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| Name | Stephen A. Zappala Sr. |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , United States |
| Email | None |
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September 26, 1932
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| Died | May 21, 2021
(88 years)
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Modifed | RBH
May 23, 2021 06:47pm |
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| Info | Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Stephen A. Zappala reached the pinnacle of his legal career December 18, 2001 when he became the 55th chief justice of Pennsylvania.
Zappala, 69, is in his 20th year as a state Supreme Court justice. A former Allegheny County solicitor and Common Pleas judge, Zappala won election to the state's highest court in 1981.
Zappala's tenure as chief justice will last through 2002. He will reach the mandatory retirement age for justices on Sept. 26 of that year.
EDUCATION: Graduate of Duquesne University, 1954; J.D., Georgetown University, 1968.
OCCUPATION: Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
QUALIFICATIONS: Elected to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1981 and retained for another full term in 1991; served as a judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas after having been elected in 1979; 30 years as a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; 12 years as a member of the bench of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County.
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