Judge Moss has served as a judge since February of 2003. In addition to hearing cases as a judge on the Philadelphia Municipal Court, he served for a year as a Common Pleas Court judge and continues to sit by the designation of the Supreme Court as a Common Pleas Court judge. Judge Moss served for thirteen years as the supervising judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court’s Civil Division and co-chairs the court’s Judicial Conference and Education Committee. He was also appointed by the Supreme Court to be a member of the Minor Court Rules Committee. Before beginning his service as a judge, he was a partner at two Philadelphia law firms where he handled a wide variety of cases at trial and on appeal. Judge Moss also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Theodore O. Rogers of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania and to the Honorable John B. Hannum of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Judge Moss is an active member of his community. While he was a practicing attorney, he provided free legal services to those who could not afford them. He also represented children as a volunteer lawyer and was a board member of the Support Center for Child Advocates. Additionally, he served on the board and was the president of the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House. He currently is a member of the board of the Northeast Center for Behavioral Health. Judge Moss also coached local youth baseball, soccer and basketball for the Fairmount Sports Association and continues to serve as the head umpire for the league composed of players between the ages of seven and nine years old. Judge Moss has lectured to lawyers and the community on a variety of legal issues. He also has been involved in high school Mock Trial as a coach and judge of competitions. Judge Moss graduated from Wesleyan University cum laude with honors in 1980 and received his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law in 1983. He is married and has two adult children.

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