Carbonara

Attorney Mike Carbonara, R-Richland Township, is entering the race for Cambria County common pleas judge, promising to bring the same kind of “listening, careful preparation and empathy” he’s employed for over two decades as a prosecutor and private-practice attorney.

Carbonara’s 18-year record as an assistant district attorney in Cambria and Somerset counties has yielded hundreds of successful convictions for crimes ranging from homicides to child and elder abuse, to winning justice for fraud victims including volunteer fire companies, churches, hospitals and numerous charities.

During the campaign, Carbonara will express his pro-life belief that “every life has dignity and value” and that “liberties like the right to keep and bear arms are guaranteed by the federal and state constitutions.”

Carbonara began his legal career in 1999 as a clerk for longtime Cambria County Judge Thomas Swope II, and his appearances as a private-practice attorney and prosecutor include appearances before courts in six counties — Indiana, Cambria, Somerset, Bedford, Centre and Blair — along with the appellate and federal courts. He is currently a private-practice attorney in Johnstown, which includes representing six municipalities and authorities.

Mike and his wife Theresa, a Central Cambria elementary school teacher, have been married 21 years and are raising their two boys Matthew, 15, and Patrick, 14.

The Carbonaras have been members of Our Mother of Sorrows parish since 2003.

For more information, visit MikeCarbonara.org.