years_active successor birth_place birth_date known_for article_title birth_name alma_mater
1996-2009 chester b. muroski wilkes-barre , pennsylvania 03 march 1950 kids for cash scandal mark ciavarella
 mark arthur ciavarella , jr. . king 's college
mark ciavarella

mark arthur ciavarella , jr. -lrb- born march 3 , 1950 -rrb- is a convicted felon and former president judge of the luzerne county court of common pleas in wilkes-barre , pennsylvania who was involved , along with fellow judge michael conahan , in the `` kids for cash '' scandal in 2008 .
in august 2011 , ciavarella was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison for his involvement in the kids for cash scandal .
