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Correale Stevens
Associate Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Assumed office
July 30, 2013
Appointed byTom Corbett
Preceded byJoan Orie Melvin
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from the 116th district
In office
January 6, 1981 – November 30, 1988
Preceded byRonald Gatski
Succeeded byThomas Stish
Personal details
Born (1946-10-06) October 6, 1946 (age 77)
{{nowrap|Hazleton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materPennsylvania State University (BA, JD)

Correale F. Stevens (born October 6, 1946) is an American attorney, politician, and jurist serving as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.[1] Stevens previously served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. [2]

Early life and education

Stevens was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pennsylvania State University and a Juris Doctor from the Penn State Dickinson Law. He completed a summer program at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[3]

Career

After graduating from law school, Stevens established his own legal practice in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. He then served as Hazelton City Solicitor and District Attorney of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988. Stevens was elected to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in 1997. He also worked as an instructor at Penn State Hazleton. Stevens was appointed to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 2013.

References

  1. ^ "Justice Correale F. Stevens". The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  2. ^ Cox, Harold. "House Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  3. ^ "President Judge Emeritus, Correale F. Stevens | Superior Court Judges | Superior Court | Courts | Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania". www.pacourts.us. Retrieved 2020-05-29.