Philip B. Friedman
Philip B. Friedman has been practicing law since 1978. He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and New York. Mr. Friedman is a past president of the Erie County Bar Association. He is also a past chairman of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and as a member of the House of Delegates of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Mr. Friedman is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a lecturer on topics involving civil and criminal litigation.
Current Employment Positions: Managing Partner
Areas Of Practice:
- Litigation & Appeals
- Criminal Law
- Driving Under the Influence (drunk driving)
- Homicide by Motor Vehicle
- Drug Cases
- Homicide
- Personal Injury - Plaintiff
- Medical Malpractice
- Motor Vehicle Accidents (automobiles, motorcycles, trucks)
- Death Cases
- Commercial Litigation
- Federal Civil Cases
- Federal Criminal Cases
- Professional Disciplinary Actions
- First Amendment Cases
Litigation Percentage: 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
- Pennsylvania, 1978
- New York, 1988
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3d Circuit, 1979
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1991
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1998
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1979
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1994
- U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 1998
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas, 1991
- U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas, 1991
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1986
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1999
- Education:
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University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA, 1978
- J.D.
- Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, 1975
- B.A.
- Honors:Dean's List
- Major: Political Science
- Representative Cases:
Paps A.M. v. City of Erie, 553 Pa. 348, 719 A.2d 273 (Pa. 1998) - P.J.S. v. Pa.State Ethics Commission, 723 A.2d 174 (Pa. 1999)
- U.S. v. Ammar, 714 F.2d 238 (3rd Cir. 1983)
- U.S. v. Melissa Harvey, 961 F.2d 1361 (8th Cir. 1992)
- Commonwealth v. Hancharik, 633 A.2d 1074 (Pa. 1993)
- Ekman v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 587 A.2d 1389 (Pa. 1991)
- Commonwealth v. Clark, 533 A.2d 1376 (Pa. 1987)
- Commonwealth v. Parker White Metal, 515 A.2d 1358 (Pa. 1986)
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- CLE Courses, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1985 - Present
- CLE Courses, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1987 - Present
- CLE Courses, Erie County Bar Association, 1983 - Present
- Honors and Awards:
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Fellow. American College of Trial Lawyers
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Erie County Bar Association - President, 1997
- Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania - Chairman, 1994-95
- Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania - Vice Chairman, 1993-94
- Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania - Chairman, Rules Committee, 1992-93; 1995-96
- Judicial Evaluation Commission - Member, 1997-98
- Pennsylvania Bar Association - Member, Task Force on Civil Justice Coalition, 1999-present
- Erie Day School - Board of Trustees, 1998-present
- Millcreek Community Hospital - Board of Corporators, 1990-95 Erie Millennium Commission, 2000-2001
- American Inns of Court - Master, 1996 to present
- American Trial Lawyers Association Member
- Pennsylvania Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Member
- New York Bar Association Member
- Pro Bono Activities: Erie County Bar Association LAVA Program, 1985 - Present
- Birth Information: 1953, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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