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# Todd R. Platts

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Judicial District 19 (York County) · Common Pleas Judge

## Profile

- Court: Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Judicial District 19 (York County)
- State: Pennsylvania
- Role: Common Pleas Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Republican judge on the York County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania, elected in 2013 for a term expiring in 2023
- York County Court of Common Pleas Judge — elected Nov

### Education

- Pepperdine University School of Law — J.D.
- University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
- Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania — B.S.

### Additional information

- 5, 2013; term through 2023
- Judges are selected through partisan elections, and Platts was re‐elected in 2013 for a term ending in 2023
- In 2013, Platts won the Republican primary with 56.21% of the vote and then defeated Michael W. Flannelly in the general election with 74.3% of the vote
- Before his judicial appointment, Platts was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania’s 19th congressional district from 2001 to 2013.
- He first entered public service in 1993 as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Date of birth: 1962-03-05
- One of the active judges in the Court of Common Pleas of York County, Pennsylvania’s Nineteenth Judicial District.
- York Suburban Senior High School
- Birth place: York

## 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/courts-of-common-pleas/common-pleas-judges/print-view)
- [Official roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/common-pleas-judges/print-view)
- [Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania official judicial roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/common-pleas-judges/print-view)
- [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)
- [Wikidata: Todd Russell Platts](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3271)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [201 Pa. Code Chapter 19, Rule 1910, Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-0784d9a288c3456edcbc19ff) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F201%2Fchapter19%2Fchap19toc.html). Collected 2026-07-26.