Jada S. Greenhowe joined the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (“PHFA”) as Assistant Counsel in 2014. In her role as Assistant Counsel, Jada provides legal advice regarding an array of topics such as bankruptcy, credit reporting and third-party vendor management and oversight. She counsels PHFA’s secondary mortgage program, the Homeowner’s Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program, and represents the Agency in civil litigation matters including Actions to Quiet Title and Commonwealth Court appeals. She oversees federal and state regulatory compliance pertaining to the mortgage servicing industry, such as Act 91 (Homeowner’s Emergency Assistance Act), Act 6 (the Loan Interest and Protection Law) and the Fair Credit Reporting Act for PHFA’s Single Family mortgage program. In addition, she handles multi-party transactional real estate closings involving investor partnerships and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits in connection with PHFA’s Multifamily program. In 2013, Ms. Greenhowe obtained her Juris Doctor from the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Law. She earned a B.A. in Communication Rhetoric from the University of Pittsburgh in 2009. Ms. Greenhowe is admitted to practice in the Western, Middle and Eastern District Courts of Pennsylvania. In addition, she is a member of the American Bar Association, the Dauphin County Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association where she is a member of the PBA House of Delegates and where she also serves as co- Chair of the Civil and Equal Rights Committee (CERC), and is the co-Chair of CERC’s CLE Subcommittee, as well as its Young Lawyer’s Division (“YLD”) Liaison. In addition, she serves as the At-Large Chair to Diversity for the YLD, is co-Vice Chair of the In-House Counsel Committee and is the YLD Liaison to the Environmental and Energy Law Section. In 2019, Jada was selected as a member of the 2019-2020 class of the PBA’s Bar Leadership Institute.  She is also the 2021 recipient of the Minority Bar Committee’s (“MBC”) Rising Star award and is the current Chair of the MBC Houston’s Rising Star Award Committee.

As Buchanan’s Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Mr. Freeman is responsible for advancing and expanding diversity throughout the firm and across the legal industry as a whole. He develops and drives the firm’s diversity initiatives related to attorney hiring, retention and advancement. He oversees the firm’s affinity groups and promotes mentorship and sponsorship as key retention initiatives. Additionally, he collaborates with Buchanan’s clients to meet and advance their diversity and inclusion goals and coordinates partnerships for mutually-beneficial programs such as internships, thought leadership, speaking engagements and more. Mr. Freeman is also involved in nurturing key partnerships to drive strategic diversity and inclusion marketing, as well as business development initiatives. He has been a champion of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession throughout his career, including in his roles as a litigation partner and a Chief Diversity Officer at his previous firm. He is a sought-after speaker and has published articles on various diversity-related topics, including the impact of stigma and discrimination, implicit bias, allyship and imposter syndrome, among others. Outside of the firm, he has served as president of the Garden State Bar Association (GSBA) and under his leadership, the GSBA raised nearly $100,000 and awarded scholarships to a record number of diverse law students. He also worked tirelessly in this role to increase diversity in the judiciary by endorsing scores of attorneys of color to be appointed to the bench. He is chairman of the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence Region (BBBS) – the fourth largest agency in the nation, providing mentors to nearly 4,000 children in the Philadelphia and South Jersey area. On behalf of the agency, Mr. Freeman has made numerous television appearances to promote BBBS programs and events while raising awareness of its mission and need for more mentors. Specifically, he has inspired dozens of black men to volunteer as mentors, a demographic that is in dire need. Further, he has donated hundreds of pro bono hours in legal services over the years to the agency. Mr. Freeman founded, and has chaired for a decade now, the Burlington Camden Achievement Foundation, which runs the Beautillion program—a scholarship and mentoring program designed to prepare high school males of color for college and subsequent life. To date, over 120 young men have completed the program; they’ve been accepted to over 650 colleges around the country and Freeman’s foundation has awarded them over $155,000 in scholarships. In 2019, he was named Diverse Attorney of the Year by the New Jersey Law Journal and received the Minority Business Leader Award from the Philadelphia Business Journal. In 2018, he was listed as one of the Most Influential Black Lawyers in America by Savoy Magazine and was named “South Jersey’s Man of the Year” by South Jersey Magazine.

