HARRISBURG — Justice P. Kevin Brobson became the newest member of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Monday.

Surrounded by his wife and children, Brobson took the oath of office administered by Commonwealth Court President Judge Emerita Mary Hannah Leavitt Monday in the Supreme Court.

A resident of Dauphin County, Brobson is the 178th member to serve on the Court and the third Commonwealth Court judge elected to the Supreme Court.

“I and all of Justice Brobson’s new colleagues welcome him to the Court,” Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Chief Justice Max Baer said.

Before his election to the Supreme Court, Brobson served for more than a decade as a judge of the Commonwealth Court, one of Pennsylvania’s two intermediate appellate courts.

In 2020, his colleagues selected him to serve as president judge. He served in that capacity until his installation on the high court.

He also served a four-year appointed term on the Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania, where he served as board chair in the final year of his term.

In the early years of his career, Brobson served as a clerk for James McGirr Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District. He entered general practice in 1996 with Buchanan Ingersoll PC and from 2016 to 2018 joined Widener University Commonwealth Law School as a Jurist-in-Residence.

Justice Brobson received his bachelor’s degree in accounting and economics from Lycoming College in 1992 and his juris doctorate from Widener University School of Law in 1995.