The mission of the Philadelphia Bar Association is to serve the profession and the public by promoting justice, professional excellence and respect for the rule of law. In so doing, the Association strives to foster understanding of, involvement in and access to the justice system.
The Philadelphia Bar Association is committed to advancing diversity and inclusion in the profession, so that all members of the bar can fully participate in all aspects of the profession. This Statement of Diversity and Inclusion Principles evidences a renewed commitment to promoting diversity, a broad concept that includes race, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity, marital status, veteran status, parental status, socioeconomic status and our unique attributes, and inclusion, the harnessing of our diversity so that everyone is valued and has the opportunity to fully participate and succeed in the profession.
Increased diversity and inclusion benefits the profession in many ways. For example, increased diversity enables law firms, legal departments, and other legal organizations to better understand their diverse client base, fostering better communication and representation. Continued diversity and inclusion efforts will help to ensure the representation of more varied perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds in the profession, and to create a more equitable and inclusive environment that is critical to the continued success of law firms, legal departments, law schools, and other legal organizations.
Diversity and inclusion can be achieved through initiatives with respect to the recruitment, retention, and promotion of lawyers, irrespective of visible or perceived differences, and through the expansion of recruitment, retention and promotion efforts of racial and ethnic minorities, women, disabled individuals, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender and other diverse individuals. Diversity and inclusion also can be accomplished by training and educating our members, and our current and future leaders.
Creating a diverse and inclusive environment is a long-term commitment to the future of the profession, and achieving diversity and inclusion is a continuing process that requires a steadfast commitment by the bar.
For these reasons, the Philadelphia Bar Association reaffirms its commitment to diversity, and agrees to:
PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
ADOPTED: September 22, 2014
Chancellor
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP
1818 Market Street, Suite 3402
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Chancellor-Elect
Kaufman, Coren & Ress, P.C.
Two Commerce Square, Suite 3900
2001 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Vice Chancellor
Fineman Krekstein & Harris P.C.
Ten Penn Center
1801 Market Street, Suite 1100
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Secretary
Fox Rothschild LLP
2000 Market Street, 20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Assistant Secretary
Margolis Edelstein
The Curtis Center
170 S. Independence Mall W., Suite 400E
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Treasurer
Raynes McCarty
1845 Walnut Street
20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Assistant Treasurer
Nochumson P.C.
123 S. Broad Street
Suite 1600
Philadelphia, PA 19109
Chair
Fox Rothschild LLP
2000 Market Street, 20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Vice Chair
Mincey & Fitzpatrick, LLC
Two Penn Center
1500 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Suite 1525
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Parliamentarian
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Two Commerce Square
2001 Market Street, Suite 3100
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Counsel
Blank Rome LLP
One Logan Square
130 North 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
New Jersey Office of the Attorney General
25 Market Street
P.O. Box 116
Trenton, NJ 08625
SeniorLAW Center
Two Penn Center
1500 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Suite 1501
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Fox Rothschild LLP
2000 Market Street, 20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1701 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP
1845 Walnut Street, 21st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Two Commerce Square
2001 Market Street, Suite 3100
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Mincey & Fitzpatrick, LLC
1500 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Suite 1525
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tucker Law Group, LLC
One Penn Center at Suburban Station
1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
Two Liberty Place
50 South 16th Street, 22nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Mincey & Fitzpatrick, LLC
Two Penn Center
1500 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1525
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Blank Rome LLP
One Logan Square
130 North 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Fox Rothschild LLP
2000 Market Street, 20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
White and Williams LLP
One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street, Suite 1800
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Law Offices of Maureen M. Farrell
2000 Market Street
Suite 1400
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Greenblatt, Pierce, Engle, Funt & Flores, LLC
123 S. Broad Street
Suite 2500
Philadelphia, PA 19109
Giampolo Law Group
319 S. 12th Street,Suite 1F
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Landau, Hess, Simon & Choi
190 N. Independence Mall West, Suite 602
Philadelphia, PA 19106
PA Human Relations Commission
Philadelphia Regional Office
110 North 8th Street, Suite 501
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Pearson Koutcher, LLP
1650 Arch Street
Suite 2501
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Chair
Rawle & Henderson LLP
The Widener Building
1339 Chestnut Street, 16th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Chair-Elect
Chamberlain Hrdlicka
300 Conshohocken State Road, Suite 570
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Chair, Business Law Section
Ballard Spahr LLP
1735 Market Street
51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Rep., Criminal Justice Section
Defender Association of Philadelphia
1441 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Chair, Family Law Section
Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel, LLP
The Bellevue, Suite 600
200 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Rep., Probate & Trust Section
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
123 South Broad Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19109
Rep., Public Interest Section
Philadelphia Legal Assistance
The Cast Iron Building
718 Arch Street, Suite 300N
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Rep., Real Property Section
Ballard Spahr LLP
1735 Market Street
51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Rep., State Civil Litigation Section
Kovler & Rush, P.C.
