Madeira to receive Marshall award
Edward W. Madeira Jr., senior counsel and chairman emeritus of the Pepper Hamilton L.L.P. law firm in Center City, will receive the 2009 John Marshall Award of the American Bar Association Justice Center at its annual meeting July 31.
Edward W. Madeira Jr., senior counsel and chairman emeritus of the Pepper Hamilton L.L.P. law firm in Center City, will receive the 2009 John Marshall Award of the American Bar Association Justice Center at its annual meeting July 31.
The award is in recognition of Madeira's efforts to bolster judicial independence.
At the firm, Madeira's practice centers on civil litigation, including products-liability defense of pharmaceutical companies, car manufacturers, asbestos-mining companies, and other interests.
In 2005, he was appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to the state's Judicial Independence Commission.
He also has served in numerous leadership roles within the bar association. He is the special adviser to its Standing Committee on Judicial Independence and co-chair of its Commission on Fair and Impartial State Courts.
Madeira has been with Pepper Hamilton since 1953. He joined the firm after a clerkship with Justice John C. Bell Jr. of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
The John Marshall Award is named in honor of the fourth chief justice of the United States, an early leader in efforts to establish and maintain an independent judiciary.