By Nikki Sipe.

• Kile Washnis is President Judge Van Horn's clerk. She has been with Judge Van Horn since September of 2016.
• Bridget Fitzpatrick is Judge Meyers's clerk. She has been clerking in Franklin County since August 2016.
• Max Greer is Judge Krom's clerk. He has been with Judge Krom since August of 2017.
• Renu Sagreiya is Judge Zook's clerk. She has also been clerking here since August 2017.
• Jennifer Sticha is Judge Sponseller's clerk. She began her clerkship in June 2017.

• Kile is from Rome, New York. My friend (i.e. Google) tells me that Rome is in the located at the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in New York's Mohawk Valley!
• Bridget is from Upper St. Clair in the South Hills of Pittsburgh. Google tells me that this is actually ranked second in the best places to live in Pennsylvania!
• Max is from Syracuse, New York. Max described the people in upstate New York to be similar to the people in the area of Franklin County and the people in the greater Pittsburgh area.  
• Renu is from Ambler, Pennsylvania. Ambler was once known as the asbestos capital of the world.
• Jen is a self-proclaimed military brat; she was born in Minnesota but has lived all over the place.

• Kile first attended Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York; she obtained a bachelor's degree in History. She then proceeded on to law school at Penn State Dickinson School of Law (as Kile said - that's what her diploma reads).
• Bridget went to St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania where she obtained a bachelor's in Politics. She then went to Villanova School of Law, which was known as Charles Widger School of Law by the time she graduated; she has no idea who Charles Widger is besides the fact that he must have paid a lot of money to get the school named after himself.
• Max, like Kile, also attended Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York; he earned his bachelor's degree in Political Science. Max went to law school at Penn State Dickinson School of Law. For the record, Max didn't fall for my question as to the name of the law school he attended and spouted off all the options (i.e. Dickinson, Penn State Law, and Penn State Dickinson School of Law); he wisely answered that the "correct" answer depends on who you are talking to.
• Renu went to college at Agnes Scott College where she received a degree in Sociology and Anthropology with a minor in Spanish. Not knowing much about Agnes Scott, I looked it up and learned it is a private, liberal arts women's college in Decatur, Georgia (metropolitan Atlanta). Renu went on to earn her law degree at Drexel University.
• Jen attended undergrad at University of Minnesota where she got majored in Law, Criminology, & Deviance as well as Political Science. She went on to receive a Master's degree in Behavioral Science and Death Investigations at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. Jennifer then eventually came to Pennsylvania and attended law school at Dickinson (just "Dickinson").

• Kile felt it was the natural choice for a history major who didn't want to be a teacher.
• Bridget always saw herself being a lawyer; she was fascinated by politics at a young age which blossomed into an intense interest in the law - how it comes about, how it affects people. She describes pursing a legal career as purely gut instinct.
• Max wanted to help people; he said that he likes the challenge that the law offers as well as the fact that it is a field where he can continue to work to improve.
• Renu previously worked as a domestic violence advocate and felt that she could do more, on a broader scale, as an attorney.
• Jen was a federal police officer who wanted to be able to handle the case past the investigation stage and into the legal stage.

• Kile aspired to be married to Leo DiCaprio.
• Bridget never thought of what else she would do because it never occurred to her that she would be anything but a lawyer.
• Max wanted to grow up to be Batman.
• Renu hoped to become an archeologist.
• Jen was going to be a Marine (to blow things up, of course).

• Kile runs races, watches football (although she is a Steelers fan, she was in Philly for the Superbowl), enjoys rugby (mostly watching these days, but playing too), and vacations/traveling.
• Bridget is a huge movie and pop culture buff. She also loves spending time with her family, following Pittsburgh sports, and seeing musicals with her mom.
• Max enjoys hiking.
• Renu likes playing her Nintendo Switch, kayaking, gardening, and rescuing animals.
• Jen spend time with her family. She can often be found outside doing "outdoorsy stuff" like hunting and fishing; she is also an avid runner.

• Kile wants everyone to know that she is a female - apparently she receives lots of emails and letters addressed to "Mr."
• Bridget was a Maid of Honor in her best college friend's wedding last year - since they share a love of Hamilton the musical, she wrote and performed a rap to the tune of "My Shot" as her speech at the reception. She showed the video to Judge Myers and Polly who thought it was great - although she didn't offer to show it to me!
• Max is a third degree black belt.
• Renu can speak three languages: Hindi, Spanish, and English.
• Jen did an eight-month internship at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Oh, and she also has performed autopsies.

• Kile will be leaving this August. She is planning to move to Philly where she is looking for a job. Her area of interest is the law, any of it or all of it.
• Bridget will also be leaving this August. She just recently accepted an associate position at Cipriani & Werner in Mt. Lebanon, a mere five minutes from her parents' house in Pittsburgh. She will be doing various types of civil defense litigation, mostly insurance defense.
• Max will be leaving at the end of July this year. He does not have any specific plans yet, besides an intention to move to the Pittsburgh area. His area of interest is civil litigation.
• Renu will be staying with Judge Zook until August 2019; she hopes to find work with a public defenders' office, a legal aid office, or a nonprofit.
• Jen will be leaving in January 2019 and will be part of the Army JAG Corp.