Who
We Are
What
We Do
Why
We Do It Here
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Smart, hardworking people
Our lawyers are seriously credentialed and devoted to clients’ interests. We’re practical, too. Our Team
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With a shared vision
Our reputation is no accident: We strive to live up to our values. Our Values
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And a commitment to leadership
We don’t just practice law; we seek to improve the law through our professional leadership. Our Professional Leadership
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Our focus on a select group of specialties
Our ten practice groups, organized around our experience, are not limitations; they are springboards Practice Areas
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Helps us win honors
Our lawyers and our practice groups are identified as leaders by legal pundits and our peers; we agree Our Honors
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And make news
We don’t pursue headlines, but our cutting edge practice sometimes generates them News
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A tradition of pro bono and community service
We led the fight for marriage equality; just one of our many pro bono cases that matter Pro Bono
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And a wicked sense of humor
We find humor in the drama around us; sometimes at our own expense View
      • Our lawyers are seriously credentialed and devoted to clients’ interests. We’re practical, too.

        Our Team
      • Our reputation is no accident: We strive to live up to our values.

        Our Values
      • Our ten practice groups, organized around our experience, are not limitations; they are springboards

        Practice Areas
      • Our lawyers and our practice groups are identified as leaders by legal pundits and our peers; we agree

        Our Honors
      • We don’t pursue headlines, but our cutting edge practice sometimes generates them

        News
      • We led the fight for marriage equality; just one of our many pro bono cases that matter

        Pro Bono
      • We find humor in the drama around us; sometimes at our own expense

        View

Our Ideas
are contrarian

When we started in 1994, the pundits and law firm consultants said that only big firms would succeed and only the biggest of them would thrive. They pointed to the collapse or merger of many of the mid-sized firms that had formerly operated in Philadelphia, our home city. There was little hope that a firm based on our core principles could do more than tread water. It is nearly 30 years later and we are not only surviving, but thriving. It hasn't always been easy - there have been sea changes in the legal profession over those years, not to mention in the regional and national economy - but we have kept on our course; we have grown; and we have become a go-to, preeminent law firm in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey regions with a national practice.

Meet Our People

The Things We Value

01

Innovation

We are not the hammer to whom every problem is a nail. We take pride in our ability to find new ways to advance our clients’ interests.

02

Talent

The intelligence and drive of our people is our most precious asset. We are very selective, hiring at most a handful of lawyers in a year. We value individuals and their different experiences, backgrounds and identities.

03

Practicality

We keep a close eye on our clients’ goals and their budgets, and seek out common sense solutions to the most complex legal problems.

04

Tenacity

We know that good lawyering requires hard work. We have built our firm on our tireless, steadfast devotion to our clients’ objectives.

05

Professionalism

The law is a profession, not just a business. A successful law practice includes pro bono work and service to our communities.

06

Humor

We practice law with intensity; our sense of humor helps us to keep things in perspective. We are proud of our ability to laugh at ourselves.

Join Our Team

29 Years of Going
the distance
for our clients has
brought us far


People hire us for who we are, not just where we are. We have a national reputation, and clients engage us on cases and transactions
all over the country.

Meet the Artist: Gregor Louden

Much of the art you see throughout this website is the work of Gregor Louden. Gregor is an artist and illustrator who produces artwork that captures the fascinating, chaotic, and beautiful world around him. A graduate of Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom, he combines pencil sketches with digital art to create intricate, striking pieces. To learn more about Gregor’s work, please click the link below.

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