhler
Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1980; frmr. atty.: Wm. C. & Dorney; frmr. co-sol.: York Co. Children & Youth Svcs.;
Kuhn, Esq.; frmr. dom. Rela. master; frmr. asst. dist. atty.; mem.: Pa., York Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial
mem.: Pa., Mercer Co. Bar Assns.; elected judge, Court of Judges; assoc. mem.: White Rose Lodge, FOP; hon. mem.:
Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005; married; 2 sons. Bus. & Prof. Women; awds.: Mansfield Univ. Alum. Citation-
DOERR, THOMAS J. (P .J.–50th District), born in 1955, in 1999, Gov.’s Hon. Roll of Women-1996, Ecotin Heart Patient
Butler, son of the late J. Paul and Alice Doerr; Univ. of Pgh. of the Yr.-1996, Natl. Soc. of the Sons of the Amer. Revol.
(B.A.), 1978; Capital Univ. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1981; frmr. asst. Law Enforcement Commend. Medal-1993, Rape & Victim
pub. def.: Butler Co.; dist. justice: Dist. Ct. 50-1-01; elected Assist. Ctr. Commitment Awd.-1987; elected judge, Court of
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001, pres. Common Pleas 1987, retained 1997.
judge Aug. 2000; married; 4 children. DOUGHERTY, KEVIN M. (1st District), born in 1962, in
DOHANICH, JOHN (36th District); elected judge, Court of Philadelphia, son of John and Theresa Dougherty; Bishop
Common Pleas 2003. Neumann H.S., 1980; Temple Univ. (B.A.), 1985; Antioch
Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1987; frmr. partner/owner: Marino &
DOLBIN, CYRUS PALMER (21st District), born in 1947,
Dougherty LLP; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: City of Phila.; apptd.
son of Hon. Donald D. and the late Anne Dolbin; Dickinson
judge, Court of Common Pleas June 2001, elected Nov.
Coll. (B.A.), 1969; Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1973;
2001, adm. judge-Fam. Div.; married; 2 children.
frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Schuylkill Co.; frmr. sol.: Schuylkill Co.
Dom. Rela. Office; frmr. partner: Dolbin, Cori & Jones; bd. DOYLE, ELIZABETH A. (24th District); elected judge,
mem.: Pottsville Free Pub. Libr., Pottsville Kiwanis; mem.: Court of Common Pleas 2003.
Trinity Luth. Ch., St. Clair Fish & Game Assn., Buck Fever DOZOR, BARRY C. (32nd District), born in 1949, in
Rod & Gun Club, Moose Lodge 922, Yorkville Hose Co.; Philadelphia; Haverford H.S., 1967; W. Chester Univ. (B.A.),
apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas Feb. 1991, elected pol. sci., 1971; Widener Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1975; att.
Nov. 1991, retained 2001; married; 3 children. Natl. Judicial Coll. (cert.); frmr. partner: Dozor & Auslander
DOMALAKES, JOHN E. (21st District), in 1947, in Law Office; mem.: Del. Co., Pa., Amer. Bar Assns., W.
Frackville, son of John and Sara Jane Domalakes; DeSales Chester Univ. Cncl. of Trustees; frmr. mem.: Pa. Trial Lawyers
Univ. (B.S.), cum laude, 1969; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), Assn.; frmr. comm.: Marple Twp.; municipal sol.: Tinicum
1972; priv. pract.; law clerk: Pa. Superior Ct.; sol.: Frackville, Twp., Collingdale, Norwood, Prospect Park Bor.; zoning hear-
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ing bd. sol.: Marple Twp., Darby Bor.; apptd. judge, Court of Wells Fargo Guard Svc.; frmr. atty.: Marshall, Dennehey,
Common Pleas Dec. 2001, elected 2003; married; 3 chil- Warner, Coleman & Goggin; frmr. v. chair: Natl. Comm. of
dren. Security Companies; dir.: Spring Garden Civic Assn. Zoning
DRAYER, CALVIN S. JR. (38th District), born in 1939, in Comm.; frmr. Dem. Committeeman; judge pro tem: Phila. Ct.
Philadelphia, son of the late Calvin S. and Madeleine Drayer; of Common Pleas; certified mediator: U.S. E. Dist. Ct., Natl.
Friends Central Sch., 1957; Wesleyan Univ. (B.A.), 1961; Assn. of Securities Dealers; neutral panelist: AAA; elected
Univ. of Pa. Law Sch. (LL.B.), 1964; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law mem.: Intl. Acad. of Mediators; apptd. judge, Court of Com-
(LL.M.), 1982; frmr. atty.; fellow: Amer. Coll. of Trust & mon Pleas July 2002, elected 2003; married; 2 children.
Estate Cnsl.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1997; EATON, KIM D. (5th District), born in 1956, in Pittsburgh,
married; 3 children. daughter of Joseph and June Eaton; Brentwood, 1974; Penn
DRISCOLL, JOHN J. (10th District), born in 1942, in State Univ. (B.A.), journalism, 1978; Univ. of Pgh. (J.D.),
Pittsburgh, son of the late Francis G. and Jean Driscoll; Vil- 1981; priv. pract./partner: Rose, Schmidt, Hasley & DiSalle;
lanova Univ. (B.S.), 1963; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), mem.: Allegheny Co. Bar Assn.; elected judge, Court of
1966; frmrly. U.S. Navy; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. dist. atty.: Common Pleas 1999; supv. judge-Adult Fam. Div.; married;
Westmoreland Co.; mem.: Univ. of Pgh.-Greensburg Adv. 2 children.
Bd., Pa., Westmoreland Co. Bar Assns.; frmr. mem.: Crim. EBERT, M.L. “SKIP” (9th District), born in 1948, in Allen-
Procedural Rules Comm.-Pa. Supreme Ct., Rotary Club; bd. town, son of Merle and Ruth Ebert; The Citadel (B.A.), 1970;
of trustees: Excela Health; apptd. judge, Court of Common Boston Univ. (M.A.), 1976; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.),
Pleas Dec. 1994, elected 1995, retained 2005; married; 5 1980; frmr. capt.: U.S. Army Intell.; frmr. asst. pub. def ./1st
children. asst. dist. atty./exec. dept. atty. gen./dist. atty.: Cumberland
DUMAS, LORI ARETTA (1st District), born in 1967, in Co.; frmr. dep. dist. atty.: Dauphin Co.; frmr. adj. faculty:
Philadelphia, daughter of John and Constance Dumas; Cecil- Dickinson Sch. of Law; frmr. pres.: Keystone Area Cncl.-BSA;
ian Acad., 1985; Duke Univ. (B.A.), sociology, 1989; N. Car- frmr. pres.: Pa. Dist. Atty. Assn.; frmr. chair: United Way
olina Central Univ. Law Sch. (J.D.), Law Review, 1992; frmr. Cmpgn. of Cumberland Co.; mem.: Amer., Pa., Cumberland
v. pres./gen. cnsl.: Wordsworth Acad.; frmr. partner: Clark & Co. Bar Assns., Rotary Intl.; past cmndr.: Amer. Leg. Post
McGill, P owner: Lori A. Dumas & Assoc.; mem./chair:
.C.; 101; awds.: Assn. of Govt. Attys. in Cap. Litig. Natl. Trial
Natl. Coalition of 100 Black Women; bd. mem./v. chair: Advocacy Awd.-2005, Pa. Coalition Against Rape Outst. Svc.
Housing Assn. of Del. Valley; mem.: Phila. Bar Assn., Phila. Awd.-1999, 2004, Meritorious Svc. Medal, Army Commend.
Trial Lawyers Assn.; Phila. Bus. Journal 40 Under 40 Awd.- Medal, Natl. Svc. Def. Medal, Sr. Paratrooper Awd., Eagle
2003; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas Feb. 2003, Scout, Silver Beaver Awd.; elected judge, Court of Common
elected Nov. 2003; 2 children. Pleas 2005; married.
DUNLAVEY, MICHAEL E. (6th District), born in 1945, in EBY, ROBERT J. (P.J.–52nd District), born in 1944, in
Buffalo, N.Y., son of the late John Regis and Winifred Lebanon, son of the late Robert L. and Lillian D. Eby; Dickin-
Dunlavey; Univ. of Notre Dame (B.A.), 1967; State Univ. of son Coll. (A.B.), 1966; Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.),
N.Y. at Buffalo Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1974; maj. gen.: U.S. Army 1969; frmr. prothonotary: Tax Claim Bur.; frmr. dom. Rela.
(ret.); admitted to pract.: all Pa., N.Y. Cts., Fed. Cts. for W. hearing officer; frmr. sol.: Lebanon Co.; chair: Civil Law
Dist. of N.Y. and Pa., Third Circuit Ct. of Appeals, Ct. of Vet. Sect.-Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; mem.: Lebanon Co., Pa.
Appeals, U.S. Tax Ct., U.S. Ct. of Claims; frmr. partner: Orton, Bar Assns., Adv. Comm.-Pa. Comm. on Sentencing; apptd.
Nygaard, Dunlavey & Joyce, Dunlavey, Ward & Pagliari; frmr. judge, Court of Common Pleas July 1981, elected Nov.
asst. dist. atty.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1999; 1981, retained 1991, 2001, pres. judge Jan. 1996.
4 children; 2 grandchildren.
EMERY, KATHERINE B. (27th District), born in 1955, in
DURHAM, KATHRYNANN W. (32nd District), born in Canonsburg, daughter of Thomas E. and Peggy Emery;
1951, in Chester, daughter of the late Glenn and Catherine Canon McMillan H.S., 1974; Penn State Univ. (B.A.), econ.,
Walrath; Sun Valley H.S.; Widener Univ. (B.A.), (J.D.); Pa. 1978; Univ. of Dayton Sch. of Law (J.D., M.B.A.), 1981;
House of Reps., 1979-96; frmr. mem.: Del. Co. Cncl.; apptd. frmrly: Allegheny Co. Juv. Ct.; frmr. sol.: Washington Co.;
judge, Court of Common Pleas June 2001, elected Nov. frmr. dir.: Employee Rela., Washington Co.; mem.: Pa. Conf.
2001; married; 1 son. of State Trial Judges, Canonsburg Bus. & Prof. Women,
DURKIN, KATHLEEN A. (5th District), Indiana Univ. of Pa. Canonsburg United Presb. Ch., Beth Israel Congregation;
(B.A.), 1970, (M.A.), 1976; Duquesne Univ., teaching cert., elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005;
1972; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1982; frmr. pro- married; 1 son.
thonotary/frmr. law clerk/sol.: Allegheny Co.; mem.: Pa. EVANS, SCOTT ARTHUR (12th District), born in 1957, in
Conf. of State Trial Judges, Allegheny Co. Bar Assn. Ct. Rules Harrisburg, son of Samuel A. and Sara K. Evans; Hbg. H.S.;
Comm., Assn. of Trial Lawyers Cncl.; bd. mem.: Parental Dickinson Coll. (B.A.), 1978; Del. Law Sch. of Widener Univ.
Stress Ctr.; cncl. trustees: Indiana Univ. of Pa.; elected judge, (J.D.), 1981; frmr. sch. bd.: Hbg.; frmr. asst. pub. def./chief
Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001. pub. def.: Dauphin Co.; frmr. litig. assoc.: Melman, Gekas,
DYCH, JOSEPH A. (1st District), born in 1942, in Nicholas & Lieberman; frmr. sol.: Dauphin Co. Treas.; mem.:
Philadelphia, son of the late Joseph and Margaret Dych; W. NLDA (Death Penalty Subcom.), PACDL, PDAPA, Calvary UM
Cath. H.S., 1960; La Salle Univ. (B.A.), pol. sci., cum laude, Ch., All Jacked Up band; adj. prof.: Widener Law Sch.; frmr.
1964; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976; frmr. asst. sol.: bd. of overseers: Widener Law Sch.; lecturer: PSP Acad.,
City of Phila.; frmr. assoc.: Richter, Syken, Ross; frmr. sr. v. Dickinson Sch. of Law, Dickinson Coll., Elizabethwon Coll.,
pres./gen. cnsl.: Globe Security Sys.; frmr. v. pres.: Law of HACC; frmr. mem.: Pa. Supreme Ct. Crim. Rules Comm.;
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certified lacrosse official: CPLOA; elected judge, Court of FLEISHER, LESLIE (1st District), born in 1962, in
Common Pleas 1993, retained 2003; married; 4 children. Philadelphia, daughter of Allan and Barbara Fleisher; Harriton
FARINA, LOUIS J. (P .J.–2nd District), born in 1943, in H.S., 1980; Temple Univ. (B.A.), acting/crim. justice, 1984;
Pittsburgh, son of Aldo and Catherine Farina; Penn State Del. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1988; past pres.: Fleisher & Assoc.,
Univ. (B.A.), 1965; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), Woolsack .C.;
P mem.: Goldman, Servin & Fleisher; atty.: priv. pract.;
Honor Soc., 1968; frmr. capt.: JAGC, U.S. Army; frmr. pres.: assoc. atty.: Law Offices of Joseph Berenholz, Law Offices of
United Way of Lancaster Co.; frmr. mem.: Penn State-Hbg. .
Robert P Weiner; mem.: Natl. Assn. of Women Judges, Amer.
Adv. Bd., Lancaster Co. Prison Bd., Lancaster Co., Pa. Bar Judges Assn., Tau Epsilon Rho Law Soc., Phila. Bar Assn.;
Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; bd. mem.: Conestoga apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas 2001.
Valley Educ. Found.; frmr. dir.: Ldrshp. Lancaster; elected FOLINO, RONALD W. (5th District), born in 1954, in Pitts-
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1985, retained 1995, 2005, burgh, son of Margaret and the late John R. Folino; Penn
pres. judge 2005; married; 2 children. State Univ. (B.S.), magna cum laude, 1976; Dickinson Sch.
FELICIANI, CHRISTOPHER ALAN (10th District), born in of Law (J.D.), Woolsack Honor Soc.; Amer. Jurisprudence
Latrobe, son of Biagio and Messalina Feliciani; Derry Area Sr. High Grade Awd. for Agcy. & Partnership; elected judge,
H.S., 1977; Slippery Rock Univ. (B.S.), health sci., 1982; Court of Common Pleas 1993, retained 2003; married.
Ohio Northern Univ. (J.D.), chief justice, Moot Ct., Barristers, FORADORA, JOHN HENRY (P .J.–54th District), born in
Law Review, 1988; frmr. cnslr.: Adelphoi Village; frmr. juv. .
1966, in DuBois, son of Henry P and Fedora Foradora;
cnslr.: St. Francis Hosp.; frmr. asst. pub. def.: Westmoreland DuBois Central Cath., 1984; Juniata Coll (B.A.), hist./pol.
Co.; frmr. atty./partner: Berk, Whitehead, Kerr, Feliciani & sci., 1988; Univ. of Notre Dame Law Sch. (J.D.), 1991; frmr.
.C.;
Turin, P mem.: Pa. Bar Assn, Westmoreland Co. Inn of Ct.; law clerk: 59th Judicial Dist.; frmr. asst.: Jefferson Co. Pub.
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2003; married; 3 Def.’s Office; frmr. assoc.: Fernan, Whitney & Masson; frmr.
children. partner: Pontzer & Foradora; state orator: Order of Sons of
FINLEY, JEFFREY L. (1st District), born in 1954, in Cam- Italy in Amer.; mem.: Natl. Wild Turkey Fed., NRA, Ducks
den, N.J., son of Julia and the late James Finley; Central Unltd.; frmr. bd. mem.: Amer. Red Cross; C. Jewett Henry
Bucks E. H.S.; Temple Univ. (B.A.), cum laude, hist., 1977; Mem. Awd.-1988; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas
Loyal Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1981; frmr. partner: Eastburn 2001; married; 1 son.
.C.;
& Gray P frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Bucks Co.; mem.: Amer., FORD, HOLLY (1st District); Rutgers Sch. of Law (J.D.),
Pa., Bucks Co. Bar Assns.; elected judge, Court of Common
1982; frmr. atty.; adj prof.: CCP; elected judge, Court of
Pleas 2005; married; 2 children.
Common Pleas 2003.
FITZGERALD, JAMES J. III (1st District), born in 1939, in
FORD, WILLIAM E. (31st District), born in 1950, in Allen-
Boston, Mass., son of the late James J. Jr. and Mary Fitzger-
town, son of Francis and Catherine Ford; De Sales Univ.
ald; Univ. of Pa. (B.A.), 1962; Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law
(B.A.), cum laude, 1972; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1975;
(J.D.), 1966; frmr. asst. dist. atty.; frmr. chief cnsl.: Pa.
frmr. capt. (JAG): U.S. Marine Corps Reserve; atty.; frmr.
Liquor Control Bd.; frmr. v. pres.: Gtr. Phila. C of C; mem.:
asst. dist. atty.: Lehigh Co.; frmr. priv. civil pract. (def. litig.);
Phila. Bar Assn., St. Thomas More Soc., Brehan Law Soc.,
Gtr. Phila. C of C, Phi Gamma Delta, Comm. Ftrs. Sports mem.: Lehigh Co., Pa. Bar Assns.; adj. prof.: Chestnut Hill
Org.; Univ. of Pa. Alumni Merit Awd.-1989; elected judge, Coll. (master’s prog. in counseling psychology-ethics & liti-
Court of Common Pleas 1989, retained 1999, apptd. adm. gation course); elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991,
judge-Trial Div., Phila. Co. Feb. 2002; married; 3 children; 2 retained 2001.
grandchildren. FORNELLI, FRANCIS J. (P.J.–35th District), born in
FITZPATRICK, MAUREEN F. (32nd District), born in 1941, in Sharon, son of Louis and Quinn Fornelli; Sharpsville
1954, in Philadelphia, daughter of Francis J. and Lucretia H.S., 1959; Univ. of Notre Dame (B.A.), magna cum laude,
Fitzpatrick; Gwynedd-Mercy Coll. (A.S.N.); Lebanon Valley 1963; N.Y. Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1966; Univ. of Concep-
Coll. (B.S.N.); Del. Law Sch. of Widener Univ. (J.D.), 1980; cion, 1965; Natl. Jud. Coll.; Root-Tilden Law Scholar; bd.
frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Phila., Del. Co.; frmr. dist. justice: mem.: Southwest Gardens; instr., bus. law: Penn State Univ.-
Marple Twp.; pres.: Del. Co. Dist. Justice Assn.; apptd. Shenango Valley Campus; mem.: Amer. Judicature Soc., Pa.
judge, Court of Common Pleas Oct. 1991, elected Nov. Conf. of State Trial Judges (chair: Pa. Corr. Policy Comm.,
1991, retained 2001; married; 1 child. chair emeritus: Judicial Ethics Comm., co-chair: Common-
wealth Partners Comm.), Amer. Judges Assn., St. Thomas
FLAHERTY, THOMAS E. (5th District), born in 1950, in More Soc., K of C Cncl. 689, Sharpsville Svc. Club; mem.
Pittsburgh, son of John S. and Lucille R. Flaherty; Central emeritus: Mercer Co. Hall of Fame; reg. bd. mem.: Univ. of
Cath. H.S., 1968; Duquesne Univ. (B.A.), Eng., 1972; Notre Dame Alumni Assn.; dir. emeritus: John XXIII Home for
Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1996; frmr.: Pa. House of Sr. Citizens; awds: Who’s Who in Amer. Law, Outst. Young
Reps.; frmr. city cncl. mem./contoller: Pgh.; mem.: Alleghe- Men of Amer., Who’s Who in the East, Disting. Ital. Amer.
ny Co. Bar Assn., Pgh. YMCA, Boys & Girls Club of Amer.; Awd., Ital. Amer. of the Yr. Awd., Albert J. Kuti Mem. Awd.;
awds.: Govt. Finance Officer of Amer. Excell. Certif.-1992-
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1981, retained 1991,
2005, Knights of Equity Irishman of the Yr.-1998, Pgh. Para-
2001, pres. judge Oct. 1991; married; 2 children.
medics Ldrshp. Awd.-1998, Bon-Ami Temple Meritorious
Awd.-1989, Urban League Headstart Recog. Awd.-1988; Gtr. FOX, IDEE C. (1st District), born in 1953, in New York,
Faith Tabernacle Women’s Disting. Svcs.-1987, FOP Ldrshp. daughter of the late Louis and Catherine Fox; Phila. H.S. for
Awd.-1987, Pa. City Controller of the Yr.-1987, Uptown Athl. Girls, 1970; State Univ. of N.Y. at Stony Brook (B.A.), 1974;
Assn. Outst. Svc.-1986; elected judge, Court of Common Wash. Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1977; priv. pract.; mem.:
Pleas 2005. Phila. Bar Assn., Justinian Soc., Natl. Cncl. of Juv. & Fam.
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Ct. Judges, Assn. of Fam. & Conciliation Cts.; elected judge, GAVIN, THOMAS G. (15th District), born in 1943, in
Court of Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005. Newark, N.J., son of Gerald J. and Jean Gavin; Villanova
Univ. (B.A.), 1965, (J.D.), 1971; att. Natl. Judicial Coll.; frmr.
FRAZIER-CLEMONS, BRENDA D. (1st District), born in
1939, in Philadelphia, daughter of Paris L. and Mattie Z. Fra- capt.: U.S. Marine Corps; frmr. asst. dist. atty.; frmr. bd. of
zier; Rutgers Univ. of Douglass Coll. (B.A.); Phi Beta Kappa; supvr.; frmr. master: Juv. Ct.; mem.: Chester Co. Bar Assn.,
Univ. of Chicago (M.A.T.); Fulbright Fellowship to Univ. of Amer. Legion, VFW, K of C; officer: Pa. Conf. of State Trial
Madrid, Spain (Ph.D.); Univ. of Pa. Humanities Fellow; Tem- Judges; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1985,
ple Univ. Beaseley Sch. of Law (J.D.); frmr. regis. chief: retained 1995, 2005, pres. judge 1995-2000; married; 5
Phila. City Cncl. 9th Dist.; mem.: Amer., Phila. Bar Assns., children.
Barristers Assn. of Phila., Natl. Bar Assn. Judicial Cncl., Natl. GEARY, D. GREGORY (16th District), born in 1963, in
Assn. of Women Judges, Temple Amer. Inn of Ct., Pa. Conf. Euclid, Ohio, son of John W. and Sandra E. Geary; Somerset
of State Trial Judges, Juv. Ct. Judges Comm., Natl. Cncl. of Area H.S., 1981; Univ. of Pgh. (B.A.), 1985; Univ. of Ala.
Juv. & Fam. Ct. Judges; St. Luke’s Episcopal Ch. of German- Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1990; fmr. lt.: U.S. Navy; frmr. trial cnsl.:
town; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2003; 1 child. U.S. Navy JAGC; frmr. sol./asst. dist. atty.: Somerset Co.;
mem.: Pa., Somerset Co. Bar Assns., Amer. Legion, VFW;
FREEDBERG, ROBERT A. (P.J.–3rd District), born in
1944, in Easton, son of Morris and Bessie Weinberg Freed- elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; married; 2
berg; Lafayette Coll. (B.A.), 1966; Columbia Univ. Sch. of children.
Law (J.D.), 1969; Natl. Judicial Coll. (gen. jurisdiction ses- GEORGE, MICHAEL A. (51st District), born in 1959, in
sion), 1980; hon. Doct., Lafayette Coll., 2002; frmr. asst. McKeesport; Wash. & Jefferson Coll. (B.A.), pol. sci., 1981;
dist. atty.; frmr. asst city sol.: Easton; frmr. lecturer: Lafayette Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1985; frmr. assoc./partner:
Coll.; frmr. fac. mem.: Dickinson Sch. of Law Trial Advoc. Campbell & White; frmr. dist. atty.: Adams Co.; adm. judge:
Sem. & Workshop; mem.: Judicial Cncl. of Pa., Amer., Pa., Adams Co. Adult Prob. Dept., Adams Co. Civil Rules Comm.;
Northampton Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; frmr. mem.: Pa. Dist. Atty. Assn., Pa. Dist. Atty. Inst., Pa.
frmr. bd. mem.: Lehigh Valley United Cerebral Palsy Assn.; Assn. of Crim. Def. Attys., Pa. Child Abuse Coalition, Gov.’s
past pres.: B’nai Abraham Syn.; awds.: Lehigh Co. Bar Assn. Comm. on Juv. Crime; mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges,
Liberty Bell Awd.-2002, Lafayette Coll. Disting. Judicial Svc. Adams Co. Prison Bd.; elected judge, Court of Common
Awd.-1984; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1979, Pleas 2001; married; 2 children.
retained 1989, 1999, pres. judge Feb. 1991; married; 2 chil-
GEROFF, STEVEN R. (1st District), born in 1940, in
dren.
Philadelphia, son of the late Herman and Esther Geroff; Tem-
FRIEDMAN, JUDITH L.A. (5th District), born in 1942, in ple Univ. (A.B.), 1961; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (LL.B.),
New York; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1985, 1964; atty.; mem.: Phila. Bar Assn., Pa. Conf. of State Trial
retained 1995, 2005. Judges, B’rith Sholom Lodge, Brandeis Law Soc.; apptd.
judge, Court of Common Pleas Mar. 1992, elected 1993,
FRITSCH, CHARLES THEODORE JR. (7th District), born
in 1951, in Philadelphia; Princeton H.S., 1969; Denison retained 2003; married; 2 children.
Univ. (B.A.), hist., cum laude, 1973; Dickinson Sch. of Law .
