Kate Ford Elliott

Cases in this dataset

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Case volume by filing year

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Recent cases

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Career history

• Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Start not recorded to End not recorded
• Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Start not recorded to End not recorded

• Duquesne University School of Law J.D. 1978
• Duquesne University jd
• Duquesne University M.S. 1973
• University of Pittsburgh B.A. 1971

• Administrative Assistant to former Superior Court President Judge William F. Cercone, 1980-82 · 1980 1982
• Chief Staff Attorney, Pennsylvania Superior Court, 1982-88 · 1982 1988
• Elected a judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1989 · 1989
• Judicial law clerk, Pennsylvania Superior Court, 1978-80 · 1978 1980
• Lawyer, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, 1988 · 1988
• President Judge of Superior Court, 2006-11 · 2006 2011
• Reading specialist, Pittsburgh Board of Education, 1971-78 · 1971 1978

Sources and corrections

• state-pa-roster · 2026-10-07
• courtlistener-people-bulk · 2026-10-07

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