Jim Eisenhower is the President Judge of the eight member Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline.  Jim was appointed to the Court by Governor Tom Wolf.  He is a graduate of Temple University, Antioch School of Law and Oxford University.  He was a law clerk for the Honorable J. Sydney Hoffman, Superior Court of Pennsylvania.  He previously served with the US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and on the National Security Council staff for President Bill Clinton.  He is of counsel with Dilworth Paxson LLP.  

Charles is of Counsel with McMonagle Perri McHugh Mischak Davis.  He is a graduate of Temple University and the Widener School of Law.  Charles is the past President of the Philadelphia Barristers Association.   He has represented defendants in Judicial ethics matters.  

Joe has been the Counsel to the Court of Judicial Discipline since 2015. Previously he was a partner at Dilworth Paxson (2001-2015), a partner at Killian & Metz (1985-2001), a deputy attorney general (1982-1985), a public defender (1982), and a law clerk to the Honorable Richard B. Wickersham of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (1980-1982). He is a graduate of Penn State and the Dickinson School of Law.

Ms. Norton is Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board. In that capacity she directs investigations, makes recommendations to the Board and, when necessary, prosecutes judges pertaining to allegations of judicial misconduct. Before joining the Judicial Conduct Board in 2016, Melissa served as an Assistant District Attorney in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania for 25 years followed by several years as an Assistant Public Defender in Northumberland and Lancaster Counties. While a prosecutor, Ms. Norton served on the Pennsylvania Problem Solving Court Accreditation Board. Melissa earned her B.S. from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and her J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law. She received post-J.D. training in trial advocacy and legal writing from the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA). 

Mr. Wilkinson is a member of Cozen O’Connor in its Philadelphia office, where he concentrates his practice in commercial and appellate litigation in federal and state courts and in lawyer professional responsibility and liability matters. He is also a leader of the firm’s Legal Profession Services practice group. He is a past President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) and Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI). He is a former PBA Zone Governor, a member of the PBA House of Delegates, and is active in various other PBA and Philadelphia Bar Association committees and sections. Mr. Wilkinson is a past Chair of the PBA Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, and is a past Chair of the Civil Litigation Section. He is a Co-Chair of the PBA Civility in the Profession Committee. Mr. Wilkinson is the co-editor of the Pennsylvania Ethics Handbook (5th ed. 2017-PBI Press) and has for many years edited ethics opinion summaries for publication in The Pennsylvania Lawyer. He was a Lecturer in Law on professional responsibility at Villanova Law School and has written and presented extensively on various civil litigation and professional responsibility topics. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association (ABA) and previously served as the Pennsylvania State Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates. He is active in the ABA Section of Litigation and its Ethics and Professionalism Committee. He has served as a member and Board liaison to the ABA Standing Committee on Professionalism, and the Profession, Public Service and Diversity Committee. He is a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL). He also has served in various leadership capacities with the Villanova Law J. Willard O’Brien American Inn of Court. He is frequently retained as counsel to lawyers and law firms on risk management and disciplinary matters and as an expert witness in lawyer professional liability actions. He is a contributing author for the book entitled The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania: Life and Law in the Commonwealth 1684-2017. Mr. Wilkinson is admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, and various other federal courts. He received his law degree from Villanova University School of Law where he was managing editor of the Law Review, and thereafter served as a law clerk in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.