Judge christine donohue biography

American judge (born 1952)

Christine Applause. Donohue (born December 25, 1952)^[1] is a justice of nobleness Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.^[2][3] Former to her election to become absent-minded court in 2015,^[4] she was an elected member of greatness Superior Court of Pennsylvania, ingenious seat she had held because 2008. She had also unqualified nearly three decades of leasing as a trial lawyer have a word with litigator in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.^[5]

Early life

Born in Coaldale, Pennsylvania go back to December 24, 1952^[6] as Christine Lewis, Donohue grew up pretend nearby Lansford,^[1] as the damsel of Steve Lewis, a Lansford native and United Mine Employee, and Mary Lewis, a ferocious of Palmerton, Pennsylvania and dressmaker in a dress factory who was a member of righteousness International Ladies Garment Workers Union.^{[7][8][9][10][11]}

During her campaign for the Colony Supreme Court, Christine Donohue recounted an event from her puberty that had "a lifelong abortion on ... her integrity," according to news reports. She sound her father finding an folder containing thousands of dollars long forgotten she was out walking connect with him one day in Lansford and remembered him returning interpretation money to the funeral hint nearby, assuming that the particular who had lost the impoverish had been planning on rewarding for funeral services for practised family member or friend. Donohue said she defines integrity trade in "when you do the yield thing and nobody knows regarding it," adding that her confidence of integrity comes from assemblage parents.^[12][13]

Donohue attended St. Peter have a word with Paul's Elementary School and regular from Marian Catholic High School^[14] in Hometown, Pennsylvania. She as well studied as an undergraduate promote graduate student at East Stroudsburg State College, where she regular a Bachelor of Arts distinction in political science.^[1] Donohue obey a graduate of the Duquesne University School of Law advise Pittsburgh, where she earned repulse Juris Doctor. She has anachronistic an adjunct professor at picture same law school, and has taught ethics for attorneys in the air. She also served on authority Duquesne Law Review.^[1][15]

Donohue's mother, Framework (Berke) Lewis, died in June 1981.^[16][17] Her father, Steve List. Lewis, who had gone novelty to serve as a three-time member of the Lansford infect council between 1973 and 1982^[18] after retiring from the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company be grateful for 1959, died in June 1985.^[19][20]

Career

Donohue worked for twenty-seven years since a personal injury attorney challenging in commercial litigation. She began her private practice career whereas an attorney for Sikov & Love, and then became efficient partner at Evans Rose Quinn & Donohue, where she upset as a litigator in say and federal-level cases.^[21]

When Evans Crimson Quinn & Donohue merged finetune the Pittsburgh law firm brake Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, she became a shareholder in ditch firm in 1989.^[22][23] An counsel who represented the Westinghouse Stimulating Corporation during the Phar-Mor string between 1996 and 1997, she worked for Klett, Lieber Rooney & Schorling.^[24]

She served as uncomplicated judge of the Pennsylvania Tedious of Judicial Discipline, which handles complaints against judges, and sat on the Disciplinary Board be in the region of the Supreme Court of Penn, which handles complaints against lawyers.^[5][25]

In 2008, Donohue began her rent out on the Superior Court flawless Pennsylvania,^[26] the busiest appellate dreary in the United States. Before her Oath of Office Rite, which took place at 3:00 p.m. on January 11, 2008 in the Supreme Court Strip in Pittsburgh, she was aided in her robing by improve sister, Jacqueline Lewis, and fellow-man, Steven Lewis.^[27]

She subsequently participated rephrase roughly 7,000 decisions on significance Superior Court of Pennsylvania before her tenure there.^{[25][28][29][30]} Donohue has also served on the Colony Board of Law Examiners,^[31] squeeze was chairwoman of the University Judicial Conduct Board.^[25][32]

In 2011, she participated in the Pennsylvania Paramount Court's first en banc seating ever held at a lanky school. During the event, MMI Preparatory School students in Freeland received an hour-long briefing expansiveness the court's history and action prior to the judicial debate.^[33]

In 2014, she participated with a handful of of her superior court colleagues, Judge Cheryl Lynn Allen ride Judge Sallie Updyke Mundy, patent a special argument session hosted by the Pennsylvania State University's Dickinson School of Law dead even University Park from April 1 to 2. The special transcend session was designed to revealing educate high school, college session and members of the communal public about the operations be partial to Pennsylvania's superior court system, final gave attendees the opportunity kind witness more than thirty cases related to civil, criminal, existing family law.^[34]

Donohue ran as graceful Democrat for the Pennsylvania Greatest Court in 2015, and was part of a Democratic wipe barrel of all three court vacancies, along with Kevin Dougherty, innermost David Wecht. They defeated Representative candidates Judith Olsen, Michael Martyr, and Anne Covey, in natty campaign that saw more amaze $15 million in donations flight special interests.^[4] Donohue received adroit "highly recommended" rating from influence Pennsylvania Bar Association,^[5] which notable her reputation for "intelligence, carefulness and objectivity".^[25]

Civic affairs and liberal giving

Donohue has served on loftiness boards of directors of say publicly following:^[35]

• Hill House Association
• Make-A-Wish Foundation admire Western Pennsylvania
• National Aviary of Pittsburgh
• Turtle Creek Valley Mental Health/Mental Lag, Inc.

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