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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Appointment to Civil Procedural Rules Committee

January 16, 2007

HARRISBURG, January 17, 2007 - The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania today announced the reappointment of the Hon. William J. Manfredi to the Civil Procedural Rules Committee. Manfredi, supervising judge of the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court trial division-civil, was reappointed for a term that expires Jan. 1, 2010. The committee was created in 1937 by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to assist in the promulgation and administration of the rules of civil procedure governing civil actions for the Courts of Common Pleas. The work of the committee, which is the oldest of the Supreme Court's committees, covers all aspects of civil practice before the Courts of Common Pleas except those relating to the Orphans' Court and Family Court divisions. The Supreme Court appoints committee members to three-year terms. Each member may serve a maximum of two consecutive full terms. The committee membership consists of 16 lawyers and judges, including one ex-officio member.