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Sallie Updyke Mundy
File:Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor and Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy, July 2016.jpg
Justice Sallie Mundy with Chief Justice Thomas Saylor, July 2016
Associate Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 21, 2016 (2016-07-21)[1]
Appointed byTom Wolf
Preceded byJ. Michael Eakin
Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
In office
January 2010 – July 21, 2016
Personal details
Born (1962-06-29) June 29, 1962 (age 62)
Elmira, New York
Political partyRepublican[2]
Spouse(s)Tim Stone (divorced), James Mundy (divorced)
ResidenceWellsboro, Pennsylvania
Alma materWashington & Jefferson College
University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Sallie Updyke Mundy (born June 29, 1962)[3] is an associate justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and a former judge of the Pennsylvania Superior Court.[4]

Early life and education

She was born in Elmira, New York and was raised in Tioga, Pennsylvania.[4] In 1984, she graduated from Washington & Jefferson College.[4][5] In 1987, she graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Law.[4]

From 1987 to 1988, Munday served in a judicial clerkship under the Honorable Robert M. Kemp, President Judge of the Tioga County Courts of Common Pleas.[4] In 1988, she entered private practice, working as a defense attorney in the field of medical malpractice.[4][6]

Employed as an attorney with the firm of McQuade Blasko in State College, Pennsylvania from 1988 to 1985, she briefly worked as an attorney for the law offices of Stephen Ryan in Bala Cynwyd from 1995 too 1996 and Swartz Campbell & Detweiler in Philadelphia from 1996 to 1998 before securing her position as an attorney with the Philadelphia law firm, McEldrew & Fullam, where she worked from 1998 to 2009.[7]

A past chair of the Disciplinary Hearing Committee, on which she served as a member from 1995 to 2001, Mundy was also a member of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) from 1997 to 2003.[8]

From 2008 to 2009, she served as a volunteer public defender.[9]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Mundy was appointed by Governor Tom Wolf to the seat vacated by Justice J. Michael Eakin on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and confirmed on June 27, 2016.[10] On November 8, 2017, Justice Mundy defeated Dwayne Woodruff to gain a ten-year term on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.[11]

Personal life

She is part-owner of a small cattle farm, raising Scottish Highland cattle, in Tioga County.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Historical List of Supreme Court Justices". www.pacourts.us. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Judge of the Superior Court - 2009 Municipal Election". Official Returns. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 3, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Sally Updike Mundy - Personal Data Questionnaire" (PDF). Pennsylvania Bar Association. 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Judges of the Superior Court - Judge Sallie Updyke Mundy". Pennsylvania Superior Court. Archived from the original on 2005-02-18.
  5. ^ "1984 Class Roster". Jay Connected. Washington & Jefferson College. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  6. ^ "Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy" (bio), in "Supreme Court Justices." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, retrieved online November 20, 2022.
  7. ^ "Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy" (bio), The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania.
  8. ^ "Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy" (bio), The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania.
  9. ^ "Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy" (bio), The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania.
  10. ^ Mendicino, Anthony (June 28, 2016). "Sallie Updyke Mundy appointed to Pennsylvania Supreme Court". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  11. ^ Associated Press (November 8, 2017). "Sallie Mundy, GOP incumbent, keeps Pennsylvania Supreme Court seat". The Morning Call. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
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Preceded by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
2016–present 		Incumbent
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