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All Labs pre westinghouse jan 1955
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 * Thorn Hill
 * Thorn Hill2
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 * Papadakos
 * NICHOLAS P. PAPADAKOS. After nearly eight years as a judge on the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, Papadakos was elected to the Supreme Court in November 1983. He was ranked low in all categories in the survey.

Some participants criticized his practice of spending time each winter at his condominium in Juno Beach, Fla., instead of working at his Pittsburgh court chambers. From Florida, he communicates by fax and phone with other

justices.

Lawyers and judges also criticized Papadakos for hiring his son, Peterclyde Papadakos, who is the justice's executive administrator at a salary of $79,615 a year.

Having a justice's son on the payroll "clearly was embarrassing to all of us," said one judge. Asked to comment on the survey, Papadakos said: "I don't care to respond to the survey. I don't need a chance to respond to the survey."

Papadakos has previously said he prides himself on being on top of his caseload and that, except when the court is in session, it makes little difference where he reviews petitions for appeals and writes his legal opinions.

He also has defended the hiring of his son, saying that he has someone he can trust as a confidant, someone who will work around the clock, if necessary, and someone who can act as his chauffeur and share hotel rooms when he travels. In a 1993 interview with The Inquirer, Papadakos said that lawyers should know to properly address members of his court as Justice, rather than Judge. ''There is no justice on the trial court and no judge in the Supreme Court, and lawyers should know that better than anybody," he said. "They may as well come in and say, 'Hey, you,'. . . I give them three chances, and then I pounce." Papadakos acknowledged in 1993 that he can be a bit testy. "Although I blow steam quite often, I get over it immediately. I can get very angry about somebody," he said. "As soon as I have vented my anger, it's over." Papadakos reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 on Jan. 24.