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University of Pennsylvania Law School
One Logan Square
18th & Cherry Streets, 27th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6933
Fax: 215.568.0300
Biography
Michele Hangley, a litigator, handles cases in a variety of areas, including intellectual property, real estate, commercial litigation, First Amendment litigation, and legal malpractice defense. A significant portion of her practice focuses on attorneys’ professional responsibility issues; she is a Co-Chair of the Committee on Ethics and Professionalism of the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation. Michele is a 1998 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was an Articles Editor of the Law Review, Co-Chair of the International Law Society, and a member of the American Inn of Court. From 1998 to 1999, Michele served as a law clerk for the Honorable Phyllis A. Kravitch of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
After receiving her AB in Political Science from Brown University in 1988, Michele worked as a paralegal in the New York and London offices of a major international law firm and as a freelance copy editor for various magazines in New York. She is admitted to the bars of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1998, JD, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1988, AB
Clerkship
The Honorable Phyllis A. Kravitch, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1998 – 1999
Honors and Awards
- Named by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine as one of the state's top attorneys (2011) as the result of a statewide survey of lawyers
- Named a Future Star by Benchmark: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys in 2008 and 2009, and a Local Litigation Star in 2011 and 2012
- Named by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine as a Rising Star (2005 – 2007) as the result of a statewide survey of lawyers
- Named by New Jersey Super Lawyers magazine as a Rising Star (2007) as the result of a statewide survey of lawyers
- Academy of Advocacy at Temple University School of Law, Fellow
- University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Associate Editor and Articles Editor
Publications
- “Fee Disgorgement in Attorney Breach-of-Fiduciary-Duty Cases,” The American Bar Association’s Commercial & Business Litigation, Vol. 9, No. 4, Summer 2008
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association Section of Litigation
- Regional Co-Chair, Judicial Intern Opportunity Program, 2011 – Present
- Co-Chair, Ethics and Professionalism Committee, 2008 – 2011
- Section Liaison to ABA Task Force on Legal Process Outsourcing, 2009 – 2011
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Third Circuit Bar Association
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, American Inn of Court, 2000 – 2002
- Editorial Board, The Legal Intelligencer, 2003 – Present
Community
- Nationalities Service Center, Board of Trustees, 2012
- Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, 2004 – 2009
Teaching / Lecturing
- “The Ethics Quiz Show,” American Bar Association National Conference for the Minority Lawyer, 2009
- “When Trouble Walks In the Door: Ethical Dilemmas in Accepting an Engagement and Working Up a Case,” Annual Conference of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation, 2009
- “Piercing the Corporate Veil,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2006 and 2008
- “When Limited Liability Fails: Piercing the Corporate Veil,” Philadelphia Bar Association’s Business Litigation and Business Organizations Committees, 2007
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey