Legal Updates for Lawyers’ Professional Liability – THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
June 13, 2025 — Jack Slimm (Mount Laurel, NJ) was a featured speaker at the annual New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education seminar – Legal Malpractice Update. Jack spoke with Appellate Judge Harry Carroll on the subject of Rule 104 Hearings Regarding Experts In Legal Malpractice Actions.
June 11, 2025 – James Hanratty (Jacksonville, FL) and Alesia Sulock (Philadelphia, PA) have been admitted to membership of the International Association of Defense Counsel. The IADC is an invitation-only, peer-reviewed association that has served a prestigious membership of corporate insurance executives and insurance defense attorneys since 1920. Its members include many of the world’s foremost corporate and insurance lawyers, as well as leading insurance executives.
May 22, 2025 – Josh J.T. Byrne (Philadelphia, PA) and Gregory Graham (Pittsburgh, PA) have been selected to the 2025 edition of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine. A Thomson Reuters business, Super Lawyers is a rating service of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected for this honor. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. A description of the selection methodology can be found here.
May 19, 2025 – In their latest article to appear in The Legal Intelligencer, “The Barrier to Legal Malpractice Cases Arising Out of Class Action Settlements,” Alesia Sulock and Josh J.T. Byrne (both of Philadelphia, PA) explore a recent Delaware Supreme Court decision which examines why it is appropriate to have high barriers to legal malpractice actions after a class action settlement. You can read their article here.
May 13, 2025 – Jack Slimm and Jeremy Zacharias (both of Mount Laurel, NJ) presented at the Camden County Bar Association’s Annual Civil Practice Update. Jack covered recent case law updates within New Jersey and Jeremy moderated the panel discussion, which was also presented by the Honorable Steven J. Polansky, as well as several private practitioners. This annual seminar is well attended and has been a staple within the Camden County Bar Association for over two decades.
April 22, 2025 – Josh J.T. Byrne (Philadelphia, PA) participated in “The New World of Immigration Under the Trump Administration: Sensitive Area and Worksite Enforcement 2025” for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
April 3, 2025 – Alesia Sulock (Philadelphia, PA) joined a panel discussion at the American Bar Association Spring 2025 LPL conference, “By Young Professionals, For Young Professionals: YP Roundtable – Part Three – A Lunch Discussion.”