GEROULO, VITO P (45th District), born in 1947, in Jes-
(J.D.), 1976; frmr. judicial law clerk: Hon. John J. Bodley, sup, son of Whilma and the late Palmer Geroulo; Scranton
Bucks Co. Ct. of Common Pleas; frmr. chief dep.: Bucks Co. Prep. Sch., 1965; Univ. of Scranton (A.B.), cum laude, Eng.,
Dist. Atty. Office; frmr. partner: Wood & Floge; mem.: Today 1969; frmr. atty.: priv. pract.; frmr. asst. pub. def./chief pub.
Inc. Adv. Bd., Amer. Inns of Ct.; elected judge, Court of Com- def.: Lackawanna Co.; mem.: Pa., Amer., Lackawanna Co.
mon Pleas 2003; married; 2 children. (pres. 1996) Bar Assns., Pa. Trial Lawyers Assn.; elected
judge, Court of Common Pleas 2001; married; 4 children.
FURBER, WILLIAM J. JR. (38th District), born in 1948,
in Narberth, son of the late William and Jean Furber; Univ. of GIORDANO, EMIL A. (3rd District), born in 1959, in
Md. (B.S.), 1971; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1974; Brooklyn, N.Y., son of Joseph and Maria Giordano; Bethle-
asst. dist. atty.; pract. atty.; mem.: Amer., Pa. Trial Lawyers hem Cath. H.S., 1977; Moravian Coll. (B.A.), pol. sci., 1982;
Assns.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas July 1993, Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1985; frmr. asst. dist.
elected Nov. 1993, retained 2003; married; 3 children. atty.: Broome Co.; frmr. assoc. atty.: Holland, Taylor & Sor-
rentino PC; frmr. asst. pub. def.: Lehigh Co., Northampton
GALLO, ROBERT C. (5th District), born in 1937, son of
Pasquale and Pholemina Gallo; Univ. of Dayton, 1966; Co.; frmr. sole pract.: Emil Giordino Law Offices; frmr. sol.:
cnclmn.: Bor. of Sharpsburg; frmr. chair: Allegheny Co. Moore Twp., Northampton Bor., N. Catasauqua Bor., Chap-
League of Municipalities, Allegheny Co. Bor. Assn.; mem.: man Bor.; adj. prof.: DeSales Univ., Moravian Coll.; mem.:
Allegheny Co. Bar Assn., K of C, Ital. Sons & Daughters of Amer., Pa., Northampton Co. Bar Assns.; awds.: Lehigh Val-
Amer.; Allegheny Co. Bor. Assn. Man of the Yr.-1990; elect- ley Crime Victims Cncl. Allied Prof. Awd.-2005, BECA H.S.
ed judge, Court of Common Pleas 1989, retained 1999; mar- Disting. Grad.-2005, Sons of Italy Annual Achiev. Awd.-
ried; 2 children. 2004; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2003; married;
2 sons.
GARHART, JOHN (6th District), born in 1946, in Warren,
Ohio, son of the late Florence Garhart; Youngstown State GLAZER, GARY S. (1st District); elected judge, Court of
Univ. (B.A.), 1970; Rutgers Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.) 1974; Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001.
frmr. 2nd lt.: Army Reserves; frmr. atty.: priv. pract.; frmr. co. GOLDBERG, MITCHELL S. (7th District), born in 1959, in
sol.: Erie; frmr. asst. U.S. atty; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Erie Co., Philadelphia, son of Larry and Lois Goldberg; Ithaca Coll.
Mercer Co.; Best Lawyers in America-1995-2005; elected (B.A.), pol. sci., 1981; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.),
judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; married; 2 children. 1986; frmr. cong. intern: Office of Cong. Lawrence Coughlin;
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frmr. leg./investigative asst.: U.S. Subcomm. on Investiga- GRIMES, H. TERRY (P .J.–13th District), born in 1942, son of
tions; frmr. law clerk: Pa. Trial Lawyer’s Assn.; frmr. asst. dist. Halfred B. and Faye J. Grimes; Calif. State Univ. (B.S.); Ohio
atty.: Phila.; frmr. sr. partner: Cozen & O’Connor; frmr. asst. Northern Univ. (J.D.); frmr. maj.: U.S. Army, Artillery Branch;
U.S. atty.; adj. prof.: Temple Univ. Sch. of Law; frmr. v. chair: mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; elected judge, Court of
Lower Makefield Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd.; instr.: Natl. Inst. Common Pleas 1985, retained 1995, 2005; married; 4 chil-
for Trial Advocacy; bd. of dir.: Bucks Co. Opportunity Cncl.; dren.
nominated, Atty. Gen. Awd. for Outst. Contributions to U.S.
GRINE, DAVID E. (49th District), born in 1945, in Wash-
Atty. Office; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas Feb. ington, D.C., son of Edward E. and Mildred Grine; Penn State
2003, elected Nov. 2003; married; 2 children. Univ. (B.S.), 1969; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1973; Natl.
GORBEY, LESLIE (2nd District), born in 1953, in Philadel- Trial Lawyers Coll., Boston, Mass., 1974; Natl. Career Prose-
phia; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1997. cutor’s Coll., Houston, Tex., 1980; Natl. Judicial Coll., 1982;
frmr. U.S. Army; frmr. police officer: Bor. of State Coll.; frmr.
GORDON, RICHARD J. JR. (1st District); apptd. judge,
dist. atty.: Centre Co.; mem.: Centre Co., Pa., Amer. Bar
Phila. Court of Common Pleas June 1998, elected 1999;
Assns.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas July 1981,
married.
elected Nov. 1981, retained 1991, 2001; married; 2 children.
GRAY, RICHARD A. (29th District), born in 1948, in
Williamsport; Loyalsock H.S., 1966; Penn State Univ. (B.A.), GUIDO, EDWARD E. (9th District), born in 1950, in Turtle
Creek, son of Betty Jane and the late Sylvester Guido; Trafford
pre law, high distinction, 1970; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.),
H.S., 1968; Dickinson Coll., 1972; Dickinson Sch. of Law,
1975; frmr. sgt.: U.S. Army; frmr. atty./shareholder: Mitchell,
1975; frmr. partner: Saidis Guido Shuff & Masland; frmr.
.C.;
Mitchell, Gray & Gallagher P elected judge, Court of Com-
asst. pub. def.; frmr. asst. dist. atty.; mem.: Pa. Conf. of State
mon Pleas 2003; married; 3 children.
Trial Judges; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1997;
GREENSPAN, JANE CUTLER (1st District), born in 1948, married; 2 children.
in Newark, N.J., daughter of Gilbert G. and Lois Cutler; Smith
Coll. (A.B.), 1970; Rutgers Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), magna HALL, JOHN L. (15th District), born in 1956, in W.
Chester, son of John L. Sr. and the late Marion D. Hall;
cum laude, 1973; frmr. law clerk: Hon. R.N.C. Nix Jr.; frmr.
Phillips Exeter Acad., 1975; Johns Hopkins Univ. (B.A.),
asst. dist. atty.: chief-Dom. Viol. Unit, chief-Superior Ct.
1979; Univ. of San Diego Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1983; frmr. law
Appeals; frmr. adj. prof.: Univ. of Pa. Law Sch.; Master of the
clerk: Judge D.T. Marrone, Chester Co. Ct. of Common Pleas;
Bench, Univ. of Pa. Law Sch. Amer. Inn of Ct. (pres. 2004-
frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Chester Co.; frmr. atty./shareholder:
06); mem.: Supreme Ct. Comms. (Crim. Proc. Rules-1990,
.C.,
Gawthrop Greenwood & Halsted, P Unruh Turner Burke &
Appellate Rules, chair-Orphans’ Ct. Proc. Rules Comm.-
.C.;
Frees, P mem.: Pa., Chester Co. Bar Assns., Chester Co.
1999, Spec. Comm. on Representation of Capital Defen-
Bar Found.; Chester Co. Bar Found. Bd. of Dir. Awd.-1999;
dants), Mayor’s Comm. on Women Dom. Viol. Task Force,
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2003; married; 3
Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Phila. Bar Assn., Atty. Gen.
children.
Fam. Viol. Task Force, B’nai B’rith Anti-Def. League; frmr. bd.
mem.: Support Ctr. for Child Advocates; frmr. trustee: Child HANCHER, GEORGE H. (50th District), born in 1938, in
Psych. Ctr.; pilot project of Select Comm. on Law Enforce- New Castle, son of the late Wendell Shields and Ethel
ment & Child Abuse; awds.: Atty. Gen. Fam. Viol. Task Force Hancher; Admiral Farragut Acad., 1956; Cornell Univ. (A.B.),
Spec. Commend. Awd.-1987, Phila. Bar Assn. Bd. of Govt. 1960; Cornell Univ. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1963; frmr. capt.: Field
Svc. Awd.-1986, Rutgers Univ. Fellowship; apptd. judge, Artillery, U.S. Army; frmr. gen. pract.; apptd. judge, Court of
Court of Common Pleas Apr. 1987, elected 1989, retained Common Pleas June 1996, elected 1997; married; 2 sons.
1999; married; 2 children.
HANNA, CAROL (40th District), born in 1956, in St.
GRIFFITH, EDWARD (15th District), born in 1948, in Mary’s, daughter of Edward and Doris Coombs Teno; Wyo.
Wilkes-Barre, son of the late Edward M. Griffith and Jane R. Valley West H.S., 1974; Univ. of Pgh. (B.A.), hist., summa
Jones; The Hill Sch., 1966; Lehigh Univ. (B.A.), hist., 1970; cum laude, 1979; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1982;
Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1973; frmr. partner: Duane, frmr. partner: Hanna & Hanna; frmr. asst. dist. atty./DRS staff
Morris & Heckscher; mem.: Pa., Chester Co. Bar Assns.; atty./child custody mediator/juv. master: Indiana Co.; mem.:
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2003; married; 1 Indiana Co., Pa. Bar Assns., Amer. Assn. of Univ. Women,
child. .
I.U.P Research Inst. Bd., Horace Mann P .T.A.; awds.: Notable
Woman-2004, Alice Paul House Commun. Svc. Awd.-2003,
GRIM, ARTHUR E. (P .J.–23rd District), born in 1943, in
A.A.U.W. Woman of the Yr.-2003; elected judge, Court of
Reading, son of Charles A. and Anne M. Grim; Moravian Coll.
Common Pleas 2003; married; 2 children.
(B.A.), 1964; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1972; frmr.
It.: U.S. Navy; mem.: Berks Co., Pa., Amer. Bar Assns., Pa. HARHUT, CHESTER T. (P .J.–45th District), born in 1942;
Conf. of State Trial Judges (pres., Juv. Justice Sect.), Amer. Bethel Coll. (B.S.), 1969; Univ. of Pgh Sch. of Law (J.D.),
Judicature Soc., Juv. Justice & Delinquency Prev. Comm., 1972; Univ. of Nev. Natl. Jud. Coll. (M.A.), judicial studies,
PCCD; chair: Juv. Ct. Judges Comm.; adj. prof.: St. Joseph 1995; mem.: Amer. Judges Assn., Amer., Pa. Bar Assns.,
Univ., Alvernia Coll.; awds.: C of C, Jr. Achiev., Olivets Youth Natl. Cncl. of Juv. & Fam. Ct. Judges, Assn. of Fam. & Con-
Club, Pa. Coalition Against Dom. Viol., Amer. Jurisprudence, ciliation Cts.; bd. of trustees: NCJFCJ; pres.: Pa. Conf. of
Alvernia Coll. Honors Awd., Berks Co. United Way Wilbur State Trial Judges (mem.: Fam. Law Div.); apptd. judge,
Doran Awd., Berks Co. Bar Assn. Justice Wm. Strong Awd.; Court of Common Pleas April 1987, elected Nov. 1987,
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1987, retained 1997; retained 1997, adm. judge-Fam. Ct. 1996, pres. judge 2000;
married; 2 children. married; 1 child.
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HATHAWAY, RITA DONOVAN (10th District), born in Assn.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1985, retained
Boston, Mass.; St. Clare H.S., 1968; Boston State Coll. 1995, 2005; married; 3 children.
(B.S.), educ., 1972; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.),
HILL, GLYNNIS D. (1st District), born in 1956, in
1988; frmr. chief trial atty.: Westmoreland Co. Dist. Atty. Philadelphia, son of the late Percy Henry and Viola Poulson;
Office; officer: Pa. Conf. of State Trial judges; mem.: St. Bar- Frankford H.S., 1974; Penn State Univ., Temple Univ. (B.A.),
bara Parish; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1997; 1979; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D., LL.M.), 1983, 1997;
married; 2 children; 8 grandchildren. Univ. of Nev. Natl. Judicial Coll. (M.A.), judicial studies;
HAZEL, FRANK T. (32nd District), born in 1941, in Darby, R.O.T.C.: Penn State Univ.; frmr. staff atty.: Defender Assn. of
son of Frank and Doris Hazel; St. Joseph’s Univ. (A.B.), Natl. Phila.; frmr. reg. cnsl.: Pa. Dept. of Labor & Ind.; frmr. adv.:
Jesuit Hon. Soc., Scott Scholarship for Ldrshp. & Scholar- Phila. Youth Adv. Prog.; frmr. civil litigator: CNA Insur. Co.;
ships, 1964; Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), Natl. Ford mem.: Penn State-Abington Adv. Bd., Phila. Judicial Cncl.,
Found. Fellowship, 1967; Natl. Judicial Coll., 1982; frmr. Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Judicial Crim. Rules & Proc.
atty.; frmr. dist. atty.: Del. Co.; mem.: Del. Co., Pa. Bar Comm., Natl. Bar Assn., NAACP; adv. bd. mem.: Penn-Jersey
Assns.; frmr. pres.: Pa. Dist. Attys. Assn., Guy G. de Furia Reg. Bd. of Dir.-Amer. Red Cross; frmr. bd. mem.: Big Broth-
Amer. Inn of Ct.; awds.: Del. Co. Lawyer’s Club Man of the ers & Sisters Assn. of Phila.; awds.: Eric A. & Josephine
Yr.-1995, Media Area Jaycees Man of the Yr.-1980; elected Walker, Roothbert Fellow-1995, num. other awds.; elected
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1981, retained 1991, 2001; judge, Court of Common Pleas 1999; married; 2 children.
married; 3 children.
HOBERG, JAY J. (2nd District), born in 1951, in
HECKLER, DAVID W. (P .J.–7th District), born in 1947, in Shamokin, son of the late Joseph and Thelma Hoberg; Our
Abington, son of Jacob W. and Grace Heckler; Central Bucks Lady of Lourdes Reg. H.S., 1969; Gettysburg Coll. (B.A.),
H.S., 1965; Yale Univ. (B.A.), 1969; Univ. of Va. Sch. of Law bus. adm., 1973; Univ. of Toledo Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1977;
(LL.B.), 1972; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Bucks Co.; frmr. cnsl.: frmr. asst. pub. def.: Lancaster Co.; frmr. partner: Herr, Greer
Pa. Dist. Attys. Assn.; frmr. chair: Pa. Comm. on Sentencing; & Hoberg; mem.: Pa., Lancaster Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of
frmr.: Pa. House of Reps., Pa. Senate; elected judge, Court State Trial Judges; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas
of Common Pleas 1997; married; 2 children. 2001; married; 2 children.
HENS-GRECO, KATHRYN M. (5th District); St. Mary’s HODGE, JOHN W. (37th District), born in 1950, in New
H.S., 1975; LeMoyne Coll. (B.A.), psychology, 1979; Anti- Castle, son of the late J. Lester and Janet G. Hodge; Mohawk
och Sch. of Law (J.D.) 1985; frmr. partner: Kathryn & Sam H.S., 1968; Univ. of Pgh. (B.A.), econ., 1972; Univ. of Akron
Hens-Greco, Stokes Lurie Cole & Hens-Greco; mem.: Pa., (J.D.), 1975; frmr. atty.: priv. pract.; frmr. sol.: Lawrence Co.;
Allegheny Co. Bar Assns., Inns of Ct.; awds.: Commun. mem.: Pa., Lawrence Co. Bar Assns.; elected judge, Court of
Champ.-2002, Thomas Merton Ctr. Star of Justice-2001; Common Pleas 2005; married; 1 child.
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; married; 2
HODGSON, RICHARD J. (P.J.–38th District), born in
children.
1948, in Philadelphia, son of C. Clark and Helen Hodgson;
HERMAN, DOUGLAS W. (39th District), born in 1946, in Coll. of the Holy Cross (B.A.), 1970; Villanova Univ. Sch. of
Chambersburg, son of Irvin W. and Marguerite W. Herman; Law (J.D.), 1973; frmr. asst. dist. atty./asst. pub. def.: Mont-
Penn State Univ. (B.A.), 1969; frmr. U.S. Army; Franklin gomery Co.; frmr. atty./partner: Miller & Hodgson; frmr.
Pierce Law Sch. (J.D.), 1978; Natl. Judicial Coll., May 1996, chair: Montgomery Co. Bd. of View; apptd. judge, Court of
Oct. 1996, April 1998, Sept. 2000; frmr. instr.: Minor Jud. Common Pleas Oct. 1994, elected 1995, retained 2005,
Educ. Bd.; mem.: Pa., Co. Bar Assns.; elected judge, Court of elected pres. judge Jan. 2007; married.
Common Pleas May 1993, retained 2003; married; 2 chil-
HOOVER, TODD A. (12th District), born in 1955, in Har-
dren.
risburg, son of Owen and Helen Hoover; Indiana Univ. of Pa.
HERRON, JOHN W. (1st District), born in 1944, in Bryn (B.S.), 1976; Del. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1979; frmr. dep. dist.
Mawr; Duke Univ., 1966; Dickinson Sch. of Law, 1969; frmr. atty.: Dauphin Co.; sol.: Middle Paxton Zoning Hearing Bd.,
U.S. Army Reserves; frmr. asst. dist. atty.; frmr. dep. dist. Pa. State Police Ct. Martial Bd.; frmr. priv. pract.; mem.:
atty.; frmr. chief: Discip. Bd.; mem.: Pa., Phila. Bar Assns.; Mental Health Assn., Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Key-
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1987, retained 1997, stone Area Cncl.-BSA; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas
apptd. adm. judge-Trial Div. Jan. 1996-Jan. 2002; married; 1 1993, elected Nov. 1993, retained 2003; married; 4 sons.
child.
HORAN, MARILYN J. (50th District), born in 1954, in But-
HERTZBERG, ALAN (5th District), born in 1957, in Palo ler, daughter of the late Eugene F. and Della M. Horan; Butler
Alto, Calif., son of Martin and Ruth Hertzberg; Chartiers Val- Area Sr. H.S., 1972; Penn State Univ. (B.S.), magna cum
ley H.S., 1975; Union Coll. (B.A.), Eng./econ., 1979; Univ. of laude, 1976; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1979; atty./
Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), cum laude, 1983; frmr. sole pract.: partner: Murrin, Taylor, Flach & Horan; mem.: Butler Co., Pa.
.C.;
Alan Hertzberg & Assocs., P frmr. city cnclman.: Pgh.; bd. Bar Assns., Women’s Bar Assn. of W. Pa., Pa. Conf. of State
mem.: W. Pgh. Partnership, Friends of the Riverfront; elected Trial Judges, Juv. Ct. Judges Comm., Judicial Conduct Bd.;
judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; married; 3 children. faculty mem.: Pa. Bar Inst.; frmr. bd. mem.: Amer. Cancer
Soc., YWCA Bd. of Trustees; past pres./sec.: Soroptimist Intl.
HESS, KEVIN A. (9th District), born in 1947, in Erie, son
of James M. and Adele C. Hess; Dickinson Coll. (A.B.), of Butler Co.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas June
1969; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1972; frmr. staff mem.: 1996, elected 1997; married; 4 children.
Adj. Gen., Pa. Army Natl. Guard; frmr. asst. dist. atty.; frmr. .
HORGOS, ROBERT P (5th District), born in 1948, in Pitts-
crim. law instr.: Pa. Minor Judiciary; adj. fac.: Dickinson Sch. burgh, son of Michael J. and Helen D. Horgos; Villanova
of Law; auth.: Pennsylvania Civil Practice; mem.: Pa. Bar Univ. (B.S.), econ./acctg., 1970; Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law
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(J.D.), Gamma Phi, 1973; frmr. trial ct. def.: Allegheny Co. Review, 1962; U.S. Army Natl. Guard; priv. pract.; frmr. hear-
Pub. Def. Office; frmr. sol.: Clerk of Ct.’s Office; frmr. asst. ing examiner: PLCB; sol. for sheriff, controller, coroner; asst.
dist. atty.: Allegheny Co.; frmr. Pa. House of Reps.; pres. dist. atty.; asst. co. sol.; mem.: Beaver Co., Pa. Bar Assns.,
emeritus: Judicial Ct. of Discipline; bd. mem.: House of Phi Alpha Theta, Delta Phi Alpha; apptd. judge, Court of
Crossroads Drug Trtmnt. Facil.; mem.: Allegheny Co. Bar Common Pleas 1998, elected 1999; married; 3 children.
Assn., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Jednota, Natl. Slovak
JAMES, JOSEPH M. (P .J.–5th District), born in 1948, in
Soc., Croatian Frat. Union, Hungarian Wm. Penn Assn.;
New Castle, son of Edra and the late Charles T. James; Univ.
apptd. judge, Judicial Ct. of Discipline Nov. 2000; elected
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1983, retained 1993, 2003. of Pgh. (B.A.), pol. sci., 1970; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law
(J.D.), 1973; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Allegheny Co.; frmr.
HOWSARE, DANIEL LEE (P.J.–57th District), born in judge: Pgh. Magistrates Ct.; exec. bd. mem.: Pa. Conf. of
1948, in Bedford Co., son of Fred and Edna Mae Howsare; State Trial Judges; mem.: ACBA, Judicial Cncl. of Pa.; dir.:
Penn State Univ., 1971; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law, 1976; Natl. Conf. Metro. Cts.; adj. prof.: Duquesne Univ. Sch. of
frmr. U.S. Army; frmr. dist. atty.: Bedford Co.; mem.: Pa., Law; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas May 1987,
Bedford Co. Bar Assns.; elected judge, Court of Common elected Nov. 1987, retained 1997, adm. judge, Civil Div.,
Pleas 1985, retained 1995, 2005; married; 2 children. elected pres. judge 2003; married; 3 children; 1 grandchild.
HUGHES, RENÉE C. (1st District), born in 1955, in Lynch- JAMES, THOMAS A. JR. (26th District), born in 1948, in
burg, Va.; E.C. Glass H.S., 1974; Univ. of Va. (B.A.), econ., Kingston, son of Thomas A. Sr. and Hilda James; Blooms-
1978; Georgetown Univ. Law Ctr. (J.D.), 1985; frmr. assoc.: burg Area H.S., 1966; Dickinson Coll. (A.B.), magna cum
Mesirov, Gelman, Jaffe, Cramer & Jamison; frmr. assoc. laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1970; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.),
cnsl.: Independence Blue Cross; frmr. gen. cnsl.: Law Sch. 1974; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. sol.: Columbia Co.; Acad. for
Admissions; frmr. priv. pract.; bd. of dir.: Joseph J. Peters Excell. in Co. Govt.; mem. &/or bd.: Bloomsburg Theatre
Inst., PCCD, Wordsworth Acad.; frmr. radio talk show host: Ensemble, Columbia Co. Amer. Heart Assn., Bloomsburg
WHAT; adj. prof.: Drexel Univ.; frmr. adj. prof.: Univ. of Pa. United Way; past pres.: BSA sch. bd.; mem.: Amer., Pa. Bar
Sch. of Law; lecturer: Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law, Temple Assns.; Natl. Judicial Coll., master’s, judicial studies, 2004;
Univ. Sch. of Law, Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law, Randolph
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1999; 2 children.
Macon Women’s Coll.; pres: The Sentencing Proj. Bd.;
mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, natl., state, local bar JENKINS, PATRICIA HEDLEY (32nd District), born in
assns., Natl. Assn. of Women Trial Judges, Bethlehem Bapt. 1951, in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada, daughter of Ronald
Ch., Delta Sigma Theta Sor. Inc.; frmr. pres.: Natl. Bar Assn. A. and Anne W.R. Hedley; Albright Coll. (A.B.), 1973; Dick-
Women Lawyer’s Div.-Phila. Chap., Barrister’s Assn.; frmr. inson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976; Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law
mem.: Pa. Comm. on Sentencing; apptd. judge, Court of (LL.M.), 1984; atty.; mem.: Amer., Pa., Del. Co. Bar Assns.,
Common Pleas 1995, elected Nov. 1995, retained 2005. Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; apptd. judge, Court of Com-
HUMMER, WAYNE G. JR. (2nd District), born in 1937, in mon Pleas Dec. 1992, elected 1993, retained 2003.
Harrisburg, son of Wayne G. and Ruth L. Hummer; Hershey JOHNSON, J. BRIAN (31st District), born in 1955, in Elyr-
Jr. Coll. (A.A.), 1957; Lebanon Valley Coll. (A.B.), 1959; ia, Ohio, son of the late Robert and Elizabeth Johnson; Allen-
Dickinson Sch. of Law (LL.B.), 1962; frmr. lt.: U.S. Navy; town Cent. Cath. H.S., 1973; Villanova Univ. (B.A.), Eng.,
frmr. asst. pub. def.: Lancaster Co.; frmr. sol.: Lancaster Co. 1977; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1981; frmr. pub. def.:
Rec. of Deeds Office; frmr. cnsl.: cts. adm. office, Lancaster Lehigh Co.; frmr. assoc.: Lanshe, Lanshe & Lanshe; frmr. sole
Co.; mem.: Lancaster Co., Pa. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State pract.; frmr. partner: Johnson, Ashcraft & Giordano, Johnson
Trial Judges, Amer. Bus. Club, Brownstone Lodge No. 666 & Ashcraft; frmr. spec. cnsl.: Duane Morris LLP; mem.: Pa.,
F&AM, Natl. Cncl. of Juv. & Fam. Ct. Judges, Sons of Union Lehigh Co. Bar Assns.; elected judge, Court of Common
Vets. of Civil War, Lititz UM Ch.; elected judge, Court of Pleas 2003; married; 4 children.
