York County Court Clerk Magistrate Kathyrn Barnes, York, has retired effective February 11, 2022. She has over 41 years of service with the Judicial Branch.

Barnes began her career in York County Court in June 1980 and was appointed clerk magistrate in 2003.

“Kathy has been a stable and reliable leader for York County Court during these last decades of change” according to Trial Court Services Director Sheryl Connolly. “Her quiet calm will be missed by colleagues, attorneys and those litigants who have frequented her court office.” 

Barnes last weeks in office have been spent working with her successor, Allison O’Neill, who becomes Clerk Magistrate for York County Court upon Barnes’ retirement.