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Edmund S. Pawelec

Judge

Born Oct. 23, 1930, Philadelphia (PA), U.S.; son of Thomas and Catherine (Kolodziej); married Joan (Fetzer); child: Edmund.

Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (in economics), Villanova University (PA), 1953; Bachelor of Law (LL.B.), University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, 1956.

Career: in Philadelphia - assistant district attorney, 1957-65, special deputy city solicitor, special counsel to police commissioner, 1968-69, judge, 1972 -, administrative judge, Orphans' Court Division, 1976 -, Court of Common Pleas.

Member of: Supreme Court Orphans' Court Rules Committee (chairman, 1977-86, 1990-92); Joint State Government Commission, Advisory Committee on Decedents' Estate Laws; National College of Probate Judges; Pennsylvania Conference State Trial Judges; Philadelphia Bar Association; Polish American Citizens League of Pennsylvania (president, 1964-71), 1955-71; co-founder, past president, Queen Village Neighbors Association; several Polish organizations.

Languages: English, Polish.

Office: Orphans' Court Division, Court of Common Pleas, 300 City Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.

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