Arlin
M.
Adams
Mr. Adams has a diversified litigation and appellate practice and has handled numerous complex litigation matters. He has extended knowledge of class action litigation and punitive damage matters. Before becoming counsel to the firm, he served as a U.S. Court of Appeals judge from 1969 to 1987. His professional and civic leadership has been evident throughout the length of his distinguished career, and in 2001, Susquehanna University created the Arlin M. Adams Center for Law and Society at Susquehanna to honor his many achievements. The University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Annenberg Foundation established the Arlin M. Adams Professorship on Constitutional Law in his honor in 2005.
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Education
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University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 1947
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Temple University, B.S., Highest Honors, 1941
Court Admissions
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
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Pennsylvania Superior Court
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court
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Commonwealth Court
Clerkships
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Chief Justice Horace Stern, Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Professional Affiliations
- Judicial Fellows Commission, U.S. Supreme Court,former chair
- American Bar Foundation, member
- American Bar Association, House of Delegates
- American Bar Association, former chair of the Trade Association Committee
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, judge, 1969-1987
- American Judicature Society, former president
- American Law Institute, member
- Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, past trustee
- Philadelphia Bar Association, past chancellor
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, faculty member, 1956-1956
- American Institute of Banking, faculty member
Other Distinctions
- Rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®
- Named "Philadelphia Lawyer of the Year for Mediation" by The Best Lawyers in America, 2012
- Listed annually in The Best Lawyers in America for alternative dispute resolution and appellate law, 2005-2013
- American Philosophical Society's Benjamin Franklin Award for Distinguished Public Service, 2011
- Arlin M. Adams Professorship on Constitutional Law, established by University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Annenberg Foundation, 2005
- Noted as a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer" for appellate law, 2004-2010
- The James Wilson Award, Law Alumni Society of the University of Pennsylvania, 2001
- Arlin M. Adams Center for Law and Society at Susquehanna, established by Susquehanna University, 2001
- Philadelphia Bar Association Bar Medal, 1999
- University of Pennsylvania, Honorary Doctor of Laws, 1998
- The Philadelphia Award, highest honor for community service in the Delaware Valley, 1997
- Villanova University, Honorary Doctor of Laws, 1987
- U.S. Naval Reserve, 1942-1945
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