Judge Carol K. McGinley graduated from Manhattanville College in 1970 and earned a J.D. from Georgetown University in 1973. She was Chairman of the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners from 1990 to 1992 and is a past president of the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges. She is a former member of the Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline. She was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Lehigh County in 1985 and was retained for a ten-year term in 1995, 2005 and again in 2015. Judge McGinley has served as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges Commission, as a member of the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, as Vice Chairman of the Supreme Court Juvenile Procedural Rules Committee, and as a member of the Governor's Cabinet on Children and Families.   After nearly 32 years as an active judge, Judge McGinley took senior status as of October 1, 2017.

Senior Judge McGinley's Procedures

Senior Judge McGinley's Rules of Courtroom Conduct

Judges of the Court

President Judge J. Brian Johnson

Judge Robert L. Steinberg

Judge James T. Anthony

Judge Michele A. Varricchio

Judge Douglas G. Reichley

Judge Melissa T. Pavlack

Judge Anna-Kristie M. Marks

Judge Thomas M. Caffrey

Judge Thomas A. Capehart

Judge Zachary J. Cohen

Senior Judge Carol K. McGinley

Senior Judge Edward D. Reibman

Senior Judge Kelly L. Banach