Board Officers
Molly Flynn
Chair
Year Joined: 2017
Employer: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Previous Work: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
School: J.D., George Washington University; B.A., Temple University
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Mark Kasten
Vice-Chair
Year Joined: 2020
Employer: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Previous Work: DLA Piper
School: J.D., Villanova School of Law; B.A., Villanova University
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Liz Lambert
Treasurer
Year Joined: 2021
Employer: Huntington Bank
Previous Work: National Westminster Bank; Mellon Bank; Comerica Bank/Progress Bank; Citizens Bank
School: B.A., SUNY Albany
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Robert A. Wiygul
Secretary
Year Joined: 2019
Employer: Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
Previous Work: Hon. Anthony J. Scirica, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
School: J.D., Yale Law School; C.Phil., University of California, Berkeley; M.Phil, University of Cambridge; B.A., Williams College
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Board Members
Jasmeet Ahuja
Year Joined: 2024
Employer: Hogan Lovells
Previous Work: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Department of Defense; U.S. Department of State; U.S. House of Representatives
School: J.D., Yale Law School; M.S., Stanford University; B.S., Stanford University
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Zachary Arbitman
Year Joined: 2020
Employer: Feldman Shepherd
Previous Work: Youman & Caputo, LLC; Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP; Fox Rothschild LLP
School: J.D., George Washington University Law School; B.A., Haverford College
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Dean Beer
Year Joined: 2020
Employer: Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of PA
Previous Work: Homeless Advocacy Project, Office of the Public Defender - Montgomery County; McAndrews Law Offices; Defender Association of Philadelphia
School: J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law; B.A., Ohio Northern University
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Steven Bizar
Year Joined: 2022
Employer: Dechert
Previous Work: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC; Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP; Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
School: J.D., Columbia Law School; M.A., B.A., Brandeis University
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Stanley Crawford
Year Joined: 2024
Employer: Black Male Community Council of Philadelphia
Previous Work: City of Philadelphia; U.S. Army
School: A.S., Berean Institute
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Christina Diaz
Year Joined: 2021
Employer: GlaxoSmithKline
Previous Work: Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP; Elf Atochem
School: J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law; B.A., Columbia University
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Diana Dukes
Year Joined: 2024
Heather Faltin
Year Joined: 2024
Employer: Comcast Cable
Previous Work: Cooley LLP
School: J.D., University of Virginia; B.S., College of William & Mary
Bret Flaherty
Year Joined: 2019
Employer: B. Braun Medical Inc.
Previous Work: AmerisourceBergen; Berger & Montague, P.C.
School: J.D., Tulane University School of Law; B.A., University of Pennsylvania
Anthony Gay
Year Joined: 2015
Employer: PECO
Previous Work: Verizon Communications, Inc.; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP; Law Clerk to the Honorable Raymond A. Jackson, U.S. District Judge, in the Eastern District of Virginia
School: J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
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David Gersch
Year Joined: 2019
Previous Work: Arnold & Porter LLP
School: J.D., New York University School of Law; B.A., Oberlin College
Melissa Hatch O’Donnell
Year Joined: 2023
Employer: Troutman Pepper Locke
School: J.D., Penn Carey Law School; M.S. Penn Perelman School of Medicine; B.A., Penn State University
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Shauna Itri
Year Joined: 2020
Employer: Seeger Weiss LLP
Previous Work: Villanova University, Widener University
School: J.D., Villanova University School of Law; M.A., B.A., Stanford University
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Charles Lange
Year Joined: 2021
Employer: Faegre Drinker
School: J.D., Rutgers School of Law; B.A., St. Mary's College of Maryland
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Peter Leckman
Year Joined: 2023
Employer: Langer Grogan & Diver P.C.
Previous Work: Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP; Altshuler Berzon LLP; Hon. Diane P. Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
School: J.D., University of California, Berkeley; B.A., Wesleyan University
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Melinda Levine deLisle
Year Joined: 2023
Employer: Cozen O’Connor
School: J.D., Harvard Law School; A.B., Brown University
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Kaitlyn R. Maxwell
Year Joined: 2022
Employer: GreenbergTraurig
Previous Work: Law Clerk, Hon. Linda K. Caracappa, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA; Associate, Project Performance Corporation
School: J.D., Boston University School of Law; B.A., Dickinson College
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Elisa McEnroe
Year Joined: 2022
Employer: Morgan Lewis
Previous Work: Clerk for Judge Anita B. Brody of the US District Court for the Eastern District
School: J.D., Harvard Law School; B.A., University of Pennsylvania
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Ellen Meriwether
Year Joined: 2013
Employer: Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP
Previous Work: Saul Ewing
School: J.D., George Washington University; B.A., LaSalle University
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H. Laddie Montague, Jr.
Year Joined: 2005
Previous Work: Berger Montague PC
School: L.L.B., The Dickinson School of Law; B.A., University of Pennsylvania
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Matthew L. Mustokoff
Year Joined: 2024
Employer: Kessler Topaz Meltzer Check
Previous Work: Weil, Gotshal & Manges
School: J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law; B.A., Wesleyan University
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Lauren O’Donnell
Year Joined: 2024
Employer: BlankRome
School: J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law; B.A., Boston University
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Wesley R. Payne, IV
Year Joined: 2020
Employer: White and Williams, LLP
Previous Work: Kemper Insurance Companies, Post & Schell P.C., United States Army JAG Corp
School: J.D., University of Maryland School of Law; B.A., Washington and Lee University
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Donald Perelman
Year Joined: 2019
Employer: Fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C.
School: J.D., The University of Michigan Law School; B.A., Dickinson College
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David Perri
Year Joined: 2024
Employer: Johnson, Mirmiran and Thompson
Previous Work: Philadelphia Dept. of Licenses & Inspections; Philadelphia Dept. of Streets; Philadelphia Water Department
School: B.S., Drexel University
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Jeff Press
Year Joined: 2024
Employer: Stout
School: Franklin & Marshall College
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Katrina Robson
Year Joined: 2023
Employer: Willkie
Previous Work: O'Melveny
School: J.D., Harvard Law School; M.A., B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
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Stephanie Saunders
Year Joined: 2024
Employer: Angeion Group
Previous Work: Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP
School: J.D., Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law; B.A., Drexel University Lebow College of Business
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David Smith
Year Joined: 1993-2011, 2014
Employer: Dilworth Paxson LLP
Previous Work: Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
School: J.D., University of Miami; B.A., University of Miami
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David Sorensen
Year Joined: 2024
Employer: Berger Montague
School: J.D., Yale Law School; B.A., Duke University
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Dan Walworth
Year Joined: 2024
Employer: Duane Morris
School: Cornell Law School, J.D., University of Dayton, B.A.
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Kahlil Williams
Year Joined: 2022
Employer: W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Previous Work: Ballard Spahr; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Brennan Center for Justice; Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
School: J.D., Columbia Law School; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., Penn State University
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Benjamin Wilson
Year Joined: 2022
Employer: Holland & Knight
School: J.D., New York Law School; B.A., Franklin & Marshall College
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Organizational Representatives
Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania
Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia
Defender Association of Philadelphia
Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
