Background
Block, Richard Raphael was born on November 9, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry and Ida (Brandes) Block.
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Block, Richard Raphael was born on November 9, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry and Ida (Brandes) Block.
AB, Dickinson College, 1959; Bachelor of Laws cum laude, University of Pennsylvania, 1962.
Associate Folz & Bard, Philadelphia, 1963-1964. Partner Melzer & Schiffrin, 1964-1975, Beitch & Block, Philadelphia, 1975-1990. Director community relations District Attorney of Philadelphia, 1991-1996.
Chief technical officer Philadelphia Department Commerce, 1996—2003. Commissioner Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Appeal Board, 2004—2008. Chairman hearing com Disciplinary Board Supreme Court Pennsylvania, 1982-1990.
Vice president American Jewish Congress, Philadelphia, 1975. Campaign manager Elect Joan Specter to City Council, Philadelphia, 1978, 82, 86. Member Pennsylvania Bar Association (arbitrator Inter-Attorney Dispute Resolution since 1987, speaker 1988) American Arbitration Association, Philadelphia College Judiciary (lecturer 1984).
Married Joanne Kramer, July 1, 1943 (divorced January 1973). 1 child, Jeffrey.