Background
Landis, Robert M. was born in 1920 in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jacob B. and Bertha (Moyer) Landis.
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Robert M. Landis
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AB, Franklin and Marshall College, 1941; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Franklin and Marshall College, 1991; Juris Doctor, University of Pennsylvania, 1947.
Career
Worked at Dechert Price & Rhoads. Admitted to the bar, 1947, Pennsylvania. Awarded Doctor of Laws by Franklin & Marshall College, 1991.
Editor-in-Chief, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1946-1947.
First Deputy City Solicitor of Philadelphia, 1952-1953. Chairman: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 1983-1986.
Governor"s Board of Ethics of Pennsylvania, 1973-1977. Chancellor, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1970.
President, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1981-1982.
Member, Board of Governors, American Bar Association, 1982. President: National Conference of Bar Presidents, 1975-1976. National Association of Trial Lawyers, 1981-1985.
Regent, American College of Railroad Trial Counsel, 1966-1967.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Dechert Price & Rhoads, together with Titmuss Sainer Dechert in London, form a fully integrated international legal practice with close to 500 lawyers in ten offices throughout the United States., United Kingdom and Europe.
The combined practices provide a full range of legal services to major industrial, financial and individual clients throughout the world.
Achievements
Membership
Co-chairman Greater Philadelphia Partnership, 1977-1979. Board directors Greater Philadelphia Movement. President Children's Aid Society Pennsylvania, 1960-1968.
Board directors Child Welfare League American, 1964-1966. President Fellowship Commission Philadelphia, 1972-1974. Past chairman Pennsylvania Council of National Council Crime and Delinquency.
Member advisory council Villanova Institute Correctional Reform, 1972-1979. Steering committee National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund. Associate trustee University Pennsylvania, member board overseers Law School.
Trustee Franklin and Marshall College. Former member board directors National Judicial College. Chairman board trustees Theodore F. Jenkins Law Library, 1970-1971.
Elder, trustee First Presbyterian Church, Lower Merion, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers (board regents), American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (president National Conference Bar Presidents 1975-1976, delegate 1969-1970, 77-78, board governors 1982, state delegate from Pennsylvania, standing committee on federal judiciary, chairman standing committee on judicial improvements 1983-1986, Fifty Year award 1997 ), Pennsylvania Bar Association (president 1981-1982, house of deals), National Association RailRoad Trial Counsel (president 1966-1967), American Law Institute (life), Philadelphia Bar Association (numerous committee assignments, chairman board governors 1964, chancellor), University Pennsylvania Press (trustee), American Arbitration Association (Whitney North Seymour Senior medal for contributions to arbitration), American Judicature Society (Herbert Harley award for contributions to judicial improvements), Law Alumni Society (University Pennsylvania James Wilson award for service to the profession), Franlin Inn (chairman), Sunday Breakfast Club, Racquet Club, Philadelphia Country Club, Philadelphia Anglers Club, Broadacres Trouting Association Clubs: Franklin Inn (chairman), Sunday Breakfast, Racquet, Philadelphia Country, Philadelphia Anglers, Broadacres Trouting Association.
Connections
Married Mary Elizabeth Hatton (deceased 1996), August 24, 1946. Children: Christopher Hatton, Geoffrey Budd.
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Nationality
American