Drew Crompton
{{Short description|American state employee}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{POV|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Drew Crompton
| image =
| office = Judge of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
| appointer = Tom Wolf
| term_start = January 6, 2020
| term_end = January 3, 2022
| predecessor = Robert Simpson{{cite web |title=12/18/19 - Executive Nominations - Report from Committee |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/RCC/2019/S0698.pdf |website=Committee on Rules and Executive Nominations - PA General Assembly Senate}}
| successor = Stacy Wallace
| birth_name = John Andrew Crompton
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|5|7}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education = Dickinson College
Widener University Commonwealth Law School (JD)
| party = Republican
}}
John Andrew "Drew" Crompton (born May 7, 1968) was a Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.{{Cite web|title=Judge J. Andrew Crompton {{!}} Commonwealth Court Judges {{!}} Commonwealth Court {{!}} Courts {{!}} Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania|url=http://www.pacourts.us/courts/commonwealth-court-judges/judge-j-andrew-crompton|access-date=May 25, 2021|website=www.pacourts.us}} Previously, he served as chief of staff and counsel for Pennsylvania Senate Pro-Tempore Joe Scarnati. He served as deputy campaign manager for policy for Lynn Swann's 2006 campaign for Governor of Pennsylvania.{{cite news | title = The Swann campaign: Fire Gang Jubelirer | work = Pittsburgh Tribune Review | date = June 11, 2006 | url = http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_457369.html | access-date = April 20, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060615123031/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_457369.html | archive-date = June 15, 2006 | url-status = dead }} Prior to that, he was chief counsel for Scarnati's predecessor as Pennsylvania Senate Pro-Tempore, Robert Jubelirer.
Career
The Pennsylvania Report named him to the 2003 "The Pennsylvania Report Power 75" list of influential figures in Pennsylvania politics and noted that Crompton and his colleague Donna Malpezzi were the best attorneys in the Pennsylvania State Capitol."{{cite web| title =The PA Report "Power 75" List| work = Pennsylvania Report| publisher = Capital Growth, Inc.| date = January 31, 2003| url = http://www.pa-report.com/uploaded_pdf/PAReportPower75_.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060920200116/http://www.pa-report.com/uploaded_pdf/PAReportPower75_.pdf|archive-date=2006-09-20 }} In 2002, he was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Rising Stars" in Pennsylvania politics.{{cite web| title =PoliticsPA Rising Stars|work = PoliticsPA| publisher =The Publius Group| year = 2001| url = http://www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/rising_stars.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021205042819/http://www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/rising_stars.htm|archive-date=December 5, 2002}}
The political newspaper The Insider called him the next generation's Mike Long and Steve MacNett.{{cite news|last=Al|first=Neri|author-link=Albert J. Neri|date=April 2004|title=Some Key Staffers to Watch|newspaper=The Insider|url=http://www.insiderpa.com/archive/insider4-2004b.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013010245/http://www.insiderpa.com/archive/insider4-2004b.htm|archive-date=October 13, 2007}}
The Caucus team of reporters uncovered that Drew Crompton authorized the legal representation of former senate employee Justin Ferranti, who had been accused of sexually harassing two female senate staff, Crompton defended his actions publicly.{{cite web| url = https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2019/02/14/GOP-state-senators-footing-the-law-bills-of-former-employee-facing-sex-harassment-lawsuits/stories/201902130169| title = Pa. Senate pays legal bills for former security chief accused of sexual harassment {{!}} Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}