PHILADELPHIA (November 14, 2022) – Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP is pleased to announce that A. Grant Phelan, a partner in the Litigation Department, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Law Firm Alliance. The Law Firm Alliance is a strategic coalition of mid-sized law firms that was established to provide legal clients greater access to high-quality and cost-effective legal services around the globe.
“The firm is a proud member of the Law Firm Alliance and I have had the pleasure of managing that relationship for the last several years,” said Phelan. “I’m excited and honored to join the board of this great legal community to help member firms take advantage of all the resources this group has to offer.”
Established in 2000, the strength of the Law Firm Alliance’s international network of member firms lies in the combined experience of more than 50 firms and 2,500 attorneys throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia, all with a deep commitment to client service. Through the Law Firm Alliance, member firms refer client matters to members in other locales with the knowledge that their client’s legal needs will be met with the highest level of quality and service.
Phelan’s practice involves litigating a full range of business and commercial matters across the country, including contract disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, real estate disputes, securities fraud, government investigations, trade secrets and restrictive covenants, insurance coverage and employment disputes. In the past five years, he has been lead counsel in 33 different states. Clients praise Phelan for his steady and discerning counsel citing the calm and insightful guidance he provides to allow them to achieve successful outcomes in their business and legal dealings.
Outside the office, Phelan serves as chair of the Board of Directors of Chester-Upland Youth Soccer/Soccer For Success. He previously was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Art-Reach, a 501(c)(3) located in Philadelphia that creates, advocates for and expands accessible opportunities in the arts for physically, mentally and economically challenged individuals. He has been recognized as one of the region’s individuals who provide the leadership, connections and action that hold the community together when he was named a 101 Top Connector by Leadership Philadelphia. Grant served two terms as President for the College of William and Mary’s Alumni Association in Philadelphia and he was previously nominated to the MS Leadership Class for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Delaware Valley Chapter.
He received his J.D. from Widener University School of Law, cum laude and his B.B.A. from the College of William and Mary.