Pennsylvania’s retired judges and justices earn nearly $43 million in annual pension payouts from the State Employees’ Retirement System, including 98 former jurists who receive six-figure annuities, according to SERS records. Several of the judges receiving significant annual payouts are among those who regularly hear cases as senior judges at a rate of $545 per day.
The largest pension among the Pennsylvania judiciary belongs to Edward R. Summers, who retired from the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in 2014 and earns a $189,844 annuity from SERS. Summers is joined in the upper tier of pension payouts by Commonwealth Court Senior Judges James Gardner Colins, Dan Pellegrini, Rochelle S. Friedman and J. Wesley Oler Jr.; and Superior Court Senior Judges John L. Musmanno, Patricia H. Jenkins and Eugene B. Strassburger III, all of whom receive more than $100,000 in annual pension benefits.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
