
David Wecht received a B.A. in 1984 and a J.D. in 1987 from Yale University. Prior to joining the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, he was a judge on the Pennsylvania Superior Court from 2012 to 2015 and Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas from 2003 to 2012. Before his judicial service, he was a register of wills & clerk of Orphans' Court in Allegheny County "Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Judicial)") from 1998 to 2003 and an attorney in private practice from 1989 to 2003.