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Biography

Mr. Segal, a litigator, is a 1973 magna cum laude graduate of the Harvard Law School, where he was Executive Editor of the Harvard Law Review. Mr. Segal received his B.A. magna cum laude in 1968 from Yale University. In 1969, he received a Master of Science degree in international relations from the London School of Economics. From 1974 to 1975, Mr. Segal served as law clerk to the Honorable David Bazelon, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. From 1975 to 1976, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. From 1976 to 1979, Mr. Segal was Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He was the Thomas A. O'Boyle Adjunct Professor of Law at the Law School and has taught on a regular basis in the constitutional law area.

Mr. Segal is past President of the Juvenile Law Center, past President of the Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education, past President of Akiba Hebrew Academy and past Chair of the Philadelphia Soviet Jewry Council. He is currently Vice President of Hillel of Greater Philadelphia and President of the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania Hillel Foundation.  He is a member of the International Board of the New Israel Fund. 

Mr. Segal is active in the Philadelphia Bar Association, having served as a member of its Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention. He also serves as a Settlement Master for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. He is a Master of the Bench of the University of Pennsylvania Law School American Inn of Court. As chair of the firm's Litigation Department, Mr. Segal's practice includes civil litigation involving defamation, First Amendment, intellectual property, health care, professional ethics, education, civil rights, securities, antitrust, academic research misconduct and employment.

Education

Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973
J.D.
magna cum laude

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1968
B.A.
magna cum laude
Major: Political Science and Economics

London School of Economics, London, England, 1969
Master of Science in International Relations
with Honors

Clerkship

The Honorable Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1975-1976
The Honorable David Bazelon, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1974-1975

Honors and Awards

Law Review: Executive Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1972 - 1973

Publications

Daniel Segal & John S. Stapleton, U.S. Supreme Court's Splintered Decision on State Voter ID Law: More Questions Than Answers, The Legal Intelligencer & Pennsylvania Law Weekly (Litigation Supplement), July 14, 2008.

Representative Cases

Computer Aid, Inc. v. Hewlett Packard Co., 56 F. Supp. 2d 526 (E.D. Pa. 1999)
Conrail v. United States, 883 F.Supp. 1565 (S. Ct. Reg. Rail Reorg. 1995)
Craig v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd., 843 F.2d 145 (3d Cir. 1988)
General Refractories Co. v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co., 806 Azd 469 (Pa Super 2002)
Goodman v. Lukens Steel, 482 U.S. 656 (1987)
Lutz v. Chromatex, Inc., 730 F.Supp. 1328 (M.D. Pa. 1990)
McDermott v. Biddle, 436 Pa. Super, 94, 647 A.2d 514 (Pa.)
Nazarewych v. Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., 19 Phila. 429, 1989 Phila. Cty. Rptr. LEXIS 43 (Pa. Super. 1989)
Strick v. AJF, 532 F.Supp. 951 (E.D. Pa. 1982)
United States v. American Color and Chemical, 858 F.Supp. 445 (M.D. Pa. 1994)
United States v. Chromatex, Inc., 832 F. Supp. 900 (M.D. Pa. 1993)

Professional Associations and Memberships

New Israel Fund, International Member, 2007-present
Juvenile Law Center, President, 2000 - 2002
Philadelphia Bar Association Judicial Selection Commission, Chair, 1997 - 1998
Philadelphia Bar Association, Municipal Courts Committee, Co-Chair, 1997 - 1998
Philadelphia Bar Association, Member, 1979 - Present
American Bar Association, Member, 1979 - Present
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member, 1979 - Present
Hillel of Greater Philadelphia, Vice President, 2003 - Present
University of Pennsylvania Hillel, President, 2005 - Present
Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education, President, 1998 - 2000
Akiba Hebrew Academy, President, 1993 - 1995
Soviet Jewry Council of Philadelphia, Co-Chair, 1983 - 1986

Teaching / Lecturing

CLE Courses: Public Access to Judicial Records, Philadelphia Bar Association, June 1994
CLE Courses: Confidentiality Orders, Philadelphia Bar Association, June 1995
CLE Courses: Federal Written and Oral Discovery, Philadelphia Bar Association, April 1996
CLE Courses: Federal Discovery, Philadelphia Bar Association, February 1997
CLE Courses: Federalism, Philadelphia Bar Association, January 1998
CLE Courses: What's at Stake in the Upcoming Supreme Court Term, October 2005
Philadelphia's Legal Crisis, Presentation to Outdoor Advertising Association of America, April 2006
The Developing Relationship Between Insurance Claims Executives and Outside Counsel, Presentation to Computer Services Corporation Claims Executive Forum, April 2007

Representative Clients

Anderson Kill & Olick
Charter Consolidated, Inc.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia             
Chimeric Therapies, Inc.
Chromatex, Inc.
City of Philadelphia
Clear Channel, Inc.
Drexel University
General Refractories Company
Matflex, Inc.
Metroweek, Inc.
Philadelphia City Paper
Parmalat, Inc.
SGL AG
Temple University
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Wellman Industries

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania, 1977
District of Columbia, 1981
United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1977
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1977
United States Supreme Court, 1977

Languages

Hebrew