Bruce A Franzel

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3800 Horizon Blvd.
Suite 101
Trevