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# Welsey J. Oler Jr.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Commonwealth 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, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, 2012-present
- Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, a state appellate court, serving since 2012 and selected by partisan election
- Oler’s career spans judicial service, public defense, private legal practice, and leadership roles in the Pennsylvania judicial system

### Education

- Georgetown University — J.D.

### Additional information

- Supervising Judge, Statewide Investigating Grand Jury (2013)
- Senior Judge (2012–2013)
- He has also served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Criminal Procedural Rules Committee

## 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/8214/welsey-j-oler-jr/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8214/welsey-j-oler-jr/)
- [Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8214/welsey-j-oler-jr/)
- [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/8214/welsey-j-oler-jr/)

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