PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION OF DEFENSE COUNSEL
EIN 23-2308971 · Professional Athletic Leagues (N80)
What they do
PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION of DEFENSE COUNSEL (PADC) HAS BEEN GUIDED BY A SUCCESSION of SOME of THE CITYS MOST ESTEEMED LAWYERS and IN 1991 IT WAS RECOGNIZED AS "THE MOST OUTSTANDING LOCAL BAR GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES," BY THE 18,000-MEMBER DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN CHICAGO. THROUGH THE LAST HALF CENTURY PADC HAS GROWN IN SIZE, IN PURPOSE,IN COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, IN COURT IMPROVEMENTS, and IN ATTENDING to THE PROFESSIONAL and SOCIAL NEEDS of ITS MEMBERSHIP, and TODAY,QUALIFIED LAWYERS MAY JOIN IF THEY HAVE THEIR PRINCIPAL OFFICES NOT ONLY IN PHILADELPHIA BUT ALSO IN BUCKS, CHESTER, DELAWARE or MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS THAT INCLUDE NINE MONTHLY LUNCHEONS WITHPROMINENT SPEAKERS, ACCREDITED PROGRAMS IN CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION, IN SOCIAL ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDE AN ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY, AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING WITH GOLF, and A LIST SERVE for MEMBERS to COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. THE PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION of DEFENSE COUNSEL is RECOGNIZED AS A MAJOR ADVOCATE
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ALESSANDRA BERGER ESQUIREEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ADAM S GOODMAN ESQUIREDIRECTOR
ANDRE J WEBB ESQUIREDIRECTOR
HARRIET ANDERSON ESQUIREDIRECTOR
HOLLY J KENDORSKI ESQUIREDIRECTOR
JUNE J ESSIS ESQUIREDIRECTOR
KRISTINE M MEINDL ESQUIREDIRECTOR
MATTHEW D VODZAK ESQUIREDIRECTOR
MATTHEW MCCOLGAN ESQUIREDIRECTOR
MICHELE E TURNER ESQUIREDIRECTOR
SANG WOO LEE ESQUIREDIRECTOR
STEPHEN BRUDERLE ESQUIREDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1990
- Location
- 1600 MARKET ST STE 2500, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7225
- County
- Philadelphia
- In care of
- % DAVID E COLE
- Primary officer
- DAMIAN JACKSON, TREASURER
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- ISDANER & COMPANY LLC
- NTEE classification
- Professional Athletic Leagues (N80)
- IRS tax category
- Professional Athletic Leagues