Michael Eakin

J. Michael Eakin was a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was elected to the State's Supreme Court in 2001 as a Republican. In November 2011, Justice Eakin won judicial retention in a statewide election for his second 10-year term with 73.6% of the popular vote. He announced his resignation March 15, 2016, in the wake of an ethics inquiry.