Interesting development for the Philadelphia court system: With Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge John W. Herron having to retire because he has hit the age of 70, The Legal Intelligencer's P.J. D'Annunzio reports that Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Kevin Dougherty is likely to lead the court's trial division next. Dougherty has turned around the family court by dealing with a custody-case backlog and securing a new courthouse, but, on the other hand, his family is politically active. For example, His brother is International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 98, union leader John Dougherty.
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