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In the coming weeks, I will be
making a formal announcement about my intentions for 2009. Please join
our email list so you can be among the first to know!
Until then,
I hope you and your loved ones have a happy and safe holiday season.
Among
Judge Lazarus’ qualifications:
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Rated “highly recommended”
by the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Click
here to read the entire text of the Pennsylvania Bar
Association's recommendation.
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Appointed to the Court of
Common Pleas in 1991 by Governor Robert P. Casey as a merit
selection candidate, confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate, elected
by the voters of Philadelphia in 1991 and retained in 2001.
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Experienced overseeing both
civil and criminal cases.
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Chairs the Ethics Committee
of the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges.
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Holds a post doctoral law
degree, an L.L.M. from Temple University School of Law.
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Author of scholarly articles
published in respected legal journals.
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Appointed to the Governor’s
Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
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An adjunct professor of
Widener University School of Law, The National Judicial College and
The National Institute of Trial Advocacy.
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A board member of the
organization, Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent (VIP)
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A former and first
Chancellor of the Louis D. Brandeis Society and Past President of
Temple American Inn of Court.
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Committed to ensuring equal
access to justice in the courts.
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First recipient of the
Judicial Pro Bono Award by the Pennsylvania Bar Association
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