123 S. Broad Street
Suite 2250
Philadelphia, PA 19109
Chair, Tax Section
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
18th & Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Rep., Workers Compensation Section
Gallagher & Turchi, P.C.
1760 Market Street, Suite 1100
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Past Chancellor
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
1600 Market Street, Suite 3600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Past Chair
Alva & Shuttleworth, LLC
1520 Locust Street, Suite 700
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Rosen, Schafer & DiMeo LLP
121 South Broad Street, Eighth Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Philadelphia Bar Association
1101 Market Street, 11th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Diversity Chair
Blank Rome LLP
One Logan Square
130 North 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6998
Pro Bono Chair
University of Pennsylvania Law School
3400 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Dechert LLP
Cira Centre
2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Dilworth Paxson LLP
1500 Market Street, Suite 3500E
Philadelphia, PA 19102-2101
Philadelphia Law Department - Tax Unit, Real Estate Division
1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Municipal Services Building, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy P.C.
1818 Market Street, 13th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-3638
Ballard Spahr LLP
1735 Market Street
51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
McCarter & English, LLP
BNY Mellon Center
1735 Market Street, Suite 700
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Past Chancellor
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
1600 Market Street, Suite 3600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, P.C.
2000 Market Street, Suite 2300
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Two Commerce Square
2001 Market Street, Suite 3100
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Advancing Civics Education (ACE)
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas,
Trial Division - Criminal
1404 Criminal Justice Center
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Advancing Civics Education (ACE)
Legis Group LLC
3900 Ford Road
Suite B
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Appellate Courts
Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, P.C.
2000 Market Street, Suite 2300
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Appellate Courts
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
1600 Market Street, Suite 3600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Appellate Courts
Bar Academy
Dispute Resolution Institute
Two Logan Square
Eighteenth and Arch Streets, Suite 660
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Bar-News Media
Law Office of Nikki Johnson-Huston, LLC
1515 Market Street, Suite
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Bench-Bar Conference
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP
1818 Market Street
Suite 3402
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Brennan Award
SEPTA
1234 Market Street
5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Charity Run
Caesar Rivise, PC
1635 Market Street, 12th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Charity Run
Caesar Rivise, PC
1635 Market Street, 12th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Civil Gideon and Access to Justice Task Force
Civil Gideon and Access to Justice Task Force
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
City Policy
Green, Schafle & Gibbs
2332 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19145
City Policy
Kleinbard Bell & Brecker LLP
One Liberty Place, 46th Floor
1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Civil Rights
Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project
The Cast Iron Building
718 Arch Street, Suite 304 South
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Civil Rights
ACLU of Pennsylvania
P.O. Box 60173
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Corporate In-House Counsel
Blank Rome LLP
One Logan Square
130 North 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6998
Corporate In-House Counsel
GlaxoSmithKline
5 Crescent Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19112
Delivery of Legal Services
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Delivery of Legal Services
JAMS
1717 Arch Street
Suite 3810
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Diversity in the Profession
Marcial & Associates, LLC
1515 Market Street
Suite 1200
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Election Procedures
Law Offices of Alexander B. Giacobetti
Two Penn Center, Suite 1205
1500 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Employee Benefits
Wasch & Ritson LLC
749 Spring Valley Road
Doylestown, PA 18901
Employee Benefits
Dilworth Paxson LLP
1500 Market Street, Suite 3500E
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Environmental and Energy Law
Chair
White and Williams LLP
One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street, Suite 1800
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Environmental and Energy Law
Chair
Warren Environmental Counsel LLP
975 Mill Road
Millridge Manor House Suite A
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Environmental and Energy Law
Vice Chair
Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender LLP
1818 Market Street
Suite 3400
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Environmental and Energy Law
Vice Chair
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP
401 City Avenue, Suite 901
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
Federal Courts
Chair
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP
1818 Market Street, Suite 3402
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Federal Courts
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP
1818 Market Street, Suite 3402
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Federal Courts
Vice Chair
Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, P.C.
