May 29, 2024
Former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager John Dougherty, who was convicted of bribery and embezzlement but escaped a third conviction when the jury deadlocked at his extortion trial, asked Wednesday that the prospective new trial date on the extortion charges be pushed back due to his attorney's scheduling conflict.
April 25, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal jury on Thursday night was unable to reach a verdict in the government's case alleging former Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty threatened a Live! Casino construction contractor with "financial ruin" if he didn't pay his electrician nephew for work he didn't perform, marking a mistrial for the previously twice-convicted union figurehead and his relative.
April 17, 2024
Prosecutors told a federal jury Wednesday that ex-Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty threatened a jobsite manager with "financial ruin" if the man refused to pay his nephew, Gregory Fiocca, despite spotty attendance during the construction of the Live! Casino.
April 16, 2024
The only thing standing between ex-Philly union leader John Dougherty and a third conviction is attorney Greg Pagano, and he feels confident going into the next trial that things will be different.
April 12, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge has denied twice-convicted former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 leader John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty's request to have his third criminal trial — this time over extortion charges — handled by a judge instead of a jury.
March 04, 2024
A former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers employee who admitted to shopping with union funds while serving as a "gofer" for convicted ex-business manager John Dougherty was sentenced to three years of probation on Monday in Pennsylvania federal court.
February 29, 2024
Former Philadelphia union leader John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty on Thursday successfully petitioned to delay his upcoming extortion trial to give his defense attorneys more time to prepare on the heels of his embezzlement conviction last year.
February 22, 2024
Three co-defendants of former Philadelphia union leader John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty have been sentenced for their participation in an embezzlement scheme spearheaded by the former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager.
January 29, 2024
Former Philadelphia union leader John Dougherty asked a federal judge Monday to undo his conviction on nine counts of embezzlement, arguing that a contractor's testimony failed to prove Dougherty knew the contractor was billing the union for work on union officials' personal properties.
January 19, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge has declared that former Philadelphia union leader and convicted felon John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty waived attorney-client privilege in assailing his former Ballard Spahr LLP attorneys' trial performance by making conflict of interest claims against them.