Christine Donohue

Christine Donohue
Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Assumed office
January 4, 2016
Preceded byCorreale Stevens
Personal details
Born (1952-12-24) December 24, 1952 (age 71)
Coaldale, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationEast Stroudsburg University (BA)
Duquesne University (JD)

Christine L. Donohue (born December 25, 1952)[1] is a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.[2][3] Prior to her election to that court in 2015,[4] she was an elected member of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, a seat she had held since 2008. She had also performed nearly three decades of service as a trial lawyer and litigator in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.[5]

  1. ^ "Judge Donohue of Superior Court a Lansford native". Times News. September 22, 2010. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  2. ^ "Drawing determines court seniority". Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania. December 3, 2015.
  3. ^ Santoni, Matthew (January 8, 2016). "Coal miner's daughter becomes Pa. Supreme Court justice, 2nd woman on highest bench". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on November 26, 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Kraus, Scott; Sheehan, Dan; Assad, Matt (November 4, 2015). "Incumbents fare well in Lehigh Valley elections". The Morning Call. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  5. ^ "Snapshot look at candidates for Pa. appellate courts". Delaware County Daily Times. Associated Press. November 3, 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.