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Biography

Alan C. Promer handles a variety of commercial and government litigation.  His practice experience includes complex commercial litigation, attorney malpractice and professional ethics cases, appellate work in the state and federal courts, adversary litigation in the bankruptcy court, and a variety of general business litigation cases including claims regarding contracts, tortious interference, and trade secrets. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School (1997) and is the President of the Harvard Law School Association of Greater Philadelphia.

Education

Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997
J.D.
cum laude

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1994
B.A.
summa cum laude

Honors and Awards

• Recognized as a 2008 Lawyer on The Fast Track by the Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly
• Three time recipient of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Pro Bono Service Award
• 2008 Recipient of the Junvenile Law Center's First Annual Pro Bono Award
• Selected for inclusion in New Jersey Super Lawyers-Rising Stars Edition, 2007 2008, and 2009
• Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008

Publications

• "The Supreme Court's Adoption of Standardized Time Computation," The Legal Intelligencer, August 4, 2009
• "Stare Decisis: Lost in the Search Results," The Legal Intelligencer, July 12, 2007
• "Small Expectations:  Lessons in the Reality of Pro Bono Lawyering," The Legal Intelligencer, January 20, 2009

Representative Cases

Brooks v. Purcell, 57 Fed. Appx. 47 (3d Cir 2002)

Professional Associations and Memberships

University of Pennsylvania Law School American Inn of Court, 2002-2004, Associate Member 

Community

• President, Harvard Law School Association of Greater Philadelphia, 2003 - present
• Served as a Trainer for Pro Bono Counsel at the Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program in Philadelphia on May 6, 2009

Teaching / Lecturing

"Ethical Dilemmas Facing Private Equity Managers," CLE International Private Equity Seminar, June 22, 2007

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania, 1998
New Jersey, 1998
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1998
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2000
U.S. District court of New Jersey, 1998