ED HILLE / Inquirer Staff Photographer
Phyllis Beck (left) and Alice Beck Dubow, the first mother-daughter judges in Pennsylvania. Dubow wears her mother’s robes in Family Court. “Her voice is always in my head,” she said.
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Like mother, like daughter
Phyllis Beck and Alice Beck Dubow may have started a judicial dynasty.
"I give a fair hearing to everybody in my courtroom, I follow the law, and I show compassion when necessary."
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With Dubow building the family's pistil-bearing judicial dynasty, will the gavel be passed to a third generation?
Her daughter will decide that for herself, Dubow says. If, some day, she does heed justice's siren call, it's a safe bet that shopping for a robe won't be on her to-do list.
The Beck women recycle.
Contact staff writer Gail Shister at 215-854-2224 or gshister@phillynews.com. Read her recent work at http://go.philly.com/gailshister.
