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| | Address | | One Logan Square, 27th Floor | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-6933 | | (Philadelphia Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Litigation, Business/Corporate Law, Real Estate, Bankruptcy/Reorganization, Education, Tax/Trusts and Estate Planning. | | Year Established: 1994 | Firm Profile:
Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin offers a broad range of legal services to a local, regional and national client base. Its lawyers have substantial experience in a wide variety of subject matter areas. The firm focuses its hiring efforts on those lawyers who combine superior academic credentials and skills with the promise of being able to fulfill the growing need for cost-sensitivity and efficiency in the practice of law. The practice of the firm is concentrated in six areas: (1) Litigation, including commercial, construction, antitrust, professional liability, intellectual property, securities, health care, employment, financial institution, procurement, products liability, toxic torts, defamation, real estate, environmental, education, governmental, and white-collar criminal matters; (2) Business/Corporate Law, including the provision of a broad range of transactional and ongoing counseling services, with emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, securities, joint ventures, finance, technology, and strategic planning; (3) Real Estate, including all property and financial aspects of complex commercial real estate transactions and operations; (4) Bankruptcy/Reorganization, including the conduct of bankruptcy litigation, as well as planning, counseling and negotiating for both creditors and debtors; (5) Education, including college and university representation, K-12 public and private schools, education statutes and regulations and education litigation; (6) Tax/Trust and Estate Planning, including income, estate and gift tax planning and all tax aspects of complex corporate and non-corporate transactions. | | Firm Size: 42 |
Other Office Locations of Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin,
A Professional Corporation
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
| | William T. Hangley (Member) born Long Beach, New York, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1967, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: State University of New York at Fredonia (B.S., 1963); University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., cum laude, 1966). Order of the Coif. Comment Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Member, United States Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules, 2006—. Member, American Law Institute. Master of the Bench, University of Pennsylvania American Inn of Court. Judge Pro Tem, Court of Common Pleas, 1991-2001. Member, Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Board of Directors, 2005—. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Member, House of Delegates, 1989-1992) and American (Council Member, Litigation Section, 2005—; Co-Chair, Task Force on the Judiciary, 2004-2005; Co-Chair, Federal Procedure Committee, 1990-1994; Co-Chair, Task Force on Merit Selection of Judges, 1995-1997; Member, Discovery Task Force, 1997-2000) Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (Chair, Committee on Federal Rules of Evidence, 2001-2003; Member, Task Force on Discovery, 2007—; Member, Pennsylvania State Committee, 1999-2003; Communications Committee, 2003—; Outreach Committee, 2004—; Committee on Independent Judiciary, 2005-2007). American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: First Amendment Litigation; Antitrust; Intellectual Property Litigation; Estates Litigation; Attorney Malpractice Litigation; Business Litigation; Professional Responsibility Litigation. Email: William T. Hangley | | Mark A. Aronchick (Member) born Miami, Florida, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1971); University of Washington; University of Chicago (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Order of the Coif. Member: Philadelphia (Vice-Chancellor, 1996; Chancellor-Elect, 1997; Chancellor, 1998; Treasurer, 1986-1989; Member, Board of Governors. 1990-1992; at various times: Chair, City Policy Committee; Chair, Long Range Planning; Member, Committees on: Long Range Planning; Civil Procedure; Federal Courts; Municipal Law), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Philadelphia Bar Foundation (President, 1996). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Chair, Committee on Rules of Evidence. At various times, Co-Chair, Bar Association Trial Advocacy Training Program Faculty, Academy of Advocacy, 1995-2008. Committee for Qualified Judges. Member, Civil Procedure Rules Committee of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2000-2004; Member, Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1998-2008 and Member, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1998-1999. First Deputy City Solicitor, 1980-1982, Acting City Solicitor and City Solicitor, 1982-1983, City of Philadelphia. Judge Pro Tem, Court of Common Pleas, 1992-2001. Mediator, U.S.D.C. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1991-2005. Board of Defender Association of Philadelphia, 1984-2008; Chair, Board of Ethics of City of Philadelphia, 1992-1999. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial and Civil Litigation; Business Litigation; Health Care Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Professional Conduct Litigation; Government Litigation; Criminal Defense Litigation. Email: Mark A. Aronchick | | Daniel Segal (Chair, Litigation Department) born Washington, D.C., 1946; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania; 1981, District of Columbia. Education: Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1968); London School of Economics, London, England (M.Sc., 1969); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1973). Executive Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1972-1973. Law Clerk to Chief Judge David Bazelon, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1974-1975; Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court, 1975-1976. Assistant Professor, 1976-1980 and Lecturer, 1980-1995, Civil Procedure, Family Law, Juvenile Rights and Freedom of Speech, University of Pennsylvania Law School. Master of the Bench, University of Pennsylvania American Inn of Court. President, Juvenile Law Center, 2000-2002. Member: Philadelphia (Member, Committee on Federal Courts, 1986—; Co-Chair, Municipal Courts Committee, 1997-1998; Chair, Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention, 