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# Sallie Updyke Mundy

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Justice

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- State: Pennsylvania
- Role: Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Republican‐affiliated judge on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, serving since 2016 after prior service on the Pennsylvania Superior Court and a career in private legal practice
- Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 2010-present
- Appointed by Governor Tom Wolf on July 21, 2016, to replace Justice J. Michael Eakin
- Robert M. Kemp, President Judge of Tioga County Courts of Common Pleas (1987–1988)
- Official site: Pennsylvania Supreme Court – Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania

### Education

- University of Pittsburgh School of Law — J.D. (1987)
- Washington & Jefferson College — B.A. (1984)

### Additional information

- She also held the role of a volunteer public defender in Tioga County (2008–2009) and held leadership roles on the Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Board (1997–2003) and the Disciplinary Hearing Committee (1995–2001, past chair)
- Date of birth: 1962-06-29
- Began her legal career as a judicial clerk to Hon.
- Birth place: Elmira

## 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/supreme-court/supreme-court-justices)
- [Official roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/supreme-court/supreme-court-justices)
- [Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania official judicial roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/supreme-court/supreme-court-justices)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8239/sallie-updyke-mundy/)
- [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/8239/sallie-updyke-mundy/)
- [Wikidata: Sallie Updyke Mundy](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7404998)

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