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Honorable James J. Fitzgerald III


Education
University of Pennsylvania (B.A.), 1962
Villanova University School of Law (J.D.), 1966

Professional Experience
Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, 1967-79
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, former Chief Counsel, 1980-81
Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, former Executive Vice President, 1986-89
Elected a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, 1989
Appointed Administrative Judge of the Trial Division, 2002
Appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2007
Appointed a senior judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 2008

Memberships and Associations
Philadelphia Bar Association
Villanova Law American Inn of Court, Past President
St. Thomas More Society
Brehon Law Society

Awards and Honors
University of Pennsylvania, Alumni Merit Award, 1989
Brehon Law Society, Lifetime of Achievement Award, 2007
Louis D. Brandeis Law Society Award, 2007
Philadelphia Flag Day Association Annual Citizens Award, 2007


Personal
Born: 1939, Boston, Ma.
Married to Carol, Executive Director of The Pennsylvania Society
Three children, four grandchildren