Mary Hannah Leavitt
Mary Hannah Leavitt is the president judge on the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. She replaced Dan Pellegrini, whose term expired at the end of 2015.
Leavitt (R) was elected to the Commonwealth Court in November 6, 2001 for a 10-year term that began in 2002. She was retained by voters in 2011.[1][2][3][4]
Education
Leavitt earned her B.A. from Connecticut College in 1969. She then earned her M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972. She earned her J.D. from Dickinson School of Law in 1978, where she was an editor of the Dickinson Law Review.[3]
Professional career
- Shareholder in the law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll
- Assistant Attorney General in 1978, assigned to the Pennsylvania Insurance Department.[3]
Elections
2021
Mary Hannah Leavitt did not file to run for retention.
2011
Leavitt was retained to the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, winning a "yes" vote of 72.1%.[5][6]
- See also: Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2011
Recommendation
- Recommended for Retention, Pennsylvania Bar Association[7]
Noteworthy cases
Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Boockvar (2020)
On November 4, 2020, the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee sued Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar (D) and the state's 67 county election boards. The plaintiffs alleged that processes allowing mail-in voters to provide missing proof of identification after submitting their ballots violated state law. On November 1, 2020, Boockvar directed county election officials to give mail-in voters until November 12, 2020, to provide missing proof of identification. State law specifies that missing proof of identification must be submitted by the sixth day following the election, which would be November 9, 2020. The plaintiffs asked the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania to reinstate this statutory deadline.[8]
On November 5, 2020, Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt ordered election officials to "segregate ballots for which identification is received and verified on November 10, 11, and 12, 2020, from ballots for which identification is received and verified on or before November 9, 2020." On November 12, 2020, Leavitt ruled that Boockvar lacked statutory authority to extend the deadline and barred election officials from counting ballots for which identification was received and verified after November 9, 2020.[9][10]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Official Biography of Judge Leavitt
- ↑ Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Biography of Mary Hannah Leavitt from the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Historical Society
- ↑ [http://election.co.delaware.pa.us/eb/november_2011/official/32.html Delaware County Official Elections, "Municipal Election 2011 Results for Parkside Borough," accessed January 22,2016]
- ↑ York County Board of Elections, Official Ballot for General election
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, Unofficial Elections Returns
- ↑ Pennsylvania for Modern Courts, "Pennsylvania Bar Association Releases Ratings for Retention Elections," September 30, 2011
- ↑ Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, "Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Boockvar: Petition," November 4, 2020
- ↑ Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, "Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Boockvar: Order," November 5, 2020
- ↑ Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, "Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Boockvar: Order," November 12, 2020
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