Paula Ott

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Paula Ott
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Current Court Information:
Pennsylvania Superior Court
Title:   Judge
Service:
Active:   2009-2019
Past position:   Chester County Court of Common Pleas President Judge
Past term:   1991-2001
Personal History
Born:   September 17, 1950
Home State:   Pennsylvania
Bachelors:   University of Delaware, 1972
Law School:   Template University School of Law, 1975
Grad. School:   Template University School of Law, 1981

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Paula Francisco Ott is a judge on the Pennsylvania Superior Court. She was elected on November 3, 2009, effective the following January. Her 10-year term will expire in December 2019.[1][2]

Education

Ott received her undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware in 1972 and her J.D. and Masters of Law from Temple University in 1975 and 1981, respectively. [2]

Legal career

Prior to her election to the Superior Court, Ott was the President Judge of for the Chester County Court of Common Pleas. She was elected to this court in 1991 and retained in 2001. She became the President Judge in 2005.[3][4]

Superior Court bid

See also: 2009 contested judicial election results

Ott was elected to one of four open seats on the Pennsylvania Superior Court in 2009. Because the seat that she ran for was not vacated in time for her to participate in the primary elections, Ott was placed directly on the ballot by the state Republican Party. [5] She won 12.7% of the vote in the November general election. [1]

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Campaign ad for Joan Orie Melvin and Judge Ott.

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