Sheryl L. Axelrod
Sheryl Axelrod
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania (PA)
Business Litigation
Employment Litigation: Defense
Appellate
Profile
Ms. Axelrod is the President of the Firm. She provides appellate and brief writing services and primarily represents individuals and businesses in their real estate and business disputes. She is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey's state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels, and has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. She has tried cases in both civil and bankruptcy courts and her briefs have been published. On March 2, 2004, Ms. Axelrod appeared on television (Channel CFN) as a leading speaker on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania program entitled "Pennsylvania Appellate Practice". She is President-Elect of the Temple Law Alumni Association (TLAA) and the 2009 recipient of TLAA's Distinguished Service Award. In 2010, she was appointed by the Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association to serve on the Investigative Division of the Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention and to serve as Chair of the Law Practice Management Committee.
Ms. Axelrod was the winner of the 1992 Samuel J. Polsky Moot Court Competition. Upon graduation from Temple Law School, she clerked for the Honorable Sandra Mazer Moss and has practiced at such prestigious law firms as McCarter & English LLP and Blank Rome LLP. While Ms. Axelrod's native language is English, she also speaks Spanish and represents Spanish-speaking individuals and business owners. As a young lawyer, Ms. Axelrod was elected to the Executive Committee of the Young Lawyers Division of the Philadelphia Bar Association in which she co-chaired the Michael K. Smith Oratorical Contest for children. She regularly volunteered her time to coach high school mock trial teams, and in 2000 and 2001, coached the Overbrook High School Mock Trial Teams to the Regional Championships of the John S. Bradway High School Mock Trial Competition. More than one-third of Overbrook High School students do not graduate from high school. However, every Overbrook High School student Ms. Axelrod coached graduated from high school and all but 1 student she coached went on to college.
Ms. Axelrod is a Cabinet member of Congreso's Cultivando Futuros Campaign whose goal is to increase the percentage of Philadelphia's Latino high school and college graduates.
Selected To
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2011
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2010
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2009
About Sheryl Axelrod
Admitted: 1993, Pennsylvania
Professional Webpage: www.theaxelrodfirm.com/attorney.php?attorney=2
Honors and Awards:
- Winner, Samuel J. Polsky Moot Court Competition, Temple Law School, 1993
- Recipient, Temple Law Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award, 2009
Bar/Professional Activity:
- President-Elect, Temple Law Alumni Association
Pro bono/Community Service:
- (2000-2003) Elected member of the Young Lawyers Division of the Philadelphia Bar Association which is dedicated to community service. Co-chaired the Michael K. Smith Oratorical Contest, a moot court contest in Philadelphia in which students in grades 4-8 act as advocates.
- (2010) Cabinet Member, Congreso's Cultivando Futuros Campaign
- (2000, 2001, 2005 and 2008) Coached high school mock trial teams including the Overbrook High School Mock Trial Team which won the Regional Championship.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Author, Response Of Defendant Macrotech Fluid Sealing, Inc. To Plaintiffs’ Memorandum In Support Of Motion For New Trial, Stecyk v. Bell Helicopter, , 1999 AVIATION LITIGATION REPORTER 17 (Jul. 27, 1999), 1999
- Author, Brief Of Northwest Airlines, Inc. In Opposition To The Petition For A Writ Of Certiorari, Grimes v. Northwest Airlines, Inc., 2000 AVIATION LITIGATION REPORTER 18 (Oct. 17, 2000) , 2000
- Speaker, "Pennsylvania Appellate Practice", PCN Television, 2004
- Speaker, "Successfully Navigating the Appeals Process". Ms. Axelrod was a panelist with Justice Sandra Schultz Newman at an accredited Continuing Legal Education course on "Pennsylvania Appellate Practice" where she spoke to lawyers on appellate oral arguments and brief writing, 2009
Verdicts and Settlements:
- Ms. Axelrod's victory in a commercial trial matter was published in "Pennsylvania Jury Verdict Review & Analysis", which provides professional commentary and analysis on the most significant verdicts in Pennsylvania state and federal courts. You can read the article at http://www.theaxelrodfirm.com/articles.php?action=29, 2009
Representative Clients:
- The Salvation Army, Sb1 Federal Credit Union, Conestoga Bank, Greentree Mortgage Company, LP, Landmark Legal Solutions, The Abstract Company, LJR Investments, LLC
Video:
- Footage of Ms. Axelrod's Channel PCN television appearance as a leading speaker on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania program., Pennsylvania Appellate Practice, 2004
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Educational Background:
- BA, Cum Laude, Economics, 1990
- Juris Doctorate, Temple University Beasley School of Law, 1993
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