Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter

Cases in this dataset

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Case volume by filing year

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Recent cases

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Career history

• Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · Start not recorded to End not recorded
• Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · Start not recorded to End not recorded

• Rice University B.A. 1968
• University of Pittsburgh School of Law J.D., Managing Editor Law Review 1971

• Appointed a judge of the Commonwealth Court, 1996; elected to a full term, 1997; retained 2007 ·
• Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia County, 1971-76 · 1971 1976
• Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1976-81 · 1976 1981
• Counsel, Mutual Fire Marine & Inland Insurance Company, In Rehabilitation, 1989-90 · 1989 1990
• Judge, Court of Judicial Discipline, 1999-2003 · 1999 2003
• Judge Pro Tempore, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, 1991-96 · 1991 1996
• Partner, Leadbetter & Becker, 1981-89 · 1981 1989
• President Judge of Commonwealth Court, 2007-2012 · 2007 2012
• Shareholder, Fineman & Bach, P.C., 1990-96 · 1990 1996

Sources and corrections

• state-pa-roster · 2026-10-07
• courtlistener-people-bulk · 2026-10-07

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