Honorable David N. Wecht

Term
January 2012 - December 2021

Education
Yale University, Yale College (B.A.), 1984
Yale University, The Yale Law School (J.D.), 1987

Professional Experience
Judicial Law Clerk to Hon. George E. MacKinnon, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Washington, DC, 1987-1988
Associate, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, 1989-1993
Associate, Katarincic & Salmon, Pittsburgh, PA, 1993-1996
Partner, The Wecht Law Firm, Pittsburgh, PA, 1996-2003
Register of Wills & Clerk of Orphans’ Court, Allegheny County, 1998-2003
Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Feb. 2003-Jan. 2012 (Administrative Judge, Family Division, 2009-2011)
Adjunct Professor, Duquesne University School Of Law, Pittsburgh, PA, 1997-Present
Adjunct Faculty, Graduate School of Public & International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2010-Present

Memberships and Associations
Member, American, Pennsylvania, and Allegheny County Bar Associations
Fellow, Allegheny County Bar Foundation
Former Member, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Domestic Relations Procedural Rules Committee
Former Member (ex officio), Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission
Former Member, Executive Committee, Pennsylvania Conference Of State Trial Judges
Former Member, Public Safety Advisory Committee, Pennsylvania Commission On Crime and Delinquency

Awards and Honors
Certificate of Distinguished Service, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, 1989
“Pittsburgh’s Fifty Finest" Award, 1997
“The Fabulous Forty Under Forty" Award, 1999
Honorary Citizenship, City of Harrisburg, PA, 2000
Certificate of Recognition, Variety Club, The Children’s Charity, Pittsburgh, PA, 2000
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Commander’s Award, Toys For Tots, 2001
Certificates of Recognition, Regional Development Funding Corp., Pittsburgh, PA, 2000, 2001
Humanitarian Award, J.N.L. Club, 2003

Personal
Born 1962: Baltimore, MD
Married, four children