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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania is one of two Pennsylvania intermediate appellate courts. The jurisdiction of the nine-judge Commonwealth Court is limited to appeals from final orders of certain state agencies and certain designated cases from the courts of common pleas involving public sector legal questions and government regulation.
In recognition of the success of this program, Panella received the President's Award from the Conference of State Trial Judges in 2002. [8] He was elected to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in November 2003, and was sworn into office as an appellate judge on January 9, 2004. [18] He presides over appeals from civil, criminal and family law ...
Brobson served on the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania from 2010 to 2022. In the 2021 general election, he was the Republican nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania left by the mandatory retirement of Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor; Brobson narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Maria McLaughlin and was sworn in on January 3, 2022.
The Commonwealth Court is limited to appeals from final orders of certain state agencies and certain designated cases from the Courts of Common Pleas. [10] The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the final appellate court. All judges in Pennsylvania are elected; the chief justice is determined by seniority. [10]
Philadelphia is one of two counties in Pennsylvania that has a Municipal Court (the other being Pittsburgh). Criminal dockets would be MC-51-CR-*****-2007. Summary offenses are heard in Community Court, the usual punishment from a summary offense is a small fine and/or community service. The summary dockets would be MC-51-SU-*****-2007.
From 1981 to 1983, he was a central legal staff lawyer for the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. [1] He practiced in Delaware County and Philadelphia as an associate, partner, and a solo practitioner, in both large and small firms. Prior to his election to the bench, Kenney was elected twice as Delaware County Sheriff.
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.
Acts enacted in 1970 set up the court. Judges are elected to 10-year terms, and must retire at the age of 75. The Commonwealth Court publishes its precedential opinions in the Atlantic Reporter 3d series. From 1970 to 1995, the court maintained an official reporter, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Reports, volumes 1–168 (1970–1995). The ...