Correale F. Stevens (born October 6, 1946) is an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as an associate justice of the

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from June 2013 to January 2016. Stevens previously served as a Republican member of the

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Early life and education

Stevens was born in

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. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from

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and a

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from the

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. He completed a summer program at the

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Career

After graduating from law school, Stevens established his own legal practice in

. He then served as Hazelton City Solicitor and District Attorney of

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. He served as a member of the

from 1981 to 1988. Stevens was elected to the

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in 1997. He also worked as an instructor at

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. Stevens was appointed to the

in 2013 after the resignation of

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. In May 2015, he was defeated in the Republican primary for election to a full term.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stevens, Correale Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Living people 1946 births Justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Politicians from Hazleton, Pennsylvania 20th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly