Black Republican Judge wins Superior Court Seat!

~Congratulations to Judge Cheryl Allen a Pittsburg Republican for winning a close judicial seat.

The Honorable Cheryl L. Allen

Judge Cheryl L. Allen is a life-long Pittsburgh resident and graduate of Penn State University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. The professional career of Judge Allen has been marked by a strong and consistent calling to serve Christ through public service.

Before obtaining her law degree, Judge Allen worked as an elementary school teacher in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. As a lawyer, Judge Allen was employed with such entities as Neighborhood Legal Services, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, and the Allegheny County Law Department. Judge Allen earned a merit selection appointment to the bench in 1990 and has since been elected and retained by the voters of Allegheny County.

For more than a decade, and longer than any of her predecessors, Judge Allen sat in Juvenile Court. The gravity and plight of the litigants, whether juveniles who had been charged with committing delinquent acts, or children who had suffered abuse and neglect, revealed to Judge Allen families in acute crisis and besieged by addiction, mental illness, poverty and lack of education.