"[5][7] In 2002, Nigro had received the Philadelphia Bar Association's Justice William J. Brennan Jr.
"[9] The ousting of Justice Nigro was the direct result of public anger over a pay raise for members of all three branches of state government, which the General Assembly passed without public notice or debate in the early morning hours of July 7, 2005 and then-governor Ed Rendell quickly signed.
[13][14][15] Members of the BRT receive a salary of $70,000 for what the Philadelphia Inquirer had called a "part time" job.
[16] Nigro has overseen a virtual mediation program involving asbestos and talc litigation in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
[19][20] Governor Rendell nominated Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Cynthia Baldwin to temporarily fill the vacancy created by Nigro's losing the retention election, through January 2008.