Since 1802, the Philadelphia Bar Association (whose founders included some of our nation's founders) has been leading the way in the law and setting the sort of high standards that we come to associate with the term "Philadelphia lawyer."
Today, Garcia, a shareholder at the law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, will deliver inaugural remarks as the first-ever Hispanic Chancellor of the 13,000-member Association.
A graduate of Temple University (B.A., 1974) and the Beasley School of Law at Temple University (J.D., 1977), Garcia began his legal career at a 10-lawyer firm before joining Saul Ewing in 1978. After 27 years at Saul Ewing, he moved with a group of colleagues to Buchanan Ingersoll in 2005.
At the Philadelphia Bar Association, Garcia has served three multi-year terms on the Board of Governors and was a founding co-chair of the State Civil Litigation Section. He also chaired the Federal Courts Committee and serves on the Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention. He was elected Vice Chancellor in 2008 and is now completing a one-year term as Chancellor-Elect.
Garcia has also served in the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates and is an American Bar Foundation Fellow and a member of the ABA Advisory Panel.
In addition to his Hispanic roots, Garcia also boasts Italian ancestry. Consequently, he also served two terms as Chancellor of the Justinian Society, a legal organization comprised of attorneys, judges and law students of Italian descent.
Garcia's term begins on January 1 and continues through 2011.
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I second the congratulations to Rudy Garcia. He is an exceptional leader.
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