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Harvard Law School
One Logan Square
18th & Cherry Streets, 27th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6933
Fax: 215.568.0300
Biography
Alan Promer, a litigator, counsels and advises clients on commercial litigation and insurance coverage disputes. His practice experience includes complex insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, attorney malpractice litigation, litigation on behalf of government entities, appellate work in the state and federal courts, adversary litigation in the bankruptcy court, and a variety of general business litigation cases including claims regarding contracts, tortious interference, and trade secrets. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1997 and is the President of the Harvard Law School Association of Greater Philadelphia.
Education
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, cum laude, 1997, JD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1994, BA, summa cum laude
Honors and Awards
- Named a Lawyer on the Fast Track by the Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, 2008
- Four-time recipient of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Pro Bono Service Award
- Received the Juvenile Law Center’s first annual Pro Bono Award, 2008
- Named by New Jersey Super Lawyer magazine as a Rising Star (2007 – 2009) as the result of a statewide survey of lawyers
- Named by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer magazine as a Rising Star (2005 – 2008, 2010, 2011) as the result of a statewide survey of lawyers
Publications
- Co-author with Colleen F. Shanahan, “The Supreme Court’s Adoption of Standardized Time Computation,” The Legal Intelligencer, August 4, 2009
- “Small Expectations: Lessons in the Reality of Pro Bono Lawyering,” The Legal Intelligencer, January 20, 2009
- “Stare Decisis: Lost in the Search Results,” The Legal Intelligencer, July 12, 2007
Representative Cases
- Brooks v. Purcell, 57 Fed. Appx. 47 (3d Cir. 2002)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Associate Member, University of Pennsylvania Law School American Inn of Court, 2002 – 2004
Community
- President, Harvard Law School Association of Greater Philadelphia, 2003 – Present
- Trainer for Pro Bono Counsel, Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program, Philadelphia, 2009
Teaching / Lecturing
- “Ethical Dilemmas Facing Private Equity Managers,” CLE International Private Equity Seminar, 2007
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania