Honorable James Gardner Colins

Term
Senior Judge - January 1, 2012

Education
University of Pennsylvania (B.A.), 1968
Villanova University School of Law (J.D.), 1971

Military Experience
Captain, Infantry, U.S. Army Reserve

Professional Experience
Assistant District Attorney - Philadelphia County, 1971-1975
Private Practice; Labor Arbitrator, 1975-1980
Judge, Municipal Court of Philadelphia, 1980-1983
Judge, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, 1984-2008
President Judge, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, (first term) Sept. 1, 1994-1999, (second term) Jan. 7, 2002-2006
Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board, 1997-2001
Chairman, Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board, 1999-2001
Member and Shareholder - Cozen O’Connor, June 1, 2008 - January 1, 2012

Memberships and Associations
PA Conference of Trial Judges’ Compensation & Benefits Committee, 1980-1981
Judicial Audit Committee of the Administrative Office of Pa. Courts, 1985-1988
American Bar Association’s Commission on Racial & Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, 1998-1999
Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Judiciary, Academy & Bar Committee, 1998
Chairman, Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Constitutional Review Commission, 2010-Present
Pennsylvania Bar Association
American Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association