Politics & Government
Judge in Pa. Voter ID Case is from Lehigh Valley
A Lehigh Valley native is in the national spotlight as he decides a case involving Pennsylvania's controversial Voter ID law
Judge Robert E. Simpson of Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court - a Lehigh Valley native - is the man who will decide a case challenging the state's controversial
Simpson, 60, graduated from Freedom High School in Bethlehem and lives in Nazareth.
He's known as a fair-minded jurist who makes decisions based on the law rather than political ideology.
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Judge Simpson:
- Was elected to the Commonwealth Court in 2001
- Served as a trial judge in Northampton County from 1989 through 2001
- Previously practiced as a trial lawyer
- Is a magna cum laude graduate of Dickinson College and a graduate of the Dickinson School of Law
- Served as law clerk to the Honorable Glenn E. Mencer of the Commonwealth Court
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