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# Patricia H. Jenkins

Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Superior 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, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 2014-present
- In November 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court appointed her to the Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania as one of three non‐judge members of the bar
- Before her judicial service, Jenkins was a partner at Kassab Archbold Jackson & O’Brien in Media, PA, and held the role of solicitor for the Delaware County Department of Human Services.

### Education

- Albright College — B.A.

### Additional information

- She held the role of a commissioned judge until January 3, 2016, then assumed senior status
- In December 2013, she was appointed by Governor Tom Corbett to a vacancy on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and confirmed by a unanimous Senate vote.
- Joined the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas in 1993 by Governor Robert P. Casey, later elected to full ten‐year terms in 1993, 2003, and 2013.
- She also taught paralegal studies at Villanova and Widener Universities
- She is a member of the American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Delaware County Bar Association, and the United States Supreme Court Historical Society
- Patricia H. Jenkins is a retired judge of the Pennsylvania Superior Court, now serving as a non‐judge member of the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board

## 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/8232/patricia-h-jenkins/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8232/patricia-h-jenkins/)
- [Superior Court of Pennsylvania current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8232/patricia-h-jenkins/)
- [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/8232/patricia-h-jenkins/)

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