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President Judge Emeritus Joseph F. McCloskey
Judge Joseph F. McCloskey was born October 9, 1929, in New Castle Township., Schuylkill County, the son of Peter V. (deceased) and Ethel Mills McCloskey (deceased); Shippensburg University (B.S.), 1952; Villanova University Law School (J.D.), 1957; U.S. Navy, 2 years., Korean War; former assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, American Bar Associations.; admitted to practice before Schuylkill Courts, Pennsylvania Superior, Supreme Courts, Federal Distrist Court; workmen's comp. referee, District 5, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; solicitor, City of Pottsville, Minersville Area School District, St. Clair Area School District, Branch Township. Board of Supervisors, New Castle Township Board of Supervisors; Greater Pottsville Area Sewer Authority; Pottsville Housing Authority; chairman, board director, Pottsville Hospital; board member, Holy Family Home Health Care Agency, Catholic Housing Corporation & Penn State Schuylkill Campus advisory board; The Pottsville Club; Pottsville Kiwanis; Pottsville Catholic War Veterans; American Legion-Robert B. Woodbury Post; F.O. Eagles; American Hose Company, former chairman; Screening Committee, Judicial Inquiry and Review Board of the Supreme Court; appointed judge, Court of Common Pleas, October 1975; elected, November 1977; retained, November 1987; served as president judge of the Court of Common Pleas 1980-1998; first president judge of the Court of Judicial Discipline; retired Court of Common Pleas; January 6, 1998 appointed Senior Judge of Commonwealth Court; married Joanne Charlton; 1 child: Patti Ann Armstrong. All Current and Past Judges of the Court
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