Term
January 2008 to December 2017
Education
- University of Virginia, B.A., 1969
- Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1972
- University of Virginia School of Law, LL.M., 2004
Professional Experience
- General practice of law, 1972-82
- First Assistant District Attorney, Somerset County, 1973-76
- Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection, Director, 1982-83
- First Deputy Attorney General, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1983-87
- Private law practice, 1987-93
- Elected a judge of the Pennsylvania Superior Court, 1993
- Elected a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1997
Memberships and Associations
- American Bar Association, Appellate Judges Conference
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Cumberland County Bar Association
- Dauphin County Bar Association
- American Law Institute
Awards and Honors
- Widener University School of Law, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 2002
- Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 2012
Publications
- Fourth Amendment Departures and Sustainability in State Constitutionalism, 22 WIDENER L.J. 1 (2012)
- Power and Prerogative: Reflections on Judicial Suspension of Laws, 21 WIDENER L.J. (2012)
- On the Nature of Judging, 20 WIDENER L.J. 681 (2011)
- Right for Any Reason: An Unsettled Doctrine at the Supreme Court Level and an Anecdotal Experience With Former Chief Justice Cappy, 47 DUQ. L. REV. 489 (2009)
- Prophylaxis in Modern State Constitutionalism: New Judicial Federalism and the Acknowledged, Prophylactic Rule, 59 N.Y.U. SURV. AM. L. 283 (2003)
