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- 2018 Philadelphia Fall Labor and Employment Seminar — Philadelphia, PA (October 24, 2018)
- Unconscious Bias in the Workplace: What It Is, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do About It — Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, (October 29, 2015)
- Redefining Communities: Getting Everyone Involved in Your Diversity and Inclusion Strategy — Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce 2012-2013 Diversity & Inclusion Network Series, Philadelphia, PA (December 12, 2012)
Speaker, “Redefining Communities: Getting Everyone Involved in Your Diversity and Inclusion Strategy” — a panel on how to redefine internal boundaries and external partnerships to create a broader definition of community inclusiveness, and how to demonstrate the leadership to provide every individual (employees, customers, external stakeholders) a point of relevance to contribute to and benefit from a new sense of community.
- Significantly Improving Minority Recruitment and Retention in Tough Economic Times — Pennsylvania Bar Association's Annual Diversity Summit, Philadelphia, PA (October 29, 2010)
- Working Towards a Clearer Definition of an “Off-Label” Promotion — ACI's Advertising & Promotions for the Pharmaceutical Industry, New York, NY (January 23, 2008)
- Drawing the Line Between Lawful Scientific Exchange and Off-Label Promotion — ACI's Pharmaceutical Counsel's Guide to Off-Label Communications, Philadelphia, PA (July 17, 2007)
- Pharmaceutical Counsel's Guide to Off-Label Communications — Presented by the American Conference Institute with Sponsorship by Dechert, Philadelphia, PA (July 17, 2007)
- Training and Monitoring the Sales Force to Prevent Them From Crossing the Line — Third Annual Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Counsel's Guide to Off-Label Communications, Chicago, IL (September 13, 2006)
- Creating and Maintaining Workplace Diversity — Non-Profit Human Resources Conference, Philadelphia, PA (June 13, 2003)
- Navigating Security Concerns, Privacy Issues, and Privacy Invasion in Cyberspace: A Look at Recent Litigation, Case Law Developments — Minority Corporate Counsel Association 2nd Annual CLE Expo, Chicago, IL (April 30, 2003)
- Employment Discrimination in the TV News Industry — The Bar-News Media Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association, Philadelphia, PA (January 17, 2003)
- Overcoming Obstacles Presented by the Temperamental Judge and the Difficult Adversary — The American Bar Association Employment Litigation Skills Training, New Orleans, LA (December 13, 2002)
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- Served in a variety of community and bar association positions
- American Law Institute
- Teaches a course on defamation law as a member of the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s adjunct faculty
- Former president of the Board of the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group, a group of more than 30 Philadelphia area law firms and corporate law offices dedicated to increasing diversity in Philadelphia’s legal community
- Former president of the Juvenile Law Center’s Board of Directors
- Executive Committee on the Board of Directors for Leadership Philadelphia
- Former co-chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Committee on Minorities in the Profession and on the Association’s Task Force on Multidisciplinary Practice
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- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Honorable Louis H. Pollak
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vernon.francis@dechert.com
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+1 215 994 2577
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+1 215 994 2222
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Education
- Haverford College, A.B., 1982
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University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 1987, Editor-in-Chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 135
Admission
- Pennsylvania
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania