Despite questions raised regarding the actions of the lawyer hired by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to find a new site for a new family court building, court leaders were jubilant as Gov. Edward G. Rendell announced his agreement Friday to release $200 million in state funds to pay for a modern courthouse that will combine the court’s domestic relations and juvenile branches into one location in Center City.
But a shadow was cast over the good news because of a report in The Philadelphia Inquirer that the attorney who was retained by the court system to search for building locations and as a tenant representative ended up on the other side of the project by striking a fee-sharing deal with the developer who has the rights for 15th and Arch streets, the planned location of the family courthouse.
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