[7][8][9][10][11] During her campaign for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Christine Donohue recounted an event from her childhood that had "a lifelong effect on ... her integrity," according to news reports.

[16][17] Her father, Steve J. Lewis, who had gone on to serve as a three-time member of the Lansford city council between 1973 and 1982[18] after retiring from the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company in 1959, died in June 1985.

She began her private practice career as an attorney for Sikov & Love, and then became a partner at Evans Rose Quinn & Donohue, where she worked as a litigator in state and federal-level cases.

During the event, MMI Preparatory School students in Freeland received an hour-long briefing about the court's history and operations prior to the judicial debate.

The special outreach session was designed to help educate high school, college students and members of the general public about the operations of Pennsylvania's superior court system, and gave attendees the opportunity to witness more than thirty cases related to civil, criminal, and family law.

They defeated Republican candidates Judith Olsen, Michael George, and Anne Covey, in a campaign that saw more than $15 million in donations from special interests.