Common Pleas 1979, retained 1989, 1999; married; 2 chil-
dren; 2 grandchildren. JOHNSON, JOEL (1st District); elected judge, Court of
Common Pleas 2003.
JACKSON, ELIZABETH (1st District), born in 1951, in
Philadelphia, daughter of Rose and the late Walter Jackson; JONES, C. DARNELL II (P .J.–1st District); Southwestern
Phila. H.S. for Girls, 1969; Univ. of Pa. (B.A.), pol. sci., Coll. (B.A.), French; Amer. Univ. Wash. Coll. of Law (J.D.);
1974; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1979; Shippensburg atty.: Defender Assn. of Phila. (chief: Fam. Ct. Div.); teacher:
Univ. Grad. Sch. (M.A.), crim. justice, 1985; frmr. probation law sch., grad. sch., continuing legal & judicial educ.; adj.
officer/ct. liaison/juv. master/support master/chief custody & prof.: Univ. of Pa. Sch. of Law; frmr. adj. prof.: St. Joseph’s
support master: Phila. Ct. of Common Pleas; frmr. chair: Univ. Grad. Sch., Temple Univ. Sch. of Law, Natl. Inst. for
Natl. Bar Assn. Judicial Cncl.-Clifford Scott Green Chap.; Trial Advocacy; faculty mem.: Natl. Judicial Coll., Supreme
mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Natl. Cncl. of Juv. & Ct. of Pa.; mem.: Univ. of Pa. Amer. Inn of Ct., Supreme Ct.
Fam. Ct. Judges, Barristers’ Assn., Natl., Amer., Pa., Fed. Bar Comm. on Capital Educ.; bd. mem.: Amer. Coll. of Bus. Ct.
Assns., Tribune Charities Bd.; frmr. pres.: Barrister’s Assn. of Judges; bd. of trustees: Zion Bapt. Ch.; awds.: Brandeis Law
Phila. Inc.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas June 2001, Soc. Commun. Svc. Awd., Thurgood Marshall Awd. for
elected Nov. 2001. Excell., Lawdragon 1/500 leading judges-2005; apptd.
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1987, elected Nov. 1987,
JAMES, GEORGE E. (36th District), born in 1937, in
retained 1997, elected pres. judge Dec. 2005, apptd. chair:
Beaver Falls, son of the late Louis W. and Lillian James;
Adm. Gov. Bd.; married; 5 children.
Beaver Falls H.S., Who’s Who in Amer. High Schs., 1955;
Westminster Coll. (B.A.), cum laude, Who’s Who in Amer. JOSEPH, BARBARA A. (1st District), judge, Court of
Coll. & Univs.,1959; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), Law Common Pleas 1997.
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KAMEEN, JOSEPH F. (P .J.–60th District), born in 1950, KENNEDY, JOHN S. (19th District), born in 1958, in Har-
in Carbondale, son of Paul and Elizabeth Kameen; Forest City risburg, son of Barbara and the late John W. Kennedy; Central
Reg. H.S., 1968; E. Stroudsburg Univ. (B.S.), Eng. educ., Dauphin H.S., 1976; HACC (A.A.), 1978; East. Univ. (B.S.),
cum laude, 1972; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), cum laude, 1980; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1983; elected judge,
1980; frmr. teacher: E. Stroudsburg H.S.; frmr. atty.: Krawitz Court of Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005; married; 2
& Ridley, Berger & Kameen, Kameen & Erickson; mem.: Pike children.
Co., Pa. Bar Assns.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas KENNEY, CHAD F. SR. (32nd District), born in 1955, in
2003; married; 4 children. Upper Darby, son of Charles and Florence Kenney; Monsi-
KANE, HAROLD (1st District); elected judge, Court of gnor Bonner H.S., 1973; Villanova Univ. (B.A.), pol. sci.,
Common Pleas 2001. cum laude, 1976; Temple Law Ctr. (J.D.), Law Review, 1980;
frmr. sheriff/sol.: Del. Co.; apptd. judge, Court of Common
KELLER, SCOTT D. (23rd District), born in 1950, in
Pleas Aug. 2003, elected Nov. 2003; married; 3 children.
Chambersburg; Albright Coll. (A.B.), 1972; Amer. Univ.
Wash. Coll. of Law (J.D.), 1975; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Berks KEOGH, D. WEBSTER (1st District), born in 1946, in
Co.; frmr. Juv. Ct. Master; frmr. sol.: Berks Co.; frmr. chair: Philadelphia; La Salle Coll. (B.A.), 1968; Mercer Univ. Law
Rep. Party; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas April 1989, Sch. (J.D.), 1971; frmr. capt.: U.S. Army, combat engineer;
elected Nov. 1989, retained 1999, acting pres. judge Sept. frmr. instr.: Temple Univ., Ethics & the Law; frmr. law
1997-Jan. 2000, apptd. pres. judge Jan. 1998-Sept. 2000; 2 clerk/asst. dist. atty./sr. trial atty./exec. dep. dist. atty.: Phila;
children. mem.: 1st Judicial Dist. Adm. Gov. Bd., Jenkins Law Libr.,
Irish Soc., Phila. Dist. Atty. Alumni Assn., PCCD; adv. bd.:
KELLEY, THOMAS H. (19th District), born in 1964, in LaSalle Univ. Law Alumni Assn.; frmr. House of Deleg.: Pa.
Bryn Mawr, son of Anne and the late Thomas Kelley; Radnor Bar Assn.; rep.: Gov.’s Comm. to Address Gun Viol.; instr.:
H.S., 1983; Dickinson Coll. (B.A.), hist. (honors)/dramatic Temple Univ.; sec./exec. mem./frmr. v. pres.: Brehon Law
arts., 1987; Univ. of Richmond (J.D.), 1991; frmr. 1st asst. Soc.; John Peter Zenger Awd.-2004; apptd. judge, Court of
dist. atty.: York Co.; mem.: Pa., York Co. Bar Assns., York Common Pleas 1991, elected 1993, retained 2003, adm.
Karate Club; sol.: Intl. Martial Arts Coll.; elected judge, Court judge, Trial Div. 2007; married; 3 sons.
of Common Pleas 2003; married; 2 children.
KIESER, WILLIAM S. (29th District), born in 1944, in
KELLY, ELIZABETH K. (P .J.–6th District), born in 1958, in Williamsport, son of Rena B. and the late William H. Kieser;
.
Erie, daughter of William J. and Joan P Kelly; atty.: Mercy- Lycoming Coll. (B.A.), 1965; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.),
hurst Prep. Sch., Wellesley Coll.; Georgetown Univ. (B.A.), 1968; frmr. asst. dist. atty./dist. atty.: Lycoming Co.; admitted
cum laude, 1977-80; Univ. of Akron Sch. of Law, 1983; frmr. to pract.: U.S., Pa. Supreme Cts., U.S. Ct. of Appeals, Third
priv. pract.: Ohio, Elderkin, Martin & Kelly; frmr. asst. city Circuit, U.S. Dist. Ct., Middle Dist. of Pa.; mem.: Pa. Conf. of
prosecutor: Akron, Ohio; mem.: Pa. (frmr. chair, Fam. Law State Trial Judges, Lycoming Law Assn., Pine St. UM Ch.,
Comm.), Erie Co. Bar Assns.; elected judge, Court of Com- Williamsport Kiwanis, Lycoming Creek Lions Club; adv. bd.:
mon Pleas 1999, elected pres. judge Jan. 2005. Salvation Army; awds.: Lycoming Co. Health Imprv. Coalition
KELLY, KEVIN F. (32nd District), born in 1959, in Lower Svc. Awd.-2004, Melvin Jones Fellow; adm. judge: Juv. Ct.;
Merion, son of Francis J. and Dorothy M. Kelly; Haverford elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001;
H.S., 1978; Villanova Univ. (B.A.), magna cum laude, 1982; married; 4 children.
Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1985; dep. dist. atty.: Del. KISTLER, THOMAS KING (49th District), born in 1957,
Co.; chief, Pre-Trial & Juv. Div. & Drug Enforcement: dist. in Bellefonte, son of Robert King and Jean Kistler; State Coll.
atty’s. office; mem.: Amer., Pa., Del. Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Area H.S., 1975; Penn State Univ. (B.S.), bus. adm., 1979;
Conf. of State Trial Judges, Brehon Law Soc.; apptd. judge, Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1982; atty.: Miller, Kistler &
Court of Common Pleas June 2000, elected 2001; 2 chil- Campbell Inc.; mem.: Pa. Comm. for Justice Initiative (pres.
dren. 2004), Centre Co. Bar Assn. (frmr. sec.), Pa. Bar Assn. (frmr.
KELLY, ROBERT A. (5th District), born in 1944, in Pitts- chair-Young Lawyers Div., Bd. of Govs., chair-House of
burgh; Duquesne Univ. (B.A.), 1966; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Deleg.); frmr. mem.: Crim. Proc. Rules Comm.-Pa. Supreme
Law (J.D.), assoc. ed., Law Review, 1969; mem.: Allegheny Ct.; admitted to pract.: U.S. Supreme Ct., 1986; elected
Co. Bar Assn., Natl. Coll. of Probate Judges, Pa. Conf. of judge, Court of Common Pleas 1997; married; 3 children.
State Trial Judges, Natl. Conf. of Metropolitan Cts., Jt. State KLEINFELTER, JOSEPH H. (12th District), born in 1939,
Govt. Comm.; lecturer: var. cont. legal educ. progs.; frmr. in Harrisburg, son of the late Joseph H. and Mildred O. Klein-
adm. judge: Orphans’, Fam., Civil, Crim., Orphans’ Divs.; felter; Gettysburg Coll. (A.B.), 1961; Dickinson Sch. of Law
frmr. mem./frmr. chair: Supreme Ct. Orphans’ Ct. Rules (LL.B.), 1964; frmr. U.S. Army Reserve; frmr. atty.; frmr. dep.
Comm.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas Oct. 1984, dist. atty.; mem.: Amer. Legion, U.S. Coast Guard Aux.,
elected 1985, retained 1995, 2005, pres. judge 1998-2003; Robert Burns Lodge, F&AM, Zembo Shrine, Phi Delta Theta;
married; 4 children. adj. prof.: Dickinson Sch. of Law; elected judge, Court of
KENDERDINE, HENRY S. JR. (2nd District), born in Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001, pres. judge Feb. 2000-
1946, in Lancaster, son of Henry S. and Bonnie Jean Smith 05; married; 7 children; 7 grandchildren.
Kenderdine; Dickinson Coll. (B.A.), 1968; Dickinson Sch. of KLEMENTIK, DAVID C. (16th District), born in 1949, in
.;
Law (J.D.), 1971; frmr. 1st lt.: Army M.P frmr. atty.; frmr. Bloomsburg, son of Eleanor and the late Daniel Klementik;
dist. atty.; mem.: Pa., Lancaster Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of Benton Area Jt. Jr.-Sr. H.S., 1966; Penn State Univ. (B.S.)
State Trial Judges; frmr. bd. mem.: Brethren Village, COBYS engr./mech., 1970; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1979,
Fam. Svc., Gretna Music; elected judge, Court of Common (LLM), 1990; frmr. capt.: U.S. Navy; frmr. atty.: priv. pract.;
Pleas 1991, retained 2001; married; 2 children. adv. bd.: Univ. of Pgh. at Johnstown; dir./sec.: Mt. Aloysius
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Coll.; dir./v. chair: Windber Med. Ctr.; dir.: Conemaugh Fatima Parish; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005;
Health Sys.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; married; 3 children.
married; 3 children.
KUNSELMAN, ROBERT E. (P .J.–36th District), born in
KLINE, SAMUEL A. (52nd District), born in 1951, in 1937, in Summerville, son of Harry E. and Priscilla Kunsel-
.
Beaver Falls, son of Ernest P and Josephine V. Kline; Beaver man; Geneva Coll. (B.A.), 1959; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law
Falls H.S., 1969; Lehigh Univ. (B.S.), econ., 1973; Duquesne (LL.B.), 1962; frmr. U.S. Army Reserves; mem.: Beaver Co.,
Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976; frmr. atty.; frmr. partner: Kline Pa. Bar Assns.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas May
& Kline; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1995, 1982, elected 1983, retained 1993, 2003, pres. judge 2003;
retained 2005; married; 3 children. married; 4 children; 9 grandchildren.
KNIGHT, LOUISE O. (17th District), born in 1944, in Evan- KURTZ, STEWART L. (P .J.–20th District), born in 1944,
ston, Ill., daughter of the late Newell S. and Helen C. Knight; in Huntingdon, son of George Charles and Mary Kurtz;
Mary Inst., 1962; Wellesley Coll. (A.B.), 1966; Geo. Wash. Franklin & Marshall Coll. (B.A.), 1966; Villanova Univ. Sch.
Univ. (J.D.), 1969; frmr. asst. gen. cnsl.: Natl. Assn. of of Law (J.D.), 1969; mem.: Pa., Amer. Bar Assns.; apptd.
Broadcasters; frmr. assoc.: Kury & Kury; frmr. partner: pres. judge April 1992, elected 1993, retained 2003; mar-
Clement & Knight; adj. assoc. prof.: Bucknell Univ.; frmr. ried; 1 child.
sol.: Lewisburg Area Sch. Dist., Lewisburg Bor. Zon. Hearing
KWIDIS, C. GUS (36th District), born in 1945, in Sewick-
Bd.; frmr. cert. dom. viol. cnsl.: Susq. Valley Women in Tran-
ley, son of Alexandria Kwidis; Ambridge Area H.S., 1962; W.
sition; frmr. vol. atty.: Lewisburg Prison Proj., AIDS Law Proj.;
Va. Univ. (B.S.), bus., 1966; Univ. of Toledo (J.D.), 1969;
frmr. pres.: Pa. Sch. Bds. Sol. Assn., Union Co. Bar Assn.;
frmr. law clerk: Judge James E. Rowley; frmr. pub. def./asst.
mem.: Pa., Natl. Sch. Bd. Sol. Assns., Pa. Supreme Ct. Dis-
dist. atty.: Beaver Co.; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. bd. mem.:
cip. Bd. Hearing Rev. Comm. 3.04 (chair 1980-84), Mo., Pa.,
McGuire Homes, Seven Oaks Country Club; frmr. mem.: Holy
D.C., Union Co. Bar Assns.; apptd. judge, Court of Common
Trinity Greek Orth. Ch. Cncl.; U.C.C. Amer. Jurisprudence
Pleas June 1998, elected 1999.
Awd.-1969; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas June
KOPRIVA, JOLENE GRUBB (P .J.–24th District), born in 2001, elected Nov. 2001; married; 2 sons.
1953, in St. Clair, Mich., daughter of Cloyd Phillip and Ruth
LACHMAN, MARLENE F. (1st District), born in 1946, in
Marie Grubb; Hollidaysburg Area H.S., 1971; Penn State
Philadelphia, daughter of the late Sidney and Bertha Lach-
Univ. (B.S.), law enforce./corr., 1975; Duquesne Univ. Sch.
man; Phila. H.S. for Girls, 1964; Temple Univ. (B.A.), 1968;
of Law (J.D.), 1978; frmr. asst. dist. atty.; mem.: Pa. Conf. of
Univ. of Pa. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1970; Natl. Jud. Coll.; frmr. priv.
State Trial Judges, Families First Comm. Collaborative, Zion
pract.; frmr. dep. gen. cnsl.: Gov.’s Office; frmr. prothonotary:
Luth. Ch.; frmr. adj. prof.: Penn State-Altoona; frmr. pres.:
Pa. Supreme Ct.; frmr. law clerk; pres.: Temple Univ. Coll. of
Soroptimist Club; frmr. bd. mem.: United Way, Hollidaysburg
Liberal Arts Alumni Bd.; bd mem.: Temple Univ. Gen. Alum-
Area YMCA; awds.: Altoona YWCA Trib. to Women Awd.-
ni Assn.; trustee: Gratz Coll., Jewish Fam. & Children’s
1997, Blair Co. C of C First C.L.A.S.S.-1995/Athena Awd.-
Agency of Gtr. Phila.; frmr. bd. mem.: Phila. Bar Assn., Pa.
1994; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1987, retained
Conf. of State Trial Judges, Univ. of Pa. Law Alumni Soc.,
1997; married; 3 children.
Lawyers Club of Phila.; mem.: Amer., Pa., Phila. Bar Assns.,
KRUMENACKER, NORMAN A. III (47th District), born in Pa. Bar Assn. House of Delegates, Lawyers Club of Phila., Pa.
1954, in Johnstown, son of Norman Jr. and Dorothy Krume- Conf. of State Trial Judges; frmr. chair: Young Lawyers Sect.-
nacker; Waynesburg Coll. (B.A.), 1976; Univ. of Richmond Phila. Bar Assn.; frmr. parliamentarian: Natl. Conf. Appel. Ct.
T.C. Williams Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1979; frmr. atty.; asst. pub. Clerks; frmr. chair: Pa. Supreme Ct. Discip. Bd. Hearing
def.: Cambria Co.; bd. mem./past pres.: BSA-Penn’s Wood Panel; Who’s Who in American Women; elected judge, Court
Cncl.; v. pres.: BSA Area 4 Operations; bd. mem.: Cambria of Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005; married.
Co. Assn. for the Blind & Handicapped; bd. v. chair: Cone-
LASH, SCOTT E. (23rd District), born in 1956, in W.
maugh Health Sys.; pres.-elect: Pa. Conf. of State Trial
Reading, son of Sylvia K. and the late Norman E. Lash;
Judges; facilitator: Natl. Judicial Coll.; instr.: Pa. Inst. of
Wyomissing H.S., 1974; Penn State Univ. (B.A.), 1978; Univ.
Police Svcs.; mem.: Pa., Cambria Co. Bar Assns., Natl. Conf.
of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1981; Calvary Bapt. Theol. Sem.
of Juv. & Fam. Ct. Judges; apptd. judge, Court of Common
(M.A.), magna cum laude, 2006; frmr. law pract.; adj. prof.:
Pleas Dec. 1991, elected Nov. 1993, retained 2003; married;
Albright Coll.; adv. bd.: Penn State Univ.-Berks; frmr. bd.
3 children.
mem./pres.: Police Athl. League of Reading; frmr. bd. mem.:
KUHN, JOHN D. (P .J.–51st District), born in 1950, in Get- Berks Human Rela. Cncl., Justice & Mercy; frmr. CONCERN
tysburg, son of Richard M. and Helen G. Kuhn; Albright Coll. foster parent; mem.: Berks Co. Prison Bd., Sons of Amer.
(B.A.), 1972; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1975; frmr. priv. Revol.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1999; mar-
pract.; frmr. asst. pub. def./chief pub. def.: Adams Co.; ried; 4 children.
mem.: Adams Co., Pa. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial
LAWLER, DANIEL J. (7th District), born in 1937, in
Judges, Gettysburg Presb. Ch.; elected judge, Court of Com-
Philadelphia, son of Leo J. and Nora Norris Lawler; Univ. of
mon Pleas 1985, retained 1995, 2005, pres. judge 2002; 3
Pa. Wharton Sch. (B.S.), Beta Gamma Sigma, 1959; Univ. of
children, 3 step-children; 2 grandchildren.
Pa. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1962; frmr. dist. just.: Lower, Upper
KUNSELMAN, DEBORAH A. (36th District), born in 1967, Southampton Twps.; frmr. controller: Bucks Co.; chtr.
in Wiesbaden, Germany, daughter of Val and Kathleen Gan- mem./past pres.: Paul Harris Fellow, Feasterville Rotary Club;
ter; Brentwood H.S., 1985; Penn State Univ. (B.A.), intl. pol., mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Pa., Bucks Co. Bar
1989; Univ. of Notre Dame Law Sch. (J.D.), cum laude, Assns.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1995,
1992; frmr. assoc.: McMillen Urick Tocci Fouse & Jones, retained 2005; married; 5 sons.
Marcus & Shapria; frmr. sol.: Beaver Co.; mem.: Our Lady of
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LAZARUS, ANNE E. (1st District); S.U.N.Y. Stonybrook awds.: NCAA Post-grad. Scholarship-1975, Acad. All Amer.
(B.A.); Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), (LL.M.); frmr. adj. football def. tackle-1974; elected judge, Court of Common
prof.: Widener Univ., Temple Univ., Natl. Inst. of Trial Advoca- Pleas 2001; married; 5 children.
cy, Natl. Judicial Coll.; inaug. chancellor: Brandeis Law Soc.;
LEWIS, KATHRYN STREETER (1st District), born in
past pres.: Temple Amer. Inn of Ct.; bd. mem.: Vol. for Indi-
1952, in Philadelphia, the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John
gent Prog., JCC Phila.; frmr. bd. mem.: Hahnemann Univ.
Streeter; Simon Gratz H.S.; Univ. of Pa.; Villanova Univ. Sch.
Sch. of Nurs.; frmr. v. pres.: Germantown Cricket Club;
of Law; frmr. 1st Dep. City Sol.; mem.: Phila. Bar. Assn. Bd.
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001.
of Govs., Barristers’ Assn., Natl. Bar. Assn. Women Lawyer’s
LAZZARA, BETH ANN (5th District), born in 1966, in Div., Alpha Kappa Alpha Soro., Inc., Simon Gratz H.S. Adv.
Shirley, Mass., daughter of William J. and Sandra L. Lazzara; Bd.; frmr. mem.: Pa. Bar Assn. House of Deleg.; frmr. bd.
David B. Oliver H.S., 1984; Univ. of Pgh. (B.A.), summa cum mem.: Phila. Housing Auth.; frmr. dist. chair: BSA; co-chair:
laude, philosophy/class. lang., 1988; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of ,
Juv. Justice Alliance, NAACP Wynnefield Residents Assn.;
Law (J.D.), cum laude, Order of Coif, Law Review, 1991; frmr. apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas June 1988, elected
.C.;
assoc.: Gismondi & Margolis, P frmr. princ.: Gismondi & 1989, retained 1999, apptd. adm. judge, Orphans’ Ct. Div.
Lazzora, P .C.; frmr. shareholder/mg. partner: Goodrich, July 1992; married; 1 child.
.C.;
Goodrich & Lazzora, P bd. mem.: Brighton Hts. Citizens
LEWIS, RICHARD A. (P .J.–12th District), born in 1947, in
Fed.; fellow: Acad. of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny Co.; adj. fac-
Steelton, son of Mary and the late Sylvio V. Lewis; Bishop
ulty: Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law; mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial
McDevitt H.S., 1965; Rutgers Univ. (B.A.), 1969; Dickinson
Judges, Children’s Room Adv. Comm.; PaTLA Milton D.
Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1972; frmr. asst. dist. atty./chief dep. dist.
Rosenburg Awd.-2006, PaTLA Pub. Svc. Awd.-2003; elected
atty./1st asst. dist. atty./dist. atty.: Dauphin Co.; frmr. pres.:
judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; married; 1 child.
Pa. Dist. Atty. Assn.; fellow: Amer. Coll. of Prosecuting Attys.;
LEAHEY, F. JOSEPH (47th District), born in 1938, in adj. prof.: Dickinson Sch. of Law, Widener Univ. Sch. of Law,
Johnstown, son of Francis J. and Kathern E. Leahey; Univ. of Penn State-Capitol Campus; frmr. chair: Camp Cadet Troop
Pgh. (B.A.), 1959; Dickinson Sch. of Law (LL.B.), 1962; frmr. H; frmr. adv.: Crime Stoppers of Dauphin Co. Inc.; bd. mem.:
lt.: U.S. Navy; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. exam.: Pa. Bd. of Law Villa Teresa Nursing Home, Christoper Columbus 1492 Soc.;
Examiners; mem.: Pa. Bar Assn., Pa. Conf. of State Trial frmr. mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges Educ. Comm.,
Judges, Amer. Legion; frmr. pres.: Pa. Bar Inst.; apptd. judge, Supreme Ct. Comm. on Rules of Evidence; elected judge,
Court of Common Pleas March 1987, elected 1989, retained Court of Common Pleas 1993, retained 2003, elected pres.
1999; married; 3 children. judge Feb. 2005; married; 1 child.
LEETE, JOHN B. (P.J.–55th District), born in 1945, in LIEBERMAN, STEPHEN B. (23rd District), born in 1952,
Olean, N.Y., son of William I. Leete and Inez L. Impress; Univ. in W. Reading, son of the late Hon. Calvin and A. Jean Lieber-
of Pgh. (B.A.), 1967; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1970; man; Mt. Penn H.S., 1970; Ariz. State Univ. (B.A.), cum
mem.: Amer., Pa. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, laude, 1974; Univ. of Va. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1977; Phi Beta
Amer. Judges Assn., Natl. Cncl. of Juv. & Fam. Ct. Judges, Kappa; frmr. atty.: Calvin Lieberman & Assocs.; frmr. partner:
Pa. Child Death Review Team, Potter Co. Youth Suicide Prev. .C.;
Lieberman & Rothstein, P frmr. asst. sol.: Berks Co.;
Task Force, Yellow Ribbon Teen Suicide Prev. Prog.; past mem.: Pa., Berks Co. Bar Assns., Amer. Trial Lawyers Assn.,
pres.: Coudersport Rotary Club; bd. mem.: Potter Co. Hist. Endlich Law Club, Intl. Olympic Comm. Ct. of Arb. for Sport;
Soc.; part-time fac. mem.: Mansfield Univ.; auth.: “Treatment frmr. mem.: U.S. Olympic Comm. Exec. Bd., Intl. Archery
& Rehabilitation or Hard Time: Is the Focus of Juv. Justice Fed. Exec. Cncl.; past pres.: Natl. Archery Assn., Natl.
