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"Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due."
~ Emperor Justinian
 
 
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2023-2024 Membership Application and Membership Renewal
09-18-2023
September Board Meeting
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10-10-2023

Annual Meeting/Election, Scholarship Reception and Luncheon
honoring Dario C. Altieri, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer of The Wistar Institute
Director of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Distinguished Professor, Robert and Penny Fox Immunology, Microenvironment & Metastasis Program.

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10-16-2023
October Board Meeting
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11-20-2023
November Board Meeting
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12-12-2023
"SAVE THE DATE"
The Justinian Christmas Party
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12-18-2023
December Board Meeting
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Justinian Society News
01-01-2022
Justinian Society Event Photos

To see all of the photos from our most recent events, see our Flickr account.

To see photos from the 2022 Justinian Christmas Party click here.

To see photos from the Beccaria Award held on December 13, 2022 given to Nathan J. Andrisani, Esq. for 2022 and Professor Louis M. Natali, Jr. for 2021 click here.

To see photos from the "In Person" Luncheon honoring Philadelphia Bar Chancellor Wesley R. Payne IV, Esq. held on February 17, 2022 click here.

To see photos from the 2021 "In Person" Luncheon honoring Phila Bar Assoc. Chancellor Lauren McKenna, Esquire and their immediate Past Chancellor Hon. A. Michael Snyder (Ret.) click here.

To see photos from the 2020 Beccaria Award held November 17, 2022 given to George Bochetto, Esq. click here.

06-17-2021
2021 First "In Person" Annual Meeting/Election Announcement
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06-29-2020
Virtual Annual Meeting, Election & Scholarship Announcement
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06-10-2020
News from The Justinian Foundation – 2020 Scholarship Recipient
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Members of the Month
June 2022 Justinian Member of the Month
This month, the Justinian Society proudly spotlights the accomplishments of The Honorable Daniel R. Sulman is a judge in the Family Division of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, where he served from July of 2016 to January of 2018 and from December of 2019 through the present, following appointments to the bench by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and election in 2021. The Judge is a lifelong resident of Philadelphia, a graduate of Philadelphia public schools and magna cum laude graduate of Temple University. He earned his law degree at Temple University Beasley School of Law. More...
May 2022 Justinian Member of the Month
This month, the Justinian Society proudly spotlights the accomplishments of The Honorable Craig Levin who is a judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. He assumed office on January 3, 2022. His current term ends January 5, 2032. Judge Levin was born and raised in Philadelphia. His life has been shaped by the communities where he grew up: First in West Oak Lane, then moving as a teenager to the Northeast. He attended Philadelphia Public Schools, graduating from Temple University with a B.S. in Finance and earned his Juris Doctorate from the Delaware School of Law at Widener University. He is a proud 'Philly guy' and loves all things 'Philly'. More...
March 2022 Justinian Member of the Month
This month, the Justinian Society proudly spotlights the accomplishments of The Honorable Ann M. Butchart who was elected to a ten-year term as a Trial Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia in 2005 and was retained for a second term in 2015. She has presided in Family Court, Criminal Court and Civil Court. More...
February 2022 Justinian Member of the Month
This month, the Justinian Society proudly spotlights the accomplishments of The Honorable Rosemarie Defino-Nastasi who presides in the Court of Common Pleas Criminal Trial Division in Philadelphia. She began her legal career working as an Assistant Defender for The Defender’s Association of Philadelphia. She then joined her family’s law firm in South Philadelphia working alongside her brothers, Michael and Vincent Defino. Judge Defino-Nastasi has presided in the Criminal Trial Division for over twenty years. More...
January 2022 Justinian Member of the Month
This month, the Justinian Society proudly spotlights the accomplishments of President Judge Jack Anthony Panella of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. He was elected to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in November 2003 and sworn into office as an appellate judge on January 9, 2004 and retained in 2013. On January 7, 2019, he was elected President Judge. His true devotion and commitment is to assure that the Superior Court does it best to serve the people and the members of the Bar in ways that are efficient and productive, and balances judicial independence with accountability. More...
 
