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David Wecht's Biography

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601 Commonwealth Avenue 601 Commonwealth Avenue
Suite 1500 Post Office Box 61260
Harrisburg, PA 17106

Full Name:

David N. Wecht

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Male

JD, Yale Law School, 1987

BA, History/Political Science, Yale University, 1984

No political experience information on file.

Former Member, Juvenile Court Judges Commission

Former Member, Law Enforcement Advisory Committee, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency

Former Member, Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Domestic Relations Procedural Rules Committee

Associate Justice, Pennsylvania State Supreme Court, 2016-present

Adjunct Professor, Duquesne University School of Law, present

Adjunct Instructor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, present

Former Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphan’s Court, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Former Law Clerk, United States Circuit Judge George MacKinnon, United States Court of Appeals

Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 2012-2016

Trial Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania Fifth Judicial District, 2003-2012

Administrative Judge, Family Division, Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania Fifth Judicial Distric, 2009-2011

Register of Wills & Clerk, Orphans Court, 1998-2003

Partner, The Wecht Law Firm, 1996-2003

Associate, Katarincic & Salmon, 1993-1996

Associate, Williams & Connolly, 1989-1993

Fellow, Allegheny County Bar Foundation, present

Board Member, Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership Center, present

Member, The American Law Institute, present

Former Mentor, Amen Corner

Former Member, Criminal Justice Advisory Committee, Community College of Allegheny County

Former Member, Executive Committee, Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges

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