Riley H. Ross III is a Partner at Mincey Fitzpatrick Ross, LLC. He has extensive experience in the areas of civil rights litigation, federal criminal law, white-collar criminal defense, Title IX litigation, employment discrimination and general civil litigation. Mr. Ross is an experienced trial lawyer having tried numerous cases in his previous positions as the owner of Ross Legal Practice, LLC; as an attorney with litigation powerhouses Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., and Drinker Biddle & Reath, and Tucker Law Group in Philadelphia; and as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Norfolk, VA. Mr. Ross is the 2023 recipient of The Honorable William F. Hall Award, presented by The Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia, Inc. and the 2021 recipient of the Champion Award, presented by the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Civil and Equal Rights Committee to an individual who champions for civil rights for all Pennsylvanians. Mr. Ross has been named a “2009 Lawyer on The Fast Track,” a “2010 Pennsylvania Rising Star,” and a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer® each year since 2014. Mr. Ross is an active member of the national, state and local legal communities. Mr. Ross is a member and past Chair of the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Mr. Ross was appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to serve on the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee and as a Hearing Committee Member for the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ross is also an appointed member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Judicial Evaluation Commission. Mr. Ross serves on the Board of Directors of the following organizations: Defenders Association of Philadelphia (Secretary); American Civil Liberties Union – Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA, Vice President); No Longer Bound; and Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers. Mr. Ross is an active member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association by serving as a member of the House of Delegates; and as a member of Civil and Equal Rights Committee, the Minority Bar Committee and the Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee. Mr. Ross is also a member of the Villanova Law Inn of Courts. Mr. Ross is also licensed to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia. Mr. Ross received a B.S. in Psychology from Longwood College, a M.A. in Experimental Psychology from Western Kentucky University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia. After law school, Mr. Ross clerked for the Honorable James C. Cacheris, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Judge Austin serves on the Bench of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, as a Senior Judge. Prior to assuming the bench, she was a solo practitioner who limited her practice to Orphans’ Court matters. She is also a retired U.S. Navy Captain. She considers herself a career public servant both professionally and personally. Judge Austin serves on the Pennsylvania Bar Association Board of Governors. Judge Austin formerly served on the boards of the Montgomery County Community College and the Willow Grove NAACP, as well as the Advisory Board of Laurel House, a local social service agency that assists victims of domestic violence. She earned her B.S. from Northwestern University and her J.D. from Capital University. Judge Austin has served Montgomery County as an Assistant District Attorney, Assistant Public Defender and Assistant Solicitor.

John is the Managing Partner of Hogan & Vandenberg. His interest in immigration stems from his first trip abroad, during a mission with the U.S. Navy. Back in the United States, he was originally going to pursue international law but decided to specialize in immigration law during a summer job at the Villanova Clinic for Asylum, Refugee, and Emigrant Services. John has experience with all aspects of immigration, from deportation defense to employment-based visas. He speaks Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian, and Portuguese and understands Arabic, Russian, and Spanish. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas and a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.

For nearly 30 years, Rhonda has been an experienced and accomplished litigator who focused her practice on complex litigation. Currently, she is the Manager of Legal Recruiting for the law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Widener University Delaware law School where she teaches Legal Methods I, II and III. She earned her B.A. from Fairfield University and her J.D. from the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law School. Activities: Rhonda is the Co-Chair of the Professional Guidance Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association and is a member of the Professional Liability Committee and the Civil and Equal Rights Committee (“CERC”), of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. She was named as the CERC DEI Ambassador in the Summer of 2024 and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She has authored numerous articles including pieces for The Bencher Magazine (November/December 2022), and The Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly Magazine (January, 2023). She is also a member of the Villanova Law J. Willard O’Brien American Inn of Court. For nearly 30 years, Rhonda has been an experienced and accomplished litigator who focused her practice on complex litigation. Currently, she is the Manager of Legal Recruiting for the law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Widener University Delaware law School where she teaches Legal Methods I, II and III. She earned her B.A. from Fairfield University and her J.D. from the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law School. Activities: Rhonda is the Co-Chair of the Professional Guidance Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association and is a member of the Professional Liability Committee and the Civil and Equal Rights Committee (“CERC”), of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. She was named as the CERC DEI Ambassador in the Summer of 2024 and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She has authored numerous articles including pieces for The Bencher Magazine (November/December 2022), and The Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly Magazine (January, 2023). She is also a member of the Villanova Law J. Willard O’Brien American Inn of Court. Starting January 2025, Rhonda will begin serving on the Board of Governors for the Philadelphia Bar Association.

