Nancy J. Gellman
Vice Chair

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Practice Areas

Class Actions
Complex Commercial Litigation
Employment

In The News

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Education

Yale Law School (J.D., 1971)

Bryn Mawr College (A.B., 1967)

London School of Economics, Fulbright Fellowship (1967-68)

Clerkship

The Honorable Joseph S. Lord, III, former Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1971-72)

Bar and Court Admissions

Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Honors and Memberships

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Selected as a Leading Lawyer for General Commercial Litigation in Chambers USA, The Client’s Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers (2003-present)

Listed in Best Lawyers in America for Antitrust Law (2007-present); Bet-The-Company Litigation (2008-present; Commercial Litigation (1999-present) and Legal Malpractice Law (2007-present)

Named one of Pennsylvania's Leading Women Lawyers in a special supplement of The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, titled Women in the Profession - 2004

Recognized in the 2005 Guide to the Leading U.S. Litigation Lawyers

Philadelphia Bar Association

American Law Institute

Served as Judge Pro Tem, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

Served as Mediator, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
 

 
 

Chambers USA 2010 recognizes Conrad O’Brien as one of the top ranked litigation firms in Pennsylvania. With regard to Nancy J. Gellman, Chambers wrote:

Nancy Gellman is praised for having "a mind like a bear trap."  She has been ranked in Pennsylvania (Band 1) in Litigation: General Commercial.

Biography

Nancy Gellman is one of the founders of the firm and serves as the firm’s Vice Chair. Nancy has extensive experience in representing clients across a broad array of subject matters including complex commercial cases, class actions, insurance coverage claims, antitrust, and employment litigation. She represents law firms in professional liability and employment matters. Nancy has been recognized as a leading trial lawyer, including being named a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, and being listed in publications such as Best Lawyers in America (for Commercial Litigation, Antitrust, Legal Malpractice and Bet-the-Company Litigation), Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Guide to the Leading U.S. Litigation Lawyers.

In addition to her litigation practice, Nancy has lectured on trial advocacy for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Philadelphia Defense Institute, the Philadelphia Bar Association's Trial Advocacy Program, and Temple University Law School’s LL.M. in Trial Advocacy Program. She was a part-time faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania Law School for several years where she taught appellate advocacy. Before founding the firm, Nancy was a partner in the litigation department at Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz.


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