Changing?,” 29 Akron Law Review 491, 1996; BSA Good Archery Assn. Found.; elected judge, Court of Common
Turn Awd.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas Feb. 1988, Pleas 1995, retained 2005; nomin. Sept. 14, 2000 to U.S.
elected 1989, retained 1999; married; 3 children. Dist. Ct., E. Dist. of Pa.; married; 2 children.
LERNER, BENJAMIN (1st District), born in 1941, in .
LINEBAUGH, STEPHEN P (19th District), born in 1947,
Philadelphia, son of Albert and the late Esther F. Lerner; Cen- in York, son of Ruth B. and the late Dale W. Linebaugh;
tral H.S., 1958; Brandeis Univ. (B.A.), pol. sci., cum laude, William Penn Sr. H.S., 1965; Univ. of Pgh. (B.A.), 1969;
1962; Univ. of Pa. Law Sch. (LL.B.), magna cum laude, Order Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1972; elected judge, Court
of the Coif, Law Review,1965; frmr. assoc.: Ballard, Spahr, of Common Pleas 1997; married; 2 children.
Andrews & Ingersoll; frmr. dep. atty. gen.: Office of Crim.
LING, THOMAS S. (57th District), born in 1950, in Roar-
Law, Pa. Dept. of Justice; frmr. chief def.: Def. Assn. of Phila.;
ing Spring, son of the late Sheldon E. and Anna L. Ling;
frmr. pres.: Natl. Legal Aid & Def. Assn.; frmr. priv. pract.:
Chestnut Ridge H.S., 1968; Univ. of Pgh.-Johnstown (B.A.),
Dilworth & Paxson LLP; frmr. fellow: Amer. Coll. of Trial
1977; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1980; frmr. U.S. Navy;
Lawyers; mem.: Amer., Phila. Bar Assns.; apptd. judge, Court
asst. dist. atty.; pub. def.; dist. atty.; co. sol.; priv. pract.;
of Common Pleas 1996, reapptd. 1998, elected 1999; 2
mem.: Kiwanis, Bedford Co. Sportsmen, Woolsack Soc.,
children.
Order of the Barristers; elected judge, Court of Common
LESKINEN, STEVE P. (14th District), born in 1953, in Pleas 1999; married; 2 daughters; 2 grandsons.
Gardner, Mass., son of Grace R. and the late Allan O. Leski-
LOBAUGH, OLIVER J. (28th District), born in 1951, in
nen Sr.; Deerfield Acad., 1971; Bucknell Univ. (B.A.), 1975;
Franklin, son of Frank Nichols Lobaugh and Anna Flaherty
Univ. of Pa. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1978; frmr. law clerk: Judge
Lobaugh; Venango Christian H.S., 1969; Duquesne Univ.
Conrad B. Capuzzi; frmr. partner: Leskinen & Cook; frmr. 1st
(B.A.), 1973; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1977; frmr.
asst. dist. atty.: Fayette Co.; frmr. sol.: Dom. Rela. Sect.,
dist. justice; asst. dist. atty./asst. pub. def.: Venango Co.;
Fayette Co., var. twps., bors.; frmr. mem.: Fayette Co. Bar
chair: Crim. Justice Adv. Bd.; charter mem./frmr. bd. mem.:
Assn. (pres. 1991), Pa. Bar Assn., Pa. Trial Lawyer’s Assn;
Colonel Inc.; founding bd. mem.: Oil City Arts Cncl.; mem.:
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Pa., Venango Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; married; 2
married; 2 children. children.
LOKUTA, ANN H. (11th District), born in 1954, in Jenkins LUTTY, PAUL F. JR. (5th District), born in 1945, in Pitts-
Twp., daughter of Peter and Julie Lokuta; Kings Coll. (B.A.), burgh, son of Paul F. Sr. and Rita Lutty; att. St. Vincent Coll.,
maxima cum laude, 1975; Hofstra Univ. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1963-64; Duquesne Univ. (B.A.), 1968; Duquesne Univ.
1979; Sheffield Univ., England; Pro Se law clerk, U.S. Dist. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1972; frmr. Master of Juv. Ct.; frmr.
Ct., Middle Dist. of Pa.; atty.; lect.: Constitutional Law; estab. dir./pub. def.: Juv. Div.; frmr. staff atty./pub. def.; instr.: Pgh.,
priv. pract.; mental health hearing off./sr. trial asst./asst. dist. Allegheny Co. Police Acads.; mem.: Chemical People Corp.
atty.: Luzerne Co.; frmr. sol.: Luzerne Co. Reg. of Wills; asst. Bd.; co-chair: Tri Bor. Crime Comm.; Crime Prev. Officers of
dist. atty.: Lackawanna Co.; mem.: Luzerne Co. (Exec. W. Pa. Cert. of Achiev. Awd.-1989; elected judge, Court of
Comm.-Young Lawyers’ Div.), Lackawanna Co. Bar Assns., Common Pleas 1989, retained 1999; married; 1 son.
Wilkes-Barre Quota Club, NRA, Slovak Cultural Soc. of LYNN, JAMES MURRAY (1st District), born in Philadel-
Hazleton, Gen. Pulaski Found., Women’s Pol. Action Comm. phia, son of Robert Emmet and Catherine Lynn; St. Francis
of NE Pa.; affiliate, Polish Women’s Alliance; frmr. bd. mem.: de Sales Sch.; Upper Darby Sr. H.S., 1965; La Salle Univ.
Penn’s Woods Girl Scout Cncl., Taylor Long-Term Nursing (B.A.), 1970; Loyola Univ. (J.D.), 1973; Natl. Jud. Coll., Gen.
Ctr.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained Juris., 1992; mem.: Ancient Order of Hibernians-Div. 65,
2001. Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Exec. Bd.-St. Patrick’s Day
LONG, GERARD (P.J.–47th District), born in 1939, in Observance Assn. (pres. 1994-96), Brehon Law Soc. (pres.
Johnstown, son of Benedict and Marie Long; Brown Univ. 2006-pres.), K of C, Pinzon Cncl. 904, Schuylkill Navy of
(B.S.), 1963; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1966; frmr. Phila., U.S., Fairmount Rowing Assns., U.S. Rowing Soc.,
dist. atty.: Cambria Co.; elected judge, Court of Common Vesper Boat Club, Loyola Law Review; sr. judge: Honor Code
Pleas 1985, retained 1995, 2005; married; 3 children. Rev. Bd.; fndr.: Brendan Francis Brown Soc. of Intl. Law;
awds.: Amer. Jurisprudence Awd., New Orleans Crim. Cts.
LUCCHINO, FRANK J. (5th District), born in 1939, in Bar Assn. Edwin I. Mahoney Awd., Pa. House of Rep. Cita-
Pittsburgh, son of Dominic A. and Rose M. Lucchino; Taylor tion, Irish Amer. Heritage Month, White House Citation-
Allderdice H.S., 1957; Univ. of Pgh. (B.S.), 1961; Univ. of 1995; deleg.: White House Conf. on Trade & Investment in
Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1964; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. dist. N. Ireland, May 1995; adj. prof.: Fox Sch. of Bus., Temple
just.; frmr. mem.: Pgh. City Cncl.; frmr. controller: Allegheny Univ.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained
Co.; frmr. mem./chair, bd. of trustees:, Carnegie Sci. Ctr.; 2001, Civil Trial Div.
mem./chair/bd. of trustees: Carnegie Libr. of Pgh.; bd. of
MacELREE, JAMES PAUL II (15th District), born in 1947,
trustees: Hist. Soc. of W. Pa.; mem.: Riverlife Task Force,
son of the late William Foxall and Janie-Belle MacElree; West
Carnegie Museums of Pgh., Pa., Allegheny Co. Bar Assns.;
Chester Univ. (B.A.), 1970; Univ. of Md. (J.D.), 1973; frmr.
frmr. mem.: U.S. Natl. Comm. & Libr. & Infr. Sci.; awds.:
atty.; frmr. dist. atty.: Chester Co.; mem.: Pa., Chester Co. Bar
Hist. Makers Awd. for Govt.-2001, Vectors Pgh. Man of the
Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Pa., Natl. Dist. Attys.
Yr. in Law & Govt.-2000, League of Women voters of Gtr.
Assns. (pres. 1989-90), Assn. of Trial Lawyers of Amer.,
Pgh. Good Govt.-1998; elected judge, Court of Common Amer. Coll. of Prosecuting Attys., Rotary, BSA; lect.: Pa. State
Pleas 1999; adm. judge-Orphans’ Ct. Div.; married; 3 chil- Police-Del. Co. Police Sch., West Chester Univ., Mont-
dren; 5 grandchildren. gomery Co. Commun. Coll., Pa. Dist. Attys. Assn., Fam. Law
LUDGATE, LINDA K.M. (23rd District), born in 1942, in Sect.-Pa. Bar Assn.; PBA Moot Ct. Judge; apptd. judge,
Rochester, N.Y.; Alvernia Coll. (B.A.), magna cum laude, Court of Common Pleas Dec. 1992, elected 1993, retained
1977; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1980; mem.: Pa., 2003; apptd. to Judicial Conduct Bd. 1996; married; 1 child.
Berks Co. Bar Assns., Intl., Natl. Assns. of Women Judges, MACHEN, DONALD E. (5th District), born in 1947, in
Steering Comm.-Women in Crisis & People Against Pittsburgh, son of Morris and Helen Machen; Taylor
Rape/Crime Victims Ctr.; awds.: The World Who’s Who of Allderdice H.S., 1965; Univ. of Pgh. (B.S.), 1969, (D.M.D.),
Women, 12th ed., 1994-95, YWCA Trendsetter Awd.-1990, 1972, (M.S.D.), 1976; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.),
Alvernia Coll. Ellen Frei Gruber Alumni Svc. Awd.-1987, magna cum laude, 1987; Univ. of Chicago (M.B.A.), 2001;
Temple Univ. Barristers’ Awd.-1980; initiated “Meet Your Univ. of Health Sciences (M.D.), 2004, (CFA), 2005; ortho-
Judges” forums in Pa.; Justice Wm. Strong Amer. Inn of Ct.; dontist; chief magistrate: City of Pgh.; adj. law prof.:
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1989, retained 1999; Duquesne Univ.; assoc. orth. prof.: Case Western Univ.;
married; 4 children; 5 grandchildren. mem.: Pa., Allegheny Co., Amer. Bar Assns., Amer. Dental
LUNSFORD, BRADLEY P (49th District), born in 1964, in
. ,
Assn., PDA, DSWP Amer. Assn. of Orthodontists, Great Lakes
Clearfield, son of Gene and Ruth Lunsford; Clearfield H.S., Soc. of Orthodontists, Amer. Bd. of Orthodontics, Omicron
1982; Penn State. Univ. (B.S.) pub. svc., 1986; Duquense Kappa Upsilon, Dental Honor Soc.; elected judge, Court of
Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1989; frmr. atty.: Centre Co. Pub. Common Pleas 1995.
Def. Office; frmr. prosecutor: Centre Co. Dist. Atty. Office; MADENSPACHER, JOSEPH C. (2nd District), born in
frmr. assoc. atty.: Goodall & Assoc.; of cnsl.: Goodall and 1945, in Easton, son of Elizabeth A. and the late Joseph P .
Yurchak; past pres.: St. Coll. BPOE 1600; bd. mem.: The Madenspacher; Easton Area H.S., 1963; Penn State Univ.
Second Mile; mem./past pres.: Ldrshp. Centre Co.; St. Coll. (B.S.), 1967; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1972; frmr.
Police Dept. Outst. Citizenship Awd.-1993; St. Coll. Jaycees U.S. Army; frmr. staff atty.: Sm. Bus Adm.; frmr. asst. dist.
Outst. Young Lawyer of the Yr.-1991; Natl. Assn. for Com- atty.; frmr. dist. atty.; mem.: Pa., Lancaster Bar Assns.;
mun. Ldrshp. Disting. Ldrshp. Awd.-2000; frmr. mem.: Fer- elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1999; married; 1
guson Twp. Zoning Bd., Centre Region Magis. Dist. Judge; child.
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MAHON, WILLIAM P. (15th District), born in 1953, in MARSILI, ANTHONY G. (10th District), born in 1951, in
Glen Cove, New York, son of William L. and Grace J. Mahon; Greensburg, son of Joseph J. and Yolanda Marsili; Jeannette
Chaminade H.S., 1971; Fordham Univ. (B.A.), 1975; Univ. of H.S.; Indiana Univ. of Pa. (B.A.), 1973; Duquesne Univ. Sch.
Dayton Law Sch. (J.D.), 1979; frmr. fed. law clerk: Hon. of Law (J.D.), 1978; frmr. priv. pract.:, Driscoll & Marsili;
Robert A. Steinberg; frmr. gen. pract.; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Westmoreland Co.; frmr. partner: Mears
Chester Co.; frmr. partner: Lamb, Windle & McErlane, P .C.; & Smith; mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Pa., West-
mem.: Pa., Chester Co. Bar Assns.; elected judge, Court of moreland Co. Bar Assns.; elected judge, Court of Common
Common Pleas 1999; married. Pleas 1999, Family Ct. Sec. (2000-pres.), Dom. Rela. Pro-
cedural Rules Comm.; married; 2 children.
MAIER, EUGENE EDWARD J. (1st District); Temple Univ.
(B.S.), 1968; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1971; frmr. MARTIN, WILLIAM J. (P .J.–40th District), born in 1954,
city comm.: Phila. (chair 1979-81); mem.: Phila., Pa., Amer. in Kingston; Wash. & Jefferson Coll., 1976; Ohio Northern
Bar Assns., Brehon Law Soc., John Peter Zenger Law Soc., Sch. of Law, 1978; frmr. asst. dist. atty./dist. atty.: Indiana
Temple Law Alumni, Irish Soc., Phila. Urban League, Amer. Co.; frmr. atty.: Miller, Miller & Martin; sol.: Conemaugh
Cath. Hist. Soc., K of C; Temple Univ. honor awd.; auth., “The Twp., Brush Valley Twp., Indiana Co. Housing Auth.; mem.:
Presidential Franchise,” Temple Law Quarterly, sev. voter Amer., Pa., Indiana Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Trial Lawyers Assn.,
regis. bills & prog.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas Pa. Dist. Attys. Assn.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas
1981, retained 1991, 2001; 4 children; 12 grandchildren. June 1991, elected Nov. 1991, retained 2001, apptd. pres.
judge Sept. 1998; married; 4 children.
MANCINI, RICHARD (36th District), born in 1954, in Ell-
MASCARA, MARK EDWARD (27th District), born in
wood City, son of Robert and Ida Mancini; Beaver Falls H.S.,
1956, in Charleroi, son of Frank and Dolores Mascara;
1972; Univ. of Louisville (B.S.C.), acct., 1976; Ohio Northern
Charleroi H.S.; Wash. & Jefferson Coll. (B.A.), econ., hon-
Univ. (J.D.), 1979; frmr. intern: Bur. of Alcohol, Tobacco &
ors, 1978; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1981; frmr.
Firearms; frmr. assoc. atty.: Bernard Haffey & Bosco L.P .A.;
law clerk: Pa. Supreme Ct.; frmr. sr. staff atty.: Pa. Bd. of
frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. head varsity football coach: Beaver Claims; frmr. priv. pract.; bd. of trustees: ATO Frat.-Wash. &
Falls H.S.; taught constitutional law: Geneva Coll.; v. pres.: Jefferson Coll.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2003;
New Brighton Christ. Assem. Bd. of Deacons; mem.: Pa., married; 4 children.
Beaver Co. Bar Assns.; bd. of dir.: Beaver Co. YMCA, Black-
hawk Found.; Parkway Conf. Coach of the Yr.-1993; selected MASSIAH-JACKSON, FREDERICA A. (1st District), born
for induction into Beaver Co. Sports Hall of Fame-2007; in 1950, in Philadelphia, daughter of Frederick and Edith
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2003; married; 5 Massiah; Chestnut Hill Coll. (A.B.), 1971; Univ. of Pa. Law
children. Sch. (J.D.), 1974; mem.: Pa., Phila. Bar Assns., Barrister’s
Assn., Lawyers Club, Univ. of Pa. Law Sch. Alumni Bd. of
MANFREDI, WILLIAM J. (1st District), born in 1943, in Mgrs., Alpha Kappa Alpha; bd. mem.: Chestnut Hill Coll.,
Philadelphia, son of William and Antoinette Manfredi; Univ. Scribe Video Ctr., Phila. Tribune Charities; frmr. chief cnsl.:
of Pa. (B.A.), 1965, (J.D.), 1968; mem.: Pa., Phila. Bar Assn., Comm. to Investigate Bus. Closings, Pa. Senate Ins. Comm.;
Pa. Bar Inst., Def. Inst. of Phila., Phila. Trial Lawyers Assn.; awds.: Phila. Naval Base M.L. King Humanitarian Awd.-1989,
Amer. Bd. of Trial Advoc., Natl. Ctr. for State Cts., AEI-Brook- Zeta Phi Beta Woman of the Yr.- 1987, J.R. Masterman Sch.
ings Jt. Ctr. for Regu. Studies; judicial adv. bd.: AEI-Brook- Disting. Alumna-1985, Ital.-Amer. Press Club-1984, Jaycees
ings Judicial Educ. Prog.; past master: Amer. Inn of Ct.; Outst. Young Ldr. of Phila.-1983; frmr. Wharton Sch. Com-
apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas June 1983, elected mun. Ldrshp. Seminar Prog.; elected judge, Court of Com-
Nov. 1983, retained 1993, 2003, supv. judge, Trial Div.-Civil. mon Pleas 1983, retained 1993, 2003, elected pres. judge
Dec. 2000-2006; married; 2 children.
MANNING, JEFFREY A. (5th District), born in 1947, in
Pittsburgh, son of Richard D. and Ruth Manning; Dickinson MASSON, RICHARD A. (P .J.–59th District), born in 1954,
Coll. (B.A.), 1969; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1972; in Orange, N.J., son of Jean and the late George Masson; St.
frmr. capt.: U.S. Army Reserves; frmr. asst. dist. atty.; frmr. Mary’s Area H.S., 1972; Univ. of Pgh. (B.A.), hist./pol. sci.,
litig. cnsl.: U.S. Dept. of Justice; frmr. asst. U.S. atty./1st magna cum laude, 1976; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.),
asst. U.S. atty.; frmr. sr. litig. cnsl.:, U.S. Dept. of Justice; adj. 1980; frmr. partner: Houston & Masson; frmr. shareholder:
law prof.: Duquesne Univ.; comm.: Pa. Comm. on Sentenc- .C.;
Fernan, Whitney & Masson P frmr. Law Offices of Richard
ing; mem.: Pa., Allegheny Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State A. Masson; trustee: Stackpole-Hall Found., Univ. of Pgh.-
Trial Judges; frmr. gov.: Allegheny Co. Bar Assn.; master: Bradford Adv. Bd.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas
Pgh. Chap.-Amer. Inns of Ct.; apptd. judge, Court of Com- Aug. 2002, commissioned Feb. 2003, elected Nov. 2003.
mon Pleas April 1988, elected 1989, retained 1999. MATTHEWS, ROBERT J. (1st District), born in Philadel-
MARIANI, ANTHONY M. (5th District); elected judge, phia; La Salle Coll. H.S.; La Salle Univ. (B.S.), 1959; Temple
Court of Common Pleas 2005. Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1971; lect., fam. law: Dickinson
Sch. of Law; frmr. clerk/staff atty.: Warner & McCormack; law
MARK, JONATHAN (43rd District), born in 1963, in frmr. clerk: Phila. Ct. of Common Pleas; frmr. asst., legal
N.Y.C., son of David and the late Ella Jean Mark; Stroudsburg dept.: McNeill Lab. Inc.; frmr. priv. pract.; fellow: Amer. Acad.
H.S., 1981; Lehigh Univ. (B.A.), govt., 1985; Dickinson Sch. of Matrimonial Lawyers; mem.: Amer., Pa., Phila., Bucks Co.
of Law (J.D.), cum laude, 1988; frmr. atty.: George W. West- Bar Assns., Amer., Phila., Pa. Trial Lawyers Assns., St.
enelt, Jr., Esq.; frmr. corp. cnsl.: Resorts USA Inc.; mem.: Pa. Thomas More Soc., Brehon Soc., Natl. Acad. Elder Law Atty.,
Trial Judges; frmr. law clerk: Honor. Ronald E. Vican, Court of Phi Alpha Delta, Sons of Italy, Roxboraugh Lodge; admitted to
Common Pleas, Monroe Co.; elected judge, Court of Com- pract.: U.S., Pa. Supreme Cts., U.S. Dist. Ct. for E. Dist. of
mon Pleas 2005; married; 2 children. Pa., U.S. Third Circuit Ct. of Appeals, U.S. Ct. of Appeals
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(Fed. Circuit); apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas 1998, 1973; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1985, retained
elected 1999; married 50 yrs.; 2 children; 3 grandchildren. 1995, 2005, adm. judge, Crim. Div.; 3 children.
MAZUR, LEE J. (5th District), born in 1939, in Tarentum, McFADDEN, FRANCES PAULA KIMBERLY (3rd District),
son of George C. Mazur and Amelia R. Lascek; St. Vincent’s born in Allentown, daughter of Francis D. and Emmie
Coll. (B.A.), 1961; W. Va. Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1964; McFadden; Bryn Mawr Coll., cum laude, 1974; Villanova
frmr. U.S. Army Reserves; frmr. dist. just.; prof.: crim. jus- Univ. Sch. of Law, 1978; frmr. pub. def.: Northampton Co.;
tice, paralegal progs., Commun. Coll. of Allegheny Co.; mem.: Northampton Co., Lehigh Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of
mem.: Allegheny Co. Bar Assn., Pa. Conf. of State Trial State Trial Judges; adv. bd. mem.: Allentown Coll., Proj. of
Judges, Natl. Coll. of Probate Judges, Adm. of Crim. Justice. Easton, Lehigh Valley Task Force Against Sexual Abuse,
Adv. Bd., Commun. Coll. of Allegheny Co., St. John the Bapt. Northampton Commun. Coll. Adult Literacy Prog., Celtic Fest
Ch.; bd. of dir.: Plum Sr. Commun. Ctr.; Plum Bor. Citizen of Inc., Banana Factory Cncl.; frmr. mem.: YWCA Comm. on
the Yr.-1984; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1989, Status of Women; past. pres.: Women Lawyers of Lehigh Val-
retained 1999, Orphans’ Ct. Div., Civil Div., Crim. Div., Fam. ley; frmr. asst. Girl Scout leader; frmr. bd. of dir.: Ballet Guild
Div.; married; 3 children. of Lehigh Valley, Cedar Crest Coll. Crim. Justice Adv. Bd.;
alumni interviewer: Bryn Mawr Coll.; awds.: YWCA Pub. Ser-
MAZZOLA, WILLIAM J. (1st District), born in 1945, in vant of the Yr.-1998, TRACC (Two Rivers Area C of C) Athena
Philadelphia, son of Donato G. and Catherine Mazzola; St. Awd.-1990; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas March
Joseph’s Univ. (B.S.), 1966; Villanova Univ. (M.A.), 1967; 1988, elected 1989, retained 1999; married; 1 child.
Univ. of Baltimore (J.D.), 1970; frmr. U.S. Army Reserves;
McGINLEY, CAROL K. (31st District), born in 1948, in
atty.; mem.: Phila., Pa. Bar Assns., Phila. Trial Lawyers Assn.,
Evanston, Ill., daughter of John Carroll and Maria Kavanagh;
Justinian Soc., Comm. on Social Justice (OSIA), Gov’s Adv.
Manhattanville Coll. (B.A.), 1970; Georgetown Univ. (J.D.),
Bd. Woodhaven Ctr. (MH/MR); bd. of mgrs.: NE YMCA;
1973; frmr. chair: Pa. Bd. of Law Examiners; past pres.: Pa.
trustee: Sons of Italy; past pres.: Gtr. Phila. Chap.-UNICO
Conf. of State Trial Judges; mem.: Pa., Lehigh Co., D.C. Bar
Natl.; lect.: Holy Fam. Univ.; elected judge, Court of Com- Assns., Juv. Ct. Judges’ Comm.; frmr. mem.: Ct. of Judicial
mon Pleas 1981, retained 1991, 2001; married; 3 children. Discipline, Juv. Ct. Proc. Rules Comm., Judicial Cncl.;
MAZZONI, ROBERT ANGELO (45th District), born in elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1985, retained 1995,
1948, in Peckville, son of Caroline and the late Angelo Maz- 2005; 3 children.
zoni; Archbald H.S., 1966; George Wash. Univ. (B.A.), educ., McINERNEY, PATRICIA (1st District), born in 1952; Col-
1970; St. Mary’s Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1974; frmr. E-4: gate Univ. (B.A.), (M.A.); Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.);
Army Natl. Guard; frmr. priv. pract.; mem.: Pa., Amer., Lack- elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005.
awanna Co. Bar Assns.; apptd. judge, Court of Common
Pleas July 2001, elected Nov. 2001; married. MEANS, RAYFORD A. (1st District), born in 1951, in
Charlotte, N.C., son of the late Wilbur C. and Manie Means;
McBRIDE, JOHN D. (36th District), born in 1947, in New Winston-Salem State Univ. (B.S.), 1973; Univ. of N.C.-Char-
Brighton, son of David W. and Edna M. McBride; Rochester lotte (M.Ed.), 1975; N.C. Central Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1979;
H.S., 1965; Indiana Univ. of Pa. (B.A.), criminology, 1969; educator: Mecklenberg Co.; dep. dist. atty.: Phila.; prof.: W.
Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1972; frmr. capt.: U.S. Chester Univ.; mem.: var. Masonic bodies, civic, sch., char-
Army; frmr. sol.: Rochester Bor., Greene Twp., Rochester Area itable orgs.; speaker, writer, 20+pub. (portion of proceeds
Sch. Dist., Freedom Area Sch. Dist., Rochester Area Bus. donated to breast cancer research); apptd. judge, Court of
Improvement Auth., Housing Auth. of Beaver Co.; Beaver Co. Common Pleas 1992, elected 1993, retained 2003.
Juv. Ct. Master; admitted to pract.: Beaver Co., Pa., U.S. Dist.
MELLON, ROBERT J. (7th District), born in Philadelphia,
Cts.; mem.: Beaver Co., Pa. Bar Assns., Amer. Judicature son of Thomas E. Mellon and Honor. K. McCormack; St.
Soc., Amer. Legion; frmr. bd. mem./pres.: Midwest Pa. James H.S., 1969; La Salle Univ. (B.S.), 1973; Suffolk Univ.
Chap.-Muscular Dystrophy Assn., Beaver Co. YMCA; elected Law Sch. (J.D.), 1977; frmr. assoc.: Prusko & Silverman; adj.
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1997; married; 3 children. faculty: Rutger Univ. Law Sch.; frmr. shareholder/partner:
McCORMICK, RICHARD E. JR. (10th District), born in Mellon, Webster & Mellon; apptd. judge, Court of Common
1950, in Greensburg, son of the late Hon. Richard E. and Pleas July 1992, elected 2001; married; 3 children.
Beatrice McCormick; Duquesne Univ. (B.S.), 1972; MILLER, CHARLES M. (21st District), born in 1949, in
Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), cum laude, 1980; frmr. Frackville, son of Francis J. and Rosalie G. Miller; Immacu-
pub. def.: Westmoreland Co.; frmr. sol.: City of Greensburg; late Heart H.S., 1967; Penn State Univ. (B.S.), econ., cum
mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; coach: Greensburg laude, 1971; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1974; frmr.
Salem H.S. Mock Trial Team; apptd. judge, Court of Common gen. partner: Rubright, Domalakes, Troy & Miller; frmr. asst.
Pleas 1990, elected 1991, retained 2001; married; 2 chil- dist. atty.: Schuylkill Co.; frmr. guardian ad litem for minor
dren. children: Schuylkill Co. Child. & Youth Svcs.; frmr. sol.:
McCUNE, TIMOTHY F. (50th District), born in 1956, in Schuylkill Co. Prothonotary; mem.: Pa. Bar Assn., Pa. Trial
Butler, son of Richard and Louise McCune; Butler H.S., 1974; Lawyers’ Assn., Pa. Sch. Bd. Sol. Assn., Pa. State Assn. of
Grove City Coll. (B.A.), pol. sci., 1978; Univ. of Akron Law Bor. Sol., K of C, BPOE, TPA, A.O.H., St. Thomas More Soc.,
Schuylkill Co. Hist. Soc., Order of Angels, BSA; mediator:
(J.D.), 1981; frmr. dist. atty.: Butler Co.; elected judge, Court
Bur. of Mediation; child advocate: Pa. Bar Assn. Directory of
of Common Pleas 2005; married; 1 son.
Child Advocates; bd. mem.: Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Penn
McDANIEL, DONNA JO (5th District), born in 1946, in State-Schuylkill Capital Coll.; past pres.: Frackville Rotary;
Sewickley, daughter of Jo and the late Donald McDaniel; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2001; married; 2
Muskingum Coll. (B.A.), 1968; Ohio Northern Univ. (J.D.), children.
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MILLER, GORDON R. (P .J.–30th District), born in 1941; (A.B.), English, cum laude, 1960; Univ. of Pa. Law Sch.
Allegheny Coll. (B.A.), 1962; Case Western Reserve Univ. (LL.B.), 1963; capt.: JAG Corps, U.S. Naval Reserve; elected
(J.D.), 1966; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1989, judge, Court of Common Pleas 2001; married; 4 children.
retained 1999. MORROW, KATHY ANN (41st District), born in 1954, in
MILLER, LINDA WALLACH (43rd District), born in 1947, New York City; Milford H.S., 1972; Susquehanna Univ.
in McSherrystown, daughter of the late Bernard J. and Mar- (B.A.), soc., 1976; Tulane Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), cum
guerite Topper Wallach; Marywood Coll. (B.A.), 1969; Vil- laude, 1982; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas June
lanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1972; frmr. priv. pract.; asst. 2004; married; 3 children.
dist. atty.; mem.: Monroe Co. (pres. 1983-84), Pa. (co-chair, MOSS, SANDRA MAZER (1st District), born in 1942, in
Law Related Educ. Comm.), Amer. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of Vineland, N.J., daughter of Marvin Ralph and Sylvia Mazer;
State Trial Judges (pres. 1998-99, chair: Long Range Plan. Temple Univ. (B.S.), 1964; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.),
Comm., mem.: Educ. Comm.), Natl. Assn. of Women 1975; frmr. dep. city sol.; frmr. cnsl.: Mayor’s Comm. for
Judges, AAUW, LWV; awds.: Marywood Univ. Bus./Prof. Women; mem.: Phila. (Bd. of Govs.), Amer. Bar Assns., Anti-
Achiev. Awd.-2006, Scranton-Pocono Girl Scout Cncl. Dist- Def. League Civil Rights Div., Phila. Trial Lawyers Assn., Tau
ing. Woman, Mt. Pocono BPW Woman of the Yr., Women Epsilon Rho, Fed. of Jewish Agencies; bd. mem.: Temple
Who Made Hist. in Monroe Co., Monroe NAACP Commun. Univ. Legal Aid Soc.; found. mem./chair: State Judges Mass
Svc. Awd.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991, Tort Litig. Comm.; fac. mem.: Natl. Judicial Coll.; frmr. edu-
retained 2001; married. cator: Temple Univ. Sch. of Law, Widener Univ. Law Sch.;
MILLIRON, DANIEL J. (24th District), born in 1955, in ed./adv. bd.: State/Federal Judicial Observer; adv. comm.:
Altoona, son of Zita (O’Friel) and the late John Milliron; Bish- Geo. Wash. Univ.’s Law & Sci. Proj.; awds.: WIP-AM Outst.
op Guilfoyle H.S.; Univ. of Pgh. (B.A.); Ohio North. Sch. of Woman of Del. Valley, Phila. Mag. Outst. Women Lawyers,
Law (J.D.); frmr. Blair Co. Ct.; elected judge, Court of Com- first woman major trial atty.-city sol. off.; elected judge,
mon Pleas 2005; married; 4 children. Court of Common Pleas 1983, retained 1993, 2003; married;
2 children.
MINEHART, JEFFREY B. (1st District), born in 1947, in
Philadelphia, son of John R. and the late Margaret M. Mine- MOTT, JOHN C. (42nd District), born in 1955, in LeRoy
hart; Germantown Friends Sch., 1965; Temple Univ. (B.A.), Twp., Bradford Co., son of Charles S. and H. Grace Mott;
pol. sci., 1969; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976; frmr. Mansfield Univ. (B.A.), 1977; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.),
asst. dist. atty.: Phila (chief, major trial unit, 1986-90); frmr. 1980; frmr. Vineski, Brann, Williams, Caldwell & Mott; frmr.
assoc.: Deasey, Scanlan & Bender Ltd.; frmr. partner: Powell Rep. committeeman; frmr. chair: Bradford Co. Rep. Comm.;
& Minehart, P mem.: Brehon Law Society; mem./past
.C.; adj. prof.: Dept. of Crim. Justice Adm.-Mansfield Univ.;
pres.: John Peter Zenger Law Soc.; apptd. judge, Court of mem.: Pa., Bradford Co. Bar Assns., Amer. Judicature Soc.,
Common Pleas Feb. 2003, elected Nov. 2003; married; 2 BPOE, Ch. of Christ (Disciples of Christ), Loyal Order of
children. Moose, F&AM, Wheel Inn Inc., Hamilton Club Inc.; frmr.
mem.: Ethics Comm.-Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; frmr.
MINORA, CARMEN D. (45th District); Scranton Central bd. mem.: Troy Commun. Hosp. Inc., NyPenn Health Sys.
H.S., 1970; Univ. of Scranton (B.S.), cum laude, 1974; att. Agency; bd. mem.: Mansfield Found. Inc.; awds.: Who’s Who
Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law, 1974-75; Dickinson Sch. of Among Amer. Law, Who’s Who in Soc.; elected judge, Court
Law (J.D.), 1977; att. Temple Univ. Sch. of Law, 1977 (post of Common Pleas 1987, retained 1997; married; 3 children.
grad.); frmr. law clerk: Judge Edwin M. Kosik; frmr. dist. just.:
Central Scranton Office 45-1-02; adj. prof.: Univ. of Scran- MOTTO, DOMINICK (P .J.–53rd District), born in 1949, in
ton; frmr. bd. of trustees: Dickinson Sch. of Law; mem.: New Castle, son of Lidia Antonacci Motto and the late
Alpha Sigma Nu, Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Alpha Theta, Pi Sigma Dominick Motto; Univ. of Pgh. (B.S.), 1971; Univ. of Akron
Alpha; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1995; 2 sons. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1974; frmr. asst. pub. def.: Lawrence Co.;
frmr. sol.: New Castle Area Sch. Dist., Lawrence Co. Area Vo-
MOORE, BERNARD A. (38th District), born in 1945, in Tech Sch., South New Castle Bor.; frmr. partner: Balph,
Bryn Mawr, son of J. Alan and Mary Moore; Temple Univ. .C.;
Nicolls, Mitsos, Flannery & Motto, P mem.: Amer., Pa.,
(B.S.), 1967; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1970; frmr. Lawrence Co. Bar Assns.; pres.: Pa. Assn. for Retarded Citi-
asst. dist. atty.: Montgomery Co.; frmr. sch. dir.: Colonial zens; bd. mem.: United Way of Lawrence Co.; apptd. judge,
Sch. Dist.; frmr. Bor. of Conshohocken; frmr. sol.: Mont- Court of Common Pleas Jan. 1995, elected Nov. 1995,
gomery Co. Bd. of Assess. Appeals; mem.: Amer., Pa., Mont- retained 2005; married; 3 sons.
gomery Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges;
MULLIGAN, KATHLEEN R. (5th District), born in 1954, in
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1989, retained 1999.
Pittsburgh, daughter of Josephine Mulligan Rist and the late
MORAN, WILLIAM F. (3rd District), born in 1943, in Buf- Thomas M. Mulligan; Bucknell Univ. (B.A.), 1976; Univ. of
falo, N.Y., son of William F. Sr. and Margaret L. Moran; Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1979; frmr. staff atty./housing unit;
Georgetown Univ. (B.A.), 1964; Univ. of Chicago (J.D.), chief: Neigh. Legal Svc. Assn.; mem.: Pa., Allegheny Co. Bar
1967; frmr. capt.: U.S. Army; frmr. mem.-at-large: Assns., Natl. Assn. of Women Judges, Univ. of Pgh. Law
Northampton Co. Cncl.; frmr. sol.: Northampton Co.; mem.: Alumni, Womens’ Bar Assn. of W. Pa., L.A.O.H., I.S.D.A.;
Juv. Ct. Sect.-Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Amer., Pa., elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1993, retained 2003;
Northampton Co. Bar Assns.; bd. mem.: Hist. Bethlehem married; 2 children.
Partnership; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas April
MUNDY, HUGH F. (11th District), born in 1940, in Brook-
1987, elected 1989, retained 1999.
lyn, N.Y., son of Hugh A. and Jean T. Mundy; King’s Coll.
MORGAN, WILLIAM F. (P .J.–37th District), born in 1939, (A.B.), 1962; Univ. of Notre Dame Law Sch. (J.D.), 1969;
in Meadville; Youngsville H.S., 1956; Univ. of Notre Dame U.S. Navy, 1962-66; priv. pract.; mem.: Amer., Pa. Bar
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Assns., Pa. Trial Lawyer’s Assn., Assn. of Trial Lawyers of def./dist. atty.: Columbia Co.; frmr. sole pract./gen. pract.;
Amer., Wilkes-Barre Law & Libr. Assn., Pa. Def. Inst.; apptd. mem.: Columbia Co., Montour Co., Pa. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf.
judge, Court of Common Pleas July 1991, elected Nov. of State Trial Judges, Christian Legal Soc., Amer. Cancer
1991, retained 2001; married; 2 children. Soc., Heart Fund, Kiwanis Club, Elks Club; elected judge,
MUNLEY, THOMAS J. (45th District), born in 1946, in Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001; pres. judge
Scranton, son of the late John and Geraldine Munley; Jessup Jan. 2000; married; 2 children.
H.S., 1964; E. Strouds. Univ. (B.S.), hist./govt., 1968; Loyola NEALON, TERRENCE R. (45th District), born in 1959, in
Univ. (J.D.), 1974; frmr. E-4: U.S. Army; frmr. elem. teacher: Scranton, son of U.S. Dist. Judge William J. and Jean
Jessup H.S. Dist.; mem.: Amer. Legion, VFW; awds.: Bronze Nealon; Univ. of Scranton (B.S.), 1981; Dickinson Sch. of
Star for Meritorious Svc., Combat Infantry Badge; elected Law (J.D.), 1984, natl. champ., ATLA Stud. Trial Advocacy
judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; married, 3 children. Comp., 1984; admitted to pract.: U.S., Pa. Supreme Cts.,
MUROSKI, CHESTER B. (11th District); King’s Coll.; U.S. Dist. Ct. Middle, E. Dist. of Pa., U.S. Ct. of Appeals for
Temple Univ. Sch. of Law; frmr. dist. atty.; elected judge, 3rd Circuit; mem.: Educ. Comm.-Pa. Conf. of State Trial
Court of Common Pleas 1981, retained 1991, 2001. Judges, Civil Bench Book Comm., Pa., NE Pa. Trial Lawyers’
Assns., Civil Litig. Cncl.-Pa. Bar Assn.; civil trial specialist:
MURPHY, MARGARET THERESA (1st District), born in Natl. Bd. of Trial Advocacy; awds.: Pa. Trial Lawyers’ Assn.
1952, in Philadelphia, daughter of Madeline and the late Pres. Awd.-1999, Lackawanna Bar Assn. Pres. Awd.-1995;
Judge Jos. T. Murphy; Mt. Saint Joseph Acad., 1970; Chest- apptd. judge, Court of Commom Pleas 1998, elected 1999;
nut Hill Coll. (B.A.), 1974; Widener Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), married; 3 children.
1977; Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law (LL.M.), taxation, 1984;
frmr. law clerk/chief support/divorce master/ct. adm.: Phila. NEW, ARNOLD LOUIS (1st District), born in Philadelphia,
Fam. Ct.; mem.: Pa., Phila. Bar Assns.; frmr. dir.: DRAP; bd. son of Marvin and Beatrice New; Gettysburg Coll. (B.A.),
mem.: Jefferson Health Sys., Frankford Health Care Sys., 1970; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1973; frmr. capt.: U.S.
CORA; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas 2003, apptd. Army; bd. of mgrs.: Assoc. Alumni of Cent. H.S. of Phila.;
supv. judge, Dom. Rela. Div./Fam. Ct. 2006; 3 children. apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas June 1990, elected
1991, retained 2001; married; 3 children.
NAGLE, RONALD C. (15th District), born in West Chester;
St. Joseph’s Univ., 1962; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law, 1965; NICHOLAS, WILLIAM T. (38th District), born in 1938, in
frmr. U.S. Dept. of Justice; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. law clerk: New York City, son of the late James and Anastasia Nicholas;
late pres. judge Thomas C. Gawthrop; frmr. master: Chester City Coll. of N.Y. (B.A.), 1961; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law
Co. Mental Health, Chester Co. Juv. Ct.; frmr. mem./var. (LL.B.), 1964; lawyer; admitted to pract.: U.S. Supreme Ct.,
offices: Chester Co. Bar Assn.; frmr. pres.: Chester Co. Bar U.S. Ct. of Appeals, U.S. Dist. Ct., Pa. Supreme and Superi-
Found.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas Feb. 2005, or Cts.; assoc. ed.: Temple Law Quarterly; chief justice: Moot
elected Nov. 2005. Ct.; frmr. asst. dist. atty./1st asst. dist. atty./dist. atty.: Mont-
gomery Co.; frmr. lect.: Montgomery Co. Commun. Coll.;
NALITZ, WILLIAM R. (13th District), born in 1944, in lect.: Pa. State Police, Montgomery Co. Police Chiefs Assn.;
Pittsburgh, son of the late Stanley R. Jr. and Clare Nalitz; mem.: Pa., Montgomery Co. Bar Assns., Order of AHEPA, St.
Georgetown Univ. (A.B.), 1966; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law Sophia Gr. Ch., Montgomery Co. Hist. Soc., Police Chiefs
(J.D.), 1973; frmr. 1st lt.: Vietnam, U.S. Army; frmr. agent: Assn.; awds.: Pa. Co. Detectives’ Assn. Disting. Svc. Awd.,
Pa. Bd. Prob. & Parole; frmr. atty.; frmr. sol.: Greene Co.; .
F.O.P Disting. Svc. Awd.; elected judge, Court of Common
mem.: St. Ann RC Ch., Lions; elected judge, Court of Com- Pleas 1979, retained 1989, 1999, pres. judge 1992-97; mar-
mon Pleas 1997; married; 3 children. ried; 2 children.
NANOVIC, ROGER N. (P .J.–56th District), born in 1954, NICKLEACH, JOSEPH A. (P.J.–33rd District), born in
in Allentown, son of Roger N. and Geraldine Nanovic; 1940, son of Steve and Elizabeth Nickleach; St. Vincent Coll.
Palmerton Area H.S., 1972; Univ. of Notre Dame (B.S.), pre- (B.S.), 1962; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1966; Natl.
professional, cum laude, 1976; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), Judicial Coll., 1988; frmr. dist. atty./sol.: Armstrong Co.;
1979; atty.: Nanovic Law Offices; apptd. judge, Court of mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Pa., Armstrong Co. Bar
Common Pleas Aug. 2001, elected Nov. 2001, apptd. pres.
Assns., Frat. Order of Eagles, BPOE, Slovak Cath. Union; Ford
judge Jan. 2005; married; 3 children.
City Area Hall of Fame awd.-1987; elected judge, Court of
NAUHAUS, LESTER G. (5th District), born in 1943, in Common Pleas 1987, retained 1997, elected pres. judge
Pittsburgh, son of the late Ruth Litman and Herman H. 1992; married; 3 children.
Nauhaus; Taylor Allderdice H.S., 1961; Univ. of Colo. (B.A.),
NILON, JAMES F. JR. (32nd District), born in 1949, in
1965; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1968; dir.:
Upper Darby, son of the late James F. and Doreen D. Nilon;
Allegheny Co. Pub. Def. Off.; past pres.: Pub. Def. Assn.; bd.
Archmere Acad., 1967; Widener Univ. (B.S.), econ., 1972;
mem.: Pa. Assn. of Crim. Def. Lawyers; mem.: Pa. Crim.
Widener Univ. Law Sch. (J.D.), Law Review, Moot Ct. Hon.
Rules Comm., Allegheny Co. Bar Assn.; counselor: Amer.
Soc., 1978; frmr. partner: Robbins, Toger and Nilon; frmr.
Inns of Ct.; adj. prof.: Duquesne Univ.; annual speaker: P.B.I.
sole pract.: James Nilon Jr.; mem.: Pa. Bar Assn., Pa. State
Crim. Law Symposium; A.B.A. Task Force: Spec. Function of
Trial Judges Assn.; frmr. Magis. Dist. Judge; elected judge,
the Trial Judge; awds: Pub. Def. Assn. of Pa. Gideon Awd.,
Court of Common Pleas 2005; married.
Pa. Assn. of Crim. Def. Lawyers Liberty Awd.; married; 2 chil-
dren; 3 grandsons. OBER, WILLIAM (10th District); elected judge, Court of
Common Pleas 1997.
NAUS, SCOTT W. (P .J.–26th District), born in 1950, in
Berwick, son of Wayne and Wilma Naus; Albright Coll. (A.B.), O’BRIEN, W. TERRENCE (5th District), born in 1950, in
1972; Widener Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1977; frmr. pub. Pittsburgh, son of the late William J. O’Brien and Margaret
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Walsh; Duquesne Univ. (B.A.), 1972; Duquesne Univ. Sch. 1975; Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1978; frmr. asst.
of Law (J.D.), 1975; frmr. instr.: Robt. Morris Coll.; frmr. legal dist. atty.: Montgomery Co.; frmr. partner: Fox, Differ, Calla-
cnsl.: Beechview Comm. Cncl.; mem.: Knights of Equity, han, Sheridan & O’Neill, Wilson, Morrow, Broderick, O’Neill
AOH; bd. mem.: Exec. Comm.-Pa. Org. for Women in Early & Tompkins; frmr. sol.: Montgomery Co. Lower Merion Twp.,
Recovery; panel mem.: Crim. Law Update-Pa. Conf. of State Zoning Hearing Bd., Upper Merion Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd.;
Trial Judges, 1997; supv. judge: Allegheny Co. Invest. Grand apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas Apr. 2002, elected
Jury, 1995-96; elected judge: Court of Common Pleas 1987, 2003; married; 3 sons.
retained 1997, Civil Div.; married; 2 children; 1 grandchild. O’REILLY, TIMOTHY PATRICK (5th District), born in
O’DELL SENECA, DEBBIE (P .J.–27th District), born in Bridgeville; St. Mary of the Mount H.S., 1957; Duquesne
1953, in New Eagle, daughter of John Jr. and Margaret Univ. (B.A.), cum laude, 1961; Yale Law Sch. (J.D.), 1964;
O’Dell; W. Va. Univ. (B.A.), magna cum laude, 1974; frmr. staff sgt.: U.S. Air Force Reserves; frmr. cnsl.: Natl.
Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1977; atty.; mem.: Pa. Labor Rela. Bd.; frmr. dist. just.: 05-2-21; sol.: num. munic-
Conf. of State Trial Judges, Natl. Assn. of Women Judges, ipalities; frmr. sole pract.; mem.: Ancient Order of Hiberni-
Washington Co., Pa. Bar Assns.; moderator: Permanent Judi- ans-Div. 1, Knights of Equity, Minor Rules Comm.-Pa.
cial Comm.-Synod of the Trinity of Presb. Ch., USA; elected Supreme Ct.; Irishman of the Yr.-2003; elected judge, Court
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001, apptd. of Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005, Civil Div.
pres. judge Oct. 2004; married; 1 son. OSBORNE, ANN A. (32nd District), born in 1944, in
O’KEEFE, JOSEPH DONALD (1st District), born in 1944, Springfield, Ill., daughter of Joseph and the late Martha
in Philadelphia, son of Thomas F. and Elizabeth G. O’Keefe; Aschauer; Glenwood H.S.; Springfield Coll.; Chicago-Kent
St. Joseph’s Univ. (B.S.), 1966; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law Coll. of Law (J.D.); Natl. Judicial Coll.; frmr. elem. teacher;
(J.D.), 1973; frmr. 1st lt.: U.S. Army, Ordinance; frmr. asst. instr.: Villanova Univ., Immaculata Coll., Del. Co. Police
dist. atty.: Phila.; frmr. gen. cnsl.: Phila. Housing Auth.; Acad., Dep. Sheriffs Training Acad.; frmr. asst. dist.
mem.: Phila. Bar Assn., Lawyers Club of Phila., Brehon Law atty./sheriff: Del. Co.; married; 2 children; 3 grandchildren.
Soc., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Judicial Retention O’TOOLE, LAWRENCE J. (5th District), born in 1950, son
Comm., Mental Health Comm., St. Joseph’s Univ. Law of Lawrence J. and Catherine H. O’Toole; La Salle Coll.
Alumni Assn. (pres. 1989), Center City Residents Assn.; (B.S.), 1972; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1975; frmr.
frmr. mem.: Supreme Ct. Orphans’ Ct. Rules Comm.; St. pub. def.: Allegheny Co., 1975-77; mem.: Bd. of Mgrs. Shu-
Joseph’s Univ. Francis X. McClenahan Awd.-1993; elected man Ctr.-Pa. Trial Lawyers Assn., Pa. Conf. of State Trial
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1983, retained 1993, 2003, Judges, Allegheny Co. Bar Assn.; apptd. judge, Court of
apptd. adm. judge, Orphans’ Ct. Dec. 2000. Common Pleas Feb. 1993, elected Nov. 1993, retained
OLER, J. WESLEY JR. (9th District), born in 1941, in 2003; married.
