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Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin’s Ashely M. Chan Receives Homeless Advocacy Project Outstanding Service Award

Philadelphia, PA – November 9, 2006 – Ashely M. Chan, a bankruptcy shareholder at the law firm of Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, recently received an award from the Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) in recognition of Outstanding Service as Coordinator of HAP's Adopt-A-Shelter program.  Through the Adopt-a-Shelter project, a firm or corporate legal department agrees to staff a HAP legal clinic on a monthly or bimonthly basis.

The Homeless Advocacy Project is a legal aid project of the Philadelphia Bar Association.  HAP exists to meet the legal and advocacy needs of homeless individuals and families in Philadelphia. With a legal staff of five and a corps of 300 volunteer lawyers, paralegals, and law students, HAP engages in direct outreach to homeless individuals in need of legal services.

Ms. Chan concentrates her practice in the areas of bankruptcy and corporate restructuring.  She is a 1996 graduate of Rutgers Law School-Camden, where she received Tax Honors With Distinction.  Ms. Chan received her B.A. in Mathematics from Douglass College, Rutgers University in 1993.

Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, a 45-lawyer firm, has offices in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, PA and Cherry Hill, NJ.  The firm’s practice includes litigation, bankruptcy, corporate/business law, real estate, education law and tax and estates.  For more information on Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin visit our web site at www.hangley.com.