Thomas G Saylor

Chief Justice

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

2008 - Current

Justice

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

1997 - 2008

Judge

Pennsylvania Superior Court

1993 - 1997

Private law practice

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1987 - 1993

First Deputy Attorney General

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

1983 - 1987

Director

Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection

1982 - 1983

General practice of law

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1972 - 1982

First Assistant District Attorney, Somerset County

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1973 - 1976

University of Virginia School of Law

LL.M. (2004)

Columbia Law School

J.D. (1972)

University of Virginia

B.A. (1969)

Doctor of Laws, honoris causa

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

2012

Doctor of Laws, honoris causa

Widener University School of Law

2002

American Bar Association, Appellate Judges Conference

Member

Current

Pennsylvania Bar Association

Member

Current

Cumberland County Bar Association

Member

Current

Dauphin County Bar Association

Member

Current

American Law Institute

Member

Current

Death-Penalty Stewardship and the Current State of Pennsylvania Capital Jurisprudence

23 WIDENER L.J. 1

2013

Fourth Amendment Departures and Sustainability in State Constitutionalism

22 WIDENER L.J. 1

2012

Power and Prerogative: Reflections on Judicial Suspension of Laws

21 WIDENER L.J. 259

2012

On the Nature of Judging

20 WIDENER L.J. 681

2011

Right for Any Reason: An Unsettled Doctrine at the Supreme Court Level and an Anecdotal Experience With Former Chief Justice Cappy

47 DUQ. L. REV. 489

2009

Prophylaxis in Modern State Constitutionalism: New Judicial Federalism and the Acknowledged, Prophylactic Rule

59 N.Y.U. SURV. AM. L. 283

2003