- Last Updated on Friday, 01 March 2013 08:33
Rob Wyda of Bethel Park, a magisterial district judge for 13 years who has also served as a Navy judge advocate in Afghanistan and Iraq, has announced his candidacy for Pennsylvania Superior Court.
A 1985 graduate of Duquesne Law School, Wyda has been entrusted with one of the largest magisterial districts in Pennsylvania, adjudicating about 4,000 cases a year. Before his election as judge in 1999, he served Allegheny County as a prosecuting attorney, court administrator, and assistant county solicitor. He was reelected judge without opposition in 2005 and 2011.
Wyda carries the rare distinction of having served in three antiterrorist theatres with the Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps. Between 2003 and 2008 he fulfilled assignments in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "I take great pride and satisfaction in knowing that I have contributed directly to the prosecution and conviction of our nation's enemies," Wyda said.
Wyda and his wife, Shannon, have lived in Bethel Park throughout their 25-year marriage. They have two children, ages 18 and 21.
