Jacqueline F Allen

Jacqueline F. Allen is a judge on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. She has served as a judge on the court since 1994.[1][2][3] Allen was retained to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in 2013, and her term expires in 2023. Education Allen earned her undergraduate degree from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and her J.D. from Temple University.[1][2][4] Career Before she became a judge, Allen worked as an attorney in the litigation departments for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Conrail, and Unisys. She has also previously served as a law clerk for the Honorable Julian King in Philadelphia's Civil Trial Division.[3] 2013 election Allen was retained to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas with 81 percent of the vote on November 5, 2013.[5][6] See also: Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2013 - Courts of Common Pleas Noteworthy cases Online commenter cannot remain anonymous, judge rules Judge Allen ruled in a defamation lawsuit that the true identity of an anonymous online commenter be revealed. In 2012, John Dougherty, head of the Local 98 electrical union, sued over an online commenter who called him a pedophile. The comment was made in a news blog owned by the Philadelphia Media Network (PMN), parent company of Philly.com. PMN was subpoenaed for the name of the anonymous commenter, who went by the username "fbpdplt."[7] Judge Allen ruled on February 26, 2014 that the identity of the commenter must be disclosed. The lawyer for the defendant had argued that his client was protected by the First Amendment. Dougherty's attorney, Joe Podraza, said, "The court is strongly saying that anonymity does not mean immunity under defamation law."[7][8]