The First Judicial District is in settlement talks with the law firm whose former partner played a dual role in the development of a new Philadelphia family courthouse, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.

The pre-development work on the proposed Family Court facility came under scrutiny this year in the wake of the revelation that Jeffrey B. Rotwitt, who had been retained by the court system to search for building locations as a tenant representative, ended up on the other side of the project by striking a fee-sharing deal with developer Donald W. Pulver, who originally was slated to develop it.

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