Karoline Mehalchick
Karoline Mehalchick | |
|---|---|
| Chief Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | |
| Assumed office January 4, 2021 | |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | |
| Assumed office July 15, 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1977 Pennsylvania, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Flynn (m. 2005) |
| Parents | George and Rita Mehalchick |
| Education | Pennsylvania State University BA) Tulane University (JD) |
Karoline Mehalchick is an American lawyer and judge who serves as the chief magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. She is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the same court.
In 2006, she was named "Pennsylvania's best young lawyer" by the Pennsylvania Bar Association.[1]
Formative years and family[edit]
A native of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Mehalchick is a daughter of George and Rita Mehalchick of Scranton. Her father is an attorney with the Lehnahan & Dempsey law firm. Her husband is Michael Flynn of Scranton. They were married in 2005 at the Scranton Cultural Center; the ceremony was performed by Mehalchick's mentor, Lackawanna County Judge Trish Corbett.[2][3][4]
A graduate of Scranton High School,[5] Karoline Mehalchick received a Bachelor of Science degree in geoscience from the Schreyer Honors College of Pennsylvania State University in 1998 and a Juris Doctor from Tulane Law School in 2001.[6][7][8]
Career[edit]
From 2001 to 2002, Mehalchick served as a law clerk for Judge Trish Corbett on the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas. From 2002 to 2007, she was an associate at the law firm Oliver, Price & Rhodes in Clarks Summit[9][10] and served as partner from 2008 to 2013.[11][12][13]
In 2006, she was the recipient of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Michael K. Smith Excellence in Service Award,[14] which is "presented to a young Pennsylvania lawyer who, through exemplary personal and professional conduct, reminds lawyers of their professional and community responsibilities."[15]
Mehalchick presides over the Scranton location of the Court-Assisted Re-Entry Program (CARE Court) and sits on the Court's Prisoner Litigation Settlement Program Committee, a program which she helped establish in early 2015.[6]
Federal judicial service[edit]
Mehalchick was appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge on July 15, 2013.[6][16] She became the Chief Magistrate Judge on January 4, 2021.[17]
On June 28, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Mehalchick to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. President Biden will nominate Mehalchick to the seat vacated by Judge John E. Jones III, who retired on August 1, 2021.
Community involvement[edit]
Mehalchick is active in the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession and is a past president of the Younger Lawyers Division of the Lackawanna Bar Association. While clerking for Corbett, she began volunteering with Pennsylvania's mock trial education program, which operates in multiple high schools across the commonwealth, ultimately becoming the coach of the mock trial team at Abington Heights High School.[18] She is also a member of the Federal Bar Association and the Lackawanna Bar Association.[16]
Outside of the legal community, Mehalchick is vice president of production for the Ballet Theatre of Scranton.[6] She has also raised funds for Lawyers in the Classroom and the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute,[19][20] and has also volunteered for the Big Brother/Big Sister program, the Boys and Girls Club, and United Neighborhood Centers.[21]
References[edit]
- ↑ Nissley, Erin L. "'Best' young lawyer returns to her roots." Scranton, Pennsylvania: The Times-Tribune, June 19, 2006, p. A5 (subscription required).
- ↑ "Karoline Mehalchick" (engagement notice). Scranton, Pennsylvania: The Sunday Times, May 22, 2005, p. F6 (subscription required).
- ↑ Nissley, "'Best' young lawyer returns to her roots," The Times-Tribune, June 19, 2006, p. A5.
- ↑ "Mrs. Michael Flynn" (wedding announcement). Scranton, Pennsylvania: The Times-Tribune, July 10, 2005, p. F6 (subscription required).
- ↑ "Karoline Mehalchick," The Sunday Times, May 22, 2005, p. F6.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Hon. Karoline Mehalchick". Federal Bar Association. June 28, 2023. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ↑ "Karoline Mehalchick | Oliver Price & Rhodes Attorneys at Law". www.oprlaw.com. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ↑ Nissley, "'Best' young lawyer returns to her roots," The Times-Tribune, June 19, 2006, p. A5.
- ↑ Mates, Rich. "Ownership of locomotive in court fight." Scranton, Pennsylvania: The Tribune, February 19, 2004, p. A5 (subscription required).
- ↑ Haggerty, James. "Locomotive Suit Still on Track." Scranton, Pennsylvania: The Scranton Times, June 2, 2005, pp. 3, 9 (subscription required).
- ↑ "President Biden Names Thirty-Fifth Round of Judicial Nominees and One New Nominee to Serve as U.S. Attorney" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. June 28, 2023. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
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- ↑ Nissley, "'Best' young lawyer returns to her roots," The Times-Tribune, June 19, 2006, p. A5.
- ↑ "Oliver, Price & Rhodes." Scranton, Pennsylvania: The Times-Tribune, July 24, 2011, p. H2 (subscription required).
- ↑ "Namedropper." Scranton, Pennsylvania: The Times-Tribune, June 3, 2006, p. A2 (subscription required).
- ↑ "Clarks Summit lawyer earns award." Scranton, Pennsylvania: The Times-Tribune, June 11, 2006, p. B7 (subscription required).
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick | Middle District of Pennsylvania | United States District Court". www.pamd.uscourts.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ↑ Vigna, Paul (December 28, 2020). "Karoline Mehalchick appointed to chief magistrate Judge of the Middle District of Pa". pennlive. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ↑ Nissley, "'Best' young lawyer returns to her roots," The Times-Tribune, June 19, 2006, p. A5.
- ↑ Nissley, "'Best' young lawyer returns to her roots," The Times-Tribune, June 19, 2006, p. A5.
- ↑ "Snapshot: Fund-raiser to feature board games, cocktails." Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: The Times Leader, October 27, 2005 (subscription required).
- ↑ "Namedropper," The Times-Tribune, June 3, 2006, p. A2.
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