| Title | Chief Justice |
| Start Date | 2001-12-19 |
| End Date | 2002-09-26 |
| Is Current | no |
| Board member | yes |
| Executive | yes |
| Employee | no |
| Notes | Zappala, 69, is in his 20th year as a state Supreme Court justice. A former Allegheny County solicitor and Common Pleas judge, Zappala won election to the state's highest court in 1981. Zappala's tenure as chief justice will last through 2002. He will reach the mandatory retirement age for justices on Sept. 26 of that year. |