by Bonnie L. Cook

Alex Bonavitacola, 85, of Haverford, a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge for 28 years, who was hailed for clearing a staggering backlog of cases in the 1990s, died Friday, July 29, of heart failure at Beaumont at Bryn Mawr.

Elected in 1973, Judge Bonavitacola was a president judge for five years and chairman of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, overseeing Common Pleas, Municipal, and Traffic Courts.

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