John Andrew "Drew" Crompton (born May 7, 1968) was a Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Previously, he served as chief of staff and counsel for

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Pro-Tempore Joe Scarnati. He served as deputy

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for policy for Lynn Swann's 2006 campaign for

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. Prior to that, he was chief counsel for Scarnati's predecessor as

Pro-Tempore,

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Career

The ''Pennsylvania Report'' named him to the 2003 "The Pennsylvania Report Power 75" list of influential figures in Pennsylvania politics and noted that Crompton and his colleague Donna Malpezzi were the best attorneys in the

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." In 2002, he was named to the

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list of "Rising Stars" in Pennsylvania politics. The political newspaper '' The Insider'' called him the next generation's

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and Steve MacNett. The Caucus team of reporters uncovered that Drew Crompton authorized the legal representation of former senate employee Justin Ferranti, who had been accused of sexually harassing two female senate staff, Crompton defended his actions publicly.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crompton, Drew Living people Dickinson College alumni Widener University Commonwealth Law School alumni Employees of the Pennsylvania General Assembly Pennsylvania lawyers Judges of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania 1968 births