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# Nicholas C. Martini

Pennsylvania Magisterial District Court 05-3-13 · Magisterial District Judge

## Profile

- Court: Pennsylvania Magisterial District Court 05-3-13
- State: Pennsylvania
- Role: Magisterial District 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/minor-courts/magisterial-district-judges/)
- [Official roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/minor-courts/magisterial-district-judges/)
- [Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania official judicial roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/minor-courts/magisterial-district-judges/)
- [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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## Biography

### Professional career

- Democratic Party judge for Allegheny County Magisterial District Court 05‐3‐13, serving Pittsburgh’s West End since January 2022, with a term ending in 2028
- Magisterial District Judge, Pennsylvania Magisterial District Court 05-3-13

### Education


### Additional information

- Elected in November 2021, Judge Martini presides over a wide range of cases in his district, including civil hearings, landlord‐tenant actions, City of Pittsburgh code violations, traffic citations, emergency protective orders, search warrants, criminal preliminary hearings, arraignments, truancy cases, and summary offenses
- He is a past recipient of the American Legion School Award and the Thomas Starzl Transplant Institute Medal of Honor