Kevin A. Hess was born April 25, 1947, in Erie, the son of James M. Hess and Adele C. Francis; graduate from Dickinson College (A.D.), 1969; Dickinson School of Law (J.D.), 1972; formerly on staff of Adj. General, Pa. Army, National Guard; member, co., Pa. Bar Association; former assistant district attorney; former criminal law instructor, Pa. Minor Judiciary; present adjunct faculty Dickinson School of Law; auth., Pa. Civil Practice; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas, November 1985; retained as judge, November 1995 and 2005.

J. Wesley Oler, Jr. was born October 12, 1941, in Rochester, NY, the son J. Wesley and Mildred Thomson Oler; Hamiliton College (B.A.), 1963; Phi Beta Kappa; Georgetown Law Cntr. (J.D.), 1972; Law Review; attorney; law clerk, Judge Robert Lee Jacobs, Pa. Superior Court, 1972-74; private practice, Cumberland Co., Pa., 1974-91; public defender, 1978-87; auth., Pa. Criminal Law: Defendants Mental State, 1986; sol., Carlisle Boro., 1986-91; member, Pa. Supreme Court’s Criminal Procedural Rules Com., 1986-95; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas, November 1991; retained as judge, November 2001.

Edward E. Guido was born on June 3, 1950 in Turtle Creek, PA the son of Sylvester and Betty Jane Guido; Dickinson College (A.B.) 1972; Dickinson School of Law (J.D.) 1975; private practice Pittsburgh, PA 1975-76; asst. public defender 1977-85; asst. district attorney 1985-92 Cumberland Co., PA; adjunct asst. prof., Dickinson College 1999---; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas Nov. 1997; married Sandy; 2 children: Judy and Janine; Solicitor for Cumberland County Clerk of Courts from 1995 to 1998; from 1976 until 1978 he was a founding partner in the law firm Saidis, Guido, and Masland.

M.L. Ebert, Jr. was born April 10, 1948 in Allentown, PA, the son of Merle and Ruth Ebert; The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina (BA), 1970; Boston University (MA), 1976; Dickinson School of Law (JD), 1980; Captain, U. S. Army Intelligence 1972-77; Public Defender 1981; Deputy District Attorney, Dauphin County 1982-84; First Assistant District Attorney, Cumberland County 1984-89; Executive Deputy Attorney General, Criminal Law Division 1989-95; Cumberland County District Attorney 1995-2005; adjunct faculty Dickinson School of Law 1995-2004; President, Keystone Area Council, Boy Scouts of America; President, Pennsylvania District Attorney’s Association 1994-95; Chairman, United Way Campaign of Cumberland County 1995; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas, November 2005.

Albert H. Masland was born on September 18, 1956, in Carlisle, the son of Edward K. and Sarah Haddock Masland; Dickinson College (B.A.), 1979; Dickinson School of Law (J.D.), 1982; private practice, 1982-2000, 2009; asst. district attorney, 1985-92 Cumberland Co., PA; state representative 1992-2000; Commissioner, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, 2000-2002; PA Inspector General, 2002-2003; chief counsel, PA Office of General Counsel, 2003-2009; adjunct professor, 2001, 2009- , Dickinson College; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas Nov. 2009; married Deborah; 3 children: Albert, Jr., Sarah and Hilary.