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Philadelphia, PA 19103-6933
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Biography
David Pudlin, who has served as the President of Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller since its founding and also serves as the firm’s CEO, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1974. He received his BA magna cum laude with Exceptional Distinction in Economics from Yale University in 1971. David concentrates his practice in tax law, estate planning, and business/employment law and is a member of the Philadelphia Estate Planning Council.
He has served as a lecturer in law at Temple University School of Law and as a faculty member of several Pennsylvania Bar Institute seminars. David has authored numerous tax papers and has served as Chair of the Federal Tax Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association Tax Section and as Editor in Chief of the Tax Section newsletter. David also has served as the Secretary/Treasurer of the Tax Section and as a member of that body’s Governing Council. In addition, David has served as Chair of both the Large Law Firm and Mid-Size Law Firm Management Committees of the Philadelphia Bar Association and as an Executive Committee member of the Association’s Probate Section. David also serves as a director of the Anti-Defamation League, for which he is a past Chairman of the Board, and as a Director of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates, for which he is the Chairman of the Development Committee. He also completed seven years as a Trustee of The Baldwin School.
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1974, JD
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1971, BA, magna cum laude, with Exceptional Distinction in Economics
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Philadelphia Bar Association, Tax Section
- Governing Council, 1985 – 1992
- Secretary/Treasurer, 1990 – 1991
- Editor-in-Chief, Tax Section Newsletter, 1986 – 1990
- Chair, Luncheon Lecture Series, 1987 – 1989
- Chair, Federal Tax Committee, 1984 – 1986
- Chair, Philadelphia Bar Association, Mid-Size Law Firm Management Committee, 1997 – 1998, 2008
- Chair, Philadelphia Bar Association, Large Law Firm Management Committee, 1993
- Philadelphia Bar Association, Probate Section
- Executive Committee, 1993 – 2001
Community
- Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates, Board of Directors, 2009 – Present
- Executive Committee, 2010 – Present
- Chair, Development Committee, 2011 – Present
- Anti-Defamation League
- National Executive Committee, 2006 – Present
- Director, 1994 – Present
- Chair of Board, 1999 – 2001
- Vice Chair of Board, 1997 – 1999
- Chair of Development Committee, 1997 – 1999
- The Baldwin School
- Trustee, 2002 – 2009
- Chair of Audit and Diversity Committees, 2006 – 2009
- Member of Assets Management Committee, 2002 – 2009
- University of Pennsylvania Law School
- National Co-Chair of Annual Giving, 2007 – 2009
- National Co-Chair of Benjamin Franklin Society, 2005 – 2007
- Firm Chair of Annual Giving, 1994 – Present
- Ludington Public Library
- Director, 2000 – 2004
- Chair of Development Committee, 2003 – 2004
- Federation Day Care Services
- Director, 1979 – 1989
- Vice President, 1985 – 1989
- HIAS and Council
- Director, 1986 – 1992
- Vice President, 1990 – 1992
- Trustee, Beth David Reform Congregation, 1990 – 1992
- U.S. Committee—Sports for Israel
- Legal Counsel, 2007 – 2012
- Chair and Member of Squash Team at 15th World Maccabiah Games, 1997
- Member of Squash Team at 13th, 17th, and 18th World Maccabiah Games, 1989, 2005, and 2009
- Gold Medalist in squash at 2009 World Maccabiah Games
- Silver Medalist in squash at 1999 Pan American Maccabiah Games
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States Tax Court