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Biography

Ms. Hangley, a litigator, concentrates her practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, attorney malpractice defense, and general business litigation.  She 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, Ms. Hangley 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 A.B. in Political Science from Brown University in 1988, Ms. Hangley 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
J.D.
magna cum laude
Order of the Coif

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1988
A.B.

Clerkship

Honorable Phyllis A. Kravitch, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 1998 – 1999

Honors and Awards

Named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2005, 2006 and 2007
Named a New Jersey Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2007
Fellow, Academy of Advocacy at Temple University School of Law
Law Review: Associate Editor and Articles Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review

Professional Associations and Memberships

American Bar Association, Member, 1999 - Present
Philadelphia Bar Association, Member, 1998 - Present
Third Circuit Bar Association, 2007 - Present
Ethics and Professionalism Committee, American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Co-Chair, 2008 - Present
University of Pennsylvania American Inn of Court, Member, 2000 - 2002
Editorial Board, The Legal Intelligencer

Community

Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, Member, 2004 - Present

Teaching / Lecturing

"When Limited Liability Fails: Piercing the Corporate Veil," Philadelphia Bar Association's Business Litigation and Business Organizations Committees, 2007
"Piercing the Corporate Veil," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2006

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania, 1998
United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1999
New Jersey, 2000
United States District Court District of New Jersey, 2004

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2005

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2006