Judge Craig W. Stedman was born in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.  He graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in History and earned his law degree from Penn State Dickinson School of Law.  Judge Stedman served in the United States Army Reserves as a military intelligence officer.  He was an Assistant District Attorney, Special Assistant United States Attorney, and served as Lancaster County District Attorney from 2008 through 2020 when he was elected to the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas.  Judge Stedman presides over Family Court and Homicide cases.