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{{shortShort description|American judge (b.born 1970)}}
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|name = Kevin Brobson
'''Paul Kevin Brobson''' (born November 26, 1970) is an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Republican Kevin Brobson wins seat on Pennsylvania Supreme Court as GOP appears poised to sweep appellate races |url=https://www.northcentralpa.com/features/spotlight_pa/republican-kevin-brobson-wins-seat-on-pennsylvania-supreme-court-as-gop-appears-poised-to-sweep/article_a218d3a0-3cbf-11ec-ac03-9fd8a9e57e52.html |website=NorthCentralPA.com |publisher=NorthCentralPA.com |accessdate=6 November 2021}}</ref> He previously served as a judge on the [[Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania]], one of Pennsylvania's two intermediate [[appellate court]]s. He was elected to the bench in 2009 and sworn in on January 6, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Judge P. Kevin Brobson |url=http://www.pacourts.us/courts/commonwealth-court-judges/judge-p-kevin-brobson |website=The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania |publisher=The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania |accessdate=26 November 2019}}</ref>
|office = Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Supreme Court]]
|term_start = January 3, 2022
|term_end =
|predecessor = [[Thomas Saylor]]
|successor =
|birth_name = Paul Kevin Brobson
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|11|26}}
|birth_place = [[Montoursville, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|education = [[Lycoming College]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Widener University Commonwealth Law School|Widener University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
}}
'''Paul Kevin Brobson''' (born November 26, 1970)<ref>{{cite isweb an|title=Personal Data Questionnaire - Kevin Brobson |url=http://www.pabar.org/public/news%20releases/09jec/Paul%20Brobson.pdf|website=[[AssociatePennsylvania JusticeBar Association]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324200738/http://www.pabar.org/public/news%20releases/09jec/Paul%20Brobson.pdf |archive-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref> is a justice of the [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Republican Kevin Brobson wins seat on Pennsylvania Supreme Court as GOP appears poised to sweep appellate races |url=https://www.northcentralpa.com/features/spotlight_pa/republican-kevin-brobson-wins-seat-on-pennsylvania-supreme-court-as-gop-appears-poised-to-sweep/article_a218d3a0-3cbf-11ec-ac03-9fd8a9e57e52.html |website=NorthCentralPA.com |publisher=NorthCentralPA.com |accessdate=6 November 2021}}</ref> HeIn previously2009, servedhe was elected to serve as a judge on the [[Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania]], onewhere ofhe Pennsylvania'sserved twountil intermediate [[appellate court]]s. He was elected to the bench in 2009 and sworn in on January 6, 20102022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Judge P. Kevin Brobson |url=http://www.pacourts.us/courts/commonwealth-court-judges/judge-p-kevin-brobson |website=The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania |publisher=The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania |accessdate=26 November 2019}}</ref>
 
==Childhood==
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==Education==
Brobson graduated from [[Lycoming College]] with a [[Bachelor of ScienceArts]] in [[Accounting and Economics]] ''[[magna cum laude]]'' in 1992 and earned his [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Widener University Commonwealth Law School]] ''[[summa cum laude]]'' in 1995.
 
==Legal work experience==
Brobson was a [[law clerk]] for the Honorable [[James McGirr Kelly]] of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]] from 1995 to 1996. He was then an attorney at [[Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney]] law firm in [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] from 1996 to 2009. In addition to his role as an appellate judge, he served as [[Widener University Commonwealth Law School]] Juristjurist-in-Residenceresidence from 2016 to 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=HONORABLE P. KEVIN BROBSON |url=https://commonwealthlaw.widener.edu/alumni-friends/success-stories/honorable-p-kevin-brobson/ |website=Widener University Commonwealth Law School |publisher=Widener University Commonwealth Law School |accessdate=26 November 2019}}</ref>
 
==Judicial career==
Brobson served on the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania from 2010 to 2022. TheIn the [[2021 Pennsylvania elections#Justice of the Supreme Court|2021 general election]], he was the [[Pennsylvania Republican Party|Republican]] nominee to fill the vacancy on the [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]] left by the 2021 mandatory retirement of [[Chief Justice]] [[Thomas G. Saylor]],; heBrobson narrowly defeated the [[Pennsylvania Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee, [[Pennsylvania Superior Court|Superior Court]] Judge Maria McLaughlin, and was sworn in theon [[2021January Pennsylvania3, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Judge P. Kevin Brobson Sworn in as newest elections#Justice of the Supreme Court|November generalof election]]Pennsylvania |url=https://www.pacourts.us/Storage/media/pdfs/20220104/150343-judgep.kevinbrobsonsworninasnewestjusticeofthesupremecourtofpennsylvania.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Seidman |first1=Andrew |title=Kevin Brobson wins Republican nomination for Pennsylvania Supreme Court |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/kevin-brobson-wins-republican-primary-pennsylvania-supreme-court-20210519.html |access-date=19 May 2021 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=19 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{citeCite web |last1date=Associated Press2022-01-04 |title=Republican Kevin Brobson takes oath as Pennsylvaniastate's newest Supreme Court justice |url=https://wwwapnews.wesa.fmcom/courts-justicearticle/2022elections-01pennsylvania-04/republicanharrisburg-kevin0fa160f723de15bc6c72f6c203e413db |access-brobson-takes-oath-asdate=2022-pennsylvanias11-newest-supreme-court-justice18 |website=WESA-FM[[Associated |publisher=Republican Kevin Brobson takes oath as Pennsylvania's newest Supreme Court justicePress]] |access-datelanguage=January 27, 2022en}}</ref>
 
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