A state trial court

Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County

A general-jurisdiction trial court in Pennsylvania.

The Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County is a general-jurisdiction trial court in Pennsylvania, where most civil and criminal cases are first heard. Its judges are chosen by partisan election, the method Pennsylvania uses for its judges. This page lists the court's sitting judges, from Pennsylvania's official judicial directory.

Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County is a general-jurisdiction trial court in Pennsylvania with 89 judges on its current roster, selected by partisan election to 10-year terms.

Judges in history

Currently serving

Partisan

Selection

10-yr

Term

Current judges

Judge	Since
Daniel J. Anders	–
Diana L. Anhalt	–
Anne Marie B. Coyle	–
Wendi D. Barish	–
William S. Braveman	–
Gwendolyn N. Bright	–
Jessica R. Brown	–
Giovanni O. Campbell	–
Deborah L. Canty	–
Linda A. Carpenter	–
Ida K. Chen	–
Deborah D. Cianfrani	–
Lucretia Clemons	–
Denis P. Cohen	–
Roxanne E. Covington	–
James C. Crumlish III	–
Rose Marie DeFino-Nastasi	–
Scott DiClaudio	–
Ramy I. Djerassi	–
Irina G. Ehrlich Esq.	–
Charles A. Ehrlich	–
James J. Eisenhower	–
Michael E. Erdos	–
Michael Fanning	–
Lawrence M. Farnese Jr.	–
Joseph L. Fernandes	–
Vincent W. Furlong	–
Damaris L. Garcia	–
Kia Ghee	–
Monica N. Gibbs	–
Richard J. Gordon Jr.	–
Daine A. Grey	–
Christopher R. Hall	–
Michele D. Hangley	–
Glynnis D. Hill	–
Jonathan Q. Irvine	–
Elizabeth Jackson	–
Carmella G. Jacquinto	–
Shanese I. Johnson	–
Vincent L. Johnson	–
Sarah Jones	–
Nicholas S. Kamau	–
Sean Kennedy	–
Leon A. King II	–
Brian R. Kisielewski	–
Viktoria Kristiansson	–
Anthony G. Kyriakakis	–
Craig R. Levin	–
Chesley A. Lightsey	–
Leanne L. Litwin	–
Christopher P. Mallios Jr.	–
Cateria R. McCabe	–
Brian E. McLaughlin	–
Mark J. Moore	–
Joseph Scott O'Keefe	–
Walter J. Olszewski	–
John R. Padova Jr.	–
Tiffany L. Palmer	–
Frank Palumbo	–
Ourania Papademetriou	–
Paula A. Patrick	–
Crystal Bryant Powell	–
Joshua H. Roberts	–
Tracy Roman	–
Elvin P. Ross III	–
Joseph J. Russo	–
John P. Sabatina Jr.	–
Rajinderpal S. Sandher	–
Jennifer A. Santiago	–
Stephanie M. Sawyer	–
Susan I. Schulman	–
Jennifer Schultz	–
Zachary C. Shaffer	–
T. Francis Shields	–
Anthony E. Stefanski	–
Daniel R. Sulman	–
Natasha Taylor-Smith	–
Sierra L. Thomas-Street	–
Caroline M. Turner	–
Betsy Jo Wahl	–
Tamika N. Washington	–
Deborah Watson-Stokes	–
Samantha J. Williams	–
Donna M. Woelpper	–
Sheila A. Woods-Skipper	–
Nina N. Wright Padilla	–
Edward C. Wright	–
Lyris F. Younge	–
Kay K. Yu	–

Former judges

No former judges on record.

How a judge reaches this court. Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County are chosen in partisan elections to 10-year terms and then face yes-or-no retention elections. Selection methods vary by jurisdiction and have changed over time; this page reflects the court’s current method (source: National Center for State Courts). Open any judge to see their tenure and whom they succeeded.

Source: Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, Common Pleas Judges Directory; selection method from the National Center for State Courts. Data as of 2026-06-30 (official state directory). Verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).