Certain Courts In Pennsylvania Earn No. 1 Ranking on National Judicial Hellholes List (Tied With Georgia)

 Here is a LINK to the 2023-2024 listing by the ATR Foundation of its top identified "Judicial Hellholes" in America on which list certain courts in Pennsylvania have been listed as tied for No. 1 in the entire United States.

Here is a LINK to an article in the Pennsylvania Record on the topic.

These Pennsylvania Courts were No. 1 in 2020-2022 before dropping down to No. 2 for the 2022-2023 year.  According to the ATR Foundation, those certain Pennsylvania Courts have now earned the right to again be listed back up on top of the list again this year, tied with Georgia.

Judge Correale Stevens Confirmed to Pennsylvania Supreme Court

According to a July 1, 2013 article by Zack Needles entitled "Stevens Confirmed to Pa. Supreme Court" in the online edition of The Legal Intelligencer Superior Court President Judge Correale F. Stevens has been confirmed for his appointment to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to fill the seat vacated by former Justice Joan Orie Melvin.  According to the article, the Senate vote was unanimous in favor of Judge Stevens' appointment.

Judge Correale Stevens

This appointment brings the Pennsylvania Supreme Court back up to its full complement when Justice Stevens begins his term at the end of July.

Prior to his service on the Pennsylvania Superior Court, Judge Stevens also served on the bench of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas.