Patricia A. McInerney is a retired American judge who served for over 20 years in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania's First Judicial District.
She handled a number of high-profile cases, such as a dispute over control of Philadelphia's major newspaper and the distribution of over $125 million from a tobacco settlement.
[11] Among her most notable cases, McInerney ruled that Pennsylvania was due $125 million more than arbitrators had allowed from a tobacco master settlement agreement, a decision that was upheld on appeal in 2014.
The battle was primarily between Lewis Katz and Gerry Lenfest on the one hand, and George Norcross, seeking control over Philadelphia's major daily newspaper.
[1][19] From 1999 to 2017, McInerney was an adjunct professor in trial advocacy at Temple University Beasley School of Law.