How do judges of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania / Joined 2008 / Active

Cheryl Lynn Allen

Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Cheryl Lynn Allen is a Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, serving since 2008. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2008 · 18 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2008	Superior Court of Pennsylvania	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Allen authored 88 published opinions for the court (2008–2015), plus 9 dissents and 3 concurrences. Most cited: In re Adoption of C.L.G. (704 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 99 of these were attributed to Allen by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2008	In re Adoption of C.L.G.†	956 A.2d 999	704
2014	Commonwealth v. Colon†	102 A.3d 1033	398
2014	Commonwealth v. Valentine†	101 A.3d 801	340
2011	Commonwealth v. Yeomans†	24 A.3d 1044	296
2010	In the Interest of A.S.†	11 A.3d 473	218
2010	Commonwealth v. Brooks†	7 A.3d 852	203
2008	Commonwealth v. B.D.G.· Dissent†	959 A.2d 362	183
2011	Commonwealth v. Carter†	21 A.3d 680	179
2012	Commonwealth v. Ross· Dissent†	57 A.3d 85	168
2014	Stephan v. Waldron Electric Heating & Cooling LLC†	100 A.3d 660	119
2012	In the Interest of B.C.†	36 A.3d 601	106
2013	Commonwealth v. Luster†	71 A.3d 1029	104
2008	Commonwealth v. McBride†	957 A.2d 752	100
2011	Commonwealth v. Kelly· Dissent†	33 A.3d 638	98
2011	Commonwealth v. Brown†	26 A.3d 485	94

Showing the 15 most-cited of 100 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court is Cheryl Lynn Allen on?: Cheryl Lynn Allen is a Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Sources

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18 years on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).