The Hon. Timothy A. Krieger is a judge for the Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. He was elected to the bench on November 3, 2015.
Prior to his election, Krieger sat as a District 57 Representative for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2009 to 2015), where he held assignments on the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, the Liquor Control Committee, and the Judiciary and State Government Committee. He also spent time as of counsel at Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick & Potter (2008 to 2014) and as a solicitor for the Westmoreland County Republican Committee, handling civil, criminal, family, and corporate issues.
Krieger earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Liberty University in 1984. He then completed a J.D. at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1992. As a law student, Krieger was the Executive Editor for the Journal of Law and Commerce.
His memberships have included the Allegheny County Bar Association, the Westmoreland County Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Delmont Civil Service Commission, the Murrysville-Export Rotary Club, the Turnaround Management Association, the Risk Management Association, the Ruffed Grouse Society, and Greensburg VFW Post 33. He also sat on the Board of Westmoreland Community Action and the Westmoreland County Drug Overdose Task Force.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, Krieger attended Connellsville Area High School. He is a veteran of the United States Navy (1985 to 1989) and the United States Navy Reserve (1989), where he served as a lieutenant, surface warfare officer, and engineering officer of the watch on the USS Pensacola (LSD-38). He currently lives in Delmont and attends Pioneer Presbyterian Church in Ligonier.
Krieger is registered as a Republican. He has supported Second Amendment gun rights, opposed abortion, and sharply criticized a Pennsylvania state trial court judge’s rejection of the Voter ID law. He states that “upholding the rule of law, protecting our privacy and God-given rights and ensuring tough but fair justice is vital to our communities and the future of our children.”