Background
J. Connolly, Joseph G. was born on September 25, 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Joseph G. J. Connolly
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William Penn Charter School. University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1962. Bachelor of Laws, magna cum laude, 1965).
Career
Worked at Connolly Epstein Chicco Foxman, Engelmeyer & Ewing A Professional Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Practice. Civil Litigation, Environmental, Real Estate, Employment, Civil Rights, Taxation, Estates and Trusts, Bankruptcy, Insurance, Corporate, Securities and Banking. Admitted to the bar, 1966, Pennsylvania.
1969, United States.
Supreme Court. Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Note Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1964-1965.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Georgetown University Law School, 1969-1970. Editor, Acquisition Review Manual, American Bar Association Business Law Section (1996).
Staff Counsel, President"s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, 1966.
Staff Assistant, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1967. Assistant Solicitor General, United States. Department of Justice, 1967-1970.
Assistant Special Prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973-1974.
Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. The firm was founded in the late 1960"s by a small group of young lawyers who had achieved academic distinction during law school and who had worked for various well-established large law firms and in government positions but who wanted to practice in a small-firm setting.
The firm continues to limit its hiring to those whose superior achievements suggest outstanding promise in the practice of law. Connolly Epstein"s practice is concentrated in five areas: (1) Litigation, including complex commercial, environmental, employment, civil rights, insurance and surety, premises liability, products liability, securities, Alternative Dispute Resolution and mediation, franchising, antitrust, construction, bankruptcy/creditors" rights, defamation/First Amendment, real estate and municipal matters.
(2) Business Law, including a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial law services to small and medium size businesses, as well as specialized services to larger clients -- principally in securities matters, estates and trusts, taxation disputes and tax planning, commercial financing, bankruptcy, reorganization and mergers and acquisitions: (3) Environmental Law, including representation in federal and state administrative and judicial matters and counseling with respect to environmental objectives and obligations.
(4) Real Estate, including financing, development, construction, leasing, sales and debt restructuring. And (5) Employment, representing employers, executives and others facing hiring, discipline and termination problems, including employment contracts, restrictive covenants, discrimination, sexual harassment, privacy rights, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, American Dental Association, Employee Retirement Income Security Act AND FMLA.
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Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.
