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Michael Scullin - Counsel

MICHAEL SCULLIN practices in the area of international, commercial and non-profit law.

Michael is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University. He also holds a Diploma in Advanced International Legal Studies from the McGeorge School of Law in Salzburg, Austria.

Prior to joining Monteverde McAlee & Hurd in 1983, Michael was appointed clerk to the Honorable Robert L. Kunzig of the United States Court of Claims (now the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit). He has previously served as Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for Breast and Prostate Health, a non-profit foundation and global think tank acting as a catalyst to advance cancer research and treatment, as Executive Director of Multilaw, a global consortium of law firms, and as a foreign legal advisor at the law firm of Haissly & Vodoz in Geneva, Switzerland. Michael also acts as a consultant to firms and non profits on issues including global expansion.

Michael is a member of the bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He is also admitted to the following federal courts: Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, United States Court of Federal Claims.

Michael is serving his fourth term as Co-Chair of the International Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association. He is also founder and director of the Lyon-Philadelphia Attorney Exchange Program. He has been recognized for Exemplary Service by the Philadelphia Bar and the Volunteers for Indigent Persons. In 2005, Michael received the Medal of Honor from the French Region of Rhones Alpes. He is a member of the International, American and Pennsylvania Bar Associations and the Union Internationale des Avocats.

Michael is the co-author of "Parleys, Views, Francais: Philadelphia Bar Association Moves To Create Sister Relationship with Lyon Barreau," The Philadelphia Lawyer, Fall 1997, and is featured in an interview with C. Bourjolay, "Le Jumelage des Barreaux de Lyon et de Philadelphie," Le Revue Pratique de Droit de l'Enterprise, No. 7 (October - November) 1998. Michael is an Adjunct Professor at Temple University. He has also been a featured speaker at the University of Pennsylvania, Belmont University and many other venues in Asia, Europe and North and Central America.

Michael has served on the Boards of a number of non-profit organizations, including the French-American Chamber of Commerce, the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Philadelphia Association of Zeta Psi, the Alliance Francaise de Philadelphie, the Reading Terminal Market M.C.C., the NASD Board of Arbitrators and Philadelphia Audiences for Arts and Culture. He is an Honorary citizen of Chollabuk-do, Korea and speaks French. He has also been named as a Super Lawyer in Pennsylvania for 2007.