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# Thomas G. Saylor

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- State: Pennsylvania
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1998-present
- Chief Justice from Jan
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania: Justice from Jan
- Retired Chief Justice and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, later serving as Chief Justice Emeritus and Judicial Scholar‐in‐Residence at Duquesne University
- His colleagues honored him as Chief Justice Emeritus

### Education

- Columbia University in the City of New York — J.D.
- University of Virginia-Main Campus — J.D.
- Columbia Law School

### Additional information

- 6, 2015 until retirement Dec.
- Practitioner, 1997-1997
- Born December 14, 1946.
- Date of birth: 1946-12-14
- He now serves as Judicial Scholar‐in‐Residence at the Thomas R. Kline Center for Judicial Education, Duquesne University, developing courses for Pennsylvania’s trial and appellate jurists
- He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Appellate Judges Conference, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and the American Law Institute
- Birth place: Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Saylor lived in Cumberland County for most of his life

## 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/5563/thomas-g-saylor/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5563/thomas-g-saylor/)
- [Supreme Court of Pennsylvania current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5563/thomas-g-saylor/)
- [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/5563/thomas-g-saylor/)
- [Thomas G. Saylor - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_G._Saylor)
- [Honorable Thomas Saylor](https://www.duq.edu/faculty-and-staff/thomassaylor.php)
- [Wikidata: Thomas G. Saylor](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7789877)

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