PENNSYLVANIA SUPERIOR COURT
“Pennsylvanians have expressed significant reservations about the fairness of our courts. We know that the courts should not be partisan, and I have spent my career proving that courts can be fair, just, and transparent. I have been a Common Pleas Judge for nine years and a Judge of Elections. I will return that experience and sense of fairness to our courts.”
- Judge Harry Smail, Jr.
Judge Harry Smail Jr. has been a Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas judge for more than eight years. Judge Smail was appointed to the court by former Governor Tom Corbett in 2014 and was unanimously confirmed by the State Senate.
Smail’s rulings have shaped the application of the law regarding land use and energy development, the Second Amendment, election law, and other areas. Judge Smail has also served as the Elections Judge in Westmoreland County, overseeing recounts and petition challenges, among other issues. In 2020, He presided over critical election law cases that upheld essential anti-fraud requirements for casting a mail-in ballot. Judge Smail is a graduate of Grove City College and Duquesne University School of Law.
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