For more than 18 years, Ms. Thompson of the Law Office of Sandra Thompson, LLC has worked to better the lives of her clients. She has worked in various aspects of the law as a case manager in a children’s group home, a therapeutic support worker, a probation officer and as an attorney in private practice. Ms. Thompson served York County, PA as an assistant district attorney and an assistant public defender. She knows the ins and outs of the district attorney’s office, such as how they prepare for their cases and how they tackle cases in court. Ms. Thompson can represent your interests in the Pennsylvania and federal courts. Sandra is admitted to the PA Supreme Court, the Middle, and Eastern Districts of the United States District Courts, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

Christine K. Castro (she/her/hers) joined the Women’s Law Project staff in 2017 and primarily works on equitable access to abortion and reproductive health care through legal representation, policy advocacy, litigation, and community education. Christine’s work includes providing legal assistance to Pennsylvania abortion providers on a wide range of legal issues and representing young people seeking judicial bypass to access abortion care. In 2021, Christine was honored as an Emerging Activist in Women’s Health Care by the National Women’s Health Network. Christine first joined WLP in 2016 as a joint If When How Reproductive Justice State Fellow for WLP and New Voices for Reproductive Justice. During her time at New Voices, Christine worked on state, local, and federal policy advocacy focused on reproductive justice issues that centered the needs of Black women, femmes, and girls. Christine earned a degree in Political Science from Temple University, and her J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law.

Ms. Roper is Of Counsel with Langer, Grogan & Diver P.C., a Philadelphia boutique litigation firm dedicated to seeking social and economic justice for consumers and small businesses. The firm’s expertise is in class actions and other complex litigation, focused in the areas of antitrust, consumer protection, and civil rights. Ms. Roper joined the firm from the ACLU of Pennsylvania, where she served as Deputy Legal Director. At the ACLU, Mary Catherine led an active docket of state and federal court cases spanning a broad range of civil liberties issues, including freedom of speech, criminal justice reform, government transparency, racial and ethnic justice, LGBT equality, and immigrant rights. She is widely recognized as a preeminent litigation strategist, trial lawyer, and appellate advocate. Before joining the ACLU, Ms. Roper was a partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (now Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP), where she had a diversified complex litigation practice with extensive experience in class actions, consumer protection, corporate governance, defamation and commercial litigation. She represented individual and corporate clients from a wide range of industries, appearing in state and federal courts across the country, as well as in mass tort and federal court multidistrict proceedings. Prior to joining Drinker Biddle & Reath, Ms. Roper clerked for the Honorable Anita B. Brody of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and served a year with the Disabilities Law Project as the first recipient of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation Public Interest Fellowship. Ms. Roper graduated, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1993. She earned her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in 1987. Ms. Roper grew up in Southern California, but now considers herself a Philadelphian and a Phillies fan.

Ms. Conrad is a partner in the Commercial Litigation Department and Chair of the Higher Education Practice Group with White and Williams LLP, resident in Center Valley. She practices in the area of employment law and litigation with a focus on representing businesses, educational institutions and non-profit organizations in all aspects of workplace disputes. In addition to representing management in employee relations matters, Ms. Conrad’s practice includes the defense of federal and state discrimination claims, wrongful discharge claims, whistleblower claims, employment contract matters and restrictive covenant cases. Ms. Conrad’s practice includes representing colleges and universities in employment and education law matters with an emphasis on tenure related disputes and student discipline proceedings. Ms. Conrad also conducts investigations related to compliance, personnel and misconduct. Ms. Conrad received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Lycoming College and her M.Ed., summa cum laude, from The Pennsylvania State University and her J.D., cum laude, from Temple University School of Law. Ms. Conrad has been selected in a survey of her peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer and in The Best Lawyers of America. She has received the Athena Award from the Chamber of Commerce, and the Take the Lead Award from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania and has been named by Lehigh Valley Business as a Woman of Influence. In May 2019, Ms. Conrad received the Anne X. Alpern Award from the PBA WIP and in 2022 and 2023, was named on the Lehigh Valley Business Power List in Law. Ms. Conrad is President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and a Past President of the Lehigh County Bar Association. Ms. Conrad is a Past Woman Governor on the PBA Board of Governors and a Past Chair of the PBA DEI Team. She is a Past Chair of the PBA Labor and Employment Law Section and a Past Chair of the PBA Commission on Women in the Legal Profession. Ms. Conrad currently serves as a Vice-Chair of the PBA Federal Practice Committee and serves on the PBA Civil Litigation Section Council and Labor Employment Section Council. Ms. Conrad is a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys. Ms. Conrad is a certified Level 2 Civil Rights Investigator, and Title IX Hearing Officer.

