Philadelphia Bar Featured Lawyers

PLAN to Honor Bar's Zebe March 18

Merril L. Zebe, Public Interest Coordinator for the Philadelphia Bar Association, will be honored by the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN) at its 2014 Excellence Awards Dinner on Tuesday, March 18 at the Harrisburg Hilton & Towers. | read more

Lawyer Reentry Needs Assessment

The Philadelphia Bar Association is considering devising a program that will address the needs and skills of attorneys who have left the practice of law and are now looking to re-enter the workforce. | read more

Statement by Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor William P. Fedullo on the Passing of Former Chancellor Donald C. Marino

"This is a difficult loss for Philadelphia's legal community as well as for me personally," said William P. Fedullo, Chancellor of the 13,000-member Philadelphia Bar Association. | read more

Philadelphia Bar Association Report on Proposed Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Attached is the Report and Recommendations of the Philadelphia Bar Association on the Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Promulgated for Public Comment in August, 2013. | read more

Temple Law Dean JoAnne Epps to Receive Sotomayor Diversity Award March 11

JoAnne A. Epps, dean of the Temple University Beasley School of Law, will receive the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Justice Sonia Sotomayor Diversity Award at the Association’s Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon, which will be held on Tuesday, March 11. | read more

Philadelphia's First Judicial District Court Seeks Law School Graduates for Judicial Fellowship Program

Philadelphia judges are seeking to host law school graduates as judicial fellows to provide the graduates with substantive legal experience while benefitting the court system with additional legal talent, as part of the First Judicial District's Judicial Fellowship Program. | read more

Discounted Tickets for Please Touch Museum, 76ers

Philadelphia Bar Association members can take advantage of specially discounted tickets at two Philadelphia institutions – the Please Touch Museum and the Philadelphia 76ers - for a day out with the family or a night out with friends and colleagues. | read more

Starting, Building Successful Law Firms March 17

Alan M. Feldman started his own law firm in 1987 with just a few files in a subletted office. Together with Carol Nelson Shepherd and Ezra Wohlgelernter, he presided over the firm's development into one of the region's premier personal injury boutiques. | read more

Get Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court May 5

The Philadelphia Bar Association will move up to 50 of its members for admission to the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, May 5. The admission ceremony will be made to the full court sitting in Washington, D.C. | read more

Women's Wit and Wisdom May 5

Join leaders from Philadelphia and across the country when Vision 2020 honors ABA Past President Laurel Bellows at its "Women's Wit and Wisdom Luncheon" on Monday, May 5, 2014, at Noon, at the Hyatt at the Bellevue, Philadelphia. | read more

School Superintendent Hite is March 11 Speaker

Dr. William R. Hite Jr., superintendent of The School District of Philadelphia, will be the keynote speaker at the Association's Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon, which will be held on Tuesday, March 11. | read more

Philadelphia Bar Association Board of Governors Unanimously Passes Marriage Equality Resolution

The Philadelphia Bar Association's Board of Governors unanimously adopted a resolution calling for marriage equality in Pennsylvania. | read more

Philadelphia Bar Association Announces 2014 Officers

The 13,000-member Philadelphia Bar Association – the oldest association of lawyers in the United States – has announced its 2014 slate of officers and members of the Board of Governors, elected by the Association's membership. | read more

Philadelphia Bar Association Welcomes New Director of Communications and Marketing

The Philadelphia Bar Association, the oldest association of lawyers in the United States, welcomes Meredith Z. Avakian-Hardaway as its new director of communications and marketing. | read more

Inaugural Address of William P. Fedullo, 87th Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association

On Dec. 10, 2014, William P. Fedullo, 87th Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, delivered the following address at the Bar Association's 2013 Annual Meeting. | read more

Large Firm Management Committee Releases Report on Economic Impact of the Legal Industry in the City of Philadelphia

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Special Notice to Members of the Philadelphia Bar Association

It has come to the attention of the Association that in at least one instance a representative from the broker for Swiss Re, the previously endorsed malpractice carrier for Philadelphia Bar Association members, appeared in person at a law firm with an "automatic renewal quote" in hand, indicating that the renewal was requested. | read more

Philadelphia Bar Association Selects Mark A. Tarasiewicz as New Executive Director

The Board of Governors of the 13,000-member Philadelphia Bar Association, the oldest association of lawyers in the United States, today announced the selection of Mark A. Tarasiewicz as the Association's new executive director. He will assume the duties of executive director on January 1, 2014. | read more

Philadelphia Bar Receives Grant From ABA Access to Justice Commission Expansion Project

The Philadelphia Bar Association announced on March 21 that it has received formal approval from the American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education for a grant as part of the ABA’s Access to Justice Commission Expansion Project. | read more

New Professional Liability Insurance Coming for Bar Members

With the new year comes an exciting change to the Philadelphia Bar Association's Insurance Program - a new and much-improved lawyers' professional liability product offering. | read more

Get One Month Free with Lawyer Profiles

Association members can now showcase their professional profile on the website of the oldest association of lawyers in the United States and receive one month free. | read more

Bar Association Launching Online Classified Advertising

Attorneys looking for jobs and employers looking to fill vacancies will have a new resource available on the Philadelphia Bar Association website. | read more

Philadelphia Bar Association Historical Society Launches "Chancellors of the Philadelphia Bar Association" Highlights Video

The Philadelphia Bar Association Historical Society unveiled on Sept. 22 a "highlights" video of interviews with past Chancellors of the Association as part of its 2010 Chancellors' video project. | read more

Free One-Year Bar Memberships Now Available

Attorneys working full-time for a federal, state or local governmental agency or a public interest agency who have never before been members of the Philadelphia Bar Association are now eligible for a free-one year membership in the Association. | read more