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# Mary Hannah Leavitt

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, 2012-present
- Former President Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, serving from 2002 until her retirement as President Judge Emerita
- Now listed as President Judge Emerita on the Commonwealth Court’s official site
- No longer an active judge but remains recognized as President Judge Emerita of the Commonwealth Court

### Education

- Dickinson School of Law in, where she was an editor of the Dickinson Law Review — J.D. (1978)
- University of Pennsylvania in — M.A. (1972)
- Connecticut College in — B.A. (1969)
- J.D. — Dickinson School of Law, an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania

### Additional information

- She held the role of President Judge from 2016 until her retirement from that role.
- Mary Hannah Leavitt was elected to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in 2001 for a 10‐year term beginning in 2002, and retained by voters in 2011.

## 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/8210/mary-hannah-leavitt/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8210/mary-hannah-leavitt/)
- [Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8210/mary-hannah-leavitt/)
- [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/8210/mary-hannah-leavitt/)
- [Mary Hannah Leavitt - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Mary_Hannah_Leavitt)
- [Pennsylvania Bar Association > News and Publications > News > News Releases > 2022 > September > President Judge Emerita Mary Hannah Leavitt to Be Honored by Pennsylvania Bar Association for Leadership in Administrative Law](https://www.pabar.org/site/News-and-Publications/News/News-Releases/2022/September/President-Judge-Emerita-Mary-Hannah-Leavitt-to-Be-Honored-by-Pennsylvania-Bar-Association-for-Leadership-in-Administrative-Law)

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