Rochester, N.Y., son of J. Wesley and Mildred Oler; Hamilton OTT, PAULA FRANCISCO (P.J.–15th District), born in
Coll. (B.A.) 1963, Phi Beta Kappa; Georgetown Law Ctr. 1950, in Pittsburgh, daughter of Jack B. and Janet Francisco;
(J.D.) 1972, Law Review; atty.; frmr. law clerk: Judge Robert Univ. of Del. (B.A.), 1972; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.),
Lee Jacobs, Pa. Superior Ct.; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. pub. def.; 1975, (L.L.M. (taxation)), 1981; frmr. asst. dist. atty./asst.
auth.: Pa. Crim. Law: Defendant’s Mental State, 1986; frmr. co. sol.: Chester Co.; frmr. partner: Gawthrop, Greenwood &
sol.: Carlisle Bor.; mem.: Crim. Proc. Rules Comm.-Pa. Halsted; mem.: Amer., Pa., Chester Co. Bar Assns., Natl.
Supreme Ct., 1986-95; elected judge, Court of Common Coll. of Prob. Judges, Natl. Assn. of Women Judges, Jt. State
Pleas 1991, retained 2001. Govt. Comm., Adv. Comm. on Decedents Estate Laws,
OLSON, GREGORY A. (40th District), born in 1951, in Supreme Ct. Orphans’ Ct. Procedural Ruels Comm., Comm.
Superior, Wis., son of Conrad L. and E. Pauline Olson; Mari- for Justice Initiatives in Pa.; frmr. pres.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial
on Ctr. Area H.S., 1970; Wash. & Jefferson Coll. (B.A.), Judges; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991,
1974; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1977; frmr. atty./dist. retained 2001; married.
atty./asst. dist. atty.: Indiana Co.; sol.: Brush Valley Twp., OTT, STANLEY R. (38th District), born in 1949, in Sell-
Indiana Co. prothonotary’s office; mem.: Indiana Co., Pa. Bar ersville, son of Harvey L. and Darlene Ott; Lafayette Coll.
Assns., Pa. Dist. Atty. Assn.; mem./bd. of dir.: W. Pa., Pa. (A.B.), 1971; Cornell Law Sch. (J.D.), 1974; frmr. asst. dist.
Trial Lawyers Assns.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas atty.: Montgomery Co.; instr.: Temple Univ. Sch. of Law, Vil-
Dec. 1998, elected 1999; married. lanova Univ. Sch. of Law; frmr. dir.: Souderton Area Sch. Bd.;
OLSZEWSKI, PETER PAUL JR. (11th District), born in dir.: Pa. Bar Inst., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; chair:
1959, in Wilkes-Barre, son of Hon. Peter Paul Sr. and June Orphans’ Ct. Sect.; deacon/elder: Immanuel (Leidy’s) Ch.;
Olszewski; Meyers H.S., 1977; Penn State Univ. (B.A.), pre- elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1987, retained 1997,
law, with distinction, 1981; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), adm. judge, Orphans’ Ct. Div.; married; 3 children.
1984; frmr. dist. atty.: Luzerne Co.; mem.: Pa. Bar Assn., OVERTON, GEORGE W. (1st District), born in 1954, in
Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Assn., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Philadelphia; W. Cath. H.S. for Boys, 1972; Clark Univ.
Judges; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1999; 1 (B.A.), soc., 1976; Widener Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1986;
daughter. elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2001.
OLSZEWSKI, WALTER (1st District); apptd. judge, Court PALUMBO, FRANK (1st District); elected judge, Court of
of Common Pleas 2004. Common Pleas 2005.
O’NEILL, STEVEN T. (38th District), born in 1953, in Bryn PAGANO, GEORGE A. (32nd District), born in 1952, in
Mawr, son of the late Thomas M. and Elizabeth B. O’Neill; Philadelphia, son of the late George Albert and Dorothy
Lower Merion H.S., 1971; Drexel Univ. (B.S.), psych./soc., Pagano; Springfield H.S., 1969; Univ. of Pa. (B.S.), econ.,
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cum laude, 1973; Univ. of Mich. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1975; Tem- PICCIONE, THOMAS M. (53rd District), born in 1945, in
ple Univ. Sch. of Law (LL.M.), tax., 1983; frmr. atty.; frmr. New Castle, son of Julia and the late Victor Piccione; New
comm.: Springfield Twp. (pres. 1991); frmr. sol.: Springfield Castle Area H.S., 1963; Duquesne Univ. (B.A.), 1967;
Twp., Colwyn Bor.; frmr. mem.: Del. Bd. of Assess. Appeals, Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1970; Georgetown Univ.
Upper Darby Twp. Vol. Fireman’s Relief Assn., Garrettford- Sch. of Law (LL.M.), 1972; frmr. 1st lt.: U.S. Army; frmr. part-
Drexel Hill Fire Co.; mem.: Del. Co., Pa., Amer. Bar Assns., ner: Law Firm of Gamble, Mojock, Piccione & Palmer, L.L.P .;
Guy G. DeFuria Amer. Inn of Ct. (pres. 2001-02); frmr. bd. mem.: Pa. Assn. for Retarded Citizens, Civilian Conserv.
mem.: Del. Co. Legal Asst. Assn.; hon. mem.: Garrettford- Corps, New Castle Area Honor Guard; elected judge, Court
Drexel Hill Fire Co.; married; 2 children. of Common Pleas 2001; married; 5 children.
PANEPINTO, PAUL P. (1st District), born in 1949, in PLATT, KATHERINE B.L. (15th District), born in 1950, in
Philadelphia; full acad. scholarship, Villanova Univ. (B.A.), Bryn Mawr, daughter of John O. and Abigail M. Platt; Agnes
1971; Widener Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976; Villanova Irwin Sch., 1968; Sarah Lawrence Coll. (B.A.), 1972;
Univ. Grad. Sch. (M.A.), pol. sci., 1979; mem.: Pa., Phila. Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976; frmr. priv. pract.:
Bar Assns., Justinian Soc., Lawyers Club of Phila., Sons of Platt Law Offices, Platt, DiGiorgio & DiFabio; frmr. sol.:
Italy; bd. mem.: Widener Law Sch. Alumni; apptd. judge, Chester Co. Dev. Cncl., Easttown Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd.;
Court of Common Pleas June 1990, elected 1991, retained frmr. hearing officer for Support: Chester Co. Ct. of Common
2001, apptd. adm. judge, Fam. Ct. 1996-2000, apptd. to Ct. Pleas; mem.: Pa., Chester Co. Bar Assns.; pres.: Doris Jonas
of Jud. Discipline 2003-07, apptd. Coord. Judge of Complex Freed Amer. Inn of Ct.; elected judge, Court of Common
Litigation Ctr-Civil Div. 2006; married; 2 children. Pleas 1997; married; 2 children.
PAPALINI, JOSEPH I. (1st District), born in Philadelphia, PLATT, WILLIAM H. (31st District), born in 1940, in
son of the late Joseph and Mary Papalini; La Salle Coll. Allentown, son of the late Henry and Genevieve McElroy
(B.A.); Rutgers Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.); atty.; managing atty.: Platt; Emmaus H.S., 1957; Dickinson Coll. (A.B.), honors in
litigation, Allstate Ins. Co.; instr.: Temple Univ., Widener econ., 1961; Univ. of Pa. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1964; Omicron
Univ. Law Ctr.; auth.: Analysis of Pa. Financial Responsibility Delta Kappa; Pi Gamma Mu; frmr. U.S. Army, M.P Corps; .
Law; Basic Principles of Law Claims Evaluation & Negotiation; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. asst. pub. def./chief pub. def./dist.
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001; atty.: Lehigh Co.; frmr. sol.: City of Allentown; mem.: Amer.,
married; 2 children. Pa., Lehigh Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Dist. Attys. Assn. (pres.
PARISI, THOMAS GEORGE (23rd District), born in 1958, 1983-84), Natl. Dist. Attys. Assn. (state dir. 1982-84), Natl.
son of Vincent A. and Mary Louise Parisi; Holy Name H.S., Assn. of Crim. Def. Lawyers, Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges,
1976; Villanova Univ. (B.S.), pol. sci., 1980; Villanova Univ. Educ. Comm., 1997-2002 (chair, Crim. Law Sect.); frmr.
Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1983; frmr. atty.: Law Offices of Paul T. chair: Pa. Supreme Ct. Crim. Proc. Rules Comm.; bd. mem.:
Essig; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Berks Co.; frmr. atty./shareholder: Pa. Bar Inst. (pres. 1997-98); exec. bd.: Minsi Trails Cncl.,
O’Pake, Malsnee & Orwig (O’Pake, Malsnee & Parisi); BSA; bd. assoc.: Muhlenberg Coll.; auth.: Eyewitness Identi-
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2001; married; 6 fication-The Law in Pa., (a pract. handbook); awds.: Who’s
children. Who in Amer. Law, Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in Amer.,
Who’s Who in Amer., Who’s Who in the East; elected judge,
PATRICK-JOHNAKIN, PAULA A. (1st District), born in Court of Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005, adm. judge,
1968, in Hamlet, N.C., daughter of Levander and Mattie Crim., Juv. Ct., 1977-2001, pres. judge 2001-2007; mar-
Patrick; T.W. Andrews H.S., 1986; Bennett Coll. (B.A.), pol. ried; 3 children.
sci., magna cum laude, 1990; Thurgood Marshall Sch. of
Law (J.D.), 1993; frmr. pres./owner: Law Office of Paula POZONSKY, PAUL M. (27th District), born in 1955, in
Patrick, P frmr. of cnsl.: Mattioni, Mattioni & Mattioni, LTD;
.C.; Pittsburgh, son of Peter Paul and Ann Pozonsky; Canon
frmr. adj. prof.: Crim. Justice Dept.-La Salle Univ.; treas.: McMillan Sr. H.S., 1973; W. Va. Univ. (B.A.), 1977;
Judicial Cncl.-Natl. Bar Assn.; judicial fellow: Assn. of Trial Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1980; atty.: Grenen & Bir-
Lawyers of Amer.; awds.: Phila. Tribune Ldr. Under 40-2003, sic; priv. pract.; frmr. dist. just.: Dist. 27-3-06; chair: Ethics
Preserve the Heritage Awd. for Commun. Svc.-2002, Bennett Comm.-Spec. Ct. Judges Assn. of Pa.; mem.: Ethics Comm.-
Coll. Alumnae Young Achiever-1999; elected judge, Court of Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; married; 4 children.
Common Pleas 2003; married. PROUD, JAMES F. (32nd District), born in 1945, in Haver-
PECHKUROW, DORIS A. (1st District), born in 1945, in ford Twp., Del. Co.; Msgr. Bonner H.S.; Villanova Univ.
Youngstown, Ohio; Vincentian Acad., 1963; Youngstown (A.B.); Golden Gate Univ. (M.P .A.); Villanova Univ. Sch. of
State Univ. (B.A.), Eng., 1971; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law Law (J.D.); Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (LL.M.); frmr. 1st lt.:
(J.D.), 1979; frmr. sr. atty.: Def. Assn. of Phila.; frmr. assoc.: U.S. Army; frmr. sch. bd. dir.:, Wallingford-Swarthmore Sch.
Kaufman, Coren & Ress, Kittredge, Donley, Elsen, Fullem & Dist. (pres.1980-82, 1988-89); frmr. reg. of wills: Clerk of
Ehrick; frmr. sr. city sol.: Law Dept.-City of Phila.; apptd. Orphans Ct.; pres.: S.E. Del. Co. United Way; chair: Del. Co.
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1996-97, elected 2003. Commun. Dev. Comm., Del. Co. Emerg. Food & Shelter
Prog.; mem.: Del. Co. Bar Assn. (pres. 1991); awds.: S.E.
PEZZE, DEBRA A. (10th District), born in 1953, in Pitts-
Del. Co. United Way Col. James A.G. Campbell Awd.-1996,
burgh, daughter of Angelo and Ann Pezze; Penn State Univ.
Hon. Paul R. Sand Awd.-1994, Nicholas D. Valdino Awd.;
(B.A.), 1975; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1979; law
apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas Dec. 1996, elected
clerk: Hon. Austin L. Staley, U.S. Ct. of Appeals, Third Cir-
1997; married; 4 children.
cuit; priv. pract.; frmr. asst. pub. def.: Westmoreland Co.;
mem.: Amer., Pa. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, QUIÑONES ALEJANDRO, NITZA I. (1st District), born in
Blessed Sacrament Cathedral; elected judge, Court of Com- .R.,
1951, in Hato Rey, P daughter of Emilio and Ilia M.
mon Pleas 1991, retained 2001; married; 2 daughters. Quiñones; Central Mich. Univ., Exch. Student Prog., 1970-
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71, (B.B.A.), 1972; Univ. of P (J.D.), 1975; frmr. Dept. of
.R. H.S., 1970; Frank. & Marshall Coll. (B.A.), hist., 1974; Sam-
Vet. Affairs; mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Natl. Assn. ford Univ. Cumberland Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1977; frmr. part-
of Women Judges, Hisp. Bar Assn. of Pa., N. Phila. Health ner: Eager, Reinaker & Spinello; frmr. chief dep. atty. gen.:
Sys. (bd. trustees/chair, Latino Adv. Bd.); bd. mem.: Phila. Office of Atty. Gen.; mem.: Federalist Soc.; elected judge,
Legal Asst.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991, Court of Common Pleas 2006; married; 3 children.
elected Nov. 1991, retained 2001.
RENN, RICHARD K. (19th District), born in 1951, in Sun-
RANGOS, JILL E. (5th District), born in 1959, in Pitts- bury; Susquehanna Univ. (B.A.), pol. sci., 1973; Univ. of Bal-
burgh, daughter of Frank S. Horner and Maxine C. Niehoff; timore Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976; frmr. partner: Snyder &
Churchill H.S., 1977; Dickinson Coll. (B.A.), Eng./pol. sci., Renn; mem.: York Co., Pa. Bar Assns.
1981; Cath. Univ. (J.D.) Law Review, 1984; frmr. law clerk:
RILEY, HOWARD F. JR. (15th District), born in 1942, in
U.S. Dist. Ct. for W. Dist. of Pa.; frmr. assoc.: Thorp Reed & West Chester, son of the late Howard F. and Georgeanna M.
Armstrong; frmr. cnsl.: Babst Calland Clements & Zomnir; Riley; Villanova Univ. (B.S.), 1964; Villanova Univ. Sch. of
co-pres.: Women’s Bar. Assn; mem.: Children’s Hosp. Bd., Law (J.D.), 1967; frmr. U.S. Army: Vietnam; frmr. atty./co-
Children’s Rooms Adv. Comm.-Natl. Cncl. of Jewish Women; .C.;
fndr.: Malcolm & Riley, P mem.: Pa., Chester Co. (dir.
apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas Feb. 2003, elected 1989-91) Bar Assns., Rotary, VFW, Amer. Legion; life fellow:
Nov. 2003; married; 3 children. Pa. Chester Co. Bar Found. (dir. 1995-2003); charter mem.:
RANSOM, LILLIAN (1st District); elected judge, Court of Hon. John E. Stively Jr. Amer. Inn of Ct.; life mem./past pres.:
Common Pleas 1995. Goshen Fire Co.; awds.: Chester Co. Bar Assn. Pub. Svc.
Awd.-1993, Chester Co. Bar Assn. Pres. Awd.-1988; apptd.
RAU, LISA M. (1st District), born in 1959, in Chicopee
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1992, elected Nov. 1993,
Falls, Mass., daughter of Edward J. and Sally Millett Rau;
retained 2003, pres. judge 2000-05; married; 3 children.
Colgate Univ. (B.A.), magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa,
1981; Stanford Law School (J.D.), 1987, assoc. editor Stan- RIZZO, ANNETTE M. (1st District); Univ. of Pa. (B.A.),
ford Law Review; frmr. U.S. Peace Corps volun.: Thailand; pub. pol./Ital. lit.; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.); frmr. city
frmr. staff atty.: Pub. Interest Law Ctr. of Phila., Kairys, sol.: Phila.; frmr. atty.: Rawle & Henderson; frmr. sr. cnsl.:
Rudovsky, Epstein, Messing & Rau; adj. instr.: Univ. of Pa. ,
CIGNA; bd. mem.: Phila. VIP East. State Penitentiary, Casa
Law Sch., Villanova Law Sch.; appointed judge, Court of Farnese; mem.: Temple Amer. Inn of Ct.; apptd. judge, Court
Common Pleas June 2001, elected Nov. 2001; married; 2 of Common Pleas 1998.
sons.
ROBINS NEW, SHELLEY (1st District), born in 1950, in
REBSTOCK, ROBERT (1st District); elected judge, Court Philadelphia, daughter of Jerome and Pearl Robins; Phila.
of Common Pleas 2001. H.S. for Girls, 1967; New Coll., Hofstra Univ. (B.A.), 1970;
Wharton Sch. of Bus., Fels Inst. of Local & State Govt.
REED, JOHN C. (35th District), born in 1942, in Sharon,
(M.G.A.), 1972; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976; frmr.
son of Betty and the late Dr. Jack Reed; Hickory H.S., 1960;
asst. dist. atty.: City of Phila.; frmr. pres.: Ctr. for Legal Educ.;
Thiel Coll. (B.A.), psychology/biol., 1968; Duquesne Univ.
mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Natl. Inst. of Trial Advo-
Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1971; frmr. sgt. E-5: U.S. Army Cntr.
cacy, Natl. Assn. of Women Judges, Phila., Pa. Bar Assns.;
Intell. Agt.; frmr: atty./partner: Routman, Moore, Goldstone &
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1997; married; 3
Valentino; frmr. atty: priv. pract.; mem.: Pa., Mercer Co.
children.
(pres. 2002) Bar Assns.; author: “Assignment & Negotiation,
a Violation of Due Process” Duquesne Law Review-1971, ROBINSON, ROSALYN K. (1st District), born in 1946, in
“Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act” A Practical Norristown, daughter of the late James H. and Patricia Robin-
Approach to Residential Real Estate-1992, “Report on son; Conshohocken H.S., 1964; Dickinson Coll. (B.A.),
Recording Practices in Mercer County” Mercer Co. Law 1968; Boston Coll. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1973; asst. dist. atty.:
Journ.-1985; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2003; City of Phila.; chief cnsl.: Pa. Dept. of Aging; frmr. dep. gen.
married; 4 children. cnsl.: Gov’s. Office; bd. trustees: Dickinson Coll.; mem.:
Alpha Kappa Alpha, The Links, Inc., Coalition of 100 Black
,
REHKAMP C. JOSEPH (P .J.–41st District), born in 1948,
Women, Natl. Bar Assn., Judicial Cncl., Natl. Assn. of
in Waterbury, Conn., son of Charles J. and the late L. Janice
Women Judges, Supportive Older Women’s Network; bd.
Rehkamp; Duke Univ. (B.A.), 1970; Dickinson Sch. of Law
mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; apptd. judge, Court of
(J.D.), 1973; frmr. asst. dist. atty./dist. atty.: Perry Co.;
Common Pleas June 1993, elected 1997; married.
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001;
married; 4 children; 3 grandchildren. ROGERS, PETER F. (1st District), born in 1947, in Norris-
town, son of the late Lemuel A. Sr. and Jessie M. Rogers;
REIBMAN, EDWARD D. (31st District), born in 1947, in
A.D. Eisenhower H.S., 1965; Franklin & Marshall Coll.
Easton, son of Nathan L. and Jeanette Reibman; Lafayette
(B.A.), 1969; N.C. Central Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976;
Coll. (A.B.), 1969; Duke Law Sch. (J.D.), 1972; frmr. U.S.
frmr. U.S. Navy; frmr. law clerk; frmr. asst. dist. atty.; frmr.
Army Reserves; frmr. law clerk: Hon. Bryan Simpson, U.S. Ct.
atty.: Fed. Reserve Bank of Phila.; frmr. crim. def. atty.; mem.:
of Appeals, 11th Circuit; frmr. trial atty.: Civil Rights Div.,
Natl. Bar Assn. Judicial Cncl., Barristers’ Assn. of Phila.,
U.S. Dept. of Justice; frmr. atty.; mem.: Partners Comm.
Alpha Phi Alpha-Rho Chap., Archon, Sigma Pi Phi; elected
(chair), Ethics Comm.-Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Pa.,
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1997; married; 3 children.
Fla. Bar Assns., Congregation Keneseth Israel; bd. trustees:
The Swain Sch.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas ROGERS, THOMAS (38th District); elected judge, Court
1991, retained 2001; married; 2 children. of Common Pleas 2003.
REINAKER, DENNIS E. (2nd District), born in 1952, in ROSCIOLI, PAULA ANN (3rd District), born in 1965, in
Danville, son of Grace and the late Harold Reinaker; Danville Easton, daughter of Gene and Doris Roscioli; Moravian
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Acad., 1983; Lafayette Coll. (B.A.), govt./law, 1987; Dickin- SACAVAGE, ROBERT B. (P .J.–8th District), born in 1951,
son Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1990; frmr. atty: Roscioli Law Offices; in Danville, son of Charles A. and the late Elizabeth G. Sacav-
frmr. asst. dist. atty./1st dep. dist. atty.: Northampton Co. age; Mt. Carmel Area H.S., 1969; Columbia Univ. (B.A.),
Dist. Atty. Office; bd. of gov.: Northampton Co. Bar Assn.; 1973; Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976; priv. pract.;
mem.: Sons of Italy, Amer. Inns of Ct. (past pres., Clinton frmr. dist. atty.:, Northumberland Co.; frmr. bd. mem.: Pa.
Budd Palmer Ch.); Northampton Commun. Coll. Crim. Jus- Dist. Attys. Assn.; pres.: Frat. Order of Eagles Aerie 464;
tice Curr.; bd. of trustees: Moravian Acad.; past pres.: Mora- elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005,
vian Acad. Alumni Bd.; elected judge, Court of Common elected pres. judge 1998; 3 children.
Pleas 2005; married; 2 children. SARCIONE, ANTHONY A. (15th District), born in 1954,
ROSSANESE, MAURINO J. JR. (38th District), born in in Philadelphia, son of Alexander V. and Nancy Sarcione;
1945, son of Maurino J. and Annamarie Rossanese; La Salle Arch. John Carroll H.S., 1971; Univ. of Scranton (B.S.), pol.
Coll. (B.A.), 1968; Temple Univ., Natl. Science Found. Grant, sci., 1975; Widener Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1978; frmr.
biolog. studies, 1969-70; Del. Law Sch. of Widener Univ. career prosecutor course: Natl. Coll. of Dist. Attys.; frmr. asst.
(J.D.), 1975; frmr. asst. pub. def.: Montgomery Co.; frmr. dist. atty./1st asst. dist. atty./dist. atty.: Chester Co.; frmr.
atty.: Vangrossi & Recchuiti; frmr. partner: D’Annunzio & exec. dep. atty. gen./dir. of Crim. Law: Pa. Office of Atty.
Rossanese; mem.: Montgomery Co., Pa. Bar Assns., Pa. Pub. Gen.; awds.: NAACP Commun. Svc. Awd.-2000, 1994,
Def. Assn., Montgomery Co. Trial Lawyer’s Assn., Ital. Amer. Widener Univ. Sch. of Law Alumnus of the Yr.-1998, Chester
Dem. Club of Phila., Societá Di M.S. Maria S.S. (M.S.S. Co. Chamber of Bus. & Ind. Citizen of the Yr.-1997; elected
Lodge); frmr. v. chair/treas.: Hatfield Twp. Rep. Comm.; judge, Court of Common Pleas 2001; married; 3 children.
found. mem./past pres.: Desmond J. McTighe Amer. Inn of SARMINA, M. TERESA (1st District), daughter of Manuel
Ct.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas July 1989, elected and Berta Sarmina; Findlay H.S., 1970; St. Mary’s Coll.
Nov. 1989, retained 1999; married; 3 children. (B.A.), 1974; Univ. of Chicago/SSA (A.M.), 1976; George-
RUBENSTEIN, ALAN M. (7th District), born in 1946, in town Univ. Law Ctr. (J.D.), 1982; frmr. law clerk: Phila. Ct. of
Philadelphia, son of Philip and the late Lilyian Rubenstein; Common Pleas; frmr. Phila. Dist. Atty’s. Office; frmr. Pa.
Overbrook H.S., 1963; Temple Univ. (B.A.), 1967; Univ. of Office of Atty. Gen.; mem.: Phila. Bar Assn., Hispanic Bar
Toledo Coll. of Law (J.D.), 1970; frmr. fellow: Amer. Coll. of Assn. of Pa.; trustee: Free Libr. of Phila.; elected judge, Court
Prosecuting Attys.; frmr. assoc.: Galfand, Berger, Senesky, of Common Pleas 1997, assigned to Homicide, Crim. Div.;
Lurie & March; frmr. asst. dist. atty./dep. dist. atty./chief dep. married.
dist. atty./chief of homicide/1st asst. dist. atty./dist. atty.: SASINOSKI, KEVIN G. (5th District), born in 1953, in
Bucks Co.; frmr. pres.: Pa. Dist. Attys. Assn., Pa. Dist. Attys. Pittsburgh, son of Benny F. and Vera Sasinoski; Fox Chapel
Inst.; frmr. White House Conf.: Assault Weapons Leg.; frmr. H.S.; Univ. of Pgh. (B.A.), summa cum laude, 1978;
mem.: Drug Task Force Adv. Comm., Bucks Co. Prison Adv. Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), Law Review, 1981; frmr.
