Cyril Harrison Wecht was an American forensic pathologist. He was president of both the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American College of Legal Medicine,and headed the board of trustees of the American Board of Legal Medicine. Wecht served as County Commissioner and Allegheny County Coroner and Medical Examiner,serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. He was perhaps best known for his criticism of the Warren Commission's findings concerning the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
On October 12,1995,African-American businessman Jonny Gammage was killed by police officers from several departments around Pittsburgh.
Stephen A. Zappala Jr. is an American lawyer who is the current District Attorney of Allegheny County,Pennsylvania.
Thomas Michael Hardiman is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Nominated by President George W. Bush,he began active service on April 2,2007. He maintains chambers in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,and was previously a United States district judge.
Jane Clare Orie is an American politician,attorney,and convicted felon who served in both Houses of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. While in the State Senate,she represented the 40th district,including portions of Allegheny County and Butler County,and served as the Majority Whip. Orie is also a former member of the State House,where she represented the 28th district. She resigned from the State Senate in May 2012,following her conviction on 14 counts of forgery,conflict of interest and theft of services,and served the minimum two-and-a half years of a two-and-a-half to ten-year prison sentence. She was disbarred by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on December 10,2014.
Donetta Wypiski Ambrose is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Barron Patterson McCune was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Hubert Irving Teitelbaum was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Joseph Francis Weis Jr. was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Cathy Bissoon is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Previously,she was a United States magistrate judge of the same court. She was appointed a district judge by President Barack Obama and was confirmed by the United States Senate in October 2011.
Mary Beth Buchanan (née Kotcella) is the former United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She was nominated by George W. Bush on September 5,2001,and confirmed by the United States Senate on September 14,2001.
Pennsylvania held statewide elections on November 8,2011,to fill judicial positions and allow judicial retention votes. The necessary primary elections were held on May 17,2011.
Edgardo Ramos is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBTQ rights that took place in the year 2014.
Klayman v. Obama,957 F.Supp.2d 1,was a decision by the United States District Court for District of Columbia finding that the National Security Agency's (NSA) bulk phone metadata collection program was unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment. The ruling was later overturned on jurisdictional grounds,leaving the constitutional implications of NSA surveillance unaddressed.
Robert John Colville is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Marilyn Jean Horan is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
David Norman Wecht is an American attorney and jurist,who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania since 2016. Prior to his election in 2015,Wecht had served as a judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
David James Porter is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
William Shaw Stickman IV is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
