(14 June 1953 - 14 October 2012) (his death) (2 children) In 1953, he married Joan Levy. In 1979, she was elected to one of the two allotted minority party at-large seats on the Philadelphia City Council. She held the seat for four terms, until she was defeated for re-election in 1995 by Frank Rizzo, Jr.. The couple had two sons. After graduating from Yale Law School in 1956, Specter opened a law practice, Specter & Katz, with Marvin Katz, who served as a Federal District Court Judge in Philadelphia until his death in October 2012. Specter became an assistant district attorney under District Attorney James C. Crumlish, Jr., and was a member of the Democratic Party. Children: Shanin December 1, 1957 and Steve