PHILADELPHIA, June 12 PA-Flaster-Fletman-25
PHILADELPHIA, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Litigation lawyer Abbe F. Fletman, a
shareholder at Flaster/Greenberg, attorneys at law
(http://www.flastergreenberg.com), was selected one of the "25 Women of the
Year" lawyers in Pennsylvania by the editors of The Legal Intelligencer and
Pennsylvania Law Weekly. She was recognized for her leadership in advancing
the status of women in the profession and for her work successfully trying
numerous cases in 2007. She and the other recipients will be honored at the
Women in the Profession Honorary Luncheon in conjunction with the National
Association of Women Judges on June 13, 2008.
Peter R. Spirgel, managing shareholder of Flaster/Greenberg, noted the
exemplary achievements of Abbe F. Fletman, commenting, "Abbe is an outstanding
role model and litigator who leads by example through her successes. She is
deserving of this honor she will share with so many other outstanding women
lawyers in Pennsylvania."
Abbe F. Fletman is head of the Litigation Section of the Intellectual
Property Practice Group and a member of the Commercial Litigation Practice
Group in Flaster/Greenberg's Philadelphia office. Among her many
accomplishments, she was named one of the 2007 Women of Distinction by the
Philadelphia Business Journal and is the 2007-2008 co-chairwoman of the Woman
Advocate Committee of the American Bar Association Litigation Section.
A cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, she
is a fellow at The Academy of Advocacy of Temple University Beasley School of
Law, where she received her L.L.M. in Trial Advocacy and also serves as an
instructor. She is a barrister in the school's American Inn of Court.
Her successful representative matters include defending the generic
sugar-substitute manufacturer Heartland Sweeteners against a suit from Splenda
marketer McNeil Pharmaceuticals before the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
and leading the plaintiff's trial team in a Title IX case in which the court
preliminarily enjoined Slippery Rock University from eliminating two women's
varsity athletics teams.
ABOUT FLASTER/GREENBERG P.C.: Flaster/Greenberg, attorneys at law, has
been providing legal services to individuals, entrepreneurs, privately held
and family-owned businesses, publicly traded corporations and government
entities throughout the Delaware Valley for nearly four decades. A regional
business law firm of 70 lawyers with offices in Pennsylvania (PA), New Jersey
(NJ) and Delaware (DE), Flaster/Greenberg serves clients in dozens of
industries and practice areas including bankruptcy, business, corporate,
construction, health care, intellectual property law and litigation.
SOURCE Flaster/Greenberg
