Pro Bono
Community
In addition to their representation of clients, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller lawyers are known for being highly involved in their communities.
David Pudlin serves as a Director of the Anti-Defamation League, for which he is a past Chairman of the Board; the Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates; and the U.S. Committee - Sports for Israel. He also recently finished seven years of service as a Trustee of The Baldwin School. He has served as a Director of the Ludington Public Library, Federation Day Care Services, HIAS and Council Migration Services of Philadelphia, and Beth David Reform Congregation.
Bill Hangley is one of nine members of the Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Account program (IOLTA) Board. He was appointed to serve in this position by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The IOLTA Board administers the funds created by the IOLTA system and distributes funds to nonprofit organizations, law school-administered clinics, and administrative justice projects that provide civil legal services free of charge to the poor and disadvantaged. Bill also serves on the Leadership Council of Community Legal Services, Inc.
Joe Dworetzky, a former Board Member of the Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, has represented writers, painters, dancers, and arts organizations for more than 25 years. A former Director of the William Penn Foundation, he is currently a Member of the Board of the Parkway Council Foundation and serves as Vice Chair of Mayor Nutter’s Task Force on Tax Policy and Economic Competitiveness.
Mark Aronchick has received numerous awards and citations for leadership of civic and Jewish community organizations and for pro bono projects.
Dan Segal is President of the Juvenile Law Center, past President of the Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education, past President of Akiba Hebrew Academy, and past Chair of the Philadelphia Soviet Jewry Council. He is President of Hillel of Greater Philadelphia.
Since 2001, Michael Lieberman has dedicated his pro bono practice to the representation of immigrants seeking asylum in the United States. This has included minors who were subject to physical and emotional abuse in their home countries and individuals facing persecution in their home countries as a result of their political and/or religious beliefs and activities. He serves on the Board of Directors of HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia, an organization that represents immigrants from many countries in a variety of matters and also resettles refugees in the Philadelphia area.
Rick Goldstein is a former President of the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, which encompasses Camden, Burlington, and Gloucester counties and serves a Jewish population of approximately 50,000 through a network of local, national, and international agencies. He continues to serve on the Federation’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors as well as on its Planning, Budget/Allocations, and Finance Committees. A member of the Board of Directors of the Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council, he is the Chairman of the Goodwin Holocaust Museum and Education Center’s Task Force. He also is a member of the Ambassadors Circle of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
James Matour is on the Board of the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project, a nonprofit entity that provides Chapter 7 bankruptcy representation to indigent persons and has become a model for similar organizations nationally. He is also a member of the Patrons Foundation, a private organization that makes gifts to distressed individuals whose needs are not covered by other programs.
John Summers is a member of the American Law Institute, which drafts and then publishes various restatements of the law, model codes, and other proposals for legal reform. He is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Reinvestment Fund, Inc., which builds wealth and opportunity for low-wealth communities and low- and moderate-income individuals through the promotion of socially and environmentally responsible development. He has also been active in the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, for which he previously served as Treasurer.
Wendy Beetlestone serves as a Trustee to Philadelphia University. She is also a Trustee and the Treasurer of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation and sits on the Boards of Directors of the Mann Center for the Performing Arts and the Forum of Executive Women.
Ashely Chan has received awards recognizing her role as the Legal Coordinator for the Homeless Advocacy Project’s Adopt-A-Shelter Program at the Kirkbride Homeless Shelter, the largest family shelter in Philadelphia. Each year she organizes a holiday party at Kirkbride that is sponsored by the firm.
Alan Promer has served as the President of the Harvard Law School Association of Greater Philadelphia since 2003. Each year, the organization awards one or more fellowships to Harvard students who come to Philadelphia to work in the public interest during the summer.
Monica Rebuck is on the Board of Directors of Shalom House, a nonprofit organization that provides food, shelter, and services to women and children in crisis.
