Jacqueline Shogan

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Jacqueline O. Shogan
Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
In office
January 7, 2008 – 2021
Preceded byRobert C. Daniels
Succeeded byJill Beck
Personal details
Born (1953-06-05) June 5, 1953 (age 70)[1]
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Virginia
Duke University

Jacqueline Ouzts Shogan (born June 5, 1953) was a judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. She was first elected in 2007 and then re-elected in 2017.[2][3][4]

Education and legal career[edit]

Jacqueline was born in Flushing, Queens, New York City. She attended University of Virginia where she graduated in 1981 with master's degree in nursing. After some years she decided to attend a law school where she attended Duke University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina and enrolled for a JD program, she graduated in 1990. Shogan began her career as a law clerk at the United States District Court for The Western District of Pennsylvania between 1997 and 2001. In 2002, she began working at Thorp Reed & Armstrong LLP, a consulting firm in Pennsylvania as an attorney.

In 2008, Shogan was appointed Judge of the Monroeville Pennsylvania Superior Court. After the end of her ten-year term, Judge Shogan filed to stand for retention by voters in 2017.[5] She was retained and her term was scheduled to end in 2028.[6][7] In 2021, Shogan retired from the bench.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Personal Data Questionnaire - Jacqueline Shogan" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Prison guard convicted in contraband scandal can't beat jail sentence". pennlive.com. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  3. ^ "Court upholds guilt of Middletown man charged in molestation of teen boy with special needs". Press & Journal. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  4. ^ "Embezzling lawyer Karl Rominger must be resentenced due to math mistake, Pa. court says". PennLive.com. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania Department of State, "Declarations of Candidacy Filed by Incumbent Judges for Retention in 2017"" (PDF). www.dos.pa.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  6. ^ "4 judges are up for retention on Centre County ballots. What does that mean?". centredaily. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  7. ^ Scolforo, Mark. "Pennsylvania's May 16 primary includes state judicial races". themorningcall.com. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  8. ^ Poole, Eric (November 7, 2023). "Democrats hold leads in state judicial races". The Herald.