 
  July 2021 Justinian Member of the Month
07-01-2021

Hon. William J. Manfredi (Ret.)
July, 2021 Justinian Member of the Month

Judge Manfredi, who received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1983 until his retirement in 2014.

Judge Manfredi spent 10 years on the criminal side of the Court, as Major and Homicide Trial judge, calendar (assignment) judge for both the Major Trial and Homicide Programs, and as Supervising Judge for Philadelphia County Investigating Grand Jury. He served on the civil side from 1993, serving as lead judge in the Arbitration Appeal Program and as Civil Motions judge for 2 years. Judge Manfredi was a charter member of the Sheppard Committee, which studied and recommended changes to the Administration of the Court. He was one of the Judicial Team Leaders who implemented the innovative Case Management System which reduced the Court's backlogged civil inventory over a 3-year period from upwards of 47,000 to 18,000 cases, consequently reducing the time for filing to disposition and trial of cases from 7 years, to approximately 2 years, in accordance with guidelines established by the American Bar Association. He served as a Team Leader and Coordinating Judge of the final Day Backward Program. Judge Manfredi was then selected to lead the reconstituted civil side of the Trial Division. He served there as either Team Leader or Supervising Judge until 2012. As such, he presided over 4 Trial Teams, the Complex Litigation Center, Motions Court, the Arbitration Program, and Commerce Court. During Judge Manfredi's tenure as Supervising Judge, the Trial Division - Civil was acknowledged by The National Center for State Courts, a respected court administration think tank, as arguably the best urban civil trial court in the United States.

He is well-known as an accomplished mediator and has been involved in the non-trial resolutions of numerous Mass Tort and other complex major litigations.

As a candidate for the Pennsylvania Superior Court in May, 2003, Judge Manfredi was highly recommended by the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and received the endorsement of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, as well as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Judge Manfredi served two terms as a member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Civil Procedural Rules Committee, and has been, both as participant and presenter, part of education programs sponsored by the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Defense Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, American Board of Trial Advocates, National Center for State Courts. Judge Manfredi participated in many of the Brookings Institute/American Enterprise Institute Judicial Education Programs, and was part of its Judicial Advisory Board. He was a Commissioner on the Pennsylvania Bar Association Commission for Justice Initiatives. He was also a past Master of the American Inn of Court, and a member of the American College of Business Court Judges at the Northwestern University Law School, and George Mason University.

Judge Manfredi completed the 40-hour Mediation Training Program at the National Judicial College, as well as Advanced Mediation Training at the American Bar Association Headquarters in Chicago.

Judge Manfredi is currently retired, but actively engaged in Alternate Dispute Resolution.

Una Piccola Conversazione

1. How long have you been a member of the Justinian Society?

I joined the Justinian Society prior to my election to the bench in 1983.

2. Why did you join the Justinian Society, and what do you hope to gain from membership?

I wanted to be part of an organization dedicated to honoring Italian American culture and scholarship.

3. What do you love or enjoy most about your job?

Prior to my retirement as judge, I had the opportunity to participate in the creation of new and efficient protocols. We were successful in eliminating backlog and delay from both the Court's Criminal and Civil programs.

4. How would you define success?

To serve others while accomplishing an aim or purpose.

5. Who or what inspires you?

My father was an inspiration. With little formal education, he created a successful business and provided a good life for his family.

6. If you could choose anyone in history as a mentor, who would you choose and why?

My Uncle John Garaguso. He graduated from Penn Law in 1928, while working as a barber. As a member of the Bar, he went on to become a significant, well-known counselor and litigator.

7. Name one valuable lesson you’ve learned in your life and that you would advise other members to follow?

Rule your own mind. Don't allow negativity and doubt to control you.

8. What’s something about you (a fun fact) that not many people know?

I spent 5 months after Law School, traveling around Europe on my BMW motorcycle.

9. What’s the last book you read?

I love historical fiction. The Wolf Hall Trilogy. The story of Thomas Cromwell and his relationship with Henry VIII. It was a great read.

10. What’s your favorite thing about Philadelphia, i.e., sports team, restaurant, museum, history, music etc.?

Having access to Fairmount Park, the largest city enclosed park in the world.

 
 
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