Nancy Conrad Elected Pennsylvania Bar Association Vice President

5.16.22

Partner Nancy Conrad will serve as Vice President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA), effective May 13, 2022. She will become President-Elect in 2023 and President in 2024. Nancy has been active in the 27,000-member organization throughout her career, serving as inaugural chair of the PBA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team, which provides resources and forums for enhanced communication among PBA groups with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from 2019 to 2021.

From May 2018 to May 2021, Nancy served on the PBA Board of Governors as the at-large governor representing the interests of women lawyers. While on the board, she chaired the Dues Structure Task Force. For many years, Nancy has been actively involved in the PBA Commission on Women in the Profession (WIP), serving on its Executive Council and as WIP's co-chair in 2014 and 2015. 

In 2019, the PBA WIP honored Nancy with its Anne X. Alpern Award, which recognizes a female lawyer or judge who demonstrates excellence in the legal profession and who makes a significant professional impact on women in the law. Additionally, in 2019 and 2021, Nancy received the PBA President's Award for her service to the PBA. 

Nancy is a voting member of the PBA House of Delegates. She is the co-vice chair of the PBA Federal Practice Committee, a member of the Executive Council of the PBA Civil Litigation Section and is past chair and Executive Council member of the PBA Labor and Employment Law Section. She is a member of the PBA Large Law Firm Committee, Minority Bar Committee, Municipal Law Section, Quality of Life/Balance Committee and Solo and Small Firm Section. Nancy is a PBA-appointed delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates.

Nancy is chair of the Higher Education practice group and represents businesses, educational institutions and nonprofit organizations in workplace disputes, including wrongful discharge, whistleblower and federal and state discrimination claims, and provides counsel on workplace issues. Nancy currently serves as chair of the Firm's Women's Initiative.

About the Pennsylvania Bar Association

Founded in 1895, the Pennsylvania Bar Association strives to promote justice, professional excellence and respect for the law, improve public understanding of the legal system, facilitate access to legal services and serve the 27,000 lawyers who are members of the association.