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Honorable Mary Jane Bowes


Term
January 2002 - December 2011

Education
Georgetown University (B.A.), 1976
University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D.), 1979

Professional Experience
Private law practice, 1979-81
Judicial law clerk, Superior Court Senior Judge Harry Montgomery, 1980-81
Judicial law clerk, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Henry X. O’Brien, 1981-82
Judicial law clerk, Superior Court Senior Judge John P. Hester, 1982-86
Private law practice, 1986-98
IT Corporation, corporate counsel, 1998-2001
Elected Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 2001

Memberships and Associations
Pennsylvania and Allegheny County Bar Associations
Women’s Bar Association of Western Pennsylvania, former co-president
St. Anthony Charitable Foundation, Chair
Allegheny County Medical Society Foundation, Trustee
Allegheny County Finance and Development Commission, former Board Member
St. Clair Memorial Hospital, former Board Member
Duquesne University, former Board Member

Awards and Honors
Elected to Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, 1996
Pennsylvania’s 1997 Best 50 Women in Business Award
Pitt Law Women’s Association/Allegheny County Bar Association’s Marjorie Matson Woman of the Year Award, 2007
PBA Special Achievement Award, 2008
Martindale Hubbell AV rating


Personal
Born: 1954