Currently in private practice, Ms. Shuster was Chief Counsel of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission from 1983-2005. She was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1974 and to the United States Supreme Court in 1978. She served as a Deputy Attorney General, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Civil Litigation, from 1978-83, as an Assistant Attorney General, Pennsylvania Department of Health, 1977-78, and as an Assistant General Counsel, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, 1974-77. Ms. Shuster has done nation-wide training on employment discrimination for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and for numerous legal and business organizations. She has been a course planner and faculty member for several Pennsylvania Bar Institute courses, including the three previous CERC CLEs on Election Law, the annual CERC Civil Rights Symposia, Practice Before the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, Whose Constitution Is It, Anyway?, Errant Judges and Lawyers: What to Do? and Civil Rights: To Preserve and Protect, and many discrimination law courses, covering the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, general discrimination law, sexual harassment, age discrimination and discrimination on the basis of disability. Her discrimination law publications include “The Commonwealth Court and the Interpretation of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act,” Widener Law Journal, 2011, and “Service/Support Animals,” Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, 2006. Ms. Shuster served as the Civil and Equal Rights Committee’s ambassador to the PBA Diversity Team from 2010-2015. She served on the “Paths to Leadership” panel at the 2012 YLD Summer Meeting, as a member of the PBA Task Force on the Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice, and as a member of the “Court as Employer Gender Bias Subcommittee Work Group” of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Justice System. Ms. Shuster received her B.A. from Temple University in 1971 and her J.D. from Villanova School of Law in 1974. She is admitted to the bars of the United States Supreme Court, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the Middle and Eastern District Courts of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Ms. Shuster is a member of the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, where she is a member of the Civil and Equal Rights (Chair of the CLE Committee, past Chair & Co-Chair of CERC), Women in the Profession (Member of the Executive Committee, Co-Chair of the Book Club), Minority Bar, Statutory Law, and Immigration Law Committees. She is a Bencher in the James S. Bowman American Inn of Court and a past president of the Harrisburg Area Women Lawyers Association. In November 2023, Ms. Shuster was the first recipient of the PBA Women in the Profession’s Special Achievement Award which recognizes achievements by a female member of the legal profession whose actions and work have promoted the betterment of women in the law and have enhanced services to women in general. She was included in the 2021 Women in the Profession Report Card’s “Profiles of Women Advocating for Social Change.” In 2020, Ms. Shuster was awarded the PBA Civil & Equal Rights Champion Award, an annual award established by the Civil & Equal Rights Committee to honor an individual who champions civil rights for all Pennsylvanians.

Mr. Baughman is a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the Philadelphia office. He has extensive experience litigating complex commercial disputes in jurisdictions throughout the United States. Mr. Baughman represents colleges, universities and other educational institutions in providing counseling, litigation and investigative services for the unique challenges that face institutions of higher learning. Mr. Baughman has defended numerous lawsuits brought against colleges and universities, in a number of different contexts. He has also represented institutions in investigations relating to complaints filed with the United States Department of Education. Mr. Baughman has provided extensive advice on compliance with the federal Clery Act, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and other federal and state laws that apply to educational institutions. He has provided counseling and advice on drafting and complying with policies and procedures dealing with Title IX of the amendments to the Higher Education Act and the Department of Education’s April 2011 “Dear Colleague Letter.” Mr. Baughman also has provided extensive advice on student conduct policies and proceedings and faculty disputes. From 1996 until 1997 he served as law clerk to the Hon. William H. Yohn, Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Before joining Pepper, Mr. Baughman was a partner at Dechert LLP. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Cornell University and his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Aimee D. Thomson currently serves as a Deputy General Counsel with the Governor’s Office of General Counsel, where she works on elections and health care. She has previously served as a Deputy City Solicitor with the Affirmative and Special Litigation Unit of the Philadelphia City Law Department and as a Deputy Attorney General in the Impact Litigation Section of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. Aimee clerked for Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and Judge Berle M. Schiller of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She also worked at the Electronic Privacy Information Center as the Appellate Advocacy Fellow. Aimee graduated magna cum laude from New York University School of Law, where she was an Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Fellow. She received her bachelor of arts, magna cum laude, in physics and political science from Colorado College.

