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In Pennsylvania, the courts of common pleas are the trial courts of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania (the state court system). 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]
Clyde W. Waite: [52] First African American male judge in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; J. Curtis Joyner (1974): [53] First African American judge in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He would later become a district court judge. Juan Ramon Sanchez (1981): [37] [38] First Latino American male admitted to the Chester County Bar Association
The Allegheny County Courthouse of Allegheny County in Downtown Pittsburgh. 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.
Chelsa L. Wagner (born July 24, 1977) is an American politician currently serving as a Judge in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Wagner previously served as the Allegheny County Controller. She resigned her position at the beginning of 2022, prior to being sworn in as judge.
The Allegheny County District Attorney's office did not file charges against Saveikis after either of the complaints were brought to its attention, but its investigation indicated county President ...
Doris Smith-Ribner (1972): [17] [18] First African American female appointed as a Judge of the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court (1987) Cynthia Baldwin: [52] First African American female judge in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1989) Donna Jo McDaniel: [53] First female elected as the president judge in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (2008)
Ralph Stanton Wettick Jr. is a retired United States judge who served on the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania's Fifth Judicial District, [1] from 1976 to 2016. He was a leading authority on discovery under Pennsylvania's Rules of Civil Procedure, and was known for handling important and complex cases.
This is a list of former and current non-federal courthouses in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Each of the 67 counties in the Commonwealth has a city or borough designated as the county seat where the county government resides, including a county courthouse for the court of general jurisdiction, the Court of Common Pleas. Other courthouses are used by the three state-wide appellate courts ...