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President Judge Emeritus Stephen J. McEwen, Jr.
Judge McEwen commenced service on the Pennsylvania Superior Court in 1981, and was President Judge from 1996-2001. He was twice appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to the Board of Judicial Inquiry and Review, and in 1996, was appointed by Governor Tom Ridge to the Court of Judicial Discipline and elected President Judge by the members of that Court. Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy appointed him in October 2005 to serve with Chief Justice Emeritus John P. Flaherty as co-chair of the Pennsylvania Judicial Independence Commission. Judge McEwen pursued his study of the law at St. Joseph's College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, was awarded the degree of Master of Laws by the University of Virginia Law School in 1986, and has received Honorary Doctorates from DeSales University, Widener University Law School, and the University of Scranton. Judge McEwen, a trial lawyer for 23 years, was the elected District Attorney of Delaware County from 1967-1976, and thereafter served as General Counsel for the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association. He was a Professor of Trial Advocacy at Villanova University Law School for 10 years, recently served as Editor of the "Appellate Judges News" section of the ABA Judicial Division Record and on the Editorial Board of the ABA Judges Journal, and has authored a number of articles and papers, as well as Not Even Dicta, a collection of judicial/personal lessons in the law. Judge McEwen is a Past President of the national Council of Chief Judges of State Courts of Appeal, is on the Board of Advisors of the ABA United Nations Development Project, and is a member of the American Law Institute. During the summers of 2000-2002, he was a USAID lecturer in Bulgaria, and in July 2004 was appointed by the Republic of Bulgaria to serve as Honorary Consul. All Current and Past Judges of the Court
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