1998), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: First Amendment; Intellectual Property; Complex Commercial Litigation; Business Law; Civil Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Education Litigation; Scientific Misconduct Litigation. Email: Daniel Segal | | David B. Pudlin (Member) born New York, N.Y., 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Pennsylvania. Education: Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude, with exceptional distinction in Economics, 1971); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1974). Author: "Maximizing the Income Shifting and Estate Planning Potentials of Family Partnerships," 15 Taxation for Lawyers 46, 1986; "Organization and Operation of the Partnership," Counseling Small Businesses, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1985. Lecturer in Law, Temple University Law School, 1979. Chairman, Philadelphia Tax Supper Group, 1981-1982. Board Member, The Baldwin School, 2002—. Board Member, 1994— and Board Chairman, 1999-2001, National Executive Committee, 2005—, Anti-Defamation League, Board Member and Legal Counsel, 2006—, Maccabi USA/Sports for Israel. National Co-Chair, Annual Giving, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2007—. Member: Philadelphia (Secretary/Treasurer, Tax Section, 1990-1991; Editor-in-Chief, Tax Section Newsletter, 1986-1990; Chairman, Tax Section Lecture Series, 1987-1989; Member, Tax Section Governing Council, 1985-1992; Chairman, Federal Tax Committee, 1984-1986; Secretary, Committee on State and Local Taxation, 1979-1983; Member, Executive Committee, Probate Section, 1993-2001; Chair, Large Law Firm Management Committee, 1993; Chair, Mid-Size Law Firm Management Committee, 1997-1998 and 2008), Pennsylvania and American (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; State Taxation; Local Taxation; Estate Planning Law; Corporate Law. Email: David B. Pudlin | | Stuart F. Ebby (Member) born Jersey City, New Jersey, 1937; admitted to bar, 1961, Massachusetts; 1962, Pennsylvania. Education: Harvard University (A.B., with honors, 1958; LL.B., 1961). Author/Lecturer: "Title Problems in Joint Ventures," Report of Proceedings, 47th Annual Convention of Pennsylvania Land Title Convention, 1968; Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Course Materials on "Pennsylvania Mortgages," 1980; "Commercial Leases," 1983; "Negotiating and Drafting Mortgage Documents," 1989, revised 1997, 1999, 2000; "Mortgage Modifications," Philadelphia Bar Education Center, 1994; "Advanced Real Estate Financing," CLE International, 1995. Co-Author: "Pennsylvania Real Estate Closing Opinions Handbook," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2008. Adjunct Professor of Law, Temple University, 2001—. Lecturer in Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2007—. Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law. Email: Stuart F. Ebby | | Myron A. Bloom (Member) born Buffalo, New York, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Pennsylvania. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1970); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1974). Notes and Comments Editor, 1973-1974 and Senior Editor, 1974, The Journal of International Law and Economics. Law Clerk to Hon. Daniel J. Snyder, Jr., U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1974-1976. Research Assistant, Commission on the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States, 1971-1973. Staff Attorney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1976-1979. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Law and Litigation. Email: Myron A. Bloom | | Joseph A. Dworetzky (Member) born New York, N.Y., 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania; 1978, District of Columbia. Education: Purdue University (B.A., with distinction, 1972); Villanova University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1977). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Villanova Law Review. Adjunct Professor: Temple University School of Law, 2005-2006; Rutgers University School of Law-Camden, 1987-1993. Law Clerk to the Honorable Elsworth A Van Graafeiland, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia, 1993-1996. Chair: Judicial Merit Selection Committee, Bankruptcy Judges, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2005 and 2006; Chair: Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference, 2001. Director: William Penn Foundation, 2001-2005; Moore College of Art & Design, 2003-2006; Parkway Council Foundation, 2005—; Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority, 2005-2008. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; American College of Bankruptcy Law (Director, 2008—; Regent, 2003-2008). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation; Governmental. Email: Joseph A. Dworetzky | | James M. Matour (Member) born 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania. Education: LaSalle University (B.A., 1976); Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Member, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, 1979-1980. Member, Board of Contributors, The Bankruptcy Strategist, 1985-2000. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute (Healthcare Insolvency Committee); Turnaround Management Association; Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference (Executive Committee; Member, Board of Directors, Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights; Business Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: James M. Matour | | John S. Summers (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Pennsylvania. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., in Economics, magna cum laude with high honors, 1980); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi. Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1983-1984. Barrister, University of Pennsylvania Law School Inn of Court, 1995-1997. Law Clerk to Judge Thomas N. O'Neill, Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1984-1986. Lecturer in Law, University of Pennsylvania, Fall, 2003—. Chair, 2003-2004 and Member, 1998-2004, Hearing Committee, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Disciplinary Board. Board Member, The Reinvestment Fund, 2001—; Vice Chairman, 2005—. Director, World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, 2007—. Trustee, Philadelphia Bar Foundation, 1999-2006; Secretary, 2005; Treasurer, 2006. Member: American Law Institute; Philadelphia (Co-Chair, Professional Responsibility Committee, 1995-1996; Member, Professional Guidance Committee; President, Philadelphia Bar Education Center, 1995-1996; Member, Board of Governors, 1998-2000), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; National Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Health Care Litigation; Professional Conduct Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Criminal Defense Litigation. Email: John S. Summers | | David M. Scolnic (Member) born Washington, D.C., 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Pennsylvania; 1987, New Jersey. