We are thrilled to announce that Sheryl Axelrod has been appointed to the #NAMWOLF Board of Directors. The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) is a membership organization made up of the premier women and minority owned law firms across the country that represent major organizations – law firms that passed NAMWOLF’s rigorous …
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The Axelrod Firm is so proud to have been a Gold Sponsor of The Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast. The speeches were inspiring. Dr. Martin Luther King famously told us that, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” When you answer that question, think …
Lisa Savitt co-authored an article entitled, “3D Printing in the Aerospace Industry: Emerging Legal Issues for Counsel and Insurers,” which has been published in the prestigious *Journal of Air Law and Commerce* of Southern Methodist University. The technology of additive manufacturing presented unique legal issues, particularly in the aerospace industry. In the piece, Lisa and her two co-authors, also women in the profession, Lauren …
On December 13, 2022, Sheryl Axelrod, Jane Kespradit, and in-house counsel, Jeffrey Hutton, will be presented the 1-hour NAPABA webinar, “Diversity: It Makes for Stronger Litigation Teams.” Jeff will moderate this for-1-CLE credit webinar, in which Sheryl, Jane, and Jeff explained why diverse litigation teams stand to perform better than traditional, homogenous teams and other exciting …
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The Axelrod Firm is thrilled to welcome Debora A. O’Neill as a Senior Attorney at our Philadelphia, Pennsylvania office. Debora handles complex commercial litigation, employment litigation and counseling, and product liability litigation matters on behalf of organizations (companies and governmental bodies) in state and federal courts. She has over twenty-five years of experience handling complex …
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Sheryl Axelrod presented on, “Unspoken Competitive Advantages at Trial: Non-Verbal Communication, Likeability, and Diversity in the Courtroom” at the The Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) Renaissance Symposium at The Harvard Club of New York City on Dec. 2, 2022. The LCA is a by-invitation and vetting only organization of the top less than one-half of …
Sheryl Axelrod serves in The Forum of Executive Women and especially, in two committees in which she is active: the Women in Leadership Committee and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. This photo is from a recent meeting of the former, the Women in Leadership Committee, which is chaired by Melissa Ludwig and Doneene Damon. Topics the amazing women in this …
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Sheryl Axelrod had the pleasure of moderating The Forum of Executive Women‘s Male Champions for Women presentation on October 20, 2022. Last year, the Forum launched the Male Champions for Women program, which explored how men can support women obtaining and serving in leadership positions. Sheryl conceived of the Male Champions for Women concept as an extension of …
Sheryl Axelrod’s sobering, data-driven piece, “Despite All the Profession Has to Gain from our Greater Inclusion: The Under-Representation of Women at the Highest Levels of the Legal Profession,” was published by the American Bar Association’s award-winning Law Practice Today e-magazine. You can read it for free here. As she discusses in it, the legal profession is in crisis, with …
The Axelrod Firm is proud to have sponsored The Hispanic Bar Association of PA Legal Education Fund’s stunning Annual Scholarship Reception at Franklin’s View. Sheryl Axelrod had a wonderful time catching up with Judge Nelson A. Diaz (in whose name one of the amazing students won a scholarship), Sara Manzano-Diaz, Tony Gay, Marc Zucker, Jennifer …