Michael Scullin

MICHAEL SCULLIN Michael Scullin is Counsel to McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP.  In his legal practice he focuses on international matters, including cross-border business and estates.

Michael is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn State Dickinson Lw, where he was Associate Editor of the law review. He also holds a Diploma in Advanced International Legal Studies from the McGeorge School of Law in Salzburg, Austria.  Prior to joining the firm, he 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).

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

Michael served multiple terms as Co-Chair of the International Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association. He is also founder and co-director of the Lyon-Philadelphia Attorney Exchange Program. He has been recognized for Exemplary Service by the Philadelphia Bar and Volunteers for Indigent Persons.  He previously acted as a legal advisor in corporate and financial transactions in Geneva.  Beyond the practice of law, he has also served as executive director of one of the largest global law firm consortiums, Multilaw, based in London. 

The author of numerous articles, Michael has been an Adjunct Professor at Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Management and a guest lecturer on International Labor and Employment Discrimination in Arcadia University’s MBA program.  He has also been a featured speaker at various universities and many other venues in Asia, Europe and North and Central America.

Michael served as Honorary Consul of France in Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware, from 2005 to 2022, and as President of the Consular Corps Association of Philadelphia.  He 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 Global Philadelphia Association, the Philadelphia Association of Zeta Psi, the Alliance Française de Philadelphie, the Reading Terminal Market Merchants’ Catering Company, the FINRA Board of Arbitrators (Securities) and the Global Philadelphia Association, and was a Trustee of the French International School of Philadelphia and the Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College.  He is an Honorary citizen of Chollabuk-do, Korea, and a Fellow of the Institute of Korean American Studies.  He is a dual citizen of the United States and France and is fluent in French.