{"id":82,"date":"2025-06-20T18:46:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:54:24","slug":"judge-john-j-mead","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/elected-officials\/judge-john-j-mead\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge John J. Mead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twoColumn\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n\t<div>\n\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align:center\"> Judge John J. Mead <\/h1>\n\t\t<h2> President Judge<\/h2>\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4100596.smushcdn.com\/4100596\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mead.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"Judge John J. 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Mead was elected to the Erie County Court of Common Pleas in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<p>He was previously in private practice, including the law firms of Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue; MacDonald Illig Jones and Britton; and Scarpitti and Mead. He was an Assistant Solicitor for the City of Erie from 2006 to 2015. He also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania from 1983 to 1989.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<p>Mead, an Erie native, earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a bachelor\u2019s degree from Princeton University. He is a graduate of Fairview High School.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<p>He and his wife, Blair, have two children, James and Adala.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge John J. Mead President Judge Contact Information Erie County Courthouse 140 West Sixth Street Room 212 Courtroom C, Room 213 Erie, PA 16501 814-451-6315 814-451-7626 (fax) Courtroom C View Chamber\/Motion Court Procedures Additional Information All Judges View All Chamber\/Motion Court Procedures Court Schedules Page John J. Mead was elected to the Erie County Court [&#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-mead\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Judge John J. 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