If this is the first time you have been summoned to district court in Pennsylvania, you may be unsure about what to do or even how the system works. In Pennsylvania, district courts (which are also called magisterial courts) are the first courts to hear certain kinds of cases: summary criminal offenses, traffic violations, municipal […]

When you receive a traffic ticket or arrested in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, you will be expected to report to district court for a traffic hearing, an arraignment, a preliminary criminal proceeding, or even a non-jury trial. These proceedings will be handled by the elected district judge, or magisterial judge, who is responsible for all of […]

Errors committed by certain employees of the York County Clerk of Courts has resulted in over 2,000 people having their licenses suspended after being found guilty of drug charges. In some cases, these suspensions came about over a year after the offenders had paid their fines and done their jail time. The employees evidently failed […]

June 5, 2013 Following the most emotional dissent coming from Dem – Philadelphia, the House gave a 117- 81 on Senate Bill 333. This involves a process of amending Pa’s Constitution so it would definitely end the life of the Traffic Court. A final vote is expected within the week. Philadelphia Traffic Court was facing so […]

May 15, 2014 -- A tech employee from Lower Merion Township is facing DUI charges after police officers had to come rescue her from her flooded car. Wendy Leigh Reich, 40, who was the chief technology officer for Lower Merion Township, got stuck on a flooded section of Route 1 in Chadds Ford back at […]