For the past five years, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Sheila Woods-Skipper has overseen much of the daily administration of the First Judicial District, serving as the court system’s president judge.

Woods-Skipper, a Temple Law School graduate, who spent more than a decade as a prosecutor and is serving her 20th year on the bench, stepped down as president judge earlier this month. The move marks the end of a decade-long tenure serving in court leadership, since she spent five years as the supervising judge of the criminal division before being elected as president judge in 2013.