Summary
Every week, senior judges in Allegheny County spend dozens of hours on the bench hearing cases while many of their younger colleagues' courtrooms sit empty.
Senior judges are former elected judges who usually have reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. After that, if approved by the state Supreme Court, they can work up to 10 paid days per month, at $506 a day. If they work more than that -- and some do -- they donate their time.See the full content of this document
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Senior Judges Can Supply Experience, Manpower for a Price
Advocates for senior judges say the added experience and manpower help the county's regular 42 sitting judges in the Court of Common Pleas handle the thousands of civil, criminal, family and orp...
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