Maggie is a Senior Staff Attorney with Nationalities Service Center in Philadelphia. She works in the Pennsylvania Immigrant Family Unity Project (PAIFUP) to provide federal court representation to individuals experiencing immigration detention in Pennsylvania. The majority of her clients are Philadelphia residents who have been detained by ICE in Western Pennsylvania at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center. She is committed to decarceration and to the rights of all immigrants to live freely and with dignity. Maggie attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she now teaches as a Lecturer in Law with the Transnational Legal Clinic. She clerked for Judge Gerald McHugh on the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and for Chief Judge Michael Chagares on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

David Spaulding is an attorney and a licensed Private Detective with Lenape Law, P.C. He has substantial experience in government, law, investigations, and business. In addition to his Customs and Compliance (Form I-9 and Wage & Hour Division) practices, he investigates regulatory violations and business irregularities. Prior to entering into private practice, he was a port inspector and an immigration adjudicator, investigator, supervisor, and manager. He earned his J.D. from Temple University and lives in Chester County with his wife and children.

Kim Taylor is an accomplished Higher Education Professional with Rebecca Leitman Veidlinger PLLC. Kim has a deep knowledge of Title IX and other compliance issues, drawing on her more than two decades of work within college campuses. She approaches Title IX complaints, reports, investigations, and resolutions with a sense of empathy and understands how to effectively communicate with students, faculty, and staff alike to educate and assist them as they participate in the Title IX process. As a Title IX Coordinator, Kim has been on the front lines of implementing sexual misconduct policies and processes in a context of changing regulatory requirements. Within this landscape, Kim has also conducted complicated investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct involving students, athletic teams, and college employees. She has developed, implemented, and maintained comprehensive programs to address and prevent gender discrimination in universities. She has expanded orientation materials and training sessions, whether virtually or in-person, to address ever-evolving federal regulations concerning sexual harassment and sexual violence. In turn, Kim has helped to create safe and respectful environments in which everyone involved is heard and their concerns are addressed. Kim has served as a Title IX Coordinator within Pennsylvania colleges. She previously served as a Bi-College Title IX Coordinator for Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College, where her responsibilities included leading Title IX education and compliance across both colleges, creating sexual misconduct policies and procedures to comply with new federal regulations, and providing new and ongoing training for faculty, staff, and designated student employees. Before joining Bryn Mawr and Haverford, Kim served as the Associate Dean of Students and Title IX Coordinator for Ursinus College. There she led institutional compliance efforts including Title IX and the Clery Act, and other compliance issues. Kim managed student conduct processes and created and led the Sexual Misconduct Advocacy Resource Team. She has also served as Ursinus’ Director of Campus Safety.

Jim Davy is the founder of All Rise Trial & Appellate, where he litigates public interest appeals in courts across the country. His work covers topics including but not limited to police and prison misconduct, Title IX and sex discrimination, open records, gun safety, workers’ rights, digital privacy, criminal procedure, and Section 230 of the CDA. Since founding the organization in 2021, he has won more than a dozen appeals on a variety of topics, including the first appellate opinion holding that schools can be liable under Title IX for deliberate indifference to sex-based harassment by non-student guests, see Hall v. Millersville, 22 F.4th 397 (3d Cir. 2022), and the first appellate opinion invalidating a claw back order as to inadvertent FOIA disclosures, see HRDC v. U.S. Park Police, 126 F.4th 708 (D.C. Cir. 2025). He has also filed more than sixty amicus briefs on behalf of organizations like the ACLU, Public Justice, the National Women’s Law Center, the MacArthur Justice Center, and the National Police Accountability Project. Prior to founding All Rise Trial & Appellate, he worked at civil rights nonprofits in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., was a fellow at the nation’s largest labor union, and clerked for the Hon. L. Felipe Restrepo of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He is a graduate of Duke University and Georgetown Law.

David is an associate in the Philadelphia office of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC where he focuses his practice on mergers & acquisitions in a variety of industries, including energy, security alarm, technology, among others. He has helped to negotiate and consummate acquisitions and dispositions of diverse businesses, ranging in value from $10 million to more than $250 million. In addition to his M&A practice, David also helps companies prepare for and respond to cybersecurity incidents. David guides organizations through every stage of the incident response process. This involves assessing the incident’s nature and extent, overseeing forensic investigations, addressing inquiries from law enforcement or regulatory bodies, and identifying legal responsibilities under state, federal, or international laws, as well as contractual obligations with third parties. David also assists clients in proactively preparing for data security and privacy incidents by developing incident response plans. Additionally, he offers advice on enhancing organizations’ compliance standing concerning relevant legal and regulatory frameworks. David graduated from Temple Law School where he studied abroad in Japan. While studying abroad in Tokyo, Japan, he also interned at DIC Corporation, a multinational chemical company where he focused on corporate issues. Before joining the firm, David completed an Acquisition and Industrial Security Legal Fellowship at the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS), a university-affiliated research center providing basic and applied research support to the defense and intelligence communities.