George W. Maxey

Maxey was born on February 14, 1878, in Forest City, Pennsylvania.

He worked in coal mines and studied at the Mansfield State Normal School before attending the University of Michigan, graduating with a B.A.

He took and passed the Pennsylvania bar, gaining admission to practice in March 1906.

[1] After his admission to the bar, Maxey practiced law until his election as District Attorney of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, in 1913.

He was re-elected in 1917 and was subsequently elected to a ten-year term as judge in Pennsylvania's 45th judicial district.