Court data shows that the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas saw more eight-plus-figure civil jury verdicts in 2024 than it ...

Samuel M. Lehrer, a retired Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge, died Dec. 25 at the age of 95. He served on the Municipal Court of Philadelphia from 1974 to 1980 and on the Philadelphia ...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Kang Haggerty LLC has announced that former Court of Common Pleas Administrative Judge John W. Herron has joined the firm’s Dispute Resolution practice group as Of Counsel.

This is a fifth attempt for Leon A. King, II — who was Philadelphia’s first openly LGBTQ+ commissioner when he led the ...

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 ...

The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, in conjunction with the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, ...

Two attorneys with backgrounds as judges in Chester County have been confirmed to take their places on the Common Pleas Court. On Tuesday the state Senate confirmed the appointments of Democrat ...

Prosecutors had planned to seek the death penalty in the case, but agreed to a plea deal that resulted in two life sentences ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP ... opportunities to give victim impact testimony or address the court is unquantifiable,” Common Pleas Judge Barbara McDermott told The Philadelphia Inquirer this fall.