{"id":78,"date":"2025-06-20T18:45:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:13:32","slug":"judge-david-g-ridge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/elected-officials\/judge-david-g-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge David G. Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twoColumn\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n\t<div>\n\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align:center\"> Judge David G. Ridge <\/h1>\n\t\t<h2>Admin Judge Trial Court, Criminal and Civil Judge<\/h2>\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4100596.smushcdn.com\/4100596\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/davidridge.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"Judge David G. Ridge\" class=\"wp-image-765 smush-dimensions lazyload\" style=\"--smush-image-width: 480px; --smush-image-aspect-ratio: 480\/600;width:400px;height:auto\" width=\"480\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4100596.smushcdn.com\/4100596\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/davidridge.jpg?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 480w, https:\/\/b4100596.smushcdn.com\/4100596\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/davidridge.jpg?size=128x160&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4100596.smushcdn.com\/4100596\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/davidridge.jpg?size=256x320&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4100596.smushcdn.com\/4100596\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/davidridge.jpg?size=384x480&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div style=\"padding-top: 10%\">\n\t\t<div class=\"navyBox\">\n\t\t\t<h3>Contact Information<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p>Erie County Courthouse <br>\n\t\t\t140 West Sixth Street <br>\n\t\t\tRoom 203 <br>\n\t\t\tCourtroom A, Room 206 <br>\n\t\t\tErie, PA 16501 <br> <\/p>\n\t\t\t<hr class=\"ctaLine\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-phone\"><\/i><a href=\"tel:8144516297\"> 814-451-6297 <\/a> \n\t\t\t<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t<hr class=\"ctaLine\">\n\t\t\t<h4>Courtroom A <\/h4>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/court-information\/chamber-procedures\/#ridgeCP\"><button class=\"webButton\">View Chamber\/Motion Court Procedures<\/button><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<br>\n\t\t<div class=\"navyBox\">\n\t\t\t<h4>Additional Information<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/judges\/\"><button name=\"all judges\" class=\"webButton\">All Judges<\/button><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/courts\/court-information\/chamber-procedures\/\" ><button name=\"Chamber Proceedures Page Link\" class=\"webButton\">View All Chamber\/Motion Court Procedures<\/button><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/court-and-trial-schedules\/court-schedules\/\"><button class=\"webButton\">Court Schedules Page<\/button><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div>\n\t\t<p>David G. Ridge was elected to the Erie County Court of Common Pleas in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<p>He previously was in private practice, most recently as the sole practitioner in the Ridge Law Firm. He is admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Pennsylvania, the Northern District of Ohio and the Eastern District of Michigan, and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<p>He has been active on the Hearing Committee of the Disciplinary Board of Pennsylvania and the Erie County Bar Association Board of Directors. He has been active in the Presque Isle Advisory Committee, the Erie County Children and Youth Advisory Committee, the Friends of the Tom Ridge Environmental Center.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<p>An Erie native, he earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh Law School and a bachelor\u2019s degree from Allegheny College.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<p>He and his wife, Wendy, live in Fairview Township. 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