Honors and Awards

Accolades

  • Recipient of the AJC Judge Learned Hand Award
  • Recognized for Lifetime Achievement in Corporate Counsel and InsideCounsel’s Women, Influence & Power in Law award series
  • Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, The Legal Intelligencer
  • Honored as a “Builder” by Women’s Way
  • Recipient of the Sandra Day O’Connor Award from the Philadelphia Bar Association
  • Recipient of the Women of Distinction Award from the Philadelphia Business Journal
  • ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Third Circuit Representative (2009-2010)
  • Appointed by the Mayor of Philadelphia to and served on the Philadelphia Advisory Task Force on Ethics and Campaign Finance Reform (2009)

Distinguished Elected Memberships

  • Member of the American Law Institute
  • Fellow of the American Bar Foundation

Awards

  • Selected to the 2009-2025 lists of attorneys ranked by Chambers USA for Litigation: General Commercial in Pennsylvania
    This award is conferred by Chambers & Partners. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
     
  • Selected to the 2016 “Trailblazers” list for Litigation
    This award is conferred by The National Law Journal. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
     
  • Among the members of the team selected as 2017 Pennsylvania Litigation Department of the Year for General Litigation (Large Firms)
    This award is conferred by The Legal Intelligencer. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
     
  • Selected to the AV Preeminent lists of attorneys (2004-present); AV Preeminent Top-Rated Lawyers in Pennsylvania (2014-present); Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards (2014-present); Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers; and AV Preeminent attorneys in Special Judicial Edition (2017-present)
    These awards are conferred by Martindale-Hubbell. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
     
  • Selected to the “Women, Influence & Power” list (2019) 
    This award is conferred by American Lawyer Media. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
  • Selected to the "Best Lawyers in America” list in Philadelphia for Commercial Litigation (2013-2026) and Insurance Law (2019-2026) and to the 2016 Best Lawyers honorees list for “Women Lawyer of the Year”
    This award is conferred by Best Lawyers. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
     
  • Selected to the Benchmark Litigation “Top 250 Women in Litigation” list (2012-present) and to the “Litigation Stars” list for Commercial Litigation and Product Liability and Recall in Pennsylvania (2013-present)
    This award is conferred by Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
     
  • Selected to the "Super Lawyers" list for Business Litigation in Pennsylvania (2025)
    This award is conferred by Thomson Reuters. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
     
  • Selected to the “Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in Pennsylvania,” list (2004-2025); the Super Lawyers in Pennsylvania list (2004-2025); the “Top 100 Lawyers in Philadelphia” list (2009, 2011, 2014-2019, 2023, 2025); and the "Top 100: Pennsylvania Super Lawyers" list (2009, 2011, 2014-2016, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2025)
    This award is conferred by Thomson Reuters. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
  • Selected to the 2018 “Influencers of Law” list 
    This award is conferred by The Philadelphia Inquirer. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
     
  • Selected to the 2014 “Women of the Year” list
    This award is conferred by The Legal Intelligencer. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.