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Proclamations congratulating the Honorable Terrence F. McVerry, recipient of the Judge Robert E. Dauer Award for Judicial Leadership & Excellence, Ken Gormley, Esquire, recipient of the Judge James R. McGregor Award, and Dorie Bayne Schnippert, recipient of Special Recognition at the Amen Corner’s 56th Annual Judicial Reception on April 27, 2016.
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Terrence F. McVerry received his B.A. degree from Duquesne University in 1965 and a Juris Doctor degree from its school of law in 1968. Following graduation, Judge McVerry began active duty with the United States Army Reserves after which he served as a commissioned legal officer in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard until his Honorable Discharge as a Captain in 1977. He served as a trial prosecutor in the Office of the District Attorney of Allegheny County from 1969 to 1973; and
WHEREAS, Judge McVerry engaged in the general practice of law for the next twenty-five years with the last ten as an active trial practitioner in the medical professional negligence field with the firm of Grogan, Graffam, McGinley & Lucchino. In 1978, McVerry was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and represented a number of South Hills communities in the General Assembly for six terms through 1990. He continued in private practice of law until May 1998, when Governor Tom Ridge nominated him to fill a vacancy on the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. He served as a Judge in the Family Division of that Court until January 2001; thereafter, he became the Solicitor of Allegheny County serving as the Chief Legal Officer and Director of the Law Department during the advent of Allegheny County’s new Home Rule government; and
WHEREAS, in January 2002, Judge McVErry was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as a Federal District Court Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 3, 2002 and began serving as a Judge ...
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