Port Charles Courthouse

The Port Charles Courthouse is located in Port Charles.

History

The Port Charles Courthouse is located in the heart of downtown, apparently very close to the police department. It consists of courtrooms and the offices of former district attorneys Alexis Davis, Scott Baldwin, and Ric Lansing.

The courthouse was renovated in 2021.

It has been the sight of many life changing court battles, including:

In 1998, Carly Benson shot Tony Jones in open court.
In 2005, Faith Rosco was shot and killed here by a sniper.
In 2007, Jason Morgan and Amelia Joffe came under fire outside of the building.
In 2012, Maxie Jones was sentenced to 20 years (though she is later released after new evidence points to Matt Hunter). Judge Enrique Lopez presided.
In 2012, Todd Manning pulled a gun on Sonny Corinthos, only to be stopped by John McBain.
In 2018, Kiki Jerome sued Dr. David Bensch for sexual harassment and won. Judge Henry Pierce presided.
In 2019, Franco Baldwin underwent a mental capacity hearing, after being forced to have Drew Cain's personality mapped into his brain. The case was dropped when "Drew" agreed to have the procedure reversed. Judge Rachel Lasser presided.
In 2020, two court battles for Wiley Quartermaine-Corinthos; the baby switch (Judge Rachel Lasser presided) and his custody (Judge Richard Lowe presided).
In 2021, Alexis pleads guilty of assault after accidentally stabbing Dante with a syringe of lidocaine while aiming for Franco, and is sentenced to three years in prison (Judge Naomi Carson presided).
Also in 2021, after false witness testimony accuses Jason of Franco’s murder, his bail is denied, and he is remanded Pentonville to await trial (Judge Pierce presided).

In July 2021, Martin and Molly provide a incriminating recording of Judge Naomi Carson's judicial crimes and misconduct to the PCPD. From this evidence, Jordan is able to order Shawn and Alexis to be released to her local protective custody, reuniting the Ashford & Davis families. The recording is sent to the judicial review board, where all of her presided cases will be reviewed for bias and possibly overturned. On the 20th, the Attorney General of New York remands Alexis to Spring Ridge Prison, and the Governor (concerned about optics and polling numbers in a reelection year) has Shawn released for time served with the paperwork expedited.

For a list of notable trials in Port Charles, please refer to:

Crime in Port Charles

For a list of fugitives from Port Charles, please refer to:

Fugitives

Legal facilities

Current Attorneys

DA/ADA:

Robert Scorpio - District Attorney
Jennifer Arden - Assistant District Attorney
Molly Lansing-Davis - intern

Lawyers:

Judges:

Hamilton Chan
Amber Chua
Leland Cole
Alicia Hamad
Camila Hayes
Joan Heller
James Horowitz
Rachel Lasser
Enrique Lopez
Richard Lowe
Virginia Madrigal
Henry Otis
Henry Pierce
Dawn Roth
Carson Sawyer
Colin Shepherd
David Walters
Benjamin
Booth
Filbert^[1]
Long
Newcomb
Powers
Rawley
Sanchez
Warren

Chase Murdock (1966-1971, 1973-1979)

Mitch Williams (1979-1980)

Bill Richardson (1982-1983)

Mick Boyer (1984)

Ken Morgan (1984-1985)

Brett Madison (1986)

D.A. Lombardi (1986)

Michael Schultz (1990-1991)

Abbey Mitchell (1993)

Michael Schultz (1994)

Justus Ward (1998)

Scott Baldwin (2002-2004)

Ric Lansing (2004-2005)

John Durant (2005-2006)

Alexis Davis (2005-2006)

Ric Lansing (2006-2008)

Alexis Davis (2008-2009)

Juan Martinez (2012-2013)

Joseph Campbell (2012-2013)

Benjamin Lazaro (2013)

Scott Baldwin (2013-2015)

Paul Hornsby (2015-2016)

D.A. Garcia (2017)

Joseph Campbell (2017)

Margaux Dawson (2018-2019)

Xavier Coons (1967-1973)

Ross Jenelle (1974)

Mitch Williams (1978)

Scott Baldwin (1988)

Jessica Holmes (1992)

Dara Jensen (1996-2003)

Ric Lansing (2004)

Alexis Davis (2006)

Job Eliminated (2006-2009)

Louise Addison (2009)

Job Eliminated (2010-2018)

Judges:

Anne Bailey
Dennis Bryant
Peter Carroll
Naomi Carson
Ben Lowell
Howard Morris
Davis Wagner
Arroyo
Delaney
Harmon
Heller
Marland
Matson
Phelps
White
Young

Lawyers:

Gallery

Former DA Margaux Dawson
Margaux in court
Margaux in court
Margaux and Diane in court
Lawyer Zahra Amir
Alexis Davis in court
Ric Lansing and Michael with Judge Heller in the Port Charles Courthouse
Paul Hornsby and Alexis on the stand
Margaux and Jason on the stand
Alexis and Kiki on the stand, Judge Henry Pierce presiding (2018)
Ava angry at Kiki (2018)
Kiki ready to go into court (2018)
Ava, Griffin, and Kiki ready to go to court (2018)
Kiki's lawsuit (2018)
Kiki at the trial (2018)
Case against Shiloh
Shiloh is overconfident in his case
Shiloh angry at the ruling
Sam in court, Judge Madrigal presiding (2019)
Sam at the trial (2019)
Nina and Alexis at the trial
Nelle sees Brad and Wiley in court
Brad and Nelle scheme in court
Nelle in court
Carly angry at Nelle in court
Frankendrew's capacity hearing (2019)
Brad on trial (2020)
Wiley's custody hearing (2020)
Wiley's custody hearing (2020)
Nelle pulls an (in)convenient marriage (2020)
Wiley's custody hearing (2020)
Wiley's custody hearing (2020)
Martin Grey grills Nina on the stand for Wiley's custody hearing (2020)
Nelle on the stand (2020)
Nelle in shock - she lost custody! (2020)
Jason, Diane, Alexis and Sam in a meeting room located in the courthouse
Attorney Beatrice Jones, Lawyer Henry Sullivan, and defendant Marcus Taggert in front of a judge in the newly designed courthouse (2021)
Alexis walks into the courthouse, before her hearing (2021)
Sonny and Spencer talk before Spencer's hearing (2021)
Spencer's hearing starts (2021)
Spencer's hearing (2021)
Spencer's hearing (2021)
The gallery at Spencer's hearing (2021)