Justice P. Kevin Brobson
Term
January 2022 to January 2032
Education
- Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg Campus, summa cum laude, Managing Editor Law Review; 1995
- Lycoming College (B.A., Accounting/Economics), magna cum laude, 1992
Professional Experience
- Elected a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2021
- Elected President Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, effective Jan. 4, 2021
- Elected a judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, 2009
- Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania, 2015-2019 Former Secretary and Chair
- Widener University Commonwealth Law School Jurist-in-Residence, 2016-2018
- Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, 2003-09
- Associate, Buchanan Ingersoll PC, 1996-2003
- Judicial Clerk to the Honorable James McGirr Kelly (U.S. Dist. Ct., E.D. Pa.), 1995-96
Memberships and Associations
- American, Pennsylvania, and Dauphin County Bar Associations
- James S. Bowman American Inns of Court
- St. Thomas More Society of Central Pa. Board of Governors
- Widener University Commonwealth Law School Board of Advisors
- The Honorable William W. Lipsitt American Inns of Court, 2011-12
- Penn State Hershey Four Diamonds Advisory Board, Former Chair, 2010-16
- Middle Paxton Township Planning Commission, 2008-09
- Dauphin County Bar Association Public Services Committee, 2008-09
- Jump Street Board of Directors, Former Chair, 2001-08
- State Street Academy of Music Board of Directors, 2004-05
Awards and Honors
- Lycoming College, Dr. James E. Douthat Outstanding Achievement Award (2022)
- Widener Commonwealth Law School Pro Bono Service Provider Award (2014)
- Diamond of Honesty Award, Penn State THON (2013)
- The Best Lawyers in America—Insurance Law (2009)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association Pro Bono Award Winner (2008)
- Dauphin County Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year (2008)
- Central Penn Business Journal “Forty Under 40” Honoree (2005)
- American Lawyer Media-PA “Lawyer on the Fast Track” Honoree (2005)
Publications
- P. Kevin Brobson, Baer on Election Law, 62 DUQ. LAW REV. 30 (2024)
- P. Kevin Brobson, Of Free and Equal Elections and Fair Districts—How the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Slayed (or Hobbled?) the Partisan Gerrymander, 30 WIDENER COMMW. L. REV. 53 (2020)
- P. Kevin Brobson, Representing Clients in Complex Insurance Matters, INSIDE THE MINDS: INSURANCE LAW CLIENT STRATEGIES 63 (2007)
- P. Kevin Brobson, Myths, Misunderstandings Cloud Debate Over RRGs, BUSINESS INSURANCE, Aug. 23, 2004, at 12.
- P. Kevin Brobson, Note, Minnesota v. Dickerson: The Plain feel Terry Stop and Frisk Is No Longer Limited to a Protective Search for Weapons, 3 WIDENER J. PUB. L. 951 (1994).