P. Kevin Brobson

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Paul Kevin Brobson (born November 26, 1970) is a judge on the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania - one of Pennsylvania's two intermediate apellate courts. He was elected to the bench in 2009 and sworn in on January 6, 2010.^[1]

Childhood[]

Brobson was born in Mountoursville, Pennsylvania.

Education[]

Brobson is a 1995 summa cum laude graduate of Widener University Commonwealth Law School and a 1992 magna cum laude graduate of Lycoming College.

Legal work experience[]

Brobson was a law clerk for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1995-1996. He was then an attorney at Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney law firm in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1996-2009. In addition to his role as an appellate judge, he served as Widener University Commonwealth Law School Jurist-in-Residence from 2016-2018.^[2]

Judicial career[]

Brobson has served on the Commonwealth Court since 2010. As of May 2021, he is the Republican nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania left by the mandatory retirement of Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor. He will face the Democratic nominee, Superior Court Judge Maria McLaughlin, in the November general election.^[3]

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