About Us
Firm Culture
There are three time-honored rules of traveling: Patience, Flexibility, and Sense of Humor. They have served us well.
PATIENCE
Since opening our doors 16 years ago as a 17-lawyer firm, we have grown to 52 lawyers. We have done it one step – very occasionally, two steps – at a time. We have gone slowly because we are in no rush to get bigger. We are very selective; our lawyers have extraordinary academic and professional credentials, and they share the desire to work together on important matters in a creative and entrepreneurial environment. Our growth has been steady and deliberate. That is fine with us.
FLEXIBILITY
While we are proud to represent some of the nation’s largest companies, our practice is not limited to institutions and institution-sized clients. We represent entrepreneurs, universities, governmental entities, individuals, and several of the most well-known professional firms in the region. In litigation, we are not a “plaintiff’s firm” or a “defense firm.” We pride ourselves on being able to undertake matters before the widest range of tribunals – whether it be a municipal court in Philadelphia, an international arbitration panel, or a federal court anywhere in the country. In our business and real estate work, we represent buyers and sellers, landlords and tenants, lenders and borrowers.
SENSE OF HUMOR
Our culture is important to us and perhaps no aspect of it is as fundamental to our self-identity as our ability to laugh at things, including ourselves. To learn more about this aspect of the firm, visit the Lighter Side or read the “off résumé” facts about our lawyers collected as Hearsay & Heresy. Or take a look at a transition guide we created to help orient new lawyers to working at Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller.
