INQUIRER: Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Leslie Fleisher [not pictured, above] will step down March 15 from the judgeship she has held since 2001, Fleisher’s attorney confirmed today. Talk of Fleisher’s resignation has been widespread around the city’s Criminal Justice Center for several months after lawyer complaints about her courtroom management and judicial temperament. Fleisher has declined comment on her troubles with the legal community – including several lawyer complaints to the state Judicial Conduct Board – described in The Inquirer on Dec. 22. MORE PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINE: Defense lawyer Michael Coard recently had a legal dustup with Judge Leslie Fleisher […]