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# Eric J. Taylor

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Judicial District 23 (Berks County) · Common Pleas Judge

## Profile

- Court: Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Judicial District 23 (Berks 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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## Additional judicial service

Additional source-listed service: Judge at Pennsylvania Magisterial District Court 23-2-02. Current service in this role is unconfirmed.

## Biography

### Professional career

- The current Magisterial District Judge for Berks County, PA (District 23‐2‐02), serving West Reading and Wyomissing Boroughs, and is running for the Berks County Court of Common Pleas in 2025
- Taylor has held the role of Magisterial District Judge for District 23‐2‐02 since 2018, presiding over criminal and civil cases, abuse protection petitions, and other matters in West Reading and Wyomissing
- Judicial law clerkship (2004–2005) and summer clerkship with a federal magistrate judge (2002)

### Education


### Additional information

- In February 2025, Taylor announced his candidacy for Berks County Court of Common Pleas, District 23 in the 2025 general election.
- First elected to this role in the November 7, 2017 general election, defeating Republican opponent Larry Medaglia.
- Before becoming a judge, Taylor worked over 12 years as an Assistant Public Defender in the Berks County Public Defender’s Office
- handling criminal cases.
- He is cross‐filing on both the Republican and Democratic tickets, emphasizing that political affiliation should not influence judicial decisions.



## 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.