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Judge Bender Elected President Judge of Superior Court

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August 13, 2013

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has elected Judge John T. Bender as president of the 15-member intermediate appellate court.

President Judge Bender succeeds former President Judge Correale F. Stevens, who was sworn in as a member of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in July. President Judge Bender had served as an Allegheny County magisterial district judge prior to his election to the Superior Court in 2001. He also was an Allegheny County assistant district attorney and judicial law clerk in the Supreme and Superior courts.

 

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