Frank W. Nocito

Victorious counsel in PA Supreme Court case of Commonwealth ex rel. Buchanan v. Verbonitz, which case was reaffirmed by the Supreme Court on 7/21/2020 Past President, Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Counsel in a number of high-profile murder cases, one the subject of a book, another featured on a forensic TV show Judge O'Donnell acquitted on harassment charge | News | citizensvoice.com https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joann-curley-woman-who-killed-husband-with-rat-poison-in-food-released-from-prison/ Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Frank W. Nocito included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2012-Present Other Sources of Feedback About Frank W. Nocito Included on the 2026Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2024 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2022 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2020 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2018 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2017 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2016 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2015 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2014 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2013 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2012 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2011 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2010 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2009 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2008 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2007 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2006 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2005 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list

• Commonwealth ex. rel. Buchanan v. Verbonitz
• Citation: 581 A.2d 172, Pa. 1990, Supreme

• Lector at Parish of St. Barbara, 2017 - Present
• Penn State University Wilkes-Barre Campus Advisory Board, 2012 - Present
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• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1983
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, pro hac vice, 1984
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, pro hac vice, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1994
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2006

• PA Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1984 - Present (Past President)
• Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association, 1983 - Present (Co-Chair - Criminal Law Committee)