Biography

12/15/1957 -

Dominic F. Pileggi (R9) Chester (Part) and Delaware (Part) Counties 2002-2016

Early Life: 

Dominic F. Pileggi, born December 15, 1957, city of Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; son of Francis and Mary Pileggi; Archmere Academy, Claymont, Delaware; Saint Joseph's University, (B.A.) economics, 1979; Villanova University School of Law (J.D.), 1982; attorney; councilman, City of Chester, 1994-1998; mayor, City of Chester, 1999-2002; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 2002-2016; elected, Judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County, 2016-present, ten-year term; married, Diana, three children.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Rotary Club of Chester; United States Global Leadership Coalition Pennsylvania Advancement Committee; State Legislative Leaders, Foundation; University of Pittsburgh Institute Board of Fellows, Ethel  Sergeant Clark Foundation Advancement Committee; Member Pennsylvania, Chester County Bar Associations; member, board member, Saint Joseph University;  J. Lewis Crozier Library; Delaware County Industrial Development Corporation; Chester Waterfront Industrial Development Authority, George Lindsay Foundation. 

Awards:

Awards Chester Business and Professional Association Man of the Year, 1997; Murphy African Methodist Episcopal Chapter Serving Others 2000; Prince Hall, Masonic Lodge #58, Civic Achievement, 2001; Widener University Rev Jesse F. Anderson 2002; Delaware County Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year 2002; Pennsylvania Sherriff’s Association Award 2004; Pennsylvania Planning Association Award, 2005; Pennsylvania Freedom of Information Coalition Award, 2010; Pennsylvania Library Association Elected Officials of the Year, 2011; Neumann University President Humanitarian Award, 2011; Delaware County Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year 2012; Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry Citizen of the Year, 2012; Delaware County Chamber of Citizen of the Year, 2012;    National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Guardian of Small Business Award, 2012; Black Alliance for Education Option Selected Officials Award, 2012; Pathways Pennsylvania Award for Support of Disadvantage Families, 2012.       

Pennsylvania Politics:

Councilman, City of Chester, 1994-1998.

Elected, Republican, Mayor, City of Chester, Pennsylvania, 1999-2002.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 9th district, Chester (Part) and Delaware (Part) Counties, 2002-2016; vacancy, death, Clarence Bell; Majority Floor Leader, 2007-2014; committee assignments, Appropriations (ex-officio), Judiciary, Rules and Executive Nominations (Chairman).

Prime sponsor of Senate Bill 1 (2007-2008 legislative session) rewrote Pennsylvania's Open Records Law, first time in more than half a century.

Continued Government Service:

Elected, Judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County, 2016-present, assigned, Court's Family Trial Section, ten-year term.

Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania Biography:

Judge Dominic F. Pileggi - Delaware County Court of Common Pleas (delcopa.gov)

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members P". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (2005). Schehr, E. (Editor). (Volume 117). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 3-32, 3-40. Biographies of Members of the Senate, page 3-20.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (2013). Bogden, S. (Editor). (Volume 121). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 3-32, 3-40. Biographies of Members of the Senate, page 3-20.