Judge David Spurgeon is currently a judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. Judge Spurgeon is an expert on domestic violence issues and would bring a fresh perspective to the Commonwealth Court. As a prosecutor in Allegheny County, he supervised the Domestic Violence trial unit and became the first prosecutor to appear in the Family Division to prosecute violations of Protection from Abuse Orders. He prosecuted all types of intimate partner violence and helped to create the first specialty court of accountability for repeat batterers in Pennsylvania. He served as the co-chair of the Allegheny County Domestic Violence Task Force. Judge Spurgeon facilitated the first Intimate Partner Violence Homicide Review Team in Allegheny County that examined system breakdowns that led to incidents of domestic violence.
Judge Spurgeon is particularly proud of his work as a prosecutor supervising Allegheny County’s mental health court. In the mental health court, parties work collaboratively to connect defendants with housing, mental health treatment, and medication, to divert defendants from prison. Savings from this diversion program were used by the county Department of Human Services to hire additional caseworkers and further assist this population.
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