Board Officers
Molly Flynn
Chair
Year Joined: 2017
Employer: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Previous Work: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
School: J.D., George Washington University; B.A., Temple University
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Mark Kasten
Vice-Chair
Year Joined: 2020
Employer: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Previous Work: DLA Piper
School: J.D., Villanova School of Law; B.A., Villanova University
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Liz Lambert
Treasurer
Year Joined: 2021
Employer: Huntington Bank
Previous Work: National Westminster Bank; Mellon Bank; Comerica Bank/Progress Bank; Citizens Bank
School: B.A., SUNY Albany
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Marc Topaz
Secretary
Year Joined: 2009
Previous Work: Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP
School: LL.M., New York University School of Law; J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law
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Board Members
Zachary Arbitman
Year Joined: 2020
Employer: Feldman Shepherd
Previous Work: Youman & Caputo, LLC; Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP; Fox Rothschild LLP
School: J.D., George Washington University Law School; B.A., Haverford College
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Dean Beer
Year Joined: 2020
Employer: Homeless Advocacy Project
Previous Work: Office of the Public Defender - Montgomery County; McAndrews Law Offices; Defender Association of Philadelphia
School: J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law; B.A., Ohio Northern University
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Steven Bizar
Year Joined: 2022
Employer: Dechert
Previous Work: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC; Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP; Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
School: J.D., Columbia Law School; M.A., B.A., Brandeis University
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Leigh Ann Buziak
Year Joined: 2018
Employer: Blank Rome LLP
School: J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law; B.A., University of Maryland
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Melinda Levine deLisle
Year Joined: 2023
Employer: Cozen O’Connor
School: J.D., Harvard Law School; A.B., Brown University
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Christina Diaz
Year Joined: 2021
Employer: GlaxoSmithKline
Previous Work: Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP; Elf Atochem
School: J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law; B.A., Columbia University
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Bret Flaherty
Year Joined: 2019
Previous Work: AmerisourceBergen; Berger & Montague, P.C.
School: J.D., Tulane University School of Law; B.A., University of Pennsylvania
Ellen Friedell
Year Joined: 2010
Employer: FFG Law LLC
Previous Work: Rohm and Haas Company; United States Civil Aeronautics Board; United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
School: J.D., American University; B.A., Brandeis University
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Anthony Gay
Year Joined: 2015
Employer: PECO Energy Company
Previous Work: Verizon Communications, Inc.; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP; Law Clerk to the Honorable Raymond A. Jackson, U.S. District Judge, in the Eastern District of Virginia
School: J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
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David Gersch
Year Joined: 2019
Previous Work: Arnold & Porter LLP
School: J.D., New York University School of Law; B.A., Amherst College
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Virginia Gibson
Year Joined: 2020
Employer: Hogan Lovells
Previous Work: U.S. Attorney
School: J.D., Boston University School of Law; B.A., DePauw University
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Melissa Hatch O’Donnell
Year Joined: 2023
Employer: Troutman Pepper
School: J.D., Penn Carey Law School; M.S. Penn Perelman School of Medicine; B.A., Penn State University
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Katherine Hatton
Year Joined: 2018
Previous Work: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.; Kohn, Swift & Graf; The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
School: J.D., Case Western Reserve University; LL.M., Yale University; B.A. & B.S., Bowling Green State University (Ohio)
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Shauna Itri
Year Joined: 2020
Employer: Seeger Weiss LLP
Previous Work: Villanova University, Widener University
School: J.D., Villanova University School of Law; M.A., B.A., Stanford University
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Charles Lange
Year Joined: 2021
Employer: Faegre Drinker
School: J.D., Rutgers School of Law; B.A., St. Mary's College of Maryland
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Peter Leckman
Year Joined: 2023
Employer: Langer Grogan & Diver P.C.
