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A Short History of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
In 1895, the Pennsylvania General Assembly established the Superior Court to hear appeals from certain decisions of the courts of common pleas of the Commonwealth. From time to time the Legislature has expanded the Court’s jurisdiction, and today it decides appeals touching almost every aspect of life and commerce in the State, including family law […]
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Judge Dan Pellegrini
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Judge James G. Colins
Senior Judge Colins was born on June 9, 1946, in Philadelphia. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, and earned his law degree from Villanova University School of Law in 1971. He graduated from the United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, GA in 1972, and served as a Captain in the United […]
Judge Gene Strassburger
Judge Gene Strassburger graduated from Yale College and Harvard Law School. After clerking for 2 years for Justice Henry X. O’Brien on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, he was associated with the law firm of Strassburger & McKenna and served in the City of Pittsburgh Law Department. His most notable achievement in the Law Department was […]
President Judge Emeritus Correale F. Stevens
P.J.E. Correale F. Stevens is a graduate of Penn State University (A.B. political science) and the Dickinson School of Law (J.D.), where he served as associate editor of the Dickinson Law Review. Elected to the statewide appellate Superior Court in 1997 and as President Judge by his colleagues on the court in 2010, he had […]
Judge John L. Musmanno
John L. Musmanno was born in Stowe Township, Pa. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington and Jefferson College in 1963, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and a Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1966, where he was an assistant editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review. Judge […]
Judge Daniel D. McCaffery
Service to others has always been the cornerstone of Judge McCaffery’s career. Dan McCaffery served his country as a Soldier in the U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Division. After returning from the U.S. Army, he earned his degree from Temple Law. Judge McCaffery has had the honor of working in Pennsylvania courtrooms for 28 years: twenty-two […]
Judge Megan M. King
Judge King began her career protecting the most vulnerable as an assistant district attorney in the Lancaster County district attorney’s office where she supervised the child abuse unit — an office where the worst of the human condition was met with tough justice for offenders and hope for victims. She later led a county-wide initiative […]