David N. Wecht
David Wecht was sworn in to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania on January 4, 2012. He began his public service in 1987 as a law clerk for U.S. District Court of Appeals (D.C. Circuit) Judge George E. MacKinnon. After nearly a decade in private practice, Judge Wecht served Allegheny County as the Register of Wills […]
Sallie Updyke Mundy
Sallie Updyke Mundy was born in Elmira, New York, on June 29, 1962. She has graduated from both Washington & Jefferson College (1984) and the University Pittsburgh School of Law (1987). After earning her Juris Doctorate, she became a law clerk for Common Pleas President Judge Robert M. Kemp, in her home county of Tioga. […]
Paula Francisco Ott
Judge Paula Francisco Ott was born on September 17, 1950 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Delaware (1972); her Juris Doctor (1975) and Master of Laws in Taxation (1981) from Temple University School of Law. Judge Ott began her legal career in public service, […]
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 earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, summa cum laude, from Temple University in 1975. She subsequently earner her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of […]
Cheryl Lynn Allen
Cheryl Lynn Allen was born in Pittsburgh on December 16, 1947. She attended Schenley High School and was awarded a BA from Penn State University and JD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law (1975). While attending law school, Judge Allen was a public elementary school teacher in her native town. Before Judge Allen […]
Christine L. Donohue
Christine L. Lewis was born into a coal-mining family in Coaldale, Pennsylvania on December 24, 1952. She attended St. Peter & Paul’s Elementary School and graduated from Marian Catholic High school. Justice Donohue received a BA from East Stroudsburg State College and a JD from Duquesne University School of Law (1980). Justice Donohue worked as […]
President Judge Emeritus Jack A. Panella
Jack Anthony Panella (born May 4, 1955) is the President Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. He assumed office on the Superior Court on January 9, 2004. Prior to his election to the Superior Court, he was a Judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County, where he served from October 25, 1991, to […]
Seamus P. McCaffery
Seamus P. McCaffrey was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on June 3, 1950. When he was five years old, his family emigrated to the United States and specifically Philadelphia where he has made his home. Justice McCaffrey graduated from Cardinal Dougherty High School in 1968 and then joined the Marines. He spent one tour of […]
Susan Peikes Gantman
President Judge Emeritus (ret) Susan Peikes Gantman was born in Philadelphia on August 8, 1952. She is a cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she received both her Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts degrees (1974). Judge Gantman graduated from the Villanova School of Law in 1977. Following graduation, Gantman served […]
Richard B. Klein
Judge Klein was sworn in as the 86th member of the Superior Court of PA on December 17, 2001. Klein spent 28 years on the Common Pleas bench, in Philadelphia County, before being elevated to his Appellate role. Judge Klein was born in Philadelphia to Orphans’ Court Judge Charles Klein and Rosalie Benson Klein. He […]