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www.courts.phila.gov. President Judge. Currently. Hon. Patrick F. Dugan. Since. January 2019. 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 ...
The Municipal Court also has jurisdiction over civil cases with an amount in controversy less than $12,000 (or $12,500 for fines and most debts owed to the City of Philadelphia, or $15,000 for delinquent real-estate taxes owed to the City and certain tax debts owed to the School District of Philadelphia). The civil division of the Municipal ...
Teresa Carr Deni is a lawyer, politician, and former judge in Philadelphia. From 1995 to 2016, she was a judge in the Philadelphia Municipal Court. [1] In her first 12 years on the bench, she disposed hundreds of cases per year. Lawyers who appeared before her gave her a 90% approval rating. She earned the endorsement of the Philadelphia Bar ...
Philadelphia Municipal Court (2021– ) Pennsylvania: active: David Young [235] Circuit Court of Miami Dade County (2000–2007: Resigned to do TV show; 2016: Reelected to same judicial seat) Florida: active: Amy Zanelli [236] Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas (2021– ) Pennsylvania: active: Zeke Zeidler [237] Los Angeles County Superior ...
The courts of common pleas are the trial courts of general jurisdiction in the state. The name derives from the medieval English court of Common Pleas. Pennsylvania established them in 1722. [ 1] They hear civil cases with a significant amount in controversy and trials for serious crimes. They have original jurisdiction over all cases not ...
The Pennsylvania courts of common pleas are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction. There are 60 judicial districts, 53 of which comprise only one of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, and seven comprising two counties. Each district has from one to 93 judges. The courts of common pleas hear civil cases with an amount in controversy in excess ...
Seamus P. McCaffery (born June 3, 1950) is an American retired Justice on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.He is a member of the Democratic Party.Prior to his election to the Supreme Court, he was a judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and prior to that was a municipal court judge in Philadelphia.
The new judge said Mansfield sees about 20,000 municipal court cases each year, which he said is a great opportunity to help those in need. "That's 20,000 chances to do the right thing. 20,000 ...