Kelley Hodge Sworn In As Interim Philadelphia District Attorney
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Former Assistant District Attorney Kelley Hodge has officially been sworn in as Philadelphia's interim district attorney.
Kelley Hodge took the oath of office before a packed City Hall Courtroom to became the city's 25th district attorney.
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Hodge has served as an assistant DA, the school district's safe schools advocate, Title IX Coordinator at the University of Virginia, and, most recently, she was in private practice at the law firm Elliott Greenleaf.
"Thank you for having the confidence in me to lead this office, an office that I have profound admiration and respect for. The Board of Judges have entrusted me with a responsibility that requires diligence, intelligence, patience and most of all humility, and I can assure you that I will work every day, as I have for my 20 years as an attorney and advocate, to deliver just that to the citizens of Philadelphia," said Hodge.
She went on to say she would lead by example, to restore confidence in the office after District Attorney Seth Williams resigned in June after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges.
"To the members of the district attorney's office, it's good to be back," she said. "This is our restoration period. Our opportunity to look at adversity from the rear view mirror and know you have weathered the storm."
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Hodge received cheers when she said it was not lost on her that she would be the city's first African-American female district attorney.
She will serve until either Republican Beth Grossman or Democrat Larry Krasner takes over in January.
