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Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

ENTERED ON DUTY
February 12, 2015

* 1985-2001:  Private practice, Saporito & Saporito
* 2001-2015:  Principal, Saporito, Saporito & Falcone
* 1985-2014:  Assistant Public Defender, Luzerne County
* Solicitor:    Pittston Area School District
                     Pittston Township Sewer Authority
                     Lower Lackawanna Valley Sanitary Authority
                     Borough of Duryea
                     Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

*   Member,  American Bar Association
*   Member,  Pennsylvania Bar Association
*   Member,  Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association
                    (Luzerne County Bar Association)
                    President (2012-2013)
*   Member, Federal Magistrate Judges Association

EDUCATION

*  1978 – Scranton Preparatory School
              (Former chairman and member, Board of Trustees)
*  1982 – Villanova University (B.A)
*  1985 – Dickinson School of law (J.D.)