User:Sponusic128/Joseph F. O'Kicki

Joseph F.O'Kicki, the "Runaway Judge," was born August 19, 1930 in Park Hill, PA, the son of Joseph O'Kicki and Antonia Martincic, immigrants from Slovenia. He was valedictorian of his Franklin High School class and won a scholarship to attend the University of Pittsburgh (UP). He graduated from UP with a BS in Physical Chemistry. He served in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict. After graduating from UP School of Law in 1958 he opened a law practice in Johnstown until 1971 when he was elected as Judge of Common Pleas, an office he held for 20 years.

As a judge he was very active in his professional organizations and judicial bodies. He was twice nominated for the Federal Bench.

In 1993 he moved to Slovenia where he lived until his death in 1996. He is interned in Zale Cemetary in Ljubljana, Slovenia