Philadelphia Bar Featured Lawyers

Legal Community Invited to Military Assistance Program Ceremonial Event

The Philadelphia Bar Associations honors military personnel and veterans for their commitment to our nation. The Association's Military Assistance Program (MAP) provides pro bono legal assistance to deployed and mobilized military personnel and their families as well as to veterans of recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. | read more

Bar Foundation Golf Classic June 25 at Green Valley CC

The Philadelphia Bar Foundation Golf Classic will be held Monday, June 25 at Green Valley Country Club. We are excited to announce that Wilkie Lexus of Cherry Hill has chosen the Philadelphia Bar Foundation as a participant in the Lexus Champions for Charity golf tournament. | read more

Statement of Chancellor John E. Savoth on the Passing of Hon. Louis H. Pollak

Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor John E. Savoth issued the following statement on May 9 regarding the passing of Senior Judge Louis H. Pollak of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania: | read more

Order 2012 Legal Directory by May 18, Save 25 Percent

Covering Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester and Bucks Counties, The Legal Directory has been the No. 1 resource in the legal profession for more than a century! Order by Friday, May 18 and save 25 percent! | read more

Bar Association Annual Report Available Now

The 2011 Annual Report of the Philadelphia Bar Association is now available in digital form. Click here for the Annual Report. | read more

Save 25 Percent on Legal Directory Through May 18

Covering Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester and Bucks Counties, The Legal Directory has been the No. 1 resource in the legal profession for more than a century! Order by Friday, May 18 and save 25 percent! | read more

2012 State of the Commonwealth’s Courts

In recent years, the chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued a report to the people on the state of the Commonwealth's courts. | read more

O'Connor Award for Jane Dalton; Mary Frances Berry to Present Higginbotham Lecture June 26

Jane Leslie Dalton, who has served as Chancellor, chair of the Board of Governors and co-chair of the Women in the Profession Committee, will be presented with the Association's Sandra Day O'Connor Award at the Tuesday, June 26 Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon. Click here to purchase tickets. | read more

Gov. Rendell to Moderate Election CLE May 24

Former Gov. Ed Rendell will moderate a panel of attorneys and journalists at the Thursday, May 24 CLE program “Divided We Fall: How Will the Presidential Election Impact Law, Policy and Politics?” | read more

Bar’s 33rd Annual 5K Run/Walk May 20

The 33rd annual Philadelphia Bar Association 5K Run/Walk will be held Sunday, May 20 with more than 1,000 runners and walkers expected to participate. The 5K benefits the Support Center for Child Advocates. Click here to register. | read more

New Philadelphia Bar Lawyer Profiles to Help Bar Members Promote Practices

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

Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor-Elect Urges Adoption of House Bills 1815 and 1816 on Selection of Appellate Judges

Kathleen D. Wilkinson, Chancellor-Elect of the 13,000-member Philadelphia Bar Association, provided detailed comments today (Thursday, March 1) to the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee supporting adoption of House Bills 1815 and 1816 regarding selection of appellate judges. | read more

Announcing a New Court Reporting Services Benefit - Exclusively for Bar Members

The Philadelphia Bar Association is now offering its members a substantial discount on court reporting services offered though Love Court Reporting, Inc. Available exclusively to Association members, the special discounted pricing and other exclusive benefits provide significant saving over standard rates. The larger your needs, the more you save! | read more

Inaugural Address of John E. Savoth, 85th Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association

On Dec. 6, 2011, John E. Savoth, 85th Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, delivered the following address at the Bar Association's 2011 Annual Meeting. | read more

William P. Fedullo Elected Vice Chancellor; Five Gain Board of Governors Seats

William P. Fedullo, of counsel to Rosen, Schafer & DiMeo, LLP, will serve as Vice Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association in 2012 after running unopposed in the Association's Tuesday, Dec. 6 Annual Election. Fedullo will serve as Chancellor-Elect in 2013 and Chancellor in 2014. | read more

Notice Regarding Bar Association Privacy Policy

Effective September 7, 2011, Philadelphia Bar Association members are hereby advised that the Association has changed its Privacy Policy, specific to Section 4, "Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties." Members are urged to review this new language, which pertains to the provision of contact information to outside vendors. | read more

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Launches Judicial Fellowship Program

Thirty-five judges of The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas have agreed to host up to 45 law school graduates as judicial fellows to provide them with substantive legal experience while benefitting the court system with this additional legal talent. | 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