Previous Work: Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP; Altshuler Berzon LLP; Hon. Diane P. Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
School: J.D., University of California, Berkeley; B.A., Wesleyan University
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Kaitlyn R. Maxwell
Year Joined: 2022
Employer: GreenbergTraurig
Previous Work: Law Clerk, Hon. Linda K. Caracappa, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA; Associate, Project Performance Corporation
School: J.D., Boston University School of Law; B.A., Dickinson College
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Ellen Meriwether
Year Joined: 2013
Employer: Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP
Previous Work: LaSalle University
School: J.D., George Washington University; B.A., LaSalle University
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Elisa McEnroe
Year Joined: 2022
Employer: Morgan Lewis
Previous Work: Clerk for Judge Anita B. Brody of the US District Court for the Eastern District
School: J.D., Harvard Law School; B.A., University of Pennsylvania
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H. Laddie Montague, Jr.
Year Joined: 2005
Previous Work: Berger Montague PC
School: L.L.B., The Dickinson School of Law; B.A., University of Pennsylvania
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Donald Perelman
Year Joined: 2019
Employer: Fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C.
School: J.D., The University of Michigan Law School; B.A., Dickinson College
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Robin Roberts
Year Joined: 2019
Employer: Parents United for Public Education
School: DPT, Temple University; MBA, Temple University Fox School of Business and Management; B.A., University of Missouri
Jacqueline Robinson
Year Joined: 2018
Employer: Chubb
Previous Work: Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller; DLA Piper; Lavin, O'Neil, Ricci, Cedrone & Disipio
School: J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law; B.A., Cabrini College
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Katrina Robson
Year Joined: 2023
Employer: Wilkie
Previous Work: O'Melveny
School: J.D., Harvard Law School; M.A., B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
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Stephanie Saunders
Year Joined: 2024
Employer: Simpluris
Previous Work: Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP
School: J.D., Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law; B.A., Drexel University Lebow College of Business
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David Smith
Year Joined: 1993-2011, 2014
Employer: Dilworth Paxson LLP
Previous Work: Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
School: J.D., University of Miami; B.A., University of Miami
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Dana Trexler
Year Joined: 2018
Employer: Stout
Previous Work: EisnerAmper
School: MBA, University of Pennsylvania; B.S., Bucknell University
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Kahlil Williams
Year Joined: 2022
Employer: W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Previous Work: Ballard Spahr; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Brennan Center for Justice; Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
School: J.D., Columbia Law School; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., Penn State University
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Benjamin Wilson
Year Joined: 2022
Employer: Holland & Knight
School: J.D., New York Law School; B.A., Franklin & Marshall College
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Robert A. Wiygul
Year Joined: 2019
Employer: Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
Previous Work: Hon. Anthony J. Scirica, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
School: J.D., Yale Law School; C.Phil., University of California, Berkeley; M.Phil, University of Cambridge; B.A., Williams College
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Wesley R. Payne, IV
Year Joined: 2020
Employer: White and Williams, LLP
Previous Work: Kemper Insurance Companies, Post & Schell P.C., United States Army JAG Corp
School: J.D., University of Maryland School of Law; B.A., Washington and Lee University
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Organizational Representatives
Kathleen Chen
President, Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania
Employer: Johnson & Johnson
School: J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law; B.A., Penn
Jen Coatsworth
Chancellor, Philadelphia Bar Association
Employer: Margolis Edelstein
School: J.D., Temple Beasley School of Law; B.A., University of Maryland
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Jordan Freeman
Young Lawyers Division Chair, Philadelphia Bar Association
Employer: Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
School: J.D., Western New England University; B.A., Fairfield University
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Keisha Hudson
Chief Defender, Defender Association of Philadelphia
Employer: Defender Association of Philadelphia
School: J.D., B.A., Cornell University
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Kristin J. Johnson
President, The Barristers' Association of Philadelphia
Employer: U.S. Department of Labor
School: J.D., University of Illinois Chicago; B.A., Spelman College
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Melissa A. Martinez
President, Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania
Employer: AmerisourceBergen
School: J.D., M.B.A., Rutgers University; B.A., Villanova University
