President judges in Philadelphia typically spend their five-year terms focused on administrative tasks like assigning new judges to divisions, coordinating senior judge assignments to help manage caseloads and serving as court representatives to City Council.

But much of the five years that Philadelphia Judge Idee Fox was in the role involved facing one systemwide crisis to the next, including having the courthouse’s electronic system shuttered for several weeks due to a cyberattack, only to then face the unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of which are still being felt today.