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Attorneys
Brooklyn Law School
One Logan Square
18th & Cherry Streets, 27th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6933
Fax: 215.568.0300
Biography
Leslie Kramer dedicates herself to understanding her clients’ specific needs and delivering solutions tailored to those needs. Her clients also rely on her for her responsiveness, her in-depth analysis, and her commendable work ethic. Leslie’s willingness to take risks, combined with her careful consideration of her clients’ needs, has resulted in successful representation in defending employers in cases involving Title VII and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act before the federal district courts and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Leslie also has an extensive appellate practice, due in part to her clerkship for Justice Russell M. Nigro of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. She has authored and assisted with numerous petitions for allowance of appeal to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania as well as appellate briefs to other federal and state courts.
Leslie’s dedication to the integrity of the legal process is distinguished by her pro bono representations, which include representing children and parents in dependency, name change, and divorce cases.
Leslie has earned repeated recognition by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazines as a Rising Star. She is a 2000 cum laude graduate of Brooklyn Law School, where she was named a Richardson and an Edward V. Sparer scholar in acknowledgement of her pro bono efforts, and a Lisle Scholar for graduating at the top 10 percent of her class. She received her BA from Villanova University in history with minors in business and Japanese. Prior to law school, Leslie was a member of Americorps and worked as a junior high school science teacher.
Education
Brooklyn Law School, New York, New York, 2000, JD, cum laude
Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 1995, BA
Clerkship
The Honorable Russell M. Nigro, Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2000 – 2002 and 2003 – 2005
Honors and Awards
- Received the Juvenile Law Center’s First Annual Pro Bono Award, 2008
- Named by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine as a Rising Star (2007 and 2008) as the result of a statewide survey of lawyers
- First Judicial District Pro Bono Service Award, 2007 – 2008
- Lisle Scholar, 2000
- Edward V. Sparer Scholar, 1999
- Richardson Scholar, 1999
- Dean’s Merit Scholar, 1998
Publications
- “Do You Have a Viable Claim for, or Are You Liable for, Breach of Fiduciary Duty?,” Business Torts Journal, Winter, 2010
- Co-Author with Helen Casale and Naomi Mendelsohn, “Filing an Action in Pennsylvania to Dissolve a Same-Sex Relationship Created Under the Laws of Another State,” Pennsylvania Family Lawyer, October 2009
Representative Cases
- Represented employers in wrongful termination complaints before federal courts and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Authored Petitions for Allowance of Appeal to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in numerous cases involving all kinds of appellate, evidentiary and substantive legal issues
- Successfully defended Philadelphia law firm during a two-week jury trial in Montgomery County. Obtained directed verdicts on damages and certain malpractice claims
- Represented network of private schools in pattern and practice ADA discrimination lawsuit brought by Department of Justice
- Obtained dismissal of wrongful termination lawsuit involving claims of religious discrimination
- Represented lessors and lessees in landlord-tenant disputes
- Defended university in premises liability action in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
- Managed collection of electronic discovery and analysis and production of hundreds of thousands of paper documents
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Professional Women’s Roundtable
Community
- Board of Trustees, Radnor Memorial Library, 2009 – Present
Pro Bono
- Ongoing representation of children and parents in dependency, name change, and divorce cases.
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania