Mary Jane Bowes
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| Mary Jane Bowes | |
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| Pennsylvania Superior Court | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Service: | |
| Active: | 2002-2021 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1954 |
| Bachelors: | Georgetown University, 1976 |
| Law School: | University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1979 |
| Candidate 2011: | |
| Candidate for: | Pennsylvania Superior Court |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Election information 2011: | |
| Incumbent: | Yes |
| Election date: | November 8, 2011 |
| Election vote: |  |
| Retention vote: | 73.5% |
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Mary Jane Bowes is a judge on the Pennsylvania Superior Court. She was elected to a ten-year term on the court in November 2001 (effective the following January) and her term will expire in December of 2021.[1][2]
Education
Bowes earned a B.A. from Georgetown University in 1976 and her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1979.[1]
Professional career
- Judicial Law Clerk to Chief Justice Henry X. O’Brien of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Law clerk to Judges Harry Montgomery and John P. Hester of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
- Private practice in law from 1986-1998.
- Membership in the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County.
- Membership in the Allegheny County Bar Association, including its Professional Ethics and Appellate Practice committees.
- Membership, Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Co-Chair of the Appellate Advocacy Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
- Member, National Association of Women Judges
- Co-president, Women’s Bar Association of Western Pennsylvania.[1]
2011 election
Bowes was retained to the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, winning a "yes" vote of 73.5%. [3] [4]
- See also: Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2011
Recommendation
- Recommended for Retention, Pennsylvania Bar Association [5]
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Biography of Mary Jane Bowes from the Superior Court website
- ↑ Biography of Judge Bowes from the Pennsylvania Courts website
- ↑ York County Board of Elections, Official Ballot for General election
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, Unofficial Elections Returns
- ↑ Pennsylvania for Modern Courts, "Pennsylvania Bar Association Releases Ratings for Retention Elections," September 30, 2011
