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In November 1956, Duffy defeated Tompkins who ran for re-election. Duffy was a member of the New York State Senate (8th D.) from 1957 to 1965, sitting in the 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th and 175th New York State Legislatures. He was a justice of the New York City Civil Court from 1967 to 1976. He died on April 11, 1979, in Calvary Hospital in the ...
Pennsylvania Governor's Office of General Counsel is an executive-level agency in Pennsylvania providing legal services to all executive agencies, boards, and commissions and select independent agencies of the Government of Pennsylvania. [1] It is governed by the Commonwealth Attorneys Act of 1980. [2]
The Committee of Seventy is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which advocates for the improvement of government in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Founded in 1904, its board of directors is made up of 70 business, legal, and civic leaders.
The Commonwealth Attorneys Act of 1980 [6] established the Office of Attorney General as an independent office headed by an elected attorney general. [7] The office has the responsibility for the prosecution of those crimes prosecuted by the commonwealth, including organized crime and public corruption, as well as civil litigation on behalf of some, but not all, commonwealth agencies and the ...
District Council 47 of The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees represents more than 3,000 unionized workers for the city, who negotiated remote-work arrangements beginning ...
Edward Schwartz (BA, 1965), at-large City Councilman 1984–87, Philadelphia City Council; first Councilman with a Pd.D [citation needed] (doctorate in political theory, Rutgers University); first Philadelphia Councilman to computerize his constituent services; Delazon Smith, senator from Oregon; was expelled from Oberlin
Prior to 1850, the functions of this office were performed by a deputy state attorney-general. An Act of 3 May 1850 P.L. 654 authorized the voters of each of Pennsylvania's counties to elect one person, of requisite legal background to serve as district attorney for a term of three years. [2]
On August 3, 2023, the firm announced a dissolution of the firm, following a decline in attorney headcount. [6] Schnader had over 300 attorneys in the early 2000s which declined to around 200 following the unwinding of a previous merger. [6] By June 2022 Schnader had 122 attorneys, falling to 90 attorneys when the firm announced its closure. [6]