David N. Wecht

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

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

• Yale University Yale College (B.A.), 1984. Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude.
• Yale University Yale Law School (J.D.), 1987. Notes Editor, The Yale Law Journal.

• Adjunct Professor, Duquesne University School Of Law, Pittsburgh, PA, 1997-Present. ·
• Associate, Katarincic & Salmon, Pittsburgh, PA, 1993-1996. ·
• Associate, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, 1989-1993. ·
• Instructor, College of General Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2010-Present. ·
• Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, 2003-2012 (Administrative Judge, Family Division, 2009-2011). ·
• Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 2012-2016. ·
• Law Clerk to Hon. George E. MacKinnon, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Washington, DC, 1987-1988. ·
• Partner, The Wecht Law Firm, Pittsburgh, PA, 1996-2003. ·
• Professor, Criminal Justice College, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China, November 2017-November 2020. ·
• Register of Wills & Clerk of Orphans' Court, Allegheny County, 1998-2003. ·
• Visiting Professor, Harry Radzyner Law School, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel, July 2022-Present. ·

Sources and corrections

• state-pa-roster · 2026-10-07

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