The Honorable Patricia A. McInerney

The Honorable Patricia A. McInerney served with distinction on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas from 1995 to 2018.

In her 23 years on the bench, Judge McInerney presided over numerous high-profile cases and served as the Supervising Judge of the Commerce Court in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, which is a nationally recognized civil program that handles business-to-business disputes.

For seven years in Commerce Court, Judge McInerney presided over all types of commercial disputes, including shareholder derivative actions, mergers and dissolutions, commercial insurance policies, unfair competition, trade secrets, commercial real estate transactions and non-consumer class actions.

Judge McInerney started her legal career as a public defender and then worked as a civil litigator, handling employment, civil rights, premises liability and other general liability disputes. She is now a private mediator.

The inaugural work of the Judicial Portrait Project recognized Judges Mary D. Colins and Patricia A. McInerney of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas at an unveiling ceremony held on June 14, 2023 in the Law Library of the First Judicial District in Philadelphia City Hall.