Criminal Defense and Investigations

John S. Summers Appointed Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Reinvestment Fund

Philadelphia, PA – October 7, 2005 – John S. Summers, a Shareholder in the Litigation Department of the law firm of Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, was recently appointed Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Reinvestment Fund.

The Reinvestment Fund (TRF), with $258 million in assets, is a nationally recognized development finance corporation that puts capital and private initiative to work for the public good.  It focuses on wealth-building for low- and moderate-income individuals from Maryland to New Jersey through the strategic use of capital, knowledge and innovation. 

Mr. Summers is a civil and white collar criminal defense litigator.  In addition to his involvement with The Reinvestment Fund, Mr. Summers is Secretary of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation and has served as a Trustee on the Bar Foundation’s Board for six years.  He is the immediate past Chair of the Bar Foundation’s Grants Committee.  Mr. Summers has also served as a Member and Chair of a hearing panel of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.  Mr. Summers is currently Lecturer-in-Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he teaches “Appellate Advocacy.”

Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, a 50-lawyer firm, has offices in Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Cherry Hill, New Jersey.  The firm’s practice includes litigation, bankruptcy and reorganization, corporate and business law, real estate, and tax and estates.  For more information on Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin visit our web site at www.hangley.com