Biography

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THE HONORABLE RICHARD A. LEWIS, Judge. Elected to bench November 1993. Retained November 2003 and November 2013. President Judge February 15, 2005- February 2010 and January 2015 to December 2019.

Born 1947, in Steelton, PA. Graduate of Bishop McDevitt High School, Rutgers University, and Dickinson School of Law. Assistant District Attorney 1972-80; served as elected District Attorney from 1980 until his election to the bench. President, Pa. District Attorney's Association 1985-1986. Member, Pa. Sentencing Commission, 1983-1990 Adjunct professor at Dickinson School of Law, Widener University School of Law, and Penn State-Capitol Campus. Former Chair, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules of Evidence Committee and member, Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges Education Committee. Currently serving on Prison Board and as Criminal Court Calendar Judge.