Biography

07/22/1954 -

KOSINSKI, Gerard A., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 22, 1954; B.A., The Pennsylvania State University, 1976; attended, Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law), 1976; J.D., Temple University School of Law, 1981; attorney; member, 45th Ward Democratic Executive Committee, Philadelphia; Special Admissions and Curriculum Experiments Committee, Temple University School of Law (1979-1981); attorney, pre-trial services division, Philadelphia Municipal Court (1977-1982); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1983 term and served 4 consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, chair, Special Investigative Lottery Task Fund Force (1984); appointed, Select Committee to Study the Availability of and Need for Services to Handicapped Persons 21 Years of Age or Older (1985-1986); appointed, Legislative Audit Advisory Commission (1987-1992, chair, 1989-1992); not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1993 term; government relations specialist, Milliron & Associates (1993-1994); undersheriff, Philadelphia, (1995); instructor, Pennsylvania Bar Institute and Widener University School of Law; commentator on American Politics, BBC Regional Radio (1992-present); fill-in talk show host on WWDB-FM (1994-1996); elected, judge, Philadelphia Municipal Court (2004-present).