The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System. It also claims to be the oldest appellate court in the United States,a claim that is disputed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania began in 1684 as the Provincial Court,and casual references to it as the "Supreme Court" of Pennsylvania were made official in 1722 upon its reorganization as an entity separate from the control of the royal governor.
Paul Drew Clement is an American lawyer who served as U.S. Solicitor General from 2004 to 2008 and is known for his advocacy before the U.S. Supreme Court. He established his own law firm,Clement &Murphy,in 2022 after leaving Kirkland &Ellis,following that firm’s decision to end its Second Amendment work. He is also a Distinguished Lecturer in Law at Georgetown University and an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law. He was nominated by President George W. Bush on March 14,2005,for the post of Solicitor General,confirmed by the United States Senate on June 8,2005,and took the oath of office on June 13.
Thomas G. Saylor is a former chief justice and associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,and a former judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania held statewide municipal elections on November 3,2009,to fill a number of judicial positions and to allow judicial retention votes. The necessary primary elections were held on May 19,2009.
Edward George Smith was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Richard Donald Dietz is a judge on the North Carolina Supreme Court,having been elected in 2022. He previously served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals after being appointed by then-North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory to fill the vacant seat created by the elevation of Robert N. Hunter,Jr. to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
David Norman Wecht is an American attorney and jurist,who has served as an associate 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.
Christine L. Donohue is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Prior to her election to that court in 2015,she was an elected member of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania,a seat she had held since 2008. She had also performed nearly three decades of service as a trial lawyer and litigator in Allegheny County,Pennsylvania.
Raheem L. Mullins is an American lawyer and judge who has served as an Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court since 2017.
Susan Larson Christensen is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Iowa Supreme Court since 2018 and as the chief justice since 2020.
Richard Stephen Gebelein was an American politician and jurist who served as the Attorney General of Delaware from 1979 through 1983,as a judge on the Delaware Superior Court from 1984 through 2005,and as an international judge in the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Tamika Renee Montgomery-Reeves is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She previously served as an Associate Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.
Widener University Commonwealth Law School is a law school located in Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,and part of Widener University,a private university in Chester,Pennsylvania. It is one of two separate ABA-accredited law schools of the university. It was founded in 1989 as an expansion of Widener University's law school in Wilmington. It awards the Juris Doctor degree in its full-time and part-time programs and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).
The 2021 Pennsylvania elections were held on November 2,2021,to fill judicial positions on the Supreme Court,Superior Court,and Commonwealth Court,to allow judicial retention votes,and to fill numerous county,local and municipal offices.
Rachel Wainer Apter is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Shirley Troutman is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals since 2022. She served as an associate justice of the New York Supreme Court,Appellate Division from 2016 to 2022.
Gregory Dolin is an American lawyer and law professor who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Palau,having been sworn into office on January 7,2020. He resigned in January 2022 in order to return to his regular duties as a law professor in the University of Baltimore School of Law. As of 2023,he remains on the faculty there.
Lisa Holder White is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court since July 2022. She previously served as a judge of the Illinois Fourth District Appellate Court from 2013 to 2022,and as a trial judge in the Illinois Sixth Judicial Circuit Court from 2001 to 2013. She is the first Black woman to be elevated to the Illinois Supreme Court.
Derek Read Molter is an American lawyer from Indiana who serves as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court since 2022,after he was appointed by Governor Eric Holcomb. He previously served as a judge of the Indiana Court of Appeals from 2021 to 2022.
The 2023 Pennsylvania elections took place on November 7,2023,to fill judicial positions,allow judicial retention votes,and fill numerous county,local and municipal offices,the most prominent being the Mayor of Philadelphia. The necessary primary elections were held on May 16,2023. In addition,special elections for legislative vacancies could be held at various times in 2023.
