Delaware County Board of Judges

• President Judge Joseph P. Cronin, Jr.
• Judge Frank T. Hazel
• Judge Maureen F. Fitzpatrick
• Judge Patricia H. Jenkins
• Judge James F. Proud
• Judge George A. Pagano
• Judge Ann A. Osborne
• Judge Charles B. Burr, II
• Judge Kevin F.Kelly
• Judge Kathrynann W. Durham
• Judge Barry C. Dozor
• Judge Chad F. Kenney
• Judge Michael F. X. Coll
• Judge James P. Bradley
• Judge James F. Nilon, Jr.
• Judge Mary Alice Brennan
• Judge Gregory M. Mallon
• Judge Linda A. Cartisano

• Senior Judge William R. Toal, Jr.
• Senior Judge Charles C. Keeler
• Senior Judge George Koudelis
• Senior Judge Edward J. Zetusky, Jr.
• New Judges are:
• G. Michael Green    Upper Darby Twp.

  Christine Fizzano Cannon    Middletown Twp.

  Nathaniel C. Nichols    Media Borough

  John P. Capuzzi, Sr.    Marple Twp.

  Spiros E. Angelos    Thornbury Twp

  
  
  

Delaware Co. DA Link:

G. Michael Green, District Attorney

 Court Structure in PA.

 Pennsylvania's unified judicial system means that every court in the Commonwealth is under the supervision of the state Supreme Court. The judicial system may be thought of as a pyramid, with the Supreme Court at the apex. Below it are the two appellate courts, Superior Court and Commonwealth Court, followed by the Courts of Common Pleas. The base of the pyramid is the minor judiciary of the community courts, district justices, the municipal and traffic courts of Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh's police magistrate courts.

 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUPREME, SUPERIOR, AND COMMONWEALTH COURTS?

Aside from differences in jurisdiction, the primary distinction is that the Supreme Court is part of the constitutional framework of Pennsylvania's state government. Both the Superior and Commonwealth Courts were established by an act of the General Assembly.

The Supreme Court is Pennsylvania's highest court and holds the Commonwealth's supreme judicial power. It makes the final judgment on interpreting the Constitution in regard to statutes enacted by the General Assembly.