Judge Joseph A. Del Sole (Ret.)

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1 Judge Joseph A. Del Sole (Ret.) The Waterfront Building 200 First Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania EDUCATION LL.M. LL.B. B.S.M.E. University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, VA Duquesne University School of Law, Law Review Carnegie Institute of Technology (Now Carnegie Mellon University) EXPERIENCE Present Self Employed Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd, LLC Of Counsel President Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania Charged with overall administrative responsibilities for a statewide appellate court with a budget in excess of $26,000,000.00; and over 240 employees and 20 Judicial colleagues Adjunct Professor of Law Duquesne University School of Law PA Civil Procedure Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County Served as Calendar Control Judge responsible for managing the civil jury trial docket Partner Girman & Del Sole

2 Partner VanAmerigan, Girman & Del Sole Associate Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck

3 PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES PBA Task Force Lawyer Advertising PBA Appellate Advocacy Committee PBA Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators, American Arbitration Association Roster of Neutrals of the CPR Institute Roster of Mediators United States District Court for Western District of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Appellate Procedural Rules Committee Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County PREVIOUS RESPONSIBILITIES Co- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Special Committee on Judicial Education Charged with developing a permanent, professionalized educational program for Pennsylvania judiciary. Survival Committee Council of Chief Judges of State Courts of Appeal Responsible for collecting and disseminating data on the operation and management of intermediate state courts of appeal. Executive Committee Council of Chief Judges of State Courts of Appeal Devoted to improving the delivery of reasoned decisions of statewide intermediate appellate courts. Supreme Court Special Committee Post-trial Practice Rules Supreme Court Special Committee Silicone Gel Breast Implant Litigation Supreme Court Statewide Automation Committee

4 Participant Attendee Attendee Attendee Superior Court Automation Committee Judicial Inquiry Review Board Allegheny County Bar Association Gender & Racial Bias Committee Bench Bar Committee Board of Directors Pennsylvania Bar Institute Pennsylvania Bar Institute Pennsylvania Bar Association Mid-Year Meetings and Board of Governors Retreat American Judicature Society National Conference Allegheny County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, Bench Bar Conferences and various committees. Philadelphia Bar Association Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Pennsylvania Defense Institute Carnegie Mellon University, Mercyhurst College, Mercy Hospital, Temple University International Symposium on Criminal Justice Information Systems and Technology: Building the Infrastructure Duke University School of Law Judging Scientific Evidence New York University School of Law Institute of Judicial Administration American Bar Association Judicial Division Program Oxford, England PUBLICATIONS

5 The Demise of Fair Trade in Pennsylvania: A Study of Judicial Disenchantment Co-authored with Edward G. O Connor. 2 Duq. L.Rev. 296 (1964). Judicial Reform Update: A Response, The Allegheny Lawyer An Analysis of Judicial Discipline Proposals, The Retainer Appellate Review in a Sentencing Guideline Jurisdiction, The Pennsylvania Experience, 31 Duq. L.Rev. 479 (1993). What Makes a Successful Appellate Advocate. Lawyers Journal Vol. 10 No. 21. (2008) An Independent Judiciary: The Role of Chief Justice Cappy Co-authored with William S. Stickman IV. 47 Duq. L.Rev. 547 (2009) HONORS & AWARDS 1988 President s Award Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association 1997 Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer s Award 1998 Judicial Award Pennsylvania Bar Association MEMBERSHIPS Pennsylvania Bar Association Allegheny County Bar Association Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County Century Club of Distinguished Alumni Duquesne University

6 ACTIVITIES First of the Judicial Conduct Board Course Planner and Pennsylvania New Judges School 2006 The National Judicial College Completed course on Civil Mediation 2007 American Arbitration Association Training for Arbitrators