The Honorable Edward J. Borkowski was appointed to the bench in March 2005 and thereafter elected and retained for full terms in 2006 and 2016. On both occasions, he received “highly recommended” ratings from the ACBA. He served three years in the Juvenile Section of the Family Division, where he presided over dependency and delinquency matters.
Since 2008, Judge Borkowski has served in the Criminal Division, where he maintains a daily trial docket and presides over Motions Court for the entire Criminal Division.
He served eight years as the Supervising Judge for the ARD program as well as several years in the Sexual Offenders Court.
Judge Borkowski served in the Office of the District Attorney of Allegheny County for 20 years in both the appellate and trial units, ending his service as First Assistant District Attorney and Head of Homicide Prosecutions. In 2005, he was nominated and accepted into the American College of Trial Lawyers.
He has presented extensively on the death penalty, criminal defense and prosecution practitioners, as well as statewide trial judges.
Since 1998, he has served as an adjunct professor of law (Trial Advocacy) at both Duquesne Kline School of Law and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and served as an instructor (legal research and writing) at Duquesne Kline School of Law and Community College of Allegheny County.
- JD, Duquesne Kline School of Law
- MSW, University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
- BA, Duquesne University
