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WHEREAS, on Wednesday, April 27, the Amen Corner will be hosting the 56th Annual Judicial Reception at the Carlton Restaurant; and,
WHEREAS, this year the Amen Corner will be celebrating the honorable Terrence F. McVerry, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania as the recipient of the Judge Robert E. Dauer Award for Judicial Leadership & Excellence; and,
WHEREAS, The Honorable Terrence F. McVerry was born on September 16, 1943, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as the youngest of four sons of the late Anna A. and Thomas L. McVerry, going on to receive his B.A. degree from Duquesne University in 1965 and a Juris Doctor degree from its school of law in 1968. Following graduation, he commenced active duty with the United States Army Reserves after which he served as a commissioned legal officer in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard until his Honorable Discharge as a Captain in 1977, also serving as a trial prosecutor in the Office of the District Attorney of Allegheny County from 1969 to 1973; and,
WHEREAS, Judge McVerry engaged in the general practice of law for the next twenty-five years with the last ten as an active trial practitioner in the medical professional negligence field with the firm of Grogan, Graffam, McGinley & Lucchino; and,
WHEREAS, in 1978, Judge McVerry was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and represented a number of south hills communities in the General Assembly for six terms through 1990 following which he continued in the private practice of law until May, 1998, when Governor Tom Ridge nominated him to fill a vacancy on the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County; and,
WHEREAS, In January, 2002, Judge McVerry was nominated by President George W. Bush to be a Federal District Court Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 3, 2002, and began serving as a Judge on September 27, 2002; and,
WHEREAS, Judge McVerry is a mem...
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