Background
Hamill Flum, Joanna was born on February 17, 1942 in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Joanna Hamill Flum
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Bryn Mawr College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1978). Temple University (Juris Doctor, 1981).
Career
Worked at Shrager, McDaid, Loftus, Flum & Spivey (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Motor Vehicle, Railroad and Aviation Law. Commercial Litigation. Domestic Relations Litigation.
Trials and Appeals.
Admitted to the bar, 1981, Pennsylvania.
1982, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Contributing Author: "Women Trial Lawyers: How They Succeed in Practice and in the Courtroom," Prentice-Hall, Incorporated., 1986.
Member, Lawyers Political Action Committee (LAWPAC), 1981-1996. Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations.
Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association.
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Board of Governors, 1983-1988. Assistant Treasurer, 1988-1989. Assistant Secretary, 1989-1990.
Parliamentarian, 1990-1991.
Treasurer, 1991-1992. Secretary, 1992-1993.
Vice President, 1993-1994. President-Elect, 1994-1995.
President, 1995-1996).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1985-1988). Civil Justice Foundation (Member, Board of Trustees, 1988-1991). Founded in 1978 by David South. Shrager, former President of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and Edward B. McDaid, former President of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, the firm throughout its history has specialized in major complex personal injury claims at the referral of other members of the profession.
The firm feels a special commitment to the activities of the organized Trial Bar, several of its members having served in leadership positions at the national, state and local levels.
Members of the firm appear on a regular basis in the state and federal courts in Pennsylvania, Delaware and southern New Jersey.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Lawyers Political Action Committee (LAWPAC), 1981-1996. Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association.
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Board of Governors, 1983-1988.
Assistant Treasurer, 1988-1989. Assistant Secretary, 1989-1990.
Parliamentarian, 1990-1991. Treasurer, 1991-1992.
Secretary, 1992-1993.
Vice President, 1993-1994. President-Elect, 1994-1995. President, 1995-1996).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1985-1988).
Civil Justice Foundation (Member, Board of Trustees, 1988-1991).
