The LuLac Edition #3497, May 13th, 2017

JUDGE OF THE COMMONWEALTH COURT 

VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO

On the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, the terms of Judges Joseph M. Cosgrove and Julia Hearthway are ending. Both are 2016 appointees who must stand in a partisan election in order to serve full terms. Cosgrove filed to run in the election; Hearthway did not.
Timothy Barry of Allegheny County Barry has represented more than 45 municipalities as municipal solicitor. He was a solo practitioner from 2001 to 2008 and has worked in numerous law firms. He also served as law clerk to Judge John Hester on the Pennsylvania Superior Court.
Joe Cosgrove of Luzerne County Joseph M. Cosgrove is a judge on the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. He was appointed to this court by Gov. Tom Wolf. His appointment was confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Senate on June 27, 2016.He succeeded Bernard McGinley, who retired from the bench in January 2016.
Cosgrove previously served as judge on the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. Governor Ed Rendell nominated Cosgrove to fill the remaining two years of Mark A. Ciavarella, Jr.'s term after Ciavarella resigned amid scandal. Cosgrove was appointed to a term that began January 25, 2010 and expired on January 2, 2012.
Judge Cosgrove filed to stand for partisan election in 2017 in order to remain on the commonwealth court bench.
Ellen Ceisler of Philadelphia County is a judge on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. Ceisler was first elected to the court in 2007 to a term that expires in 2017. Ceisler is running as a Democrat for one of two seats on the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in 2017.  She will face five Democratic opponents in the May 16 primary.
Todd Eagen of Lackawanna County s a 2017 candidate for the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. He also was a 2015 candidate for the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. He was defeated in the Democratic primary on May 19, 2015. Eagen joined the Lightman, Welby & Stoltenberg law firm in 2004 and became the managing partner of the firm's Scranton office the following year.
Irene M Clark of Allegheny County is a 2017 candidate for a seat on the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. She previously was a 2015 candidate for the Allegheny County Magisterial District in Pennsylvania. Clark received a rating of "not recommended" from the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Bryan Barbin of Cambria County is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing District 71. He was first elected to the chamber in 2008.
Barbin is running is running for a seat on the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in 2017
Barbin earned his B.A. in economics from the University of Richmond and his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh Law School. His professional experience includes working as a law clerk for Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Henry X. O'Brien, as Partner at Gleason, McQullian, Barbin and Markovitz, as a Deputy Attorney General in the Tax/Finance Section for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and as counsel for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Christine Fizzano Cannon is a judge on the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. She was elected in 2011, and her term will expire in 2021.
Cannon is running for a seat on the Pennsylvana Commonwealth Court in 2017.[1] After admission to the bar, Cannon went into private practice. She has also served on the Middletown Township Council, including a term as the council’s vice chairman. She was elected to Delaware County, Pennsylvania's County Council in 2007.
Paul Lalley is an attorney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is running for a seat on the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in 2017.
He was also a 2015 candidate for the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. He won the Republican primary but was defeated in the general election
Lalley was a law clerk for Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Sandra Schultz Newman from 1997 to 2002. From 2002 to 2009, he practiced with the Levin Legal Group. Lalley is currently an attorney with the Pittsburgh law firm Campbell Durrant Beatty Palombo & Miller, P.C. His concentration is in labor and employment matters for municipal bodies and public schools.