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Smart Voter Full Biography for Sharon R. Meisler

Candidate for
Judge; Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas; District 38

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EXPERIENCE Assistant Public Defender Montgomery County Public Defender's Office, Norristown, Pennsylvania April 1985 to present Handle all aspects of the criminal justice system, plus involuntary mental health commitments, state parole hearings and juvenile delinquency/dependency hearings; supervisor of the 50 attorneys who handle preliminary hearings; trainer of new attorneys, interns and of team of trial attorneys.

Ground & Certified Flexnet Instructor October 2004 - present Criminal Law, Juvenile Justice, Introduction to Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Court Systems, Ethics in Criminal Justice University of Phoenix Criminal Justice Department

Adjunct Professor Fall 1985 Evidence for undergraduates Temple University Criminal Justice Department

Student Prosecutor Fall 1983 Norfolk County District Attorney's Office Quincy, Massachusetts

Hearings Officer June 1983 May 1984 Department of Public Utilities Boston, Massachusetts

Judicial Law Clerk Summer 1982 Cambridge District Court Middlesex County, Massachusetts

HONORS
Henry Stuckert Miller from Montgomery Bar Association (2008) Alan J. Josel Advocacy Award from PACDL (2000) Harry L Green, Jr. Award from Montgomery County. P.D.s (1996) Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America (4th.ed.) Who's Who in American Law (7th.ed.) Who's Who in American Law (6th.ed.)

ADMISSIONS
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1984 United States Supreme Court, 1992 Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 2001 United States District Court, Eastern District of Pa., 1984

Additional TEACHING/LECTURING

Villanova Law School Sentencing Workshop, spring 2003-2008 Villanova Law School Externship, spring 2003-present NITA, Philadelphia 2002-2006, 2008 PA Public Defender Trial Skills Training, 2001 + 2005, 2007 & 2008 Jury Trial Training: Finding the story-Phila. PDs March 2006, 2007 & 2008 Sex Crimes, moderator, June 2008 DNA for Trial Attorneys, moderator, March 2008 Extradition, IAD & Juvenile Court, December 2007 Voir Dire, moderator, September 2007 PBPP: What is it? June 2007 Mental health: ethics, competency, sanity & discovery, March 2007 SIP, RIP & the sentencing guidelines, November 2006 Preliminary Hearing Training Seminar, May 2006 Juvenile Placements, September 2005 What Happens When Your Client Violates a PFA? September 2004 Opening statements, Montgomery Inn of Court, January 2004 Speak-Up 2000, April 24, 2003, for Roman Catholic and John W. Hallahan High Schools Villanova Law School's Practice Specialty Expo, 2002 & 2003 Everything one needs to know to be a GAL, 2001 Sandy Run Middle School Career Day/Mock Trial, 2000, 2001 & 2004 Montgomery College Community College, Diane Bonaquisti's Class, 2000, 2001 & 2002 Manor College, Jon Fox's Criminal Justice Class, 2000 Author, Montgomery County Bar Assoc. Manual for Guardian Ad Litems, 1993 & 2001 North Penn High School, 12 Angry Men & an overview of jury trials, 1998 & 2000 North Penn High School Mentoring, 1998-2000

EDUCATION
New England School of Law, Boston, MA J.D., May 1984 American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Procedure Deans List Moot Court Board of Directors Mock Trial Competition, National Team Director of Honors Moot Court Competition Client Counseling Competition Prison Outreach Program Women's Committee Women's Basketball Team, Captain

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA B.B.A. in accounting, May 1981 B.A. in criminal justice, January 1981 A.S. in criminal justice, May 1980 President, Criminal Justice Major's Association

CIVIC ACTIVITIES
State Parole Workgroup, Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, January 2009 Judge of Elections, elected 2006 Committee to review UDHS code of conduct & disciplinary code, 2009 Upper Dublin Marching Cardinals-Band Parent Association, 2003-2009 Children's International Summer Village, 2003-present; co-president (with husband, Joe Chmielewski) for 2005 UDJAA-basketball, assistant coach, 1998-2001 Education Committee, Or Hadash, 1996-2006 Upper Dublin Soccer Club, licensed coach 1995 - 2004 YMCA-soccer coach, 1996 YMCA-Ambler, parents committee, 1994 -1996

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