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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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Harriet Anderson, President

PADC is a dynamic group of Philadelphia-area defense attorneys, with a terrific group of sponsors who work in the legal profession.

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

27 October, 2019

Important New Defective Product Coverage Case

October 25, 2019 Lauren Berenbaum

Case caption: Sapa Extrusions, Inc. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 939 F.3d 243 (3d Cir. 2019)

Recently, in Sapa Extrusions, Inc. v. Liberty Mut. Ins.

Upcoming Events View All

8 November, 2019

Annual Holiday Cocktail Party

The Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, Pennsylvania Defense Institute and the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association will hold their Annual Holiday Cocktail Party December 12.