DA witness counts cost of Melvin political work Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 12:14 pm, Thursday, February 7, 2013 The combined value of work done by four Senate employees and two court workers was more than $33,000 when Melvin, then a Superior Court judge, ran for the Supreme Court in 2003 and 2009, said Jackelyn Weibel, a staff accountant and certified fraud examiner for the Allegheny County district attorney's office. Jamie Pavlot, Sen.