| Port Charles Courthouse | |
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| Attorney Diane Miller, Judge Amber Chua, and defendant Sonny Corinthos on the stand at the Port Charles Courthouse | |
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| Genre | Soap opera |
| Information | |
| Type | Courthouse |
| Notable people | Amber Chua James Horowitz Rachel Lasser Richard Lowe Virginia Madrigal Henry Pierce David Walters (current judges) Robert Scorpio (DA) Jennifer Arden (ADA) Martin Grey Diane Miller Henry Sullivan (attorneys) |
| Address | 1142 Central Avenue Port Charles, New York |
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:
For a list of fugitives from Port Charles, please refer to:
Legal facilities
- D'Archam Asylum
- Ferncliff Asylum
- Green Briar Federal Penitentiary
- Mason, Petrovich, and Miller Law Firm
- Miscavige Institute for the Criminally Insane
- Pentonville Penitentiary
- Port Charles City Hall
- Port Charles County Secure Psychiatric Facility
- Port Charles Police Department
- Spring Ridge Prison
- Statesville Prison
- Steinmauer Prison
Current Attorneys
DA/ADA:
- Robert Scorpio - District Attorney
- Jennifer Arden - Assistant District Attorney
- Molly Lansing-Davis - intern
Lawyers:
Judges:
- Naomi Carson
- Hamilton Chan
- Amber Chua
- Leland Cole
- Alicia Hamad
- 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
Judges:
- Anne Bailey
- Dennis Bryant
- Peter Carroll
- Ben Lowell
- Howard Morris
- Davis Wagner
- Arroyo
- Delaney
- Harmon
- Heller
- Marland
- Matson
- Phelps
- White
- Young
Lawyers:
- Alexis Davis
- Sasha Donev
- Theo Hoffman
- Beatrice Jones
- Rosalyn Quan
- Elena Soto
- Roz Venta
- Claire Walsh
Gallery
- ↑ Spelling per captioning
