Correale Stevens | |
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Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court | |
In office July 30, 2013 –January 4, 2016 | |
Appointed by | Tom Corbett |
Preceded by | Joan Orie Melvin |
Succeeded by | Christine Donohue |
Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania | |
In office January 4,1998 –July 30,2013 | |
Succeeded by | Patricia H. Jenkins [1] |
Member of the PennsylvaniaHouseofRepresentatives from the 116th district | |
In office January 6,1981 –November 30,1988 | |
Preceded by | Ronald Gatski |
Succeeded by | Thomas Stish |
Personal details | |
Born | Hazleton,Pennsylvania,U.S. | October 6,1946
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University (BA,JD) |
Correale F. Stevens (born October 6,1946) is an American attorney,politician,and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from June 2013 to January 2016. [2]
Stevens previously served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. [3]
Stevens was born in Hazleton,Pennsylvania. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pennsylvania State University and a Juris Doctor from the Penn State Dickinson Law. He completed a summer program at the University of California,Santa Barbara. [4]
After graduating from law school,Stevens established his own legal practice in Hazleton,Pennsylvania. He then served as Hazelton City Solicitor and District Attorney of Luzerne County,Pennsylvania. [5]
He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988. [6]
Stevens was elected to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in 1997. He also worked as an instructor at Penn State Hazleton. [7]
Stevens was appointed to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 2013 after the resignation of Joan Orie Melvin. [8]
In May 2015,he was defeated in the Republican primary for election to a full term. [9]