Program Book for the 250th Anniversary - Flipbook - Page 12
JUSTICE SALLIE UPDYKE MUNDY
Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy was born in Elmira, New York, and raised in Tioga, Pennsylvania. She graduated from
Washington & Jefferson College in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, and she earned her Juris Doctorate degree from
the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1987. Justice Mundy began her career serving a judicial clerkship for Tioga
County President Judge Robert M. Kemp Jr.
In 1988, Justice Mundy entered private practice as a defense attorney primarily defending doctors and nurses accused
of committing medical malpractice. She practiced with the firms of McQuaide, Blasko Schwartz & Faulkner, State College,
Pennsylvania from 1988-1995; Law Office of Stephen A. Ryan, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania from 1995-1996; and Swartz,
Campbell & Detweiler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1996-1998.
Beginning in 1998 and for the next 11 years, Justice Mundy practiced law with the firm of McEldrew & Fullam, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, representing injured victims. She also volunteered for the Public Defender’s Office of Tioga County
representing criminal clients.
Justice Mundy is a member of the Tioga County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. She has held the following positions
for the Pennsylvania Bar: Chair, Young Lawyers Division, Zone I 1 ; Young Lawyers Division, At Large Chair; member, House
of Delegates of the Pennsylvania Bar; Appointed Trustee, Bar Trust; member, Pennsylvania Bar Foundation Commonwealth
Club. She was appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to the Interest on Lawyers Trust Account (IOLTA) Board; was
appointed by the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court to the Disciplinary Hearing Committee, and served as Chair.
Professional awards were received by Justice Mundy from Keystone Legal Services for Pro Bono services and the Tioga
Township Board of Supervisors for professional assistance to the Planning Commission. In 2016, she received the W. Edward
Sell ‘45 Legal Achievement Award, Washington & Jefferson College and was named The Legal Intelligencer’s Top Women
in Law. Justice Mundy was also chosen as one of the “50 Over 50” people to watch by City and State PA. Justice Mundy
was elected to the Pennsylvania Superior Court in 2009 and began her term in January of 2010. She was nominated to a
vacancy on the Supreme Court by Governor Tom Wolf and unanimously confirmed by the Senate. Justice Mundy took the
oath of office and was sworn in by Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Thomas G. Saylor on July 21, 2016. On November 7,
2017, Justice Mundy was elected to a 10-year term on the Supreme Court.
Justice Mundy resides in Tioga County. She has five children. Her chambers are located in Wellsboro, Tioga County,
Pennsylvania.
