--- title: "Jordan B. Yeager | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jordan-b-yeager-pa-07-45870dcb" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-26" --- # Jordan B. Yeager Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Judicial District 07 (Bucks County) · Common Pleas Judge ## Profile - Court: Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Judicial District 07 (Bucks 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) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jordan-b-yeager-pa-07-45870dcb", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jordan-b-yeager-pa-07-45870dcb", "name": "Jordan B. Yeager | KnowJudges", "description": "Jordan B. Yeager, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Judicial District 07 (Bucks County). Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-07-26", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jordan-b-yeager-pa-07-45870dcb#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jordan-b-yeager-pa-07-45870dcb#judge", "name": "Jordan B. 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(1992) - Bachelor’s degree in government from Cornell University in 1989 and held a position as a canvasser for U.S. PIRG advocating for environmental legislation. ### Additional information - Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, having been elected to the bench on November 5, 2019. - He also co-founded Boockvar & Yeager, a public interest law firm representing plaintiffs in civil rights and employment discrimination cases from 1997 to 2008 - handling employment law, military law, criminal defense, and civil litigation. - focusing on complex land use and civil rights matters - He has held the role of solicitor and special counsel to municipal governments, authorities, and boards, advising decision-makers, drafting ordinances, negotiating agreements, and litigating disputes. - He presides over civil, juvenile dependency, and family court proceedings, bringing decades of legal experience to his role. - He has also contributed to the legal community through memberships on the Bucks County Bar Association Board of Directors and the Agricultural Security Advisory Council of Doylestown, and has volunteered as a girls’ field hockey coach ## 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.