Jim Flaherty

December 23, 1930
Senior Judge, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
Assumed office
December 23, 2000
Judge, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
In office
January 1996 - December 2000

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Jim Flaherty (b. December 23, 1930) was a senior judge on the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. He was first elected to the court in November 1995, effective the following January. He retired to senior status on December 23, 2000 when he turned 70.

Flaherty graduated cum laude from Washington & Jefferson College in 1953. He served in the military during the Korean conflict, after which he attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, receiving an LL.B in 1959.

After completing his formal education, Flaherty worked as a trial lawyer and partner for a litigation firm. He founded his own firm in 1969, practicing municipal, school and public employee labor law.

Flaherty is married to Katy Keller Flaherty and together they have five children.

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* List of judges of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
* Biography of Jim Flaherty from the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Historical Society

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