Jake Roberts, a public defender, announced his bid for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Butler County in a statement on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Roberts was chief public defender of Clarion County for ...

Ray Ghaner was appointed Tuesday, Feb. 4, as the first judge to sit on the second seat of the bench in the Huntingdon County Court of Common Pleas. Ghaner has ...

County Department of Human Services attorney Alyssa Cowan faced pushback from some Republicans on the Senate Judiciary committee, but was ultimately given the nod for a full Senate confirmation vote ...

Brandon Marto thought he and the woman he considered to be his wife had taken every safety measure. When Christi Spicuzza ...

Under the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act, signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro last summer, a noncompete becomes ...

Lawmakers in the state Senate are poised to approve judicial vacancies in 10 counties next week. Philadelphia — which has the ...

Charges against a York man indicted for operating a York to Butler drug ring are headed to court. District Judge William Fullerton ordered all 20 charges filed against Jeffery A. Wilkins, 41, of ...

A Pittsburgh region homeowner filed a complaint seeking a countywide revamp of property assessments, claiming they are not ...

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A local attorney and public defender announced her campaign to become Erie County’s newest judge. Emily Merski announced that she will be running for judge of the Erie County Court of Common Pleas in ...

The plaintiff asserted that the trial judge—Philip Ignelzi of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas—did not ask the jury to clarify the verdict. Instead, the plaintiff contended ...

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — The extreme cold and ... ordered the closure of the following courts due to winter weather: All divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County All Magisterial ...