For the First Judicial District, 2012 was a year marked by one of its worst scandals in recent memory — allegations of regular ticket-fixing in Traffic Court for the politically connected but not for ordinary citizens.

The FJD’s year in 2012 also saw the resolution of another scandal: For $4 million, the law firm and its ex-partner sued by the FJD for alleged legal malpractice over a new Philadelphia family courthouse agreed to resolve the lawsuit.