She was retained in the 2020 election to serve an additional ten-year term, until January 2030.
She attended Saint Francis University where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1979.
She then attended Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she enrolled for a JD program, she graduated in 1982.
Judith Olson started her career as a Law clerk for Honorable Maurice B. Cohill in 1982 and served there for two years.
In 2000, she left Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote to join Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis as a partner.