R. Stanton Wettick, Jr.
R. Stanton Wettick, Jr. is a former judge on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania.[1] Wettick was first appointed to the court in 1976 by then-Gov. Milton Shapp (D). Wettick was elected to a 10-year term in 1977 and retained in 1987 and 1997. He declined to run for retention in 2007 and became a senior judge at the age of 69. Wettick retired in December 2016 after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 78.[2]
Biography
Wettick earned his undergraduate degree from Amherst College in 1960 and his J.D. from Yale University in 1963.[3]
Wettick has worked in private practice and as an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and the executive director of the Neighborhood Legal Services Association.[4]
See also
External links
- Allegheny County Judges
- Allegheny County Courts
- Triblive, "Judge at center of reassessments cares deeply for common man," January 15, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ The United Judicial System of Pennsylvania, "Common Pleas Judges," accessed August 6, 2015
- ↑ The Legal Intelligencer, "Judge Wettick, Leading Voice on Discovery, to Retire," December 19, 2016
- ↑ Martindale, "Judge Profile: R. Stanton Wettick, Jr.," accessed June 28, 2013
- ↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "'Happy Hour' Court Won't Be the Same without Longtime Jurist Wettick Presiding," December 17, 2016
Federal courts:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Western District of Pennsylvania • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Western District of Pennsylvania
State courts:
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania Superior Court • Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court • Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas • Pennsylvania Magisterial Districts
State resources:
Courts in Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania judicial elections • Judicial selection in Pennsylvania
