Judge Mary Jane Bowes
Term
January 2012 to December 2021
Education
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 1979
- Georgetown University, B.A., 1976
Professional Experience
- Administrative Wiretap Judge
- Lecturer, PBI
- Elected Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 2001
- IT Corporation, corporate counsel, 1998-2001
- Private law practice, 1986-98
- Judicial law clerk, Superior Court Senior Judge John P. Hester, 1982-86
- Judicial law clerk, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Henry X. O’Brien, 1981-82
- Judicial law clerk, Superior Court Senior Judge Harry Montgomery, 1980-81
- Private law practice, 1979-81
Memberships and Associations
- Allegheny County Bar Association Appellate Practice Committee, Member
- PBA Appellate Advocacy Committee, Former Co-Chair
- Allegheny County Bar Association Ethics Committee, Former Member
- Pennsylvania and Allegheny County Bar Associations
- St. Anthony Programs Board, Chair
- Bloomsburg University, Vice-Chair, Council of Trustees
- Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Member
- Allegheny County Medical Society Foundation, Former Trustee
- Allegheny County Finance and Development Commission, Former Board Member
- St. Clair Memorial Hospital, Former Board Member
- Women’s Bar Association of Western Pennsylvania, Former Co-president
Awards and Honors
- Martindale Hubbell AV rating
- PBA Special Achievement Award, 2008
- Pitt Law Women’s Association/Allegheny County Bar Association’s Marjorie Matson Woman of the Year Award, 2007
- Pennsylvania’s Best 50 Women in Business Award, 1997
- Elected to Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, 1996