Gov. Wolf, Senate Leaders Announce Slate Of Judicial Nominations, Including Eakin Replacement

Gov. Tom Wolf, Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (R-Centre) and Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) Monday announced a slate of nominations for judicial vacancies. These nominations require confirmation by the Senate.

“I thank Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate for working with me in a collaborative way to ensure these vacancies on our courts are filled,” Gov. Wolf said.

The nominees are:

-- Supreme Court – Judge Sallie Mundy (to replace Justice Eakin)

-- Superior Court – Carl Solano, Judge Lillian Harris Ransom and Geoffrey Moulton

-- Commonwealth Court – Joe Cosgrove and Julia Hearthway

-- Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas – David Spurgeon

-- Berks County Court of Common Pleas – Jill Gehman Koestel

-- Bucks County Court of Common Pleas – Jeffrey G. Trauger

-- Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas – Lori Serratelli

-- Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas – Julia Munley

-- Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas – Daniel McCarthy

-- Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas – Joseph Walsh

-- City of Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas: Stella Tsai, Vincent Furlong, Daniel Sulman, Lucretia Clemons, Roger Gordon and Vincent Melchiorre

-- Washington County Court of Common Pleas: Damon Faldowski

-- York County Court of Common Pleas – Kathleen Prendergast and Christy Fawcett

-- Allegheny County Magisterial District Court – Dan Butler

-- Centre County Magisterial District Court – Robert Bascom

-- Chester County Magisterial District Court – Elizabeth Curtis Swain

-- Cumberland County Magisterial District Court – Jonathan Birbeck

-- Dauphin County Magisterial District Court – David O’Leary

-- Lackawanna County Magisterial District Court – Bruce Zero

-- Northampton County Magisterial District Court – Alicia Zito

-- Westmoreland County Magisterial District Court – Wayne Gongaware
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