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Administrative Order - OCY

Posted on November 12th, 2020 at 3:11 PM

Please see attached for the Administraive Order concerning the Office of Children and Youth issued from President Judge John Trucilla today.

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PAWD Administrative Order Concerning Jury Trials and Certain Other Proceedings Relative to COVID-19 Matters

Posted on November 2nd, 2020 at 4:29 PM

Attached is the Adminiatrative Order from Judge Hornak in Pittsburgh, PA.

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Western District of Pennsylvania Trial Terms

Posted on October 19th, 2020 at 4:35 PM

Attached is the Order for the 2021 Jury Trial Terms for the PAWD, Erie Division.

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Pandemic Preparedness: When Your Home is at Risk

Posted on September 28th, 2020 at 8:44 AM

The Erie County Bar Association is partnering with the Pennsylvania Bar Association Community and Public Relations Committee during its October 2020 public education campaign “Pandemic Preparedness: Is Your Home at Risk?” developed to increase the public’s understanding of their rights when renting or owning a home, with a special focus on the impact of an emergency or major disaster declaration.  The public education campaign will run throughout October.

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Federal Jury Trials Administrative Order

Posted on September 2nd, 2020 at 2:08 PM

Federal Jury Trials Administrative Order

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Thank You Erie Gives Day Donors!

Posted on August 27th, 2020 at 10:28 AM

Thank you generous Erie Gives Day donors as you helped to raise over $5,700 for the Erie County Law Foundation and its two programs:  Attorneys and Kids Together; and the Chief Justice Samuel J. Roberts Scholarship.

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Bowers Receives Chief Justice Roberts Scholarship from ECLF

Posted on August 26th, 2020 at 1:31 PM
Paul Bowers, who recently earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh, is the 2020 successful aspirant for the prestigious Chief Justice Samuel J. Roberts Scholarship, administered and awarded for the Roberts Family by the Erie County Law Foundation. Bowers will attend the University of Virginia School of Law in the fall. In his scholarship application, Bowers wrote he is motivated to help his community. “Although it may sound like a cliché, the reason why I want to become a lawyer is simple: to better the community. By becoming an attorney I aspire to ensure clients are receiving the most equitable treatment possible under our justice system, even if they lack the technical knowledge of the law to do so.”

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Criminal Jury Trials Resume

Posted on July 17th, 2020 at 7:45 AM
Number of trials will be limited, Erie County President Judge Trucilla said. He halted jury trials in March due to virus.  The local courts will resume holding criminal jury trials on Aug. 18, five months after the COVID-19 outbreak halted such proceedings.

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