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Officers, Directors & Past Presidents
The leadership of The Lawyers’ Club of Philadelphia reflects the dedication and service of its members to the profession and to the Club’s enduring mission. The individuals listed below have contributed their time, experience, and guidance in support of collegiality, professionalism, and mutual respect within Philadelphia’s legal community
Officers
President
Laurence H. Brown
First Vice-President
Matthew T. Stone
Second Vice-President
Nicole Gerson
Secretary
Pamela A. Maginnis
Corresponding Secretary
Samuel W. Silver
Treasurer
Bethany R. Nikitenko
Administrator
Judith A. Camiel
Directors
Joyce Adelugba
Tiffany Alexander
Adam Berardi
Michael W. Bootier
Steven J. Cooperstein
Lorraine Donnelly
Regina M. Foley
Jordan Freeman
Damian Jackson
Carlton L. Johnson
Hon. Vincent L. Johnson
Hon. Mark A. Kearney
John Pinto
Hon. Joshua A. Roberts
Melissa A. Ruth
Past Presidents
Mohamed N. Bakry
Alexis A. Barbieri
William M. Barnes
Marshall A. Bernstein
Harris T. Bock
Thomas A. Brophy
Barbara A. Capozzi
A. Roy DeCaro
Francis P. Devine, III
Joanne Fishman
Joseph A. Foster
Louis W. Fryman
Cheryl A. Gaston
Denis James Lawler
David H. Marion
Patricia A. Mattern
Hon. James R. Melinson (Ret.)
David E. Prewitt
Robert L. Sachs, Jr.
Michael C. Rainone
Past Honorees
Federal Court Honorees
| 2026 | |
| 2025 | Judge Gerald McHugh |
| Judge Mia Roberts | |
| Judge Jeffrey Schmehl | |
| Judge John Milton Younge | |
| 2024 | Judge Juan R. Sanchez |
| 2023 | Chief Judge Michael Chagares |
| 2022 | Judge John Padova |
| 2021 | None - COVID |
| 2020 | None - COVID |
| 2019 | Judge Juan R. Sanchez |
| 2018 | Judge Cynthia M. Rude |
| 2017 | Judge D. Brooks Smith |
| 2016 | Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo |
| 2015 | Judge William Ditter |
| 2014 | All Magistrate Judges |
| 2013 | Judge Petrese Tucker |
| Michael Kunz, Federal Court Clerk | |
| 2012 | Judge Curtis Joyner |
| 2011 | Judge Theodore McKee |
| 2010 | Judge John Fullam |
| 2009 | Judge Mitchell Goldberg |
| Judge Darryl Jones, III | |
| Judge Joel Slomsky | |
| 2008 | Judge Harvey Bartle, III |
| 2007 | None |
Pennsylvania Appellate Court honorees
| 2026 | The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania |
| 2025 | Judge Ellen Ceisler |
| 2024 | President Judge Anne Lazarus |
| 2023 | Chief Justice Debra Todd |
| 2022 | Judge John PadovaThe Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania |
| 2021 | None - COVID |
| 2020 | None - COVID |
| 2019 | Judge Jack A. Panella |
| 2018 | Judge Sallie Updike Mundy |
| 2017 | Judge M. Hannah Leavitt |
| 2016 | Judge Alice Beck Dubois |
| 2015 | Justice Thomas Saylor |
| 2014 | President Judge Susan Gantman |
| 2013 | All Pennsylvania Appellate Judges |
| 2012 | Judge Anne Lazarus |
| 2011 | Judge Correale Stevens |
| 2010 | Chief Justice Ronald Castile |
| 2009 | Justice Seamus McCaffery |
| 2008 | Justice Jane Cutler Greenspan |
| 2007 | Justice James Fitzgerald |
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas list of honorees
| 2026 | |
| 2025 | Judge Susan Schumann |
| 2024 | Common Pleas Staff |
| Stanley Thompson | |
| Peter Diron | |
| Maureen Eagen | |
| Edwards Lehmana | |
| Susan Packer | |
| Lindsey Zimmerman | |
| Michael Lanzalotti | |
| Lynda Henry | |
| Kathy Grascia | |
| Dwight Pettigrew | |
| N. Jeanette Palmer Brisco | |
| 2023 | President Judge Idee Fox |
| Administrative Judge Lisette Shirdan-Harris | |
| Former Administrative Judge Jacqueline Allen | |
| Judge Genece Brinkley | |
| Judge Charles Cunningham | |
| Judge Joel Johnson | |
| Judge Rayford Means | |
| Judge George Overton | |
| Judge Kenneth Powell | |
| Judge Karen Shreeves-Johns | |
| 2022 | The Trial Division and Orphans Court Division of the First Judicial District |
| 2021 | Judge Arnold New |
| Judge Leon Tucker | |
| 2020 | None - COVID |
| 2019 | Judge Rosalyn K. Robinson |
| 2018 | Judge Matthew Carrafiello |
| 2017 | Judge Idee Fox |
| 2016 | Judge Jacqueline Allen |
| 2015 | Administrative Judges of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas |
| 2014 | Chief Justice Ronald K. Castille |
| 2013 | Judge Sheila Woods-Skipper |
| 2012 | All Senior Judges of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and Municipal Court |
| 2011 | Judge D. Webster Keogh |
| Judge Joseph O’Keefe | |
| Judge Kevin Dougherty | |
| 2010 | Judge Marsha Neifield |
| 2009 | Judge Pamela Pryor Dembe |
| 2008 | Judges of the CP Court and Municipal Court |
| 2007 | Judge D. Webster Keogh |
For more than a century, The Lawyers’ Club of Philadelphia has brought the bench and bar together in the spirit of professionalism and mutual respect—creating connections that endure well beyond any single case
Membership Administration
& Contact
Judy Camiel
Administrator, The Lawyers’ Club of Philadelphia
(610) 304-0471