Bd., Atty. Gen. Task Force for Protection of Older Pennsylva- U.S. Army Reserves; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. asst./dir.:
nians, Assn. of Govt. Attys. in Capital Death Penalty Litig., Allegheny Co. Pub. Def. Office; frmr. adj. prof.: Duquesne
Law Enforcement Coord. Comm.-E. Dist of Pa., Harvard Law Univ. Sch. of Law; frmr. Natl. Inst. Against Hate Crimes,
Sch. Natl. Conf. of Child Sex Abuse Invest.; frmr. fellow: Simon Wiesenthal Ctr.; mem.: Allegheny Co. Bar Assn.
Amer. Coll. of Prosec. Attys.; mem.: Assn. of Trial Lawyers of (Crim. Law delegate), Pa. Pub. Def. Assn., Pa. Assn. of Crim.
Amer., Hon. Order of Ky. Colonels; frmr. guest scholar: Natl. Def. Lawyers, Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, PNA Lodge
Endowment for the Humanities; awds.: Just Benjamin Cardo- 1052, AOH Div. 9; cncl. v. pres./2nd ward rep.: O’Hara Twp.;
zo Humanitarian Awd.-2000, Excell. in Law Enforcement- elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1999; married; 2
1998, Temple Univ. Diamond Achiev. Awd. in soc. sci.-1997, daughters.
.
Bucks Co. F.O.P Outst. Svc. to Law Enforcement-1993, Sons
of Amer. Revolution Law Enforcement Commendation Medal- SAXTON, RICHARD N. JR. (P .J.–25th District), born in
1937, in Renovo, son of Anna Linn and the late Richard N.
1992, Del. Valley Assn. of Police Officials Outst. Svc. to Law
Saxton Sr.; Lock Haven Univ. (B.S.), 1963; Penn State Univ.-
Enforcement-1991, Pa. Co. & State Detectives Assn. Disting.
Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1966; frmr. U.S. Air Force;
.
Pub. Svc. Awd.-1989, Phila. F.O.P Outst. Performance & Svc.
frmr. atty.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991,
to Commun.-1987; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas
retained 2001; 4 children.
1999; married; 2 sons.
SAYLOR, CHARLES H. (8th District), born in 1950, in
RUFE, JOHN J. (7th District), born in 1939, in Sellersville,
Bethlehem, son of Florence M. and the late Howard J. Saylor;
son of William H. Jr. and Frances Appenzeller Rufe; Lafayette
Bethlehem Cath. H.S., 1967; Penn State Univ. (B.A.), 1971;
Coll. (A.B.), 1962; Duke Univ. Sch. of Law (LL.B.), 1965;
Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), assoc. ed., Law Review, 1974;
frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Bucks Co.; frmr. pres.: Bucks Co. Legal
frmr. law clerk: Ct. of Common Pleas, Northumberland Co.;
Aid Soc., Bucks Co. Assn. for Retarded Citizens, Bucks Co.
frmr. partner: priv. pract.; frmr. sol.: Point Twp., Rush Twp.,
Bar Assn.; frmr. chair: Pennridge Drug & Alcohol Study; frmr.
Northumberland Co.; frmr. instr.: Penn State Univ.-Schuylkill
co-chair: Bucks Co. Forensic MH Panel; mem.: Pa., Bucks
Haven; frmr. trustee/v. pres.: Priestly-Forsyth Mem. Libr.;
Co. Bar Assns.; Pennridge Jaycees Disting. Svc. Awd.- 1990;
frmr. asst. ed.: Northumberland Legal Journal; bd. mem.: Gtr.
apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas 1989, elected Nov.
Susq. Valley YMCA (pres. 1997-98); mem.: Pa. Conf. of
1991, retained 2001; married; 3 children, 2 stepchildren; 4
State Trial Judges, Pa., Northumberland Co. Bar Assns., Chil-
grandchildren.
dren’s Advocacy Ctr. Steering Comm., Sunbury Rotary Club
RUSSELL, JACQUELINE L. (21st District); judge, Court (pres. 2006-07); co-chair: United Way Professionals; awds.:
of Common Pleas. Gtr. Susq. Valley YMCA Disting. Svc. Awd.-1998, Volun. of
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the Yr.-1996; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2001; SHENKIN, ROBERT J. (15th District), born in 1944, in
married; 2 children. Philadelphia, son of Henry A. M.D. and the late Renee
Shenkin; Univ. of Mich. (B.B.A.), 1965; Duke Univ. (J.D.),
SCANLON, EUGENE F. JR. (5th District); Univ. of Pgh.
with distinction, 1970; frmr. atty.: MacElree, Harvey, Gal-
(B.A.), 1969; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Law, 1972; frmr. priv.
lagher & Featherman Ltd.; frmr. law clerk: Hon. Herbert S.
.C.;
pract.: Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P frmrly. elected:
Levin; frmr. bd. of supv.: W. Whiteland Twp. (chair 1979-80,
Acad. of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny Co.; bd. of dir.: Pgh. Civic
1982-83, 1988-90); mem.: Amer., Pa., Chester Co. Bar
Light Opera, Univ. of Pgh. Alumni Assn.; frmr. bd.
Assns.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1989,
mem./pres.: Cystic Fibrosis Found.; apptd. judge, Court of
retained 1999; married; 2 children.
Common Pleas May 1998, elected 1999, apptd. Civil Div.
Jan. 2006; married; 3 children. SHEPPARD, ALBERT W. JR. (1st District), born in 1937,
in Philadelphia; Villanova Univ. (B.S.), 1960; Temple Univ.
SCHMEHL, JEFFREY L. (23rd District), born in 1955, in
Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1968; frmr. U.S. Navy; frmr. atty.; elected
Reading, son of Louis H. and Adeline Scioli Schmehl; Gov.
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1983, retained 1993, 2003.
Mifflin Sr. H.S., 1973; Dickinson Coll. (B.A.), 1977; Univ. of
Toledo Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1980; frmr. asst. pub. def./asst. SHIRDAN-HARRIS, LISETTE (1st District), born in 1956,
dist. atty./sol.: Berks Co.; adj. prof.: Alvernia Coll.; frmr. part- in Philadelphia, daughter of Milton and Althris Shirdan; Pine
ner: Rhoda, Stoudt & Bradley; frmr. sol.: Berks Co. Chiefs of Forge Acad., 1973; Oakwood Coll.; Temple Univ. (B.S.W.),
Police Assn.; frmr. instr.: Reading Police Acad.; mem.: Exec. soc. welfare, 1977; Loyola Univ. (J.D.), 1990; frmr. sole
Comm.-Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Berks Co., Pa., Amer. pract.: frmr. adm.: Laborers’ Dist. Cnsl.; mem.: Forum of
Bar Assns., Endlich Law Club; frmr. chair: Pub. Rela. Comm.- Exec. Women, Natl. Assn. of Women Judges, Pa., Phila. Bar
Berks Co. Bar Assn.; Berks Co. Prison Soc. W. Richard Assns., Natl. Judicial Cncl.; bd. of dir.: Natl. Coalition of 100
Eshelman Awd. Black Women, (immed. past pres.: Pa. Chap.), Girl Scouts of
S.E. Pa., Housing Assn. of Del. Val. (immed. past chair);
SCHMEHL, PETER W. (23rd District), born in 1943, in W.
trustee: Phila. Prison Sys.; awds.: Berean Inst. Living Amer.
Reading, son of the late Philip F. Esq. and Emma Elizabeth
Hist. Maker-2005, State Legis.-2005, NOW Awd.-2004, City
Schmehl; Univ. of Pa. (B.A.), 1964; Villanova Univ. Sch. of
Cncl. Citation-2002, Soroptomist Women of the Yr. Awd.-
Law (J.D.), 1973; frmr. U.S. Navy; frmr. atty.; frmr. sol.: Bor.
2002, Movers & Shakers Awd.-2002, Art Showcase Celeb.
of Leesport, Tilden Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., Perry Twp. Zon-
of Women Awd.-2001, Tribune Most Influ. Phila. List-2001-
ing Hearing Bd., Shoemakersville Zoning Hearing Bd.; frmr.
04; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; married.
exec. cncl.: UCC; frmr. bd. mem.: Bethany Children’s Home;
tutor: literacy cncl.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas SHREEVES-JOHNS, KAREN (1st District), born in 1956,
1991, retained 2001, adm. judge, Orphans’ Ct., DUI & Treat- in Philadelphia; daughter of Herbert Sr. and Beulah Shreeves;
ment Cts. (presides over Fam. Ct. & Juv. Ct. cases); married; Overbrook H.S., 1974; Fisk Univ. (B.A.), 1978; Howard Univ.
2 children. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1981; pub. def.: Def. Assn. of Phila.; mem.:
Sharon Bapt. Ch., Phila. Bar Assn., Natl. Judicial Cncl.-
SCHULMAN, SUSAN I. (1st District), born in 1955, in
Phila. Chap., Howard Univ. Sch. of Law Alumni-Phila. Chap.;
Staten Island, NY.; Univ. of R.I. (B.A.) 1977; Temple Sch. of
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1999; married; 1
Law (J.D.), 1980; appt. judge, Court of Common Pleas Feb.
child.
2005, elected Nov. 2005.
SKERDA, MAUREEN A. (37th District), born in 1960, in
SCOTT, SUSAN DEVLIN (7th District), born in 1944, in
Aurora, Ill., daughter of James E. and Carol J. Flynn; Rosary
Philadelphia; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1989,
H.S., Ill., 1978; Ill. Wesleyan Univ. (B.A.), cum laude, hist.,
retained 1999.
1982; Antioch Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1985; frmr. staff atty.:
SEAMANS, KENNETH W. (P.J.–34th District), born in Northwestern Legal Svcs.; frmr. 1st asst. dist. atty.: Warren
1948, in Binghamton, N.Y., son of George Elliot and Nettie Co.; frmr. ct. hearing officer/master: Warren-Forest Cos.;
Evalyn Jones Seamans; Penn State Univ. (B.A.), 1974; Tem- mem.: Robert H. Jackson Inn of Ct.; pres./bd. mem.: Warren-
ple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1977; frmr: U.S. Coast Guard; Forest Econ. Oppor. Cncl.; elected judge, Court of Common
frmr. magis. dist. just.: New Milford; mem.: Pa. Bar Assn., Pleas 2005; married; 1 step-son.
Bluestone Masonic Lodge, New Milford UM Ch.; elected
SMITH, EDWARD G. (3rd District), born in 1961, in Ft.
pres. judge, Court of Common Pleas 1987, retained 1997;
Knox, Ky., son of Dr. Paul H. and Ann E. Smith; Easton Area
married; 4 children.
H.S., 1979; Franklin & Marshall Coll. (B.A.), govt., 1983;
SEARER, TIMOTHY S. (P .J.–58th District), born in 1955, Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), cum laude, 1986; capt.: U.S.
in Lewistown, son of Katharine D. and the late Jesse I. Searer Naval Reserve, JAGC; ABA Awd. for Professional Merit-1987;
Jr.; Penn State Univ. (B.S.), 1977; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2001; married; 3
Law (J.D.), 1980; frmr. sol./dist. atty.: Mifflin Co.; mem.: Pa., sons.
Mifflin Co. Bar Assns., Lewistown Kiwanis Club, Trinity
SMITH, GREGORY E. (1st District), born in 1954, in
United Ch. of Christ; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas
Lynchburg, Va.; Lincoln Univ. (B.A.), 1976; Howard Univ.
1993, retained 2003; married; 3 children.
(J.D.), 1979; atty.; mem.: Phila. Barristers’ Assn., Natl. Inst.
SHAFFER, WILLIAM R. (50th District), born in 1953, in of Trial Advocacy, Phi Beta Sigma, Black Fam. Svc., Racial &
Butler, son of J. Richard and Sara S. Shaffer; Butler Area Sr. Gender Bias Task Force-Phila. Bar Assn., Blacks Networking
H.S., 1971; Allegheny Coll. (B.A.), 1975; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. for Progress Inc., Phila. Educ. Fund, Fund for an Open Soci-
of Law (J.D.), 1979; Gen. Jurisdiction, Natl. Judicial Coll., ety; past pres.: Natl. Judicial Cncl.-Phila. Chap.; bd. of
April 2000; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Butler Co.; mem.: Pa., But- trustees: Northwestern; past pres./bd. of dir.: Warren E. Smith
ler Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; elected Commun. MH/MR & Substance Abuse Ctr., Germantown
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1999; 1 child. YMCA; frmr. bd. of trustees: Lincoln Univ.; apptd. judge,
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Court of Common Pleas 1991, elected 1992, retained 2002; Court of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001; married; 3
married; 2 children. children.
SMITH, JEFFREY ALAN (P.J.–42nd District), born in ST. JOHN, CHRISTOPHER J. (35th District), born in
1953, in Sayre, son of David Rahm Jr. and Frances Smith; 1952, in Greenville, son of T. Raymond and Margaret M. St.
Univ. of Pgh. (B.A.), 1974; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), John; Kennedy Christian H.S., 1970; Penn State Univ. (B.S.),
1979; frmr. spec. prosecutor; frmr. asst. dist. atty.; frmr. law enforcement/corrections, 1974; Cleveland Marshall Coll.
divorce master/juv. master: Bradford Co.; mem.: Pa., Brad- of Law (J.D.), cum laude, 1983; frmr. atty./partner: Rowley,
ford Co. Bar Assns., Towanda Elks Lodge #2191, Evergreen Wallace, Keck, Karson & St. John; frmr. asst. pub. def.: Mer-
Lodge #163, F & ASRM; Who’s Who in Amer. Law; apptd. cer Co.; mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; elected judge,
pres. judge, Court of Common Pleas Dec. 1983, elected Court of Common Pleas 2003; married; 2 children.
1985, retained 1995, 2005; married; 3 sons. STEINBERG, ROBERT L. (31st District), born in 1951, in
SMYTH, JOSEPH A. JR. (38th District), born in 1945, in Allentown, son of Henry and Phyllis Platt Steinberg; William
Norristown; Univ. of Notre Dame (B.A.), 1967; Villanova Allen H.S., 1969; Amer. Univ. (B.S.), 1973; W. New Eng.
Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1971; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976; frmr. asst. pub. def./asst. dist.
(LL.M.), 1979; frmr. law clerk: Hon. A. Benjamin Scirica; atty./dep. dist. atty./1st asst. dist. atty./dist. atty.: Lehigh Co.;
frmr. asst. dist. atty./dist. atty.: Montgomery Co.; frmr. chief mem.: Pa. Bar Assn., Temple Beth El, PAL; Col. John K.
dep. sol.: Montgomery Co. Comms.; frmr. priv. pract.; admit- Schafer Awd.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1997.
ted to pract.: Pa. Supreme Ct., Pa. Superior Ct., U.S. Dist. Ct. STINE, DWIGHT MICHAEL (21st District), born in 1947,
for E. Dist., U.S. Circuit Ct. of Appeals for 3rd Circuit; prof., in Harrisburg, son of Dwight M. and Vienna T. Stine; HACC
crim. law, Montgomery Co. Commun. Coll.; mem.: Pa., (A.A.), 1972; Penn State Univ. (B.S.), 1974; Temple Univ.
Montgomery Co. (chair, Crim. Rules Comm.) Bar Assns., Pa. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1977; frmr. U.S. Air Force; frmr. asst. dist.
Dist. Attys. Assn., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Natl. Cncl. atty.: Schuylkill Co.; frmr. dist. just.: Dist. 21-3-03; mem.:
of Juv. & Fam. Ct. Judges (Juv. Ct. Sect.); apptd. judge, Pa. Bar Assn., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Pa. Trial
Court of Common Pleas Oct. 1984, elected 1985, retained Lawyers Assn., Lions Club, BPOE, Amer. Legion, Penn State
1995, 2005, elected pres. judge Jan. 1997; married; 3 chil- Univ. Alumni Assn., Tamaqua K of C; apptd. judge, Court of
dren. Common Pleas June 1990, elected 1991, retained 2001;
SNITE, ALBERT JOHN JR. (1st District), born in 1948, in married; 3 children.
Philadelphia, son of Albert J. Sr. and Florence Snite; Univ. of STRASSBURGER, GENE (5th District), born in 1943, in
Pa. (B.S.), 1969; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1973; apptd. Columbus, Ohio, son of Eugene B. and Jane Strassburger;
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991, elected Nov. 1991, Yale Coll. (B.A.), summa cum laude, 1964; Harvard Law Sch.
retained 2001; married; 2 children. (J.D.), cum laude, 1967; frmr. law clerk: Hon. Henry X.
SNYDER, GREGORY M. (19th District), born in 1953, in O’Brien; frmr. asst. dep. sol.: City of Pgh.; mem.: Amer. Law
York, son of Robert L. and Doris R. Snyder; York Suburban Inst., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Pa. Casa, Allegheny Co.
H.S., 1971; Dickinson Coll. (B.A.), 1975; Valparaiso Univ. Bar Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Rodef Shalom Congregation;
Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1978; frmr. Pa. House of Rep.; elected apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas June 1978, elected
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1997; married; 3 children. 1979, retained 1989, 1999; adm. judge, Fam. Div. 1990-93,
Civil Div. Jan. 1994-pres.; married; 3 children.
SOLOMON, GERALD R. (14th District), born in 1942, in
Uniontown, son of George A. and Julia Solomon; Univ. of STREITEL, PHYLLIS R. (15th District); Syracuse Univ.
Pgh. (B.A.), 1965; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1968; (B.S.), cum laude, 1972; Capital Univ. (J.D.), 1976; frmr.
frmr. dist. atty.: Fayette Co.; mem.: Exec. Comm.-Pa. Conf. asst. atty. gen.: Ohio; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Chester Co.; frmr.
of State Trial Judges, Natl. Cncl. of Juv. & Fam. Ct. Judges, priv. pract.; frmr. master: Chester Co. Fam. Ct.; mem.: Pa.,
Pa. Bar Assn., Temple First Soc., Amvets, BPOE, Ital.-Amer., Chester Co. (frmr. dir.) Bar Assns.; frmr. mem./counselor:
Pal’s Club, Fayette Striders; awds.: Temple First Soc., Pres. Doris Jonas Freed Amer. Inn of Ct.; elected judge, Court of
Cncl. on Youth Opportunity Awd., Univ. of Pgh. Mem. of Dis- Common Pleas 2001; married; 3 children.
tinction; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1987, SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY M. (24th District), born in 1959, in
retained 1997; married; 2 children. Altoona, son of John and Roseann Sullivan; Bishop Guilfoyle,
SPATARO, JOHN F. (30th District), born in 1953, in Clear- 1977; St. Thomas Univ. (B.A.), magna cum laude, sports
field, son of Carl and Margaret Spataro; Cumberland Valley adm., 1981; Widener Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), Amer.
H.S., 1971; Edinboro Univ. (B.A.), hist., 1975, (M.A.), pol. Jurisprudence Awd., 1986; frmr. partner: Sullivan, Forr, Sto-
sci., 1977; Ohio Northern Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), with dis- ken & Huft; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005;
tinction, 1980; frmr. atty./partner: Peters & Spataro, Fergu- married; 4 children.
son & Spataro; frmr. asst. dist. atty./sol.: Crawford Co.; SUMMERS, EDWARD R. (1st District), born in 1944, in
mem.: Pa., Crawford Co. Bar Assns.; frmr. mem.: Pa. Trial Philadelphia; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas April
Lawyers Assn.; Daniel S. Guy Awd. for Excell. in Legal Jour- 1987, elected 1987, retained 1997.
nalism-1979; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2001,
SYLVESTER, ESTHER R. (1st District), born in 1939, in
married; 3 children.
Norristown, daughter of Rose and the late Lawrence
SPRECHER, JEFFREY K. (23rd District), born in 1950, in Sylvester; Rosemont Coll. (B.A.), 1961; Villanova Univ. Sch.
Reading, son of Joyce and the late Willard Sprecher; Kutz- of Law (J.D.), 1964; frmr. dep. dist. atty.: Phila.; frmr. chief
.A.),
town Univ. (B.A.), 1972; Marywood Coll. (M.P 1975; Del. cnsl.:, Phila. Police Dept.; frmr. acting pres.: Rosemont Coll.;
Law Sch. (J.D.), 1982; frmr. atty.; frmr. asst. ct. adm./crim. mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges, Natl. Cncl. of Juv. &
ct. adm.: Berks Co. Ct. of Common Pleas; elected judge, Fam. Ct. Judges; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas
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1985, retained 1995, 2005, adm. judge, Fam. Ct. Div. 1992- Juv. Ct. Div., 1985-90, Crim. Ct. Div., 1997-2000; married; 2
96; apptd. to Ct. of Judicial Discipline 1996-2000; elected children.
pres. judge 1999-2000; reapptd. adm. judge, Fam. Ct. Div.
TRUCILLA, JOHN J. (6th District), born in 1960, in Erie;
Dec. 2000.
Univ. of Dayton (B.A.), pol. sci., 1982; Univ. of Dayton Sch.
TERESHKO, ALLAN LEONARD (1st District), born in of Law (J.D.), 1985; admitted to pract.: all Pa. cts., U.S.
1944, in Philadelphia, son of Alexander and Laura Camiel Supreme Ct., U.S. Ct. of Appeals for 3rd Circuit, U.S. Dist.
Tereshko; Temple Univ. (B.B.A.), 1976; Temple Univ. Sch. of Ct. for W. Dist. of Pa.; frmr. law clerk: Hon. Shad Connelly;
Law (J.D.), 1979; frmr. U.S. Air Force; mem.: Phila. Bar frmr. asst. dist. atty./juv. prosecutor: Erie Co.; frmr. asst. U.S.
Assn., Jagiellonian Law Soc., Juv. Ct. Judges Comm., Polish atty.: W. Dist. of Pa. (chief, Erie Div. 1994-2001); frmr. atty.:
Amer. Cong., Polish Amer. Citizens Alliance; lect.: Phila. Bar Knox, McLaughlin, Gornall & Sennett, 2001; frmr. adj. law
Assn., Pa. Bar Inst.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas prof.: Penn State Univ.-Behrend, Gannon Univ.; frmr. instr.:
June 1990, reapptd. Dec. 1992, elected Nov. 1993, retained Pa. State Police Acad. NW Tng. Ctr.; frmr. mem.: Citizen
2003, apptd. supv. judge, Dom. Rela., Fam. Ct. 1996-98, Oversight Comm., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges-Mem. By-
assigned Civil Trial Div. 1998, assigned team ldr. 1998- Laws Rev. Comm.; mem.: Assn. of Trial Lawyers of Amer.;
2002, apptd. supv. judge, Complex Litigation Ctr. 2001-02, Amer. Judges Assn., Juv. Ct. Judges’ Comm., Comm. for Pa.
currently assigned team ldr. of 2007 Day Forward Prog., Roundtable for Children Initiative; elected judge, Court of
Civil-Major Jury; married; 4 children. Common Pleas 2001; married; 6 children.
THOMPSON, JOHN W. JR. (19th District), born in 1946, TUCKER, LEON WILBERT (1st District), apptd. judge,
in Buffalo, N.Y., son of the late John W. and Hilda Thompson;
Court of Common Pleas Feb. 2005, elected Nov. 2005.
Kennard-Dale H.S., 1964; Univ. of Pgh. (B.A.), 1968; Univ. of
Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1971; priv. pract.; 1st asst. dist. TULOWITZKI, DAVID J. (47th District), born in 1951, in
atty.; U.S. Bankuptcy Panel trustee; initiated 1st Juv. Drug Johnstown, son of the late Otto and Pauline Tulowitzki; Cent.
Treatment Ct. in Pa.; mem.: Amer., Pa., York Bar Assns., Pa. Cambria H.S., 1969; Univ. of Pa. (A.B.), cum laude, pol. sci.,
Conf. of State Trial Judges; elected judge, Court of Common 1972; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976; frmr. dist. atty.:
Pleas 1997; married; 3 children. Cambria Co.; frmr. partner: Paulowski & Tulowitzki; dir./past
TILSON, ARTHUR R. (38th District), born in 1943, in New pres.: Cambria Co. Child Devel. Corp., Ebensburg Country
York City, son of the late Arthur J. and Mary A. Tilson; St. Club; Dickinson Sch. of Law Disting. Svc. Awd.-2000;
James H.S., 1961; Stonehill Coll. (A.B.), econ., 1965; Vil- elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; married; 2
lanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1968; partner: Timoney, children.
Knox, Hasson & Weand; frmr. pres.: Lower Gwynedd Little TURGEON, JEANNINE (12th District), born in 1953, in
League, Montgomery Co. Trial Lawyers Assn., Ambler Ephrata, daughter of Robert and Betty Jeanne Turgeon;
Jaycees; frmr. v. pres.: Montgomery Co. Bar Assn.; mem.: Chatham Coll. (B.A.), 1974; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.),
Pa. Bar Assn., House of Delegates; frmr. chair, Lower 1977; Masters candidate, Natl. Judicial Coll.; frmr. law clerk:
Gwynedd Park & Rec. Bd.; ct. apptd. Discovery Master, Hon. G. Blatt; frmr. assoc.: Nauman, Smith, Shissler & Hall;
Montgomery Co., 1995-2001; apptd. judge, Court of Com- partner: Campbell, Spitzer, Davis & Turgeon, Davis & Tur-
mon Pleas June 2001, elected Nov. 2001. geon; mem.: Pa. Supreme Ct. Comm. for Suggested Std.
TODD, RANDAL B. (5th District), born in 1955, son of the Civil Jury Instru., Pa. Comm. on Sentencing; v. chair: Judicial
late Robert and Betty Todd; Mt. Lebanon H.S., 1973; Penn Secur. Comm.; chair: Dauphin Co. Meet the Judges Prog.,
State Univ. (B.S.), bus. adm., 1977; Duquesne Univ. Sch. of Pa. Trial Judge Fam. Law Sect.; v. pres.: Tri-Co. Alliance for
Law (J.D.), 1985; frmr. priv. pract.; apptd. judge, Court of Youth; frmr. mem.: Pa. Supreme Ct. Dom. Rela. Rules Comm.
Common Pleas June 2001, elected Nov. 2001; married; 4 (chair 2002-03); frmr. bd. mem.: Pa. Common Pleas Comp.
children. Proj. Comm., Drug Free Pa. Inc., Healthy Fam. of Dauphin
Co.; auth.: num. articles; elected judge, Court of Common
TOOLE, MICHAEL T. (11th District), born in 1960, in
Wilkes-Barre, son of Patrick and Betty Jane Toole; Bish. Pleas 1991, retained 2001; married; 3 children, 2 stepchil-
Hoban H.S., 1978; Penn State Univ. (B.A.), pre-law, high dis- dren.
tinction, 1982; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1985; frmr. TYLWALK, JOHN C. (52nd District), born in 1952, in
partner: Lowery, Ciavarella, Rogers & Toole; elected judge, Clearfield; Univ. of Notre Dame (B.A.), 1974; Dickinson Sch.
Court of Common Pleas 2003; married; 2 children. of Law (J.D.), 1977; frmr. asst. pub. def.; frmr. Spec. Divorce
TRENT, EARL W. JR. (1st District); elected judge, Court of Master; frmr. atty.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas
Common Pleas 2001. 1991, retained 2001; married; 7 children.
TRESSLER, PAUL (38th District), born in 1940, in Lan- UHLER, JOHN C. (19th District), born in 1944, in Harris-
caster, son of Paul W. and Mary Tressler; Susquehanna Univ. burg, son of the late Harry E. and Minerva A. Uhler; Bucknell
(B.A.), cum laude, 1962; Univ. of Pa. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1966; Univ. (B.S.), 1966; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1969; frmr.
frmr. asst. dist. atty./1st asst. dist. atty.: Montgomery Co.; sr. law clerk: U.S. Dist. Ct. Middle Dist. of Pa.; frmr. asst.
spec. asst: Pa. Atty. Gen.; teacher: OJJDP Fox Valley Tech.
, U.S. atty.; frmr. dist. atty.: York Co.; mem.: Fed., Amer., Pa.,
Coll.; auth.: Legal Issues in Child Abuse & Exploitation (1st & York Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges (chair,
2nd ed.); mem.: Natl. Cncl. of Juv. & Fam. Ct. Judges, Mont- Pres. Judges Comm., 1998-99), Ethics Comm.; elected
gomery Co. Bar Assn., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges (past judge, Court of Common Pleas 1989, retained 1999, acting
pres.-Juv. Sect.); trustee: NW Human Svcs., Inc.; hon. mem.: pres. judge Sept. 1995-Jan. 1996, pres. judge Jan. 1996-
Pa. Juv. Officers Assn.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas Jan. 2001, adm. judge, Juv. Div. 1997-pres.; married; 2 chil-
1983, elected Nov. 1983, retained 1993, 2003, adm. judge- dren.
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VALASEK, KENNETH G. (33rd District), born in 1949, in frmr. bd. mem.: Bucks Co. Bar Assn., Delinquency Prev. Bd.;
Kittanning, son of the late Ludwig and Mary Valasek; Univ. of frmr. mem.: Exec. Comm.-NAACP; elected judge, Court of
Pgh. (B.A.), 1971; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1974; Common Pleas 2003; married; 2 children.
mem.: Armstrong Co., Pa. Bar Assns., St. Mary’s RC Ch. of
WALKER, JOHN R. (P .J.–39th District), born in 1943, in
Kittanning, Educ. Comm. of Judges Conf.; dir./past bd. chair:
Chambersburg, son of Robert and Floe Walker; Gettysburg
Sheltered Workshop, 1980-95; elected judge, Court of Com-
Coll. (B.S.), 1965; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1969; att.
mon Pleas 1991, retained 2001; married; 3 children.
Univ. of Pa. Wharton Sch. of Fin. & Commerce; frmr. asst.
VAN HORN, CAROL L. (39th District), born in 1958, in pub. def.; frmr. dist. atty.; elected judge, Court of Common
Roaring Springs, daughter of Deloris and the late Raymond J. Pleas 1985, retained 1995, 2005; 2 children.
Eichelberger; Northern Bedford Co. H.S., 1975; Juniata Coll.
WALSH, RICHARD J. (39th District), born in 1950, in
(B.S.), magna cum laude, 1979; Dickinson Sch. of Law
Scranton, son of the late John J. and Dorothea A. Walsh;
(J.D.), 1982; frmr. law clerk; frmr. priv. pract.; mem.: Cham-
West Perry Sr. H.S., 1967; Penn State Univ. (B.S.), zoology,
bersburg Rotary Club, Franklin Co. Bar Assn., Penn State
cum laude, 1971; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1982; U.S.
Univ.-Mont Alto Adv. Bd.; elected judge, Court of Common
Naval Sch. of Med. Tech., 1974; frmr. lt.: U.S. Navy, Med.
Pleas 1999; married; 3 children.
Svc. Corps; frmr. med. tech.; atty.; mem.: Pa., Franklin Co.
VANSTON, BRENDAN J. (P.J.–44th District), born in Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; elected judge,
1947, in Scranton; Univ. of Scranton (A.B.), 1969; Boston Court of Common Pleas 1997; married; 2 children.
Coll. Law Sch. (J.D.), 1974; frmr. U.S. Army; frmr. dist. atty.:
WARD, CHRISTINE ANN (5th District), born in 1957, in
Wyoming Co.; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1989,
Sarver, daughter of Jack L. and Helen J. Ward; Knoch H.S.,
retained 1999; married; 2 children.
1975; Wash. & Jefferson Coll. (B.A.), econ./pol. sci., summa
VARDARO, ANTHONY J. (30th District), born in 1954, in cum laude, 1979, Phi Beta Kappa; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law
Meadville, son of the late Patsy J. Vardaro and Mary R. Pez- (J.D.), 1982, Order of Barristers; frmr. atty.: Dickie,
zuti; Allegheny Coll. (B.A.), 1976; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law .C.;
McCamey & Chilcote, P fnd. mem.: Sweeney Metz Fox
(J.D.), 1979; frmr. atty.; frmr. sol.: Crawford Co.; mem.: McGrann & Schermer, L.L.C.; frmr. partner: Schnader Harri-
Crawford Co. Bar Assn., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges (chair, son Segal & Lewis, L.L.C.; mem.: Amer., Pa., Allegheny Co.,
Out-of-State Govt. Comm.); co-chair: Joint Task Force for Women’s Bar Assns., Cncl. on Professionalism, PBA Comm.
Gender Fairness in the Cts., 1997; elected judge, Court of on Women in the Profession, Fed. Law & Employment Law
Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001; 1 stepdaughter. Sects.; bd. mem.: Persad Ctr., ACLU, WQED, YMCA, Rankin
Christian Ctr., Salvation Army, CampFire USA; apptd. judge,
VICAN, RONALD E. (P .J.–43rd District), born in 1946,
son of Edward and Mary Lee Vican; Dickinson Coll. (B.A.), Court of Common Pleas Feb. 2003, elected Nov. 2003.
1968; Dickinson Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1971; capt.: U.S. Army WARMAN, RALPH C. (14th District), born in 1943, in Ell-
Police Corps; frmr. pub. def.; frmr. chief pub. def.; sol.: wood City, son of Myron and Ruth Warman; Calif. State Coll.
Pleasant Valley Manor Inc., Pocono Mts. Mun. Airport Auth.; (B.S.), 1965; W. Va. Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1970; frmr.
mem.: Monroe Co., Pa. Bar Assns., Pa. Trial Lawyers Assn., atty.: Warman & Warman; frmr. 1st asst. dist. atty./dist. atty.:
.,
Sigma Chi, F&AM Barger Lodge No. 325, F.O.P BPOE, Sal- Fayette Co.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas June
vation Army adv. bd.; frmr. chair: Paradise Twp. Zoning Hear- 1996, elected 1997; married; 2 sons.
ing Bd.; auth.: article, Dickinson Intl. Law Journal; elected
WECHT, DAVID NORMAN (5th District), born in 1962, in
judge, Court of Common Pleas 1981, retained 1991, 2001,
Baltimore, Md., son of Cyril H. and Sigrid R. Wecht; Shady
elected pres. judge 1994; married; 2 children.
Side Acad., 1980; Yale Coll. (B.A.), hist./pol. sci., summa
WAGNER, JOHN FREDERICK JR. (14th District), born in cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1984; Yale Law Sch. (J.D.),
1947, in Pittsburgh, son of John F. Sr. and Suzanne Wagner; Notes Editor, The Yale Law Journal (Vol. 97), 1987; frmr. law
Indiana Univ. of Pa. (B.A.), 1969; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law clerk: Judge George E. MacKinnon, U.S. Ct. of Appeals, D.C.
(J.D.), 1972; frmr. Pa. Army Natl. Guard; frmr. asst. dist. Circuit; frmr. assoc.: Williams & Connolly, Katarincic &
atty./dist. atty.: Fayette Co.; mem.: Pa., Fayette Co. Bar Salmon; frmr. partner: The Wecht Law Firm; frmr. register of
Assns., BPOE No. 777, S.O.I., Amvets; apptd. judge, Court wills/clerk of Orphans’ Ct.: Allegheny Co.; adj. law prof.:
of Common Pleas 1987, elected 1989, retained 1999; mar- Duquesne Univ.; mem.: Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges-Exec.
ried; 4 children. Comm.; master: Pgh. Chap.-Matrimonial Amer. Inn of Ct.;
awds.: U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Cmdr.’s Awd.-2001, Reg.
WAITE, CLYDE W. (7th District), born in 1944, in
McKeesport, son of the late Paul and Anna Waite; McK- Dev. Funding Corp. Cert. of Recog.-2000, 2001, Variety Club
eesport Sr. H.S., 1962; Howard Univ. (B.A.), econ., cum Cert. of Recog.-2000, City of Hbg. Hon. Citizen-2000, Pitts-
laude, 1968; Yale Law Sch. (J.D.), 1971; frmr. 1st lt.: U.S. burgh Magazine’s The Fabulous Forty Under Forty-1999,
Army Reserve; volun. staff atty.: Bucks Co. Legal Aid Soc.; Cystic Fibrosis Found. Pgh.’s Fifty Finest-1997, D.C. U.S. Ct.
frmr. staff atty.: Bucks Co. Pub. Def. Office; frmr. law clerk: of Appeals Cert. of Disting. Svc.-1989; apptd. judge, Court
Hon. Edmund V. Ludwig, Hon. Harriet M. Mims, Bucks Co. of Common Pleas Feb. 2003, elected Nov. 2003; married; 4
Ct. of Common Pleas; frmr. partner: Stief, Waite, Gross, children.
Sagoskin & Gilman; frmr. sol.: Bristol Twp, Bucks Co. Ind. WETTICK, R. STANTON JR. (5th District), born in 1938,
Dev. Auth.; mem.: Common. of Pa. State Planning in New Castle, son of R. Stanton and Katharine Wettick;
Bd./Futures Cncl., United Way of Bucks Co.; pres.: Enterprise Amherst Coll. (B.A.), cum laude, 1960; Yale Law Sch.
Zone of Bucks Co., Bucks Co. Housing Group, Inc.; bd. of (LL.B.), 1963; frmr. assoc.: Pgh. law firm; frmr. law prof.:
dir.: Bucks Co. Legal Aid Soc., St. Mary Hosp. Auth.; admit- Univ. of Pgh.; frmr. exec. dir.: Neighbrhd. Legal Svc. Assn.;
ted to pract.: U.S., Pa., Conn. Supreme Cts., U.S. Dist. Ct. of frmr. adj. prof.: Univ. of Pgh. Law Sch., Duquesne Univ. Sch.
Appeals for Third Circuit, U.S. Dist. Ct. for E. Dist. of Pa.; of Law; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas July 1976,
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elected 1977, retained 1987, 1997, adm. judge, Fam. Div., necticut Coll. (B.A.), 1964; Johns Hopkins Univ. (M.A.T.),
1978-90, currently calendar control judge, Civil Div.; mar- 1965; Univ. of Pa. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1980; frmr. div. dep.
ried; 4 children. city sol.: Phila.; bd. mem.: var. civic, charitable orgs.; mem.:
Phila., Pa., Amer. Bar Assns., Natl. Assn. of Women Judges;
WHITE, H. WILLIAM JR. (P.J.–28th District), born in
chair: Ct. Imprvmnt. Proj. Depend. Ct.; elected judge, Court
1942, in Brookville, son of Howard W. and Harriet E. White;
of Common Pleas 1991, retained 2001; widowed; 2 children.
Dickinson Coll. (A.B.), 1964; Univ. of Pgh. Sch. of Law
(J.D.), 1967; frmr. capt.: U.S. Army, JAGC; mem.: Pa., WOODRUFF, DWAYNE D. (5th District), born in 1957, in
Venango Co. Bar Assns., Franklin Area Sch. Bd. (pres. 1977- Bowling Green, Ky.; att. Univ. of Louisville; Duquesne Univ.
80), Juv. Ct. Judges Comm., Judicial Cncl. of Pa.; elected Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1988 (evenings); drafted to Pgh. Steel-
pres. judge, Court of Common Pleas 1987, retained 1997; ers-1979, Super Bowl XIV, MVP-1982; found. partner:
married; 3 children. Woodruff, Flaherty & Fardo; mem.: Pa., Allegheny Co. Bar
Assns., Pa. House of Deleg., Sigma Pi Phi Frat.; bd. mem.:
WIEST, WILLIAM HARVEY (8th District), born in 1945,
Urban Impact Found., Amer. Red Cross; life mem.: NAACP;
in Dalmatia, son of the late Nelson E. and Elda I. Martz Wiest;
frmr. bd. chair: Duquesne Univ. Law Sch. Bd. of Govs.; frmr.
Mahanoy Joint H.S., 1963; Susquehanna Univ. (B.S.), (B.A.), chair: Duquesne Univ. Law Challenge for NEED Prog.; elected
1967; Cleveland-Marshall Coll. of Law (J.D.), 1971; bd. of judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; married; 3 children.
dir.: Susquehanna Valley House of Hope; mem.: Pa. Conf. of
State Trial Judges, Pa. Juv. Judges Assn., Northumberland WOODS-SKIPPER, SHEILA A. (1st District), born in
Co. Juv. Ct. Adv. Bd., PCCD, Sons of Amer. Rev., Pa. German 1957, in Philadelphia, daughter of Emma L. and the late
Soc., F&AM, Hbg. Consistory, Northumberland Co. Hist. James L. Woods; Phila. H.S. for Girls; Univ. of Pa. (B.A.), pol.
Soc., Gratz Hist. Soc., Palatines to Amer., Johannes Schwalm sci., 1978; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1983; frmr. law
Hist. Assn. Inc., Mahanoy & Mahantongo Hist. & Preserv. clerk; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Homicide Unit, Major Trials Unit
Soc., Lanc. Mennonite Hist. Soc., Ft. Freedom Heritage Soc., Sect. Ldr.; mem.: Phila., Natl. (Judicial Cncl., Women’s
Milton Hist. Soc., Odyssey of the Mind coach; church organ- Lawyer Div.) Bar Assns., Barrister’s Assn. of Phila., Univ. of
ist; married; 7 children. Pa. Law Sch. Amer. Inn of Ct., Coalition of 100 Black Women;
apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas 1998, elected 1999;
WILLIAMS, RICK (58th District), born in 1951, in Lock married; 3 children.
Haven, son of Tona H. Williams; Chief Logan H.S. (1969);
Wash. & Jeff. Coll. (B.A.), Eng., 1973; Cornell Univ. Law WORKMAN, DAVID R. (2nd District), born in 1955, in
Sch. (J.D.), 1976; fmr. magis. dist. judge: Commonwealth of Lancaster, son of the late H. Robert and Nancy Workman;
Pa.; mem.: Pa. Bar Assn., McVeytown Lions Club, Commun. Warwick H.S., 1973; Penn State Univ. (B.S.), pol. sci., magna
That Care, Pa. Cleanways of Mifflin Co.; elected judge, Court cum laude; Univ. of Denver Sch. of Law (M.A.), judicial adm.,
of Common Pleas 2005; married; 3 children. 1978; Widener Law Sch. (J.D.), 1989; frrm. dist. ct. adm./dir.
Dom. Rela.: Lancaster Co.; ct. adm.: Schuylkill Co.; frmr.
WILLIAMSON, J. MICHAEL (25th District), born in 1942, partner: Blakinger Byler & Thomas; mem.: Lancaster Co., Pa.
in Lock Haven, son of the late John G. and Elizabeth William- Bar Assns., Natl. Cncl. of Juv. & Fam. Ct. Judges, Pa. Conf.
son; Yale Univ. (B.A.), 1964; Univ. of Va. (LL.B.), 1967; frmr. of State Trial Judges (chair, Fam. Law Sec.); Cong. Angels of
pub. def.; frmr. dist. atty.; mem.: var. Masonic bodies, Sons Adoption Awd.-2003; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas
of Italy, Elks, Kiwanis; frmr. mem.: Keystone Central Sch. Bd.; 2003; married; 4 children.
elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1993, retained 2003;
married; 2 sons. WORTHINGTON, MARGHERITA PATTI (43rd District),
born in 1960, in Paterson, N.J., daughter of Gaetano and
WOELFEL, HAROLD F. JR. (P .J.–17th District), born in Maria Patti; Univ. of Colo. (B.A.) 1982; Villanova Univ. Sch.
1951, in Darby, son of Harold F. and Dorothy E. Woelfel; of Law (J.D.), 1985; certificates, Fam. Mediation, Gen. Juris-
Penn State Univ. (B.S.), 1972; Temple Univ. Sch. of Law diction, Natl. Judicial Coll.; frmr. partner: Muth, Zulick &
(J.D.), 1976; mem.: Pa., Snyder Co., Union Co. Bar Assns., Worthington; frmr. asst. pub. def./custody conciliator/Mas-
Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges (Judicial Dispute Comm.); ter/dependency proceedings: Monroe Co.; mem.: Monroe
frmr. mem.: Central Susq. Valley C of C (chair, Econ. Dev. Co. (1st pres.-Young Lawyers Div.), Pa., Amer. Bar Assns.,
Comm.), Snyder Co. Munic. Waste Plan. Adv. Comm., Sny- Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges (Zone 5 rep.-Exec. Comm.),
der Co. Econ. Plan. Adv. Comm., Selinsgrove C of C; frmr. Natl. Cncl. of Juv. & Fam. Ct. Judges, Sons of Italy; co-chair:
bd. pres.: Snyder Co. Day Care Ctr. Inc.; past pres.: Selins- NE Div.-Commonwealth Partners Prog; elected judge, Court
grove Proj. Inc.; frmr. bd. mem.: Susq. Legal Svcs.; frmr. of Common Pleas 1999; married; 2 children.
chair: Selinsgrove White Christmas Comm.; frmr. v. chair:
WRIGHT, ROBERT C. (32nd District), born in 1944, in
Snyder Co. Adv. Network; apptd. judge, Court of Common
Chester, son of Robert A. and Mary Wright; George Wash.
Pleas Oct. 1990, elected 1991, retained 2001; married; 1
Univ. (B.A.), 1966; Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1969;
stepchild.
frmr. atty.; frmr. state leg.; bd. mem.: Boys’ & Girls’ Clubs of
WOGAN, CHRIS R. (1st District), born in 1950, in Chester; mem.: Pa., Delaware Co. Bar Assns., NAACP-
Philadelphia, son of Eleanor D. and the late Chris Wogan Jr.; Chester Branch, Tau Epsilon Phi, Pa. Conf. of State Trial
Cardinal Dougherty H.S., 1968; La Salle Coll. (B.A.), pol. Judges; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas 1991,
sci., 1972; Temple Law Ctr. (J.D.), 1975; ret. lt. col.: U.S. retained 2001; married; 2 children.
Army Reserves JAGC; frmr. priv. pract.; frmr. lawyer: SEPTA;
WRIGHT PADILLA, NINA (1st District), born in 1964, in
frmr. Pa. House of Rep.; mem.: K of C, Amer. Legion; elected
Syossett, N.Y.; John F. Kennedy H.S., 1982; Univ. of Md.
judge, Court of Common Pleas 2001; married; 1 child.
(B.S.), consumer econ., 1988; Univ. of Md. Sch. of Law
WOLF, FLORA BARTH (1st District), born in 1942, in (J.D.), 1992; frmr. assoc.: Atkins & Cohen; frmr. sole pract.;
Washington, D.C., daughter of Alan and Adrienne Barth; Con- found. partner: Wright & Padilla; mem.: Phila., Hispanic Bar
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Assns., Natl. Assn. of Women Judges, Barristers’ Assn. of ZETUSKY, EDWARD J. JR. (P .J.–32nd District), born in
Phila.; apptd. judge, Court of Common Pleas Aug. 2003, 1937, in Philadelphia, son of Amelia and the late Edward J.
elected Nov. 2003; married; 2 children. Zetusky Sr.; Villanova Univ. (B.S.), 1959; Villanova Univ.
Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1962; Natl. Judicial Coll., 1996; frmr.
YATRON, PAUL M. (23rd District), born in 1951, in Read-
cnclmn.: City of Chester; sol.: var. municipalities in Del. Co.;
.
ing, son of Paul P and Betty J. Yatron; Gov. Mifflin Jt. H.S.,
bd. mem.: Dela. Co. Solid Waste Auth.; mem.: Pa., Del. Co.,
1969; Dickinson Coll. (B.A.), hist./pol. sci., 1973; Creighton
Amer. Bar Assns., K of C, Men of Malvern; elected judge,
Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1976; frmr. shareholder: Mogal,
Court of Common Pleas 1995, retained 2005, elected pres.
Speidel, Bobb & Kershaer; frmr. 1st dep. atty. gen.: Office of
judge 2007; married; 4 sons (1 dec.); 10 grandchildren, 1
Atty. Gen.; frmr. chief cnsl.: Dept. of Aud. Gen.; elected
great-grandchild.
judge, Court of Common Pleas 2005; married.
ZOTTOLA, JOHN A. (5th District), born in Pittsburgh, son
YEAGER, STEPHEN MICHAEL (50th District), born in
of Vincent and Judy Zottola; Univ. of Pgh., 1979; Univ. of
1953, in Butler, son of Samuel L. Yeager and Shirley A.
Pgh. Sch. of Law, 1982; frmr. asst. dist. atty.: Allegheny Co.;
Uram-Yeager; Karns City Area H.S.; Univ. of Pgh. (B.S.),
frmr. assoc.: Robb, Leonard & Mulvihill; frmr. chair: Pgh.
psych., 1975; St. Francis Coll. of Pa. (M.A.), industrial ela.,
Zoning Bd.; frmr. v. chair: Pgh. Planning Comm.; frmr. lect.:
1976; Ohio Northern Univ. (J.D.), 1979; frmr. atty.: Jay Paul
Pgh. Action Against Rape; mem.: Immaculate Conception
Kahle, Hacker & Pohl; frmr. trust officer: U.S. Bank; frmr.
Ch. Parish Cncl., Columbus Day Parade Comm.; bd. mem.:
atty.; mem.: Order Sons of Italy in Amer., Penn State Alumni
Ctr. for Victims of Vio. Crimes, PCCD; elected judge, Court of
Assn., UCLA Alumni Assn.; elected judge, Court of Common
Common Pleas 1993, retained 2003.
Pleas May 2001; 1 child.
ZULICK, ARTHUR L. (43rd District), born in 1954 in
YODER, JOHN H. (48th District), born in 1945, in Kane,
Portsmouth, Va., son of the late Alan L. and Charlotte Zulick;
son of the late John H. and Anne M. Yoder; Smethport H.S.,
Allegheny Coll. (B.A.), cum laude, 1976; Cleveland-Marshall
1963; Allegheny Coll. (B.A.), pol. sci., 1967; Dickinson Sch.
Coll. of Law (J.D.) magna cum laude, 1979; frmr. sole pract.;
of Law (J.D.), 1970; frmr. assoc.: Ralph N. DeCamp; frmr.
frmr. asst. pub. def.: Monroe Co.; frmr. partner: Muth &
partner/owner: Apple & Yoder; frmr. dist. justice; bd. of dir.:
Zulick, Muth, Zulick & Worthington; past pres.: Pocono Fam.
Hamlin Bank & Trust Co.; elected judge, Court of Common
YMCA, Kettle Creek Environ. Fund; mem.: Stroudsburg
Pleas 2003; married; 2 children.
Plann. Comm., Monroe Co. Open Space Adv. Bd., Pa., Mon-
YOUNGE, JOHN M. (1st District), born in 1955, in roe Co. Bar Assns., Pa. Conf. of State Trial Judges; appointed
Philadelphia, son of Joseph E. and Jenny May Bryant; Central judge, Court of Common Pleas June 2005, elected Nov.
H.S., 1973; Boston Univ., 1977; Howard Univ. Sch. of Law 2005; married; 3 children.
(J.D.), 1981; frmr. dep. exec. dir./gen. cnsl.: Redev. Auth. of
Phila.; priv. pract.; chair: W. Phila. Commun. MH Consor-
tium; bd. mem.: Central H.S.; elected judge, Court of Com-
mon Pleas 1995, retained 2005; married; 3 children.
