Justice Christine Donohue was elected to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 2016, after serving for eight years on Superior Court. A civil trial lawyer for 27 years, she was listed in Best Lawyers in America, designated a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, as one of Pennsylvania’s “Women Leaders in the Legal Profession,” and winner of 2023’s Judge Robert E. Dauer Award for Judicial Leadership & Excellence.

She spearheaded an effort by trial judges and lawyers to afford young lawyers opportunities to gain courtroom experience, especially presenting cases to civil juries, known as Project LITIGATE. A former judge on the Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline, she taught ethics for attorneys at her alma mater, Duquesne University School of Law and is a frequent lecturer at seminars about appellate practice and judicial ethics.

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