Biography

Mr. Pudlin, who has served as the President of Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin since its founding and also serves as the firm's CEO, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1974. He received his B.A. magna cum laude with exceptional distinction in economics from Yale University in 1971. Mr. Pudlin concentrates his practice in tax law, estate planning and business/employment law and is a member of the Philadelphia Estate Planning Council.

He has served as a lecturer in law at Temple University School of Law and as a faculty member of several Pennsylvania Bar Institute seminars. Mr. Pudlin has authored numerous tax papers and has served as chair of the Federal Tax Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association Tax Section and as the Editor in Chief of the Tax Section newsletter. Mr. Pudlin also has served as the Secretary/Treasurer of the Tax Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association and a member of the Governing Council of the Tax Section. In addition, Mr. Pudlin has served as Chair of both the Large Law Firm and Mid-Size Law Firm Management Committees of the Philadelphia Bar Association and as an Executive Committee member of the Association's Probate Section. Mr. Pudlin also serves as a trustee of The Baldwin School and as a director of the Anti-Defamation League, for which he is a past Chairman of the Board.

Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1974
J.D.

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1971
B.A., Economics
magna cum laude
With Exceptional Distinction in Economics

Professional Associations and Memberships

Philadelphia Bar Association, Tax Section
   Member, 1974 - Present
   Secretary/Treasurer, 1990 - 1991
   Governing Council Member, 1985 - 1992
   Chair, Federal Tax Committee, 1984 - 1986
   Editor-in-Chief, Tax Section Newsletter, 1986 - 1990 
   Chair, Luncheon Lecture Series, 1987 - 1989
Philadelphia Bar Association
   Member, 1974 - Present
   Chair, Large Law Firm Management Committee, 1993 
   Chair, Mid-Size Law Firm Management Committee, 1997-1998 and 2008
Philadelphia Bar Association Probate Section
   Member, 1990 - Present
   Executive Committee, 1993 - 2001

Community

Anti-Defamation League
   National Executive Committee
   Director
   Former Chair of Board
   Former Vice Chair of Board
   Former Chair of Development and Nominating Committees
The Baldwin School
   Trustee
   Chairman of Audit and Diversity Committees
   Member of Assets Management Committee
University of Pennsylvania Law School
   National Co-Chair of Annual Giving
   National Co-Chair of Benjamin Franklin Society
   Firm Chair of Annual Giving
Ludington Public Library
   Former Director
   Former Director of Development Committee
   Former Chair of Development Committee
Federation Day Care Services
   Former Director
   Former Vice President
HIAS and Council
   Former Director
   Former Vice President
Beth David Reform Congregation, Former Trustee
U.S. Committee - Sports for Israel
   Legal Counsel
   Chair and member of Squash Team for 15th World Maccabiah Games (1997)
   Member of Squash Teams for the 13th and 17th World Maccabiah Games (1989 and 2005). 
   Silver Medalist in squash in 1999 Pan American Maccabiah Games.

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
United States Tax Court