Judge idee fox biography for kids

The city of Philadelphia currently has seven openly LGBTQ judges, all on the Court of Common Pleas, with an eighth joining Municipal Court in   

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas 

Idee Fox first won election to the Court of Common Pleas in and was retained in and In she was elected President Judge, where she is responsible for implementing court rules, assigning newly elected or appointed judges to one of the divisions of the court, and supervising Election Court in order to allow all citizens to exercise their right to vote, among other duties.

Fox attended the State University of New York at Stony Brook and then Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. She grew up in South Philadelphia. This month, she was interviewed by PGN Publisher Mark Segal about her life and career.

Ann Butchart was elected to the Court of Common Pleas in , becoming the first openly LGBTQ person to be elected judge in Pennsylvania.

Before becoming a judge, Butchart pract