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# Christine Donohue

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Justice

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- State: Pennsylvania
- Role: Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Christine L. Donohue is an American judge and Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, serving since January 2016 and re‐elected in 2025
- Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 2008-present
- Elected judge of the Pennsylvania Superior Court in 2008 and served until 2015
- Practiced law for 27 years in personal injury and commercial litigation, starting at Sikov & Love and later as a partner at Evans Rose Quinn & Donohue, which merged into Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney
- She has also held the role of an adjunct professor at Duquesne Law and on its Law Review

### Education

- Duquesne University School of Law — J.D. (1980)
- B.A. in political science from East Stroudsburg University (1974)
- East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania — B.A.

### Additional information

- In 2015, she was elected to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and retained in 2025
- She is known for her work in complex civil and commercial cases and has been recognized for judicial leadership, including the Judge Robert E. Dauer Award for Judicial Leadership & Excellence in 2023
- Date of birth: 1952-12-24
- She has also served on the Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline, Board of Law Examiners, Judicial Conduct Board, and Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court
- She is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County and past president of the Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
- Donohue holds an AV rating from Martindale‐Hubbell, is listed in Best Lawyers in America, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, and Pittsburgh’s Top 50 Attorneys.
- Birth place: Coaldale

## 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/supreme-court/supreme-court-justices)
- [Official roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/supreme-court/supreme-court-justices)
- [Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania official judicial roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/supreme-court/supreme-court-justices)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8227/christine-l-donohue/)
- [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/8227/christine-l-donohue/)
- [Wikidata: Christine Donohue](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22004095)

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