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

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Statement of Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor Kathleen D. Wilkinson on the Death of Retired Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Anthony J. DeFino

"Judge DeFino exemplified the ideals of personal character, sound judgment and professional commitment," said Kathleen D. Wilkinson, Chancellor of the 13,000-member Philadelphia Bar Association. "He was a respected mentor in the legal profession, a touchstone for so many who aspired to the law and a treasured friend and colleague to countless lawyers, judges and public officials." | read more

Judge Shapiro, Ladov to be Honored Dec. 10

U.S. District Court Senior Judge Norma L. Shapiro will be presented with the Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Distinguished Jurist Award and former Chancellor Sayde J. Ladov will receive the PNC Achievement Award at the Philadelphia Bar Association's Annual Meeting Luncheon on Tuesday, Dec. 10. | read more

Annual Meeting Luncheon Dec. 10 Welcoming 87th Chancellor William P. Fedullo

Incoming Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor William P. Fedullo will outline his plans for 2014 at the Association's Annual Meeting Luncheon on Tuesday, December 10 at 12:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt at The Bellevue, Broad and Walnut Streets. To register, click HERE. | read more

Register Now for Annual Section, Committee Receptions

The Association's Sections and Committees have begun planning their annual holiday events. | read more

Pa. Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Public Hearing on the Civil Justice Gap on October 29 in Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Max Baer will offer remarks along with other judges and community leaders at a Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee Public Hearing, "Civil Legal Representation of the Indigent: Have We Achieved Equal Access to Justice?" on Tuesday, October 29, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Allegheny County Bar Association, 436 Seventh Avenue, Koppers Building, in the 9th floor Grant Room. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Stewart J. Greenleaf (R-Montgomery, Bucks) will chair the hearing. | read more

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

Chancellor Wilkinson Appointed to NCBP Executive Council

Chancellor Kathleen D. Wilkinson has been appointed to the Executive Council of the National Conference of Bar Presidents for a three-year term. | 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

Chancellor Urges City to Delay Implementation of Conflicts Counsel Reforms

Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor Kathleen D. Wilkinson sent the following letter Feb. 21 to Philadelphia Deputy Mayor Everett A. Gillison urging the City to delay implementation of proposed reforms in the system of providing legal representation for indigent defendants, in order to more thoroughly consider possible models and alternatives. | 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

Dandridge Voted Vice Chancellor

Albert S. Dandridge III, a partner with Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, has been elected Vice Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association. | read more

Inaugural Address of Kathleen D. Wilkinson, 86th Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association

On Dec. 4, 2012, Kathleen D. Wilkinson, 86th Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, delivered the following address at the Bar Association's 2012 Annual Meeting. | read more

Bar Executive Director Kenneth Shear to Retire in 2013

The 13,000-member Philadelphia Bar Association has announced that Kenneth Shear, 67, the Association’s Executive Director, will retire from the Association on December 31, 2013, after more than 37 years with the organization. Shear will continue in his current capacity through the end of 2013. | 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