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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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Current President View All

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

25 March, 2019

Adoption of New PA Rule of Civil Procedure

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has adopted new Pa.R.C.P.

Upcoming Events View All

22 March, 2019

PADC Announces Annual Meeting & Golf Outing

PADC is pleased to announce that our Annual Meeting & Golf Outing will again this year be held at the Union League Golf Club on June 4, 2019. The event will consist of a morning CLE program and afternoon golf followed by an early evening reception.