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# Christina E. Hale

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Judicial District 21 (Schuylkill County) · Common Pleas Judge

## Profile

- Court: Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Judicial District 21 (Schuylkill County)
- State: Pennsylvania
- Role: Common Pleas Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## 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/courts-of-common-pleas/common-pleas-judges/print-view)
- [Official roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/common-pleas-judges/print-view)
- [Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania official judicial roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/common-pleas-judges/print-view)
- [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

- Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas Judge for District 21 (Schuylkill County), serving since her 2020 Senate confirmation and holding the position until at least December 31, 2031
- held the role of Magisterial District Judge for over 34,000 cases since 2012, ranging from traffic offenses to homicide cases
- Elected 2011 as a Magisterial District Judge for Northern Schuylkill County, later confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate in 2020 to the Court of Common Pleas after Judge John Domalakes retired
- One of the five judges on the district, alongside President Judge Jacqueline L. Russell and others

### Education



### Additional information

- Unopposed in her 2017 retention election
- Judge Hale presides over the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas, a general jurisdiction trial court handling civil, criminal, and orphan’s court cases.
- Her legal work covered personal injury, real estate, workers’ compensation, and Social Security matters



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [201 Pa. Code Chapter 19, Rule 1910, Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-0784d9a288c3456edcbc19ff) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F201%2Fchapter19%2Fchap19toc.html). Collected 2026-07-26.