Meet Our Delaware County Retention Judges
Judge Margaret J. Amoroso
Judge Margaret Amoroso has served as a member of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas since January 2016. Judge Amoroso was initially assigned to the Family Law Section of the Court and is currently assigned to the Criminal Section. She has served as Chair of the Delaware County Criminal Justice Advisory Board since 2024. Amoroso was honored by the Delaware County Bar Association in 2018 for her years of service to the Family Law Division.
Amoroso has more than 40 years of combined legal and judicial experience. Leading up to her election to the Common Pleas Court, Amoroso worked as an associate at the law firm of Willig, Williams, & Davidson from 2005 to 2016 where she was managing attorney of the firm’s Media, PA office. Before that, she was an associate at the law firm of Dessen, Moses & Rossitto from 1986 to 2005. Over the course of her legal career, she was a general practitioner handling family, civil, criminal, estate, elder, real estate, and juvenile justice law.
She also served as an Assistant County Solicitor in the Delaware County Solicitor’s Office from 1991 to 2016. In that capacity, she handled matters of neglect and abuse for Children and Youth Services as well as Department of Public Welfare Appeals. In 2000, Amoroso became a founding member of the Pennsylvania Children and Youth Solicitor’s Association.
Over the course of her career, Amoroso has served in leadership positions with a variety of non-profit and public sector organizations. An active member of the Delaware County Bar Association, she served on the association’s fee dispute and elder law committees. In addition, Amoroso was a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association from 2005 to 2016. She was also a member of the board of the Delaware County Industrial Development Authority (2012-2014); the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Disciplinary Board’s Hearing Committee (2012-2016); Neumann University’s Continuing Legal Education Advisory Board (1998-2012); and the Delaware County Intermediate Unit’s Community Partnership Taskforce (2003-2006).
Amoroso has also been active in her local community, serving on the Middletown Township Comprehensive Planning Task Force, the Middletown Township Planning Commission, and the Middletown Township Zoning Hearing Board where she served as the Hearing Chairperson from 2005 to 2011. From 2012 to 2016, Amoroso served as a member of Middletown Township Council. She was appointed to the Delaware County Women’s Commission in 2001 and served as Secretary from 2005 to 2007.
Judge Amoroso is a graduate of the Dickinson School of Law and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In May 2025, the American Inns of Court presented Amoroso with the Guy G. deFuria Award in recognition of her collegiality and excellence in the practice of law.
Judge Dominic F. Pileggi
Judge Dominic F. Pileggi has served on the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas since January 2016. As a member of the Court of Common Pleas, Judge Pileggi has been assigned to the Criminal Court Division since 2020 and previously served in the Family Court Division from 2016 through 2019. He is serving the final year of a ten-year term and will appear on the November ballot for retention.
In addition to his service on the court, Judge Pileggi has served on numerous local boards and organizations. He is currently a member of the Advisory Committee of the Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Foundation; the George B. Lindsay Foundation Board of Directors; and The Foundation for Delaware County Board of Directors, where he served as Chair from 2020 to 2022. He also has served on the Saint Joseph’s University Board of Trustees, the Lincoln University Board of Trustees, the Delaware County Industrial Development Corporation, the Chester Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors, the Chester Salvation Army Board of Advisors, and others.
Prior to his election to the Court of Common Pleas, Judge Pileggi represented residents of the 9th Senatorial District which includes portions of Delaware and Chester Counties in the Pennsylvania Senate from 2002 through 2015. From 2006 to 2014 he served as Senate Majority Leader. Before his election to the Senate, Pileggi served as Mayor of the City of Chester from 1998 to 2002 and as a member of the Chester City Council from 1994 to 1998.
Judge Pileggi has more than 40 years of legal and judicial experience and previously worked as an Assistant Delaware County Solicitor where he represented the Departments of Children and Youth Services, Public Property Management, Capital Projects Managements, and others. He also worked as solicitor for the Delaware County Chapter of Pennsylvania Constables Association and the J. Lewis Crozer Library. In addition, Pileggi served as an Instructor at Widener University’s Paralegal program and was appointed by the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas to the Board of Viewers.
Pileggi attended Saint Joseph’s University where he earned a B.A. in Economics in 1979. He went on to earn a J.D. from the Villanova School of Law in 1982. Dominic and his wife Diana live in Chester and are the parents of three grown children.
Judge Anthony D. Scanlon
Judge Anthony D. Scanlon was appointed to the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas in 2014 by Governor Tom Corbett and was subsequently elected to a full ten-year term in 2015. Judge Scanlon served in the Criminal Section of the Court for 11 years and is currently assigned to the Civil Section.
Prior to his appointment to the Common Pleas Court, Scanlon served for 12 years as a Magisterial District Judge in Springfield. During his tenure, Scanlon was an active member of the Delaware County Magisterial District Judges Association and served as President of the organization. In recognition of his leadership, Scanlon was presented with the Francis J. Catania Memorial Award for Distinguished Service to the Delaware County Magisterial District Judges Association.
From 1985 to 1989, Judge Scanlon worked as an Assistant District Attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Scanlon then joined the Delaware County Public Defender’s Office where he served as a criminal trial attorney from 1990 to 2004. During that time, Scanlon served as a mental health solicitor and drug and alcohol solicitor for Delaware County. He also maintained a private practice, the Law Office of Anthony D. Scanlon.
In addition to his legal experience, Scanlon is a saxophonist with the Avalon String Band. He previously served as an emergency medical technician with the Springfield Ambulance Association, as well as a member of the Springfield Athletic Association Board of Directors and the Saint Francis of Assisi CYO Board of Directors.
Judge Scanlon is a graduate of Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, earned his Master’s in Business Administration from Widener University and received his Bachelor’s degree from Penn State University.