--- title: "Maureen P. Kelly | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/maureen-p-kelly-pennsylvania-us-magistrate" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Maureen P. Kelly U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania · U.S. Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania - State: Pennsylvania - Role: U.S. Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - She also held the role of Chief Magistrate Judge for the Western District from 2014 to 2018 Western District of Pennsylvania - U.S. Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, appointed in June 2011 and serving a renewable eight‐year term - In 1999, she joined Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir as a shareholder, chairing the Employment and Labor Services Group - After law school, she served as associate and later partner at Thorp, Reed & Armstrong ### Education - B.A. from the University of Notre Dame (1983) and her J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law (1987) ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania, 2011-present - Inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers (2007) and the Litigation Council of America (2008), and listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Labor & Employment, 2008–2011) - Practitioner, Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, from 1999 - Practitioner, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, from 1987 - J.D. — Duquesne Univ. — 1987 - B.A. — Univ. of Notre Dame — 1983 - focusing on commercial and employment litigation. - She has also served on the American Bar Association Commission on the Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts and various Pennsylvania Bar Association task forces - Birth place: Youngstown, OH ## 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.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=26) - [Official roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=26) - [U.S. Courts judicial profile or roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=26) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9519/maureen-p-kelly/) - [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) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9519/maureen-p-kelly/) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Maureen P. Kelly](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9519/maureen-p-kelly/) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Maureen P. Kelly](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/maureen-p-kelly-pennsylvania-us-magistrate", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/maureen-p-kelly-pennsylvania-us-magistrate", "name": "Maureen P. Kelly | KnowJudges", "description": "Maureen P. Kelly, U.S. District Court for the Western 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-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.