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# Benjamin F. Johns

Pennsylvania Magisterial District Court 32-1-34 · Magisterial District Judge

## Profile

- Court: Pennsylvania Magisterial District Court 32-1-34
- State: Pennsylvania
- Role: Magisterial District Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

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

## 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/minor-courts/magisterial-district-judges)
- [Official roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/minor-courts/magisterial-district-judges)
- [Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania official judicial roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/minor-courts/magisterial-district-judges)
- [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)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Also a co-founder and managing partner at Shub Johns & Holbrook LLP, with extensive experience in consumer protection litigation
- While his private practice focuses on complex civil litigation, his role as a Magisterial District Judge involves adjudicating local criminal, civil, and traffic matters within his district

### Education


### Additional information

- Judge Benjamin Johns presides over Magisterial District Court 32-1-34, located in Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, less than three miles from downtown Philadelphia
- He is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and has argued cases in the Third Circuit, D.C. Circuit, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
- Consider consulting a local attorney for guidance, especially for criminal, traffic, or landlord/tenant cases Judge Johns’ court is part of the Delaware County Magisterial District Court system, which includes 33 courts across the county, serving as the initial venue for most criminal and civil matters