Experience Is Question In Delco Judge Race

Experience Is Question In Delco Judge Race

By Bob Small

The women fighting for the Delaware County Common Pleas Court seat open this Nov. 7 are Democrat Rachel Ezzell Berry and Republican Dawn Getty Sutpin. 

Rachel Berry is Delaware County’s register of wills having won the post in 2021. She graduated magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from the University  of Michigan Law School, where she was the book review editor of the Michigan Law Review. she served as law clerk to Delaware County Common Pleas Court Judge Stephanie Klein of the Delco Court of Common Pleas. and also worked at Dechert LLP law firm 

She started at Delaware County Community College while working evenings as a waitress and coffee barista in Media.  She now lives in Middletown with her husband and children.

Dawn Getty Sutphin received her J.D. from Widener University School of Law and her L.L.M. from Villanova University School of Law.  Her resume includes practicing at Ballard Spahr Andrews and Ingersoll, handling environmental compliance and litigation matters for PECO. She has served in the public defenders office representing indigent juveniles in the Court of Common Pleas.  Besides her practice, she is an adjunct professor at Lancaster Bible College.

She has worked for Bob Edgar’s campaign for the US House and, while at Penn State, interned with the Penn State Police Department, among other stops on her journey.

For a detailed look at her resume, see Dawn Getty Sutphin for Judge Court of Common Pleas 

For information about her practice visit Dawn Getty Sutphin, Attorney at Law – Prospect Park, PA – FindLaw 

“My judicial philosophy is common sense application of judicial restraint without personal or political preference,” she said.

The other judicial elections involve one judge running unopposed and five Judicial Retention Questions.

Experience Is Question In Delco Judge Race