Wilt

Julia Wilt of Huntingdon has announced her candidacy for the position of Judge of the Huntingdon County Court of Common Pleas. A lifelong Huntingdon resident, Wilt has practiced law for over 20 years and is Huntingdon County’s former first assistant district attorney. She was the first woman to serve in that office.

Wilt will be cross-filing as a candidate for the Republican and Democratic parties.

An experienced trial lawyer and litigator, Wilt has served as a prosecutor for 20 years. She has tried numerous cases and has extensive experience in all areas of criminal and juvenile law. Wilt is currently an assistant district attorney in Blair County, where she conducts litigation, tries cases and handles many of the office’s appellate, federal and post-trial matters.

Several cases Wilt has prosecuted have resulted in statewide precedential case law. She has worked with Blair County’s problem-solving courts, including drug treatment court, regional veterans’ court and DUI treatment court. She was involved in the planning and implementation of the DUI treatment court and was the first DUI prosecutor in Blair County.

Wilt is a graduate of Huntingdon Area High School, Mount Holyoke College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

She has worked as a law clerk, drafting scores of judicial opinions in the areas of family, civil and criminal law. In that position, she helped write Blair County’s local rules of civil procedure and managed hundreds of civil cases.