2000 Market Street
Suite 2300
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Federal Courts
Fee Disputes
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
1600 Market Street, Suite 3600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Fee Disputes
Fee Disputes
Snyder, Barrett & Wilkinson
1601 Market Street
Suite 1040
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Government and Public Service Lawyers
SEPTA
1234 Market Street
5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Immigration Law
Landau, Hess, Simon & Choi
190 N. Independence Mall West, Suite 602
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Insurance Programs
White and Williams LLP
One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street, Suite 1800
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Insurance Programs
Reed Smith LLP
Three Logan Square
1717 Arch Street, Suite 3100
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Insurance Programs
Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini, Ltd.
1601 Market St., Suite 3400
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Intellectual Property
Dechert LLP
Cira Centre
2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Intellectual Property
Cozen O'Connor
One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street, Suite 2800
Philadelphia, PA 19103
International Law
Chair
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
International Law
Chair
Villanova University School of Law
299 North Spring Mill Road
Villanova, PA 19085
International Law
Vice Chair
Villanova University School of Law
299 North Spring Mill Road
Villanova, PA 19085
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Diversity Award
Assistant Chief Counsel
PA Human Relations Commission
Philadelphia Regional Office
110 North 8th Street, Suite 501
Labor and Employment Law
Law Offices of Sidney L. Gold & Associates, P.C.
1835 Market Street, Suite 515
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Labor and Employment Law
Mancheski & Bunker
1600 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Suite 500
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Labor and Employment Law
Large Firm Management
Cozen O'Connor
One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Large Firm Management
Dechert LLP
Cira Centre
2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Law Firm Pro Bono
Blank Rome LLP
One Logan Square
130 North 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Law Firm Pro Bono
Ballard Spahr LLP
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Law Practice Management
Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.
2 Hidden Lane
Doylestown, PA 18901
Law School Outreach
Alva & Shuttleworth, LLC
1520 Locust Street, Suite 700
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Law School Outreach
Dispute Resolution Institute
Two Logan Square
18th & Arch Streets, Suite 660
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Law Week
Kaufman, Coren & Ress, P.C.
Two Commerce Square, Suite 3900
2001 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Lawyer Referral & Information Service
Dolchin, Slotkin & Todd, P.C.
Two Liberty Place
50 South 16th Street, 35th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Legal Rights of Children
Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project
123 South Broad Street
24th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19109
Legal Rights of Children
Education Law Center
The Philadelphia Building
1315 Walnut St.
4th Floor
Philadephia, PA 19107
Legal Rights of Children
Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
1315 Walnut Street, Suite 500
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts
1515 Market Street
Suite 1414
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Legislative Liaison
Avallone Law Associates
215 South Broad Street
5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Legislative Liaison
Education Law Center
The Philadelphia Building
1315 Walnut Street, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
LGBT Rights
Mazzoni Center
21 S. 12th Street
8th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Military Affairs Committee
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
1600 Market Street, Suite 3600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Military Affairs Committee
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Municipal Court
Willig, Williams & Davidson
1845 Walnut Street, 24th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Municipal Court
Municipal Court
Cohen, Willwerth & Marraccini LLC
660 Second Street Pike
Southampton, PA 18966
Municipal Court
Pension
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth & Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Pension
Dechert LLP
Cira Centre
2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Pension
Vice Chair
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1701 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
PNC Achievement Award
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2005 Market Street
Suite 2600
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7098
Professional Guidance
Fox Rothschild LLP
2000 Market Street, 20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Professional Guidance
Law Office of Barbara S. Rosenberg
150 N. Radnor Chester Road
Suite F200
Radnor, PA 19087
Professional Responsibility
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
Trial Division
538 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Professional Responsibility
Lecturer in Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
3501 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Professional Responsibility
Bennett, Bricklin & Saltzburg LLC
1601 Market Street, 16th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Social Security Disability
Chermol & Fishman, LLC
11450 Bustleton Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19116
Social Security Disability
Portnoy Disability Practice
150 N. Radnor Chester Road
Suite F-200
Radnor, PA 19087
Solo, Small & Mid-Size Firm Management
Raynes McCarty
1845 Walnut Street
20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Women in the Profession
Margolis Edelstein
The Curtis Center
170 S. Independence Mall W., Suite 400E
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Women in the Profession
Raynes McCarty
1845 Walnut Street, 20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Women's Rights
Dolchin, Slotkin & Todd, P.C.
