Who
We Are

What
We Do

Why
We Do It Here

Smart, hardworking people

Our lawyers are seriously credentialed and devoted to clients’ interests. We’re practical, too. Our Team

With a shared vision

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

And a commitment to leadership

We don’t just practice law; we seek to improve the law through our professional leadership. Our Professional Leadership

Our focus on a select group of specialties

Our ten practice groups, organized around our experience, are not limitations; they are springboards Practice Areas

Helps us win honors

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

And make news

We don’t pursue headlines, but our cutting edge practice sometimes generates them News

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

And a wicked sense of humor

We find humor in the drama around us; sometimes at our own expense View

Our Ideas
are contrarian

When we started, 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 twenty years later and we are 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.

Meet Our People

The Things We Value

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.

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.

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.

Tenacity

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

Professionalism

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

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

20 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 have engaged 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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Our Ideas are contrarian