Conrad O'Brien Gellman & Rohn, P.C. is pleased to announce that Louis W. Fryman, a shareholder of the firm, has been re-elected Chairman of the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission. This is his fourth term serving as Chair. The Ethics Commission is an independent state agency charged with the responsibility of enforcing the Ethics Act and is responsible for monitoring public employees and elected officials who use their position for financial gain.

Mr. Fryman conducts a national litigation, business, mediation and arbitration practice out of the firm’s Philadelphia office. During his 40+ year career, he has received numerous honors and awards, including being named a Regent (and Fellow) of the American College of Trial Lawyers and Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He has served on the Executive Board and taught trial techniques for the Academy of Advocacy at Temple and Villanova Law Schools, and is a permanent member of the Third Circuit Judicial Conference. He is listed in the 2007 Best Lawyers in America for commercial litigation and corporate law. Last year, he received the Benjamin F. Levy Community Service Award from the Louis D. Brandeis Law Society. 

While Mr. Fryman is best known for his contributions to the law, he has consistently given his time to the community, serving on eight Boards of Directors including the Boards of Main Line Health System, The Lankenau Hospital Foundation, the Walnut Street Theatre and the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Mr. Fryman graduated from Pennsylvania State University and Villanova University School of Law. A past Commissioner of Lower Merion Township, Mr. Fryman and his wife, Rhoda live in Lower Merion.

Conrad O’Brien is one of the country’s leading litigation law firms with a client base of multi-national corporations, entrepreneurial start-ups, partnerships and individuals. The firm is recognized in 2008 Chambers USA - America’s Leading Lawyers for Business as “an excellent midsized firm with top tier partners” who continue to make their “mark on sophisticated commercial litigation.” The firm is known for its work handling complex and sensitive commercial litigation, class actions, white collar criminal defense, professional liability, products liability, personal injury and mass torts matters.