Judge George A. Pagano

Judge George A. Pagano was elected in November, 1997 to a ten-year term on the Court of Common Pleas and was retained in 2007 and 2017 for successive ten-year terms. During his 15 years in the Civil Section and 12 years in the Criminal Section, he has presided over more than 600 jury trials. He is currently liaison judge for the Civil Section.

Judge Pagano grew up in Delaware County and graduated from Springfield High School. He received a B.S. in Economics cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He obtained a J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School, and a Master of Laws degree in Taxation from Temple University Law School.

Prior to his election to the bench, Judge Pagano practiced law in Delaware County for over twenty years and was an active member of the Delaware County Bar Association, serving as Editor of the Legal Journal, the Chairman of the Legal Journal Committee and a Board Member for two terms. He received the Donald J. Orlowsky Memorial Award in 2004 and the E. Wallace Chadwick Memorial Award in 2023. Judge Pagano was a Board Member of the Delaware County Legal Assistance Association for 12 years.

Judge Pagano served Springfield Township for 14 years. For eight years he was a Commissioner, ending his tenure as President. He then served the Township as its Solicitor. Judge Pagano was also a Solicitor for many other municipalities and organizations, including the Delaware County Board of Assessment Appeals, Colwyn Borough, the Garrettford-Drexel Hill Fire Company, and the Volunteer Fireman's Relief Association of Upper Darby Township. He is an honorary member of the Garrettford-Drexel Hill Fire Company.

During his tenure on the bench, Judge Pagano received a Certificate in General Jurisdiction Trial Skills and a Certificate in Dispute Resolution from the National Judicial College. He has been an active member of the Guy G. deFuriaAmerican Inn of Court, which is dedicated to the improvement of trial court litigation skills. He served as President of the Inn of Court in 2002. In 2010, the Inn of Court presented him with the Guy G. deFuria Award. In 2013 Judge Pagano was elected as an officer of the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges, and he served as President from July, 2017 to July, 2018. He has served on the Education Committee since 2019 and has been a discussion leader at the bi-annual New Judges School since 2018.