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Dan Trexler

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Dan Trexler
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Lehigh County Magisterial District Court
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends
2019


Dan Trexler is a judge of the Lehigh County Magisterial District in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. He was elected to this position on November 5, 2013 (effective the following January) for a term that expires in 2019.[1]

Elections

2013

Trexler ran for election to the Lehigh County Magisterial District. Primary: He received 39.1 percent of the vote in the Republican primary on May 21, 2013, defeating Cathleen Hendrzak, Scott A. McElroy, Andrew Shaw, Thomas P. Novak, Nathan Bauer Schiesser, and Mike Zweifel. He cross-filed as a Democrat and also won that primary. 
General: He won without opposition in the general election on November 5, 2013.

Education

Trexler graduated from the Allentown Police Academy in 1993.[2]

Career

  • 2014-2019: Judge, Lehigh County Magisterial District
  • 2000-2013: Chief, Coopersburg Police Department
  • 1995-2000: Officer, Coopersburg Police Department
  • 1993-1995: Part-time officer, Emmaus Police Department[2]

Awards and associations

  • Board member, Petzold Foundation
  • Volunteer security officer, Special Olympics[2]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named 2013results
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Upper Saucon Patch, "Coopersburg Police Chief Announces Bid for District Judge Seat," January 9, 2013