--- title: "Julia Kathleen Munley | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julia-kathleen-munley" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Julia Kathleen Munley U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania - State: Pennsylvania - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - American judge serving as a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania since November 7, 2023 - Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County [Pennsylvania], 2016-2023 - 2001–2016: Trial attorney and partner, Munley Law, Scranton, PA - Solicitor (part-time), Elderly Law Project, Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1998-2001 - Law clerk, Hon. Stephen J. McEwan, Jr., Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1992-1993 - Julia Munley is the daughter of the late Judge James Martin Munley and Dr. Kathleen P. Munley, a Marywood University professor ### Education - Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) — J.D. (1992) - Marywood College — B.A. (1987) - Marywood University — B.A. ### Additional information - Private practice, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1995-1998, 1998-2016 - Private practice, Moosic, Pennsylvania, 1998 - Private practice, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 1993-1995 - Born 1965 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania. - Date of birth: 1965 - Her paternal grandmother, Marion L. Munley, was one of the first women elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Birth place: Carbondale ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761086) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761086) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761086) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [Judge Julia Kathleen Munley](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761086) - [Wikidata: Julia K. Munley](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123115314) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julia-kathleen-munley", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julia-kathleen-munley", "name": "Julia Kathleen Munley | KnowJudges", "description": "Julia Kathleen Munley, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.