Two Liberty Place, 35th Floor
50 S. 16th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Women's Rights
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C.
2000 Market Street, Suite 2300
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Business Law
Ballard Spahr LLP
1735 Market Street
51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Business Law
Antitrust Law, Banking & Commercial Finance, Bankruptcy Law, Business Litigation, Cyberlaw, Franchise Law, Health Care Law, Insurance Law, Investment Companies, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Regulation, Small Business and Venture Capital & Private Equity Law
Criminal Justice
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
Two Liberty Place
50 South 16th Street, 22nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
Family Law
Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel, LLP
The Bellevue, Suite 600
200 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Family Law
Adoption, Alternate Dispute Resolution, Bench Bar CLE, Bylaws, Consumer Education, Custody, Dependency/Juvenile, Diversity, Divorce/Equitable Distribution, Domestic Violence, E-Access/E-Filing, Inter-County Liaisons, The Legal Rights of Contemporary Families Committee, Legislative Liaison, Membership, Mentoring, Programming Committee/CLE, Social, Support/Alimony, Web Page Coordinator and YLD Liaison
Probate & Trust Law
Pennsylvania Trust Company
Five Radnor Corporate Center
100 Matsonford Road
Wayne, PA 19087
Probate & Trust Law
Business Planning, Diversity, Education, Elder Law and Guardianship, Legislative, Orphans' Court Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Publications, Rules & Practice and Taxation
Public Interest
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth & Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Public Interest
Civil Rights, Delivery of Legal Services, Law Firm Pro Bono, Law School Outreach, Legal Rights of Children, Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Women's Rights
Real Property
Steve Harvey Law LLC
1880 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Suite 1715
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Real Property
Real Property
Affordable Housing, Construction Law, Eminent Domain & Appraisals, Financing & Securitization of Real Estate, State and Local Government &ammp; Taxation of Real Estate, Sustainable Land Use and Zoning, Land Use & Code Enforcement
State Civil Litigation
Robert J. Casey, Jr. & Associates
1500 Market Street
2500 Centre Square West
Philadelphia, PA 19102
State Civil Litigation
Kovler & Rush, P.C.
123 S. Broad Street
Suite 2250
Philadelphia, PA 19109
State Civil Litigation
Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Compulsory Arbitration, Medical-Legal and Rules and Procedure
Tax
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth & Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tax
CLE, IRS Liaison Matters, Pro Bono, State and Local Tax and Young Lawyers
Workers' Compensation
Bureau of Workers Compensation
110 N. 8th Street
Suite 401
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Workers' Compensation
Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.
1650 Arch Street
Suite 2110
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Workers' Compensation
PearsonKoutcher, LLP
1650 Arch Street, Suite 1903
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Young Lawyers Division
Rawle & Henderson LLP
The Widener Building
1339 Chestnut Street, 16th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Young Lawyers Division
Community Outreach, Legal Education & Mentoring, Professional Outreach, and Social
Caterer
Director of Communications and Marketing
Administrative Support, Public and Legal Services
Accounts Payable Coordinator
Administrative Assistant, Philadelphia Bar Foundation
Chief Technology Officer
Executive Director, Philadelphia Bar Foundation
Assistant Executive Director
Director of Marketing and Development, Philadelphia Bar Foundation
Director of Public and Legal Services
Chief Financial Officer/Director of Administration
Director of Meetings and Special Events
Manager of Member Services
Meetings Coordinator
Director of Continuing Legal Education
Senior Managing Editor, Publications
Senior Staff Counsel, Public & Legal Services
Staff Accountant
Executive Director
Web Manager
Main Floor Receptionist and Purchasing Agent
Public Interest Coordinator
Primary Fax: 215-238-1159
10th Floor Fax: 215-238-1267