Here's the background on PA's new state supreme court justice.
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Stevens got unanimous approval from the state Senate to fill the crucial seat vacated by Justice Melvin. The court faces a decision on a major case involving local zoning control over gas drilling by frackers.
I am hopeful about him for several reasons. He's a lifelong Pennsylvanian - unlike some of Corbett's appointments. His history includes working class grandparents. He 's an Outward Bound graduate who is an avid hiker and runner - just off on an Alaskan honeymoon cruise. His history also includes working as city solicitor for small town of Hazelton, so he is well aware of the importance of zoning control by small towns to protect their economy and quality of life. Dare we hope he may place protecting Pennsylvania's environment above the greed of the frackers? What puzzles me greatly is why Corbett would appoint anyone who would not be likely to go along with Corbett's Frack Pennsylvania, profits uber alles agenda.
Stevens has also been named Humanitarian of the Year, taken many actions to educate the public about the court systems, and he studied out of state at University of California at Santa Barbara. He even schedules Superior Court sessions at high schools so students can see how the judicial system functions. All of those things are not standard GOP activities.
Fingers crossed on this new Justice.
http://www.pacourts.us/courts/superior-court/superior-court-judges/president-judge-correale-f-stevens
Term - January 2008 to December 2017
Education:
Dickinson School of Law, J.D.
Pennsylvania State University, B.A.
University of California-Santa Barbara summer program
Professional Experience:
President Judge, Superior Court of PA 2011 to current
Outward Bound Adventure Program, Graduate
Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus, Instructor
Judge, Superior Court of PA
Judge, Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas
District Attorney of Luzerne County
Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Hazleton City Authority Solicitor
Hazleton City Solicitor
Private law practice
Memberships and Associations:
Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
Allegheny County Bar Association
Awards and Honors:
Outstanding Young Pennsylvanian, Pennsylvania Jaycees
Humanitarian of the Year
Penn State Excellence in Teaching Award, 2010
http://standardspeaker.com/news/senate-confirms-stevens-for-high-court-1.1513555
He has received numerous civic awards and was honored by the Dickinson Law School Alumni Association for his service in the judiciary.
Stevens teaches criminal justice and American government at Penn State-Hazleton and regularly participates in continuing legal education programs for the state and local bar associations as well as for community groups.
Recently he has participated in a legal education series on the Pennsylvania Cable Network. He completed an Outward Bound Adventure Program and is an avid hiker and runner.
He served as a member of the state House of Representatives and as a solicitor for both Hazleton City Authority and the City of Hazleton. He has ties to Hazleton, where his grandmother, Elsie Correale, worked in a munitions factory years ago and his grandfather, Tony Stevens, served as a city police officer.
http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Correale_Stevens
Education
Stevens received his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University and his J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law.
Career
Stevens is a former private practice attorney and city solicitor for Hazleton, PA. He has also served as the Luzerne County District Attorney, a position to which he was elected in 1987, and as a state legislator on the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He served four terms as a legislator. His judicial career began with his election to the Pennsylvania Superior Court in November 1997. He served there until his appointment to the Supreme Court in 2013. He also
http://www.timesleader.com/news/local-news/643136/Correale-Stevens-ties-knot-learns-hes-newest-justice
Stevens, 66, is currently president judge of state Superior Court, an intermediate appeals court, and he has some administrative duties to finish up before being sworn in as a justice, a ceremony he expects to happen later this month.
Stevens, who has served state representative and a Luzerne County judge and district attorney, was packing on Monday for the couple’s honeymoon, a cruise to Alaska.
“I look forward to working closely with the other six justices to resolve legal issues in a careful, deliberative and collegial manner,” Stevens said in a press release Sunday. “I will seek consensus without giving up principle and will be an active participant in the administration of justice.”
Stevens said his office and home will remain in Northeastern Pennsylvania, where his grandmother Elsie Correale worked in a factory in Hazleton and his grandfather Tony Stevens was a Hazleton City police officer.
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