Attorney Laura Dennis-Bovani, West Pittston, has announced her candidacy for Magisterial District Judge in District 11-2-01.
                                 Tony Callaio | For Sunday Dispatch

Attorney Laura Dennis-Bovani, West Pittston, has announced her candidacy for Magisterial District Judge in District 11-2-01.

Tony Callaio | For Sunday Dispatch

<p>Attorney Laura Dennis-Bovani stands with her family. From left: Dante Bovani, Dante J. Bovani, Atty. Dennis-Bovani, and Mia Bovani. Attorney Dennis-Bovani announced her bid for the Magisterial District Judge position in District 11-2-01.</p>
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Attorney Laura Dennis-Bovani stands with her family. From left: Dante Bovani, Dante J. Bovani, Atty. Dennis-Bovani, and Mia Bovani. Attorney Dennis-Bovani announced her bid for the Magisterial District Judge position in District 11-2-01.

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WEST PITTSTON — Attorney Laura Dennis-Bovani has announced her candidacy for Magisterial District Judge in District 11-2-01, looking to replace the retiring District Judge Joseph Carmody.

The Magisterial District 11-2-01 covers the municipalities of Exeter Borough, Exeter Township, West Pittston, West Wyoming Borough, and Wyoming Borough. It just about covers the entire Wyoming Area School District with the exception of Harding and Falls.

Dennis-Bovani, 51, a lifelong resident of the district, will cross-file to seek both the Republican and Democratic nominations.

A 1991 Wyoming Area graduate, she has been practicing privately for over 25-years and has represented clients in criminal and civil litigation, wills and estates, believing her experience covers the legal issues a District Judge handles on a daily basis.

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She is an Assistant Solicitor in the Luzerne County Office of Law, the Solicitor for Wyoming Borough, and a volunteer solicitor for the Wyoming Free Library and the Wyoming Area Foundation Board.

Dennis-Bovani serves on the Luzerne County Arbitration Board, the Executive Board of the Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association and previously served as a divorce mediator.

She is involved in multiple community activities and is a member of Corpus Christi Parish, where she is a lector.

Dennis-Bovani is running for magistrate to bring her years of courtroom experience to the bench, where she says she will be a fair and impartial judge. She pledges to work to ensure that “in each case everyone can be heard, treated fairly and with respect.”

“I feel like it’s a way for me to bring my legal experience to the bench to be involved and invested in the community as a judge,” Dennis-Bovani said. “It’s a way to bring all my experience as a lawyer to be able to have the people of our community to have a place where they know they are going to in front of a judge that is knowledgeable in the law and that prides herself in giving everyone a fair opportunity in the courtroom.”

Dennis-Bovani said, “I would love to be able to serve in a judicial capacity as Magistrate.”

As an independent private lawyer, she said having the position of District Magistrate would afford her in keeping some of her longstanding clients as well.

Once elected, Dennis-Bovani said she would vacate her positions with Luzerne County, the Solicitor with Wyoming Borough as well as all criminal cases.

Dennis-Bovani is married to Dante J. Bovani, a third-generation owner of his family’s towing and service business, located on Exeter Ave. in West Pittston. The Dennis-Bovani’s are the parents of Dante and Mia Bovani.