{"id":72,"date":"2025-06-20T18:41:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2026-09-29T09:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:18:33","slug":"judge-john-j-trucilla","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/elected-officials\/judge-john-j-trucilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Honorable Judge John J. Trucilla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Two column layout, going left to right then top to bottom. -->\n<div class=\"twoColumn\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n  <!-- First column element. -->\n  <div>\n    <h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Honorable Judge John J. Trucilla<\/h1>\n    <figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\">\n      <!-- Image of John J Trucilla. -->\n      <img data-src=\"https:\/\/b4100596.assetcdn.net\/2.0\/4100596\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Honorable-John-J-Trucilla.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"\n      alt=\"Honorable Judge John J. 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Erie County Court of Common Pleas, 6th Judicial District; \n      Elected November 6, 2001; Seated January 2, 2002; President Judge \n      (January 2016 &#8211; 2021); Administrative Judge-Family Division (January \n      2006 &#8211; December 2015; January 2021 &#8211; December 2025);\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      Born in Erie, Pennsylvania; Educated at the University of Dayton (B.A. \n      Political Science)1982; University of Dayton School of Law (J.D.)1985; \n      Admitted to the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of \n      Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United States District Court for the \n      Western District of PA, and all Pennsylvania Courts; judicial law clerk \n      to the Honorable Shad Connelly, January 1986 &#8211; January 1988 (recipient \n      of Distinguished Law Clerk Award); Assistant District Attorney, Erie \n      County, Pennsylvania, January 1988 &#8211; April 1990;June 2001 &#8211; December \n      2001; United States Department of Justice, Assistant United States \n      Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, April 1990 &#8211; January \n      2001 (Chief of Northwest Pennsylvania Division, 1994 &#8211; 2001), (numerous \n      commendations and distinguished service awards from, inter alia, the \n      United States Attorney General, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. \n      Secret Service, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Internal Revenue Service \n      &#8211; Criminal Investigation Div., U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Marshal \n      Service, PA Attorney General, and Erie County District Attorney&#8217;s \n      Office); Knox, McLaughlin, Gornall &amp; Sennett, January 2001 &#8211; June \n      2001; Adjunct Professor, Penn State University-The Behrend College,1989 \n      &#8211; Present; Adjunct Professor Gannon University (undergraduate and \n      graduate levels), January 2002 &#8211; Present; Instructor, PA State Police \n      Academy, Northwest Training Center, 1997 &#8211; 2001(Presenter of local, \n      state and federal seminars regarding miscellaneous topics involving \n      criminal law); Member-Citizen Oversight Committee of OCY &#8211; 2006; \n      Member-By-Laws Revision Committee of the PA Conference of State Trial \n      Judges-2006; Member- Association of Trial Lawyers of America; \n      Member-American Judges Association; Member-Juvenile Court Judges&#8217; \n      Commission; Coordinator-Committee for PA&#8217;s Roundtable for Children \n      Initiative(2007); Member-Erie County Criminal Justice Coalition; Member \n      &#8211; Erie Truancy Task Force, 2007-Present; Chosen as Youth Leadership \n      Institute 2011 Person of the Year; Co-Founder of Erie County&#8217;s Parent \n      Coordinator Committee; Selected as 2012 Honorary Chairperson of Global \n      Youth Service Day for Erie County, April 21, 2012. Founder &#8211; \u201cJuveniles \n      on the Run for Success\u201d; Member of \u201cFlipside\u201d initiative to deter youth \n      gun violence, May 2015 &#8211; Present; Introduced and implemented \u201cCourthouse \n      Comfort Canines\u201d to Erie County Court of Common Pleas, October 2015; \n      Selected for Cathedral Preparatory President&#8217;s Hall of Fame as \n      Distinguished Alumnus, April 2016; Recipient Boys &amp; Girls Club \n      Community Service Award for Commitment to Youth, October 24, 2018; \n      Recipient of PA Bar Association Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille Judge&#8217;s \n      Award: For Commitment to Legal Aid, August 22, 2019; Presented Gannon \n      University CHESS (College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences) \n      Outstanding Adjunct Professor Award (2020 &#8211; 2021); Recipient of \n      Leadership Award (2022), presented by Jefferson Civic Leadership \n      Academy, January 19, 2023.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>Married to Suzanne; six (6) children;<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honorable Judge John J. Trucilla Contact Information Erie County Courthouse 140 West Sixth Street Room 218 Courtroom E, Room 219 Erie, PA 16501 814-451-6481 814-451-7460 (fax) Courtroom E View Chamber\/Motion Court Procedures Additional Information All Judges View All Chamber\/Motion Court Procedures Court Schedules Page Judge &#8211; Erie County Court of Common Pleas, 6th Judicial District; [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/elected-officials\/judge-john-j-trucilla\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Honorable Judge John J. 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