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# Dan Pellegrini

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
- State: Pennsylvania
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, 2010-present
- 2019–2023: Senior judge, Pennsylvania Superior Court
- 2015–2019: Senior judge, Commonwealth Court
- 2012–2015: President Judge of the Commonwealth Court
- 1990–2015: Judge of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, elected in 1989
- Began his legal career in the Pittsburgh City Law Department in 1973 as an assistant solicitor, later serving as first assistant city solicitor (1976–1978), deputy city solicitor (1978–1982), and city solicitor from 1982 to 1989
- American jurist who held the role of a senior judge of the Pennsylvania Superior Court and previously as a judge and president judge of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court

### Education

- Duquesne University School of Law in — J.D. (1970)
- Duquesne University in — B.A. (1967)

### Additional information

- Served in the U.S. Army from 1971 to 1973, reaching the rank of First Lieutenant
- Dante Robert Pellegrini was born September 15, 1945 in the Pittsburgh area.
- He is a member of the American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, and Allegheny Bar Association, and has held the role of a trustee and executive committee member of the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers

## 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.courtlistener.com/person/8216/dan-pellegrini/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8216/dan-pellegrini/)
- [Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8216/dan-pellegrini/)
- [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/8216/dan-pellegrini/)
- [Dan Pellegrini](https://ballotpedia.org/Dan_Pellegrini)
- [Wikidata: Dan Pellegrini](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5214185)

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