Background
Devine, Francis P. was born on October 5, 1948.
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Francis P. Devine
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University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). Villanova University (Juris Doctor, 1973).
Career
Worked at White and Williams (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Practice, Civil Litigation (Business and Casualty), Corporate, Creditors" Rights, Director and Officers Liability, Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation, Finance and Banking, Health Care and Medical Malpractice, Insurance Coverage and Reinsurance, Labor (Management), Products Liability, Professional Liability, Property and Subrogation, Litigation, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation and Estates, Workers Compensation. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Pennsylvania. 1987, New Jersey.
Case and Comment Editor, Villanova Law Review, 1972-1973.
Lecturer: "The Businessmen"s Use of the Injunctive Powers of the Court," 1983.
Commercial Litigation, 1982 and Civil Practice and Procedures, 1984, Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Course Planner, Trial Techniques, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1994.
Member, Executive Committee, 1979, Secretary, 1980-1981, Chairman-Elect, 1981-1982 and Chairman, 1982-1983, Young Lawyers Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Member, Board of Governors, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1983-1987, 1994.
Vice-Chancellor, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1994.
Chancellor-Elect, 1995, Chancellor, 1996, Philadelphia Bar Association. Delegate, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1982-1994. Treasurer, Pennsylvania Defense Institute, 1985.
President, Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, 1992.
President, Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent, 1985-1987. President, Philadelphia Bar Foundation, 1989.
White and Williams is a large, diversified law firm engaged in substantially all aspects of civil practice for a wide range of sophisticated clients. The firm provides high quality, specialized services in a variety of disciplines, with particular emphasis on litigation, transactional matters, and general corporate representation.
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Membership
Member, Executive Committee, 1979, Secretary, 1980-1981, Chairman-Elect, 1981-1982 and Chairman, 1982-1983, Young Lawyers Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Member, Board of Governors, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1983-1987, 1994. Vice-Chancellor, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1994.
Chancellor-Elect, 1995, Chancellor, 1996, Philadelphia Bar Association.
Delegate, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1982-1994. Treasurer, Pennsylvania Defense Institute, 1985.
President, Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, 1992. President, Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent, 1985-1987.
President, Philadelphia Bar Foundation, 1989.
