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# Daniel E. Butler

Pennsylvania Magisterial District Court 05-2-35 · Magisterial District Judge

## Profile

- Court: Pennsylvania Magisterial District Court 05-2-35
- State: Pennsylvania
- Role: Magisterial District 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/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

- The Allegheny County Magisterial District Judge for District 05‐2‐35 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, serving until January 7, 2030
- Active attorney admitted in November 1978 and employed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the Magisterial District Court.

### Education



### Additional information

- Butler was first appointed on June 13, 2016 and re‐elected in the November 7, 2023 general election, winning 98.7% of the vote.
- His career includes service as a judicial law clerk, prosecutor, family court hearing officer, and family court mediator, with a record of settling over 1,100 custody cases
- Beyond the bench, Butler has been active in community and charitable organizations, including serving as Past Chairman of the Holocaust Commission of Greater Pittsburgh and as an Executive Board member of the Orthodox Union