Jane Orie
| Jane Clare Orie | |
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| Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 40th district |
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In office April 3, 2001 – May 21, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Melissa Hart |
| Succeeded by | Randy Vulakovich |
| Constituency | Parts of Allegheny and Butler Counties |
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Republican Whip of the Pennsylvania Senate |
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In office January 2, 2007 – April 7, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Jeff Piccola |
| Succeeded by | Pat Browne |
| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 28th district |
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In office January 7, 1997 – April 3, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Elaine Farmer |
| Succeeded by | Mike Turzai |
| Constituency | Part of Allegheny County |
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September 18, 1961 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | McCandless Township, Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Jane Clare Orie is a convicted felon, an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served in both houses of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. While in the State Senate, she represented the 40th district, including portions of Allegheny County and Butler County, and served as the Majority Whip. Orie is also a former member of the State House, where she represented the 28th district. She resigned from the State Senate in May 2012, following her conviction on 14 counts of forgery, conflict of interest and theft of services, and served the minimum two-and-a half years of a two-and-a-half to ten-year prison sentence. She was disbarred by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on December 10, 2014.
Orie was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to a western Pennsylvania political family. Her sister Joan Orie Melvin was a judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and is now suspended from her position as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Jane Orie earned her B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College in 1984 and her J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law in 1987. Prior to elective office, Orie served as an assistant district attorney in Allegheny County and later as a deputy state attorney general.
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