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1982; M.C.P., 1983); New York University (J.D., 1986). Articles Editor: Annual Survey of American Law, 1985-1986. Member, ABA Subcommittees: Public/Private Partnerships in Real Estate Development, 1995-1997; Asset Management, 1997-1998. Member: Board of Directors, Philadelphia VIP Program, 2000-2001; Government Affairs Committee, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Greater Philadelphia Chapter, 2005-2007. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Leasing; Construction and Architectural Contracts; Business Law; Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Public/Private Development Law. Email: David M. Scolnic | | Michael Lieberman (Member) born Mineola, New York, 1948; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Education: New York University (B.A., 1970); Smith College (M.S.W., 1972); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991). Order of the Coif. Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1990-1991. Law Clerk to Hon. John F. Gerry, Former Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1991-1992. Barrister, University of Pennsylvania Law School American Inn of Court, 1998-2000. Member: Planning Board, Borough of Haddonfield, New Jersey; Board of Directors, HIAS and Council, Migration Service of Philadelphia. Member: Philadelphia, Camden County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Intellectual Property. Email: Michael Lieberman | | Barry L. Refsin (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1967; admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Drexel University (B.S., with highest honors, 1988); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., summa cum laude, 1991). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, 1989-1990 and Executive Editor, 1990-1991, University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Intellectual Property; Software Licensing. Email: Barry L. Refsin | | Yvonne Lee Clayton (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, New York; 1997, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, with distinction in the major, 1989); Columbia University (J.D., 1992). Articles Editor, 1991-1992, and Staff Member, 1990-1991, Journal of Law and the Arts. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Yvonne Lee Clayton | | Joseph T. Lukens (Member) born Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Pennsylvania; 1994, New Jersey. Education: LaSalle University (B.A., with honors, 1987); Temple University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Note and Comment Editor, Temple Law Review, 1991-1992. Law Clerk, Hon. Joseph J. Longobardi, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1992-1993. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Joseph T. Lukens | | Wendy Beetlestone (Member) born Ibadan, Nigeria, 1961; admitted to bar, 1993, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Liverpool University, England (B.A., Honors, 1984); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1993). Articles Editor, 1992-1993 and Associate Editor, 1991-1992, University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Lecturer in Law, Public Education Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2005. Law Clerk to the Hon. Robert S. Gawthorp, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. General Counsel, School District of Philadelphia, 2002-2005. Member, Board of Directors: Mann Center for Performing Arts, 2002—. Trustee, Philadelphia University, 2006—. Treasurer and Director, WYBE-TV, 2002-2005. Member, Forum of Executive Women, 2004—. Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Philadelphia Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Trustees, 2005—). Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Business Law; Education Law; Media Law; Litigation. Email: Wendy Beetlestone | | Robert L. Ebby (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1966; admitted to bar, 1995, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Amherst College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1988); Villanova Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Outside Articles, Villanova Law Review. Law Clerk, Judge Anita B. Brody, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1994-1995. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Intellectual Property. Email: Robert L. Ebby | | M. Norman Goldberger (Member) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1978, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975; J.D., cum laude, 1978). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1977-1978. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Securities Litigation; Class Actions; Consumer Fraud. Email: M. Norman Goldberger | | John J. Kenney, Jr. (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1962; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1984); Temple University (M.A., 1987); Temple University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate; Venture Capital; Debt Financings; Business Law; Commercial Law; Employment Law. Email: John J. Kenney, Jr. | | Laura E. Krabill (Member) born Columbus, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1996, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: North Carolina State University (B.S.E.E.; B.S.Cp.E., summa cum laude, 1991); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property. Email: Laura E. Krabill | | Peter H. LeVan, Jr. (Member) born Akron, Ohio, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio; 1999, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Miami University (B.A., cum laude, 1992, Phi Beta Kappa); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1995). University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1993-1994. Recipient, Awards for Excellence in Criminal Law and Conflicts of Law. Law Clerk, Honorable John M. Manos, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1995-1997. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Governmental Law; ERISA Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Peter H. LeVan, Jr. | | Sharon F. McKee (Member) born Lexington, Virginia, 1959; admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Grinnell College (B.A., with honors, 1982); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Journal of International Law and Politics, 1994-1995; Senior Editor, 1995-1996. Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard L. Nygaard, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1996-1997. Member, Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce. Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Languages: Russian, Swedish. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Sharon F. McKee | | Steven T. Miano (Member) born Brooklyn, New York; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2006, West Virginia. Education: George Washington University (B.S., Environmental Studies, 1982); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 1985). Member: Philadelphia (Member, 1988— and Secretary, 1996, Environmental Law Committee), Pennsylvania (Member, Natural Resources Section), West Virginia State and American (Member, Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Section; Contributing Editor, Trends, ABA Section Publication, 1997—; Section Secretary and Executive Committee Member, 2008—; Section Council, 2005-2008; Co-Chair, Water Quality and Wetlands Committee, 2001-2003) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental; Energy. Email: Steven T. Miano | | Ashely M. Chan (Member) born Camden, New Jersey, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Douglass College, Rutgers University (B.A., Mathematics, 1993); Rutgers University School of Law - Camden (J.D., Tax Honors, with distinction, 1996). Law Clerk, Honorable Gloria M. Burns, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Financing. Email: Ashely M. Chan | | Kenneth J. Warren (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y., 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania. Education: Brown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1975); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., magna cum laude, 1979). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1978-1979. Member: American Bar Association (Member, 1998— and Chair, 2003, Governing Council, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources). Practice Areas: Environmental; Litigation. Email: Kenneth J. Warren | | Alan C. Promer (Member) born Malden, Massachusetts, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., summa cum laude, 1994); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Member, University of Pennsylvania Law School American Inn of Court, 2002-2004. Member: Philadelphia Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Alan C. Promer | | Matthew A. Hamermesh (Member) born Princeton, New Jersey, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania; 1999, New Jersey. Education: Yale University (B.S., 1994); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, 1997-1998, and Associate Editor, 1996-1997, Michigan Law Review. Law Clerk, Honorable Edward R. Becker, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1998-1999. Member: Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference, Chair, Young Lawyers Committee, 2002-2005. Practice Areas: Appellate Litigation; Business Litigation; Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Litigation. Email: Matthew A. Hamermesh | | Michele D. Hangley (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1966; admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania; 2000, New Jersey. Education: Brown University (B.A., 1988); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Law Clerk, Hon. Phyllis A. Kravitch, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1998-1999. Member, University of Pennsylvania Law School American Inn of Court, 2000-2002. Member, Editorial Board, The Legal Intelligencer. Member: Philadelphia and American (Co-Chair, Ethics and Professionalism Committee, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Professional Conduct Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Business Litigation; Media Law. Email: Michele D. Hangley | | Shanon S. Levin (Shareholder) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., with highest honors and with honors in Administration of Justice, 1997); Temple University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Temple Law Review; Moot Court Honor Society; National Trial Team. Law Clerk to the Honorable Berle M. Schiller, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2000-2001. Member, University of Pennsylvania American Inn of Court, 2002-2004. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property; Employment; Civil Rights; Professional Malpractice. Email: Shanon S. Levin | | Matthew A. White (Shareholder) born Boston, Massachusetts, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Pennsylvania. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1986); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1989). Member, American Inn of Court, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2001-2002. Co-Author: "Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Civil Practice Manual," 2007. General Counsel, Jewish Family & Children's Services, 1998—. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Injunctions; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Matthew A. White | | —————————— | | Leslie Kramer (Associate) born Evergreen Park, Illinois, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, New Jersey; 2001, New York and Pennsylvania, 2006, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1995); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 2000). Brooklyn Law School Richardson Scholar; Lisle Scholar. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Rebecca Y. Starr (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, 1971; admitted to bar, 2001, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 2006, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1993) Phi Beta Kappa; Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Executive Notes and Comments Editor, The Georgetown Law Journal. Founding Member and Article and Notes Editor, Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law. Member: American Bar Association; Philadelphia Bar Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL); American Constitution Society. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Rebecca Y. Starr | | Sozi P. Tulante (Associate) born Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 17, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 2006, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 1997); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Recipient, John Harvard Scholarship. Member, Harvard Human Rights Journal. Law Clerk to the Hon. Reginald C. Lindsay, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Sozi P. Tulante | | Zachary R. Davis (Associate) born Boston, Massachusetts, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey and New York; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 2006, Pennsylvania. Education: Duke University (A.B., cum laude, 1999); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Zachary R. Davis | | Jon D. Marans (Associate) born Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., with high distinction, 1997); Villanova University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Order of the Coif. Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate; Securities; Finance. Email: Jon D. Marans | | John S. Stapleton (Associate) born New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, New York; 2006, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., high honors, 1999); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Research Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Arthur Littleton and H. Clayton Louderback Legal Writing Instructor, 2001-2002. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: John S. Stapleton | | Gregory B. David (Associate) born Newport News, Virginia, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania; 2006, New Jersey. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with high distinction, 2000); University of Pennsylvania (M.A., 2004; J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Order of the Coif. Phi Beta Kappa. Senior Editor, Law Review. Law Clerk, Hon. Anthony J. Scirica, Chief Judge, United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2004-2005. Author, "Dworkin, Precedent, Confidence, and Roe v. Wade," 152 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1221 (2004). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Gregory B. David | | Adena Herskovitz (Associate) born Wilmington, Delaware, 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1998); Yale University (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Adena Herskovitz | | Alva C. Mather (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Mount Holyoke College (B.A., 1999); Northwestern University (M.A., 2001); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 2004). Articles Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2003-2004. Law Clerk to the Hon. James T. Giles, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2004-2006. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Alva C. Mather | | Shara L. Alpern (Associate) born Buffalo, New York, 1974; admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania. Education: Bates College (B.A., 1996); State University of New York at Buffalo (M.L.S., 2000); Temple University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Lead Research Editor, Temple Law Review. Author, Comment, "Solving Work/Family Conflict by Engaging Employers: A Legislative Approach," 78 Temp. L. Rev. 429 (2005). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Shara L. Alpern | | Bonnie M. Hoffman (Associate) born Melrose Park, Illinois, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2006, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennnsylvania. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., with high honors in Political Science, 2001) Phi Beta Kappa; Lehigh University (M.A., Political Science, 2002); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Bonnie M. Hoffman | | Colleen F. Shanahan (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, New York; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2006, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2007, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 2008, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1998); Columbia University (J.D., 2003). Member: Philadelphia, New York State and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Colleen F. Shanahan | | Michael D. Gadarian (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 2002); Yale University Law School (J.D., 2005). Member: New Jersey State and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation(100%). Email: Michael D. Gadarian | | Jean W. Galbraith (Associate) born Washington, D.C.; admitted to bar, 2005, California and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. (Not admitted in Pennsylvania). Education: Harvard University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1998); University of California (J.D., 2004). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, California Law Review. Articles Editor, Berkeley Journal of International Law. Law Clerk to the: Honorable David S. Tatel, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; Honorable John Paul Stevens, United States Supreme Court. Associate Legal Officer, Judge Theodor Meron, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Visiting Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Cambridge University. Academic Visitor, Faculty of Law, Oxford University. Member: State Bar of California. Email: Jean W. Galbraith | | Naomi Mendelsohn, B. (Associate) born Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1975; admitted to bar, 2005, New Jersey; 2007, New York and Pennsylvania. Education: Washington University (B.A., 1997); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., with high honors, 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Naomi Mendelsohn, B. | | Kelly A. Gable (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1999); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2004). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation. Email: Kelly A. Gable | | Robyn D. Levitan (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., summa cum laude, 1995); Temple School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Managing Editor, Temple Law Review, 1999. Practice Areas: Business Litigation. Email: Robyn D. Levitan | | Michael Viano, Jr. (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., 2002; J.D., 2007). Staff Editor, The American Criminal Law Review's Annual Survey of White Collar Crime. Member, Georgetown University, Alumni Interviewer. Member: Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Bar Associations; Georgetown Club of Boston. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Michael Viano, Jr. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Cherry Hill, New Jersey Office: 20 Brace Road, Suite 201, 08034-2634. Telephone: 856-616-2100. Telecopier: 856-616-2170.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Office: 30 North Third Street, Suite 700, 17101-1701. Telephone: 717-364-1030. Telecopier: 717-364-1020.
Norristown, Pennsylvania Office: 2 W. Lafayette Street, Suite 275, 19401. Telephone: 610-313-1670. Telecopier: 610-275-1132.
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