Judge Maria C. McLaughlin
Judge McLaughlin has dedicated her legal career in public service. Immediately before being elected to the Superior Court, she was a Judge in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia. During her tenure on the Philadelphia bench, she presided in Family Court. Prior to joining the bench, Judge McLaughlin was a Chief in the Philadelphia […]
Judge Mary P. Murray
Judge Mary P. Murray graduated from Duquesne University in 1992 with a B.S./B.A. in marketing and a minor in psychology. In 1993, she began a joint MBA/J.D. program at Duquesne University, graduating in December of 1995 with her MBA and in May of 1996 with her Juris Doctorate. While at Duquesne Law School, she completed […]
Judge Carolyn H. Nichols
Judge Carolyn H. Nichols, was elected to a ten year term in Superior Court in 2017. Previously, she was elected to the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court in 2011, and conducted felony jury trials in criminal court, with equal justice, protecting the rights of crime victims, and the accused, working to create opportunities for positive reentry […]
Judge Deborah A. Kunselman
In November 2005, Judge Deborah Anne Kunselman became the first woman ever elected to the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County. Judge Kunselman is a 1992 honors’ graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School, and a 1989 high-honors’ graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, where she was a student of the Schreyer […]
Judge Alice Beck Dubow
Judge Dubow was sworn in as a judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania on January 4, 2016. Prior to her election to Superior Court, she served as a judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County for eight years, where she presided over jury and non-jury criminal, civil and juvenile cases. Before […]
Judge Victor P. Stabile
Vic Stabile was elected as a judge to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in 2013. Prior to his election, Vic had over thirty years of broad legal experience. He is a 1982 graduate of the Dickinson School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review and the President of the Student Bar […]
Judge Judith Ference Olson
Judge Judith Ference Olson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She graduated magna cum laude from Saint Francis University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Theatre Arts. She attended the Duquesne University School of Law where she served on the Duquesne Law Review and, in 1982, she graduated second in […]
President Judge Anne E. Lazarus
Judge Anne E. Lazarus was born in Brooklyn, New York. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1972. She received both her Juris Doctor (1976) and LLM in Taxation (1986) from Temple University Beasley School of Law. Judge Lazarus served as Legal […]
Judge Jacqueline O. Shogan
Judge Jacqueline (Jackie) O. Shogan was born on June 5, 1953, and raised in the Pittsburgh area. A graduate of Gateway High School in Monroeville, Judge Shogan went on to Temple University to receive a B.S. in Nursing, summa cum laude, in 1975. She subsequently obtained an M.S. in Nursing from the University of Virginia. […]
President Judge Emeritus Susan Peikes Gantman
President Judge Emeritus Susan Peikes Gantman is a cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she received her Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts degrees in 1974. Judge Gantman graduated from the Villanova School of Law in 1977. Following graduation from law school, Judge Gantman served as law clerk to the Honorable […]