Robert G. Yeatts

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Robert G. Yeatts

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Mercer County Court of Common Pleas

Tenure

Present officeholder

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Education

Bachelor's

Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 1977

Law

Stetson University College of Law, 1981

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Robert G. Yeatts is a judge on the Mercer County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. He was elected in 2011 and his term expires in 2022.

2011 election

Yeatts won the Democratic party primary on May 17. He received 36.9% in the Democratic primary and 23% of the vote in the Republican primary. He defeated Peter C. Acker in the general election November 8, winning 50.8% of the vote.

See also: Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2011

Education

Yeatts earned his under graduate degree from Clarion University of Pennsylvania Cum Laude in 1977. He earned his J.D. Cum Laude from Stetson University College of Law in 1981.

Professional career

Following his admission to the bar Yeatts became a founding partner at the firm Moder and Yeatts. He then continued his private practice at Lewis and Ristvey, P.C.. He went on to become the Assistant Public Defender, Assistant District Attorney, and Special Assistant District Attorney for Mercer County.

Awards and associations

Associations

• Instructor, Pennsylvania State University, 1983-1987
• Member, Mercer County Bar Association
• Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Member, Pennsylvania Association for Justice
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives
• Chairperson, Hermitage/Sharpsville/West Middlesex Community Court, 1999-2010
• Past President, Hermitage Historical Society
• Member, ARC of Mercer County, 1984-present
• Member, Notre Dame Church
• Lifetime Member, Hermitage Fraternal Order of Police
• Member, Sharon Board of Health, 1982-1983
• Committee Member, F.H. Buhl Club, 1982-1987
• Past President, Keystone Blind Association, 1986-1995
• Board Member, Keystone Blind Association, 1998 - 2005
• Member, Sharon Regional Health System Behavioral Health Center Advisory Committee, 1989 - 2009
• Past President, Sharon Regional Health System Behavioral Health Center Advisory Committee
• Board Member, Shenango Valley Junior Achievement, Inc., 1989 - 1997
• Board Member, Shenango Valley YMCA, 1996 - 1997
• Board Member, Sankofa House for Women, Inc., 2003 - 2006
• Member, MCAR Human Rights Committee, 1984 - 1987
• Member, Shenango River Watchers, 2010 - Present
• Member, Ducks Unlimited, 2010 - Present
• Member, Hickory VFW Post 6166
• Member, Farrell Italian Home
• Member, Slovak Home
• Member, Slovenian Working Men's Educational Club

See also

• Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas

External links

• Yeatts for Judge, Official campaign website