Corr said his experience in over 70 jury trials would help him handle the backlog.
“I know that is something I can do right away going in, he said.
He said the backlog won t be known until the courts open up fully, when people will began filing notices of intent to go to trial in their civil or criminal cases.
Another issue facing the courts, he said, is access to the courts themselves. He noted that during the pandemic, the courts allowed people to appear in court via video.
Corr said he has seen officials making use of video technology, such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams, for some hearings.
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The Montgomery County Courthouse Plaza in Norristown, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
During the May 18 primary election, one of the many decisions voters in the Philadelphia suburbs will make is about who will sit on the courts that often serve as the very first step for any significant legal issue.
These are the Common Pleas courts, the lowest-level courts for which the commonwealth holds elections.
There are sixty of them statewide generally one per county, though several rural counties are doubled up and they seat between one and 93 judges. Those judges are selected for 10-year terms in statewide, partisan elections, and then are put to a yes-or-no retention vote for subsequent terms.
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Robert Repko runs his own family law firm, Repko Law, LLC, in Doylestown, primarily handling cases involving divorce, custody, support and protection from abuse. (Repko Law)
DOYLESTOWN, PA A longtime attorney in Doylestown with his own family law practice is seeking a soon-to-be vacant judge seat on the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas.
Robert Repko, a family law attorney since 2001, will run for the seat in the 2021 local election to replace embattled Judge Alan Rubenstein, who is retiring at the end of the year due to reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 for Pennsylvania judges. He will celebrate his 75th birthday in March.
The caller said his reaction to veteran Bucks County Judge Alan Rubenstein’s humiliating comments during family court in October is head nods and head shakes.
“It all depends on where you are at the time,” said the caller, who we’ll call Ted to preserve his anonymity. “When you’re in front of him in court, and he’s making you feel like you’re the worst person in the world, when he’s tearing you a new one, you’re shaking your head side to side in disbelief. At least you are inside.
“But when I read the story in your paper the other day, about the woman who filed a complaint to the state board after he kept insulting her in her child custody appearance, I was bobbing my head up and down, like, I know, lady, I’ve been there.