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The Family Division has its own Administrative Judge and Supervising Judge (being the Honorable Margaret T. Murphy and the Honorable Walter J. Olszewksi as of May 2024). [5] As of May 2024, there are four judges assigned to the Orphan's Court Division, including its own Administrative Judge (Hon. Sheila Woods-Skipper as of May 2024). [6]
The Philadelphia Municipal Court is a trial court of limited jurisdiction seated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It has 27 judges elected by the voters of Philadelphia. [ 1 ] The Municipal Court has three divisions: the Criminal Division, the Civil Division, and the Traffic Division. [ 1 ]
District Judge Mark A. Kearney: Philadelphia: 1962 2014–present — — Obama: 99 District Judge Jerry Pappert: Philadelphia: 1963 2014–present — — Obama: 100 District Judge Joseph F. Leeson Jr. Allentown Philadelphia: 1955 2014–present — — Obama: 101 District Judge Chad F. Kenney: Philadelphia: 1955 2018–present — — Trump ...
Judges can forfeit or resign their chief judgeship or acting chief judgeship while retaining their active status as a circuit judge. [6] When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest-serving judge who had not elected to retire, on what has since 1958 been known as senior status, or declined to serve as chief judge. After ...
Mia Roberts Perez (born 1981) [1] [2] is an American attorney who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She previously served as a judge on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas from 2016 to 2022.
The First Judicial District, in Philadelphia, has a specialized business court docket, the Commerce Case Management Program, first established in 1999 by administrative order of Judge John W. Herron, as does the Fifth Judicial District in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), the Commerce and Complex Litigation Center, [3] originally led by Judges R ...
Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2008–2015) Kevin Dougherty May 19, 1962 (age 62) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: January 4, 2016 Democratic: First term 2025 May 19, 2037 Judge, Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (2001–2015) David Wecht May 20, 1962 (age 62) in Baltimore, Maryland: January 4, 2016 Democratic: First term
The courts of common pleas are organized into 60 judicial districts, 53 comprising one of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, and seven comprising two counties. Each district has from one to 101 judges. Judges of the common pleas courts are elected to ten-year terms. A president judge and a court administrator serve in each judicial district. In ...