Bruce Lee Castor Jr. is an American lawyer and retired Republican politician from Montgomery County,Pennsylvania. He was appointed as the first Solicitor General of Pennsylvania in March 2016,and also first deputy attorney general the following July. Castor became acting attorney general less than a month later. He led for the defense of the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump along with American lawyer David Schoen.
Ronald D. Castille served on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1994 to 2014 and was chief justice from 2008 to 2014. He stepped down from the court in 2014,after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70.
Constance Hess Williams is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 17th District,from 2001 to 2009. She previously represented the 149th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1997 to 2001. On June 23,2021,President Joe Biden nominated her for member of the National Council on the Arts,an advisory board to the chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Cherelle Lesley Parker is an American politician who has served as the 100th Mayor of Philadelphia since 2024. She is the first woman to hold the office.
Wendell Craig Williams is a former federal prosecutor,Assistant United States Attorney,member of the United States Marine Corps,and member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 160th district. He received his bachelor's degree from Duke University in 1987,his J.D. degree from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 1997 and his master's degree from Columbia University in 2001.
Kenyatta J. Johnson is a Democratic member of the Philadelphia City Council. He formerly served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 186th District. He represents the 2nd District,which covers parts of Center City,South and Southwest Philadelphia,as well as the stadium area,Philadelphia International Airport,the Navy Yard and the Eastwick,Grays Ferry,Hawthorne and Point Breeze neighborhoods. Councilman Johnson was re-elected in the May 2015 primary election to represent the 2nd District for a second term.
Rufus Seth Williams is a former district attorney of the city of Philadelphia. He began his term January 4,2010. He formerly served as an assistant district attorney. Williams was the first African-American district attorney in Philadelphia and in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. On March 21,2017,Williams was indicted on 23 counts of bribery,extortion,and fraud. His trial began June 19,2017. He resigned and pleaded guilty to one charge on June 29,2017.
James Francis Kenney is an American politician who served as the 99th mayor of Philadelphia from 2016 to 2024. Kenney was first elected on November 3,2015,defeating his Republican rival Melissa Murray Bailey after winning the crowded Democratic primary contest by a landslide on May 19.
The office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia is the largest prosecutor's office in the state of Pennsylvania and oversees a jurisdiction that includes more than 1.5 million citizens of both the city and county of Philadelphia. The current District Attorney of Philadelphia is Larry Krasner. The district attorney represents the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the City &County of Philadelphia in all criminal and other prosecutions.
Kathleen Margaret Kane is an American former politician and lawyer who served as the 48th Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 2013 until her resignation in 2016 following her conviction for perjury,obstruction of justice,and related charges for illegal activities while she was attorney general. She was the first woman and first Democrat ever elected to the position.
The San Francisco District Attorney's Office is the legal agency charged with prosecuting crimes in the City and County of San Francisco,California. The current district attorney is Brooke Jenkins. Occupants of this office have gone on to higher elected offices,including:governor of California,United States Senator,and vice president of the United States.
Anne X. Alpern was an American jurist and politician who served as the attorney general for Pennsylvania and was later appointed to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. She was the first woman to hold either position.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General election of 2012 was held on November 6,2012. The primary election was held on April 24.
The 2015 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 3,2015,to elect the Mayor of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,concurrently with various other state and local elections. Heavily favored Democratic party candidate Jim Kenney won.
Risa Vetri Ferman is the judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Montgomery County,Pennsylvania,and was formerly District Attorney of the same county. Before winning the election as the county's prosecutor,Ferman worked for 15 years in the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. In November 2007,she became the first woman elected District Attorney in Montgomery County. In 2011,Ferman won re-election and began her second term as District Attorney in January 2012. She is the daughter of Barbara and Sal Vetri,and sister of restaurateur Marc Vetri and television director and producer Adam Vetri.
Lawrence Samuel Krasner is an American lawyer who is the 26th District Attorney of Philadelphia. Elected to the position in 2017,Krasner was one of the first in the United States to run as a self-described "progressive prosecutor". He campaigned on a platform to reform elements of the criminal justice system,including reduced incarceration.
Kelley Brisbon Hodge is an American attorney and politician who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She served as the 25th District Attorney of Philadelphia. She is a member of the Democratic Party. After being elected on July 20,2017,by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Board of Judges,Hodge was sworn in on July 24,2017,making her the first African American woman to serve as district attorney in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
William Miller McSwain is an American attorney and a former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,a position he held from April 6,2018 to January 22,2021. He was nominated to the post by President Donald Trump. After leaving his position as U.S. Attorney,McSwain entered private practice at Duane Morris LLP. He then ran,unsuccessfully,for the Republican nomination for Governor of Pennsylvania in 2022 after which he again returned to private practice.
The 2023 Philadelphia City Council elections was held November 7,2023 for elections of all seats in the Philadelphia City Council. The Democratic Party maintained its super-majority on the council. The election took place on the same day as the 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election and other local elections in the Commonwealth.
The 2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election will be held on November 5,2024,to elect the attorney general of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
