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# Anne E. Covey

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · Commonwealth Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
- State: Pennsylvania
- Role: Commonwealth Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Republican‐appointed judge of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, serving since 2011 with a term ending in 2031, and is known for her labor and employment law expertise and textualist judicial approach
- Judge, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, 2012-present
- Lawyer in labor & employment law at Blank Rome (1987–88), McCarter & English (1988–94), Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla (1994–96), and Covey & Associates, P.C. (1996–2011)
- Judicial clerk to Commonwealth Court President Judge David W. Craig (1985–87)
- Judge Covey has pledged to interpret the law rather than legislate, protect taxpayer funds, and uphold the U.S. and Pennsylvania Constitutions
- Position: Judge, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (intermediate appellate court for state government and administrative law cases)

### Education



### Additional information



## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### recording photography evidence presentation

Scope: statewide

For Pennsylvania Common Pleas proceedings, statewide Pa.R.J.A. 1910 prohibits courtroom broadcasting, recording, and photography unless an exception or judicial authorization applies; the rule also recognizes judge-authorized electronic or photographic means for evidence presentation.

Evidence excerpt: the use of electronic or photographic means for the presentation of evidence

[201 Pa. Code Chapter 19, Rule 1910, Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F201%2Fchapter19%2Fchap19toc.html)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/commonwealth-court-judges/judge-anne-e-covey)
- [Official roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/commonwealth-court-judges/judge-anne-e-covey)
- [Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania official judicial roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/commonwealth-court-judges/judge-anne-e-covey)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8201/anne-e-covey/)
- [201 Pa. Code Chapter 19, Rule 1910, Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F201%2Fchapter19%2Fchap19toc.html)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8201/anne-e-covey/)

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