Appointed By: Gov. Thomas W. Wolf
Hon. Daniel K. McCarthy (Ret.) was a judge for the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. He was appointed to the bench by Governor Tom Wolf in June 2016. His term concluded in January 2018.
During his judicial tenure, McCarthy presided in the Civil and Family Divisions.
He received a B.A. in political science from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1970. McCarthy went on to complete a J.D. at the University of Houston School of Law in 1974.
Prior to his appointment, he was Lehigh County’s Director of Administration, a position he held since 2014. His legal career also included working as a private practice attorney for thirty-five years with a concentration in real estate law, municipal law, land use and zoning, estate planning and administration, business collections, and commercial litigation.
Additionally, McCarthy acted as a city solicitor and assistant city solicitor to the City of Allentown, solicitor to the South Whitehall Township Authority, Northampton County assistant public defender, special counsel to the Allentown Fire Civil Service Commission and the Allentown Police Civil Service Commission.
His memberships included the Lehigh County Board of Commissioners (2002 to 2014), the Allentown Historical and Architectural Review Board, and the Allentown Zoning Hearing Board (chairman). McCarthy was also a past president of the Bar Association of Lehigh County.
After leaving the bench, he joined Davison & McCarthy, where his areas of practice included business and commercial law, debt collection, estate planning and administration, civil litigation, personal injury, municipal law, real estate zoning and planning, and land use development.
In 2018, McCarthy was nominated by Mayor Ed Pawlowski, former mayor of Allentown, to serve as city solicitor of Allentown, though his time there would be brief. He held the position for three months.
The oldest of seven children, McCarthy was born in Morristown, New Jersey. His family moved to Pennsylvania when he was four years old. Growing up, his father worked for Bell Laboratories and Western Electric at the Allentown Works, and his mom worked at Sarco Manufacturing Company in Allentown. McCarthy graduated from William Allen High School.
He was registered as a Democrat.
| Current Appointment Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas | Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas |
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Education
J.D., University of Houston School of Law - 1974 B.A., University of Texas at El Paso - 1970 |
J.D., University of Houston School of Law - 1974 B.A., University of Texas at El Paso - 1970 |
| Current Court: | PA - Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas |
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| Role | Employer | Where |
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| Attorney | Davison & McCarthy, PC | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania |
| City Solicitor | City of Allentown Solicitor's Office | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania |
| Judge | Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania |
| Director of Administration | Office of Administration | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania |
| Attorney | Private Practice | None |
| City Solicitor and Assistant City Solicitor | City of Allentown Solicitor's Office | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania |
| Solicitor | South Whitehall Township Authority | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania |
| Assistant Public Defender | Office of the Public Defender | Northampton County, Pennsylvania |
| Special Counsel | Allentown Fire Civil Service Commission | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania |
| Special Counsel | Allentown Police Civil Service Commission | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania |
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