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The Association provides for four classes of membership. Regular, Young Lawyer, Privileged and Government. 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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PADC Receives Top National Defense Bar Award!

It is our great pleasure to inform you that the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel (PADC) has been selected to receive this year’s Rudolph A. Janata Award. As you know, the award is presented annually to an outstanding state or local defense bar organization that has undertaken an innovative or unique program contributing to the goals and objectives of the organized defense bar.

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Daniel Ferhat, President

The Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel (PADC) is a local defense bar organization that acts as a voice for its members and the clients they serve on emerging issues of interest.

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

18 January, 2021

PADC Partners with Barristers' Association of Philadelphia for MLK Day

Donations to support scholarship fund.

Upcoming Events View All

26 January, 2021

PADC Announces February 16, 2021 Monthly Luncheon Webinar

PADC is proud to announce its February 16, 2021 webinar "Inclusion in 2021: Overcoming Bias, Challenges & Obstacles". Hear from a diverse panel of lawyers with personal anecdotes of bias, including a discussion of Rule 8.4(g), designed to protect lawyers from discrimination, and current challenges to this important Rule.