Program Book for the 250th Anniversary - Flipbook - Page 14
JUSTICE DANIEL D. MCCAFFERY
Justice Daniel D. McCaffery is the proud son of Irish immigrant parents Seamus and Margaret McCaffery, from Belfast,
Northern Ireland. McCaffery was born and raised in Philadelphia and graduated from Father Judge High School. Upon
graduation, he joined the United States Army, and served with the First Cavalry Division in Fort Hood, Texas as a cavalry
scout. McCaffery was selected to attend the prestigious United States Military Academy at West Point Preparatory School.
He received an Honorable Discharge and served three years with the Army Reserve, 304th Civil Affairs Unit. McCaffery
attended Temple University, receiving his B.A. in 1988 and Temple School of Law, receiving his J.D. in 1991.
Justice McCaffery served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Major Trials Unit of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s
Office from 1991 to 1997. He joined Friedman, Schuman, P.C. in Montgomery County, PA in 1997. He became a partner in
2000 and eventually chaired the firm’s commercial litigation department and served on its management committee.
Justice McCaffery was elected to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in 2013 and assigned to the Major Trials Unit
of the Criminal Division, presiding over several hundred jury trials, thousands of bench trials, and pre- and post-trial
motions. He was elected to the Pennsylvania Superior Court in 2019 and elected to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in
2023. Additionally, Justice McCaffery was appointed to serve on the Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline, the body
responsible for enforcing judicial ethics and discipline on all judicial officers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Justice McCaffery remains actively involved in civic and community affairs including serving as board member to Self Help
Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation, Inc., and volunteer to the Father Judge Board of Advisors and Coach of the Father Judge
High School Rugby team. He is the proud father of two daughters: Madison Jenkins and Mairead McCaffery.
