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The Association provides for two classes of membership: Regular and Privileged. Membership is limited to individuals and cannot be vested in firms or partnerships and applicants must be sponsored by two Regular Members.

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Bob Cosgrove, President

While we haven’t been around since 1735, we have been around since 1947 and pride ourselves on being "Philadelphia lawyers."

History

It was shortly after World War II that Attorney Ralph Croskey led a movement of prominent Philadelphia defense lawyers to form an organization as a social club for those practicing in tort and insurance law.

Minutes of those organizational days and the days that followed are lost in history, but recollections from members of today's defense bar have Mr. Croskey as first president and the guiding force of the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel (PADC) for some 20 years.

Recent News View All

12 April, 2019

Solicitation for Election Day Volunteers

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Upcoming Events View All

29 March, 2019

PADC Announces April 16 Luncheon

PADC’s 2018-2019 luncheon CLE programs continue Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Seating for the luncheon is at 12:20 P.M., and the program begins at 12:30 P.M. at Estia, 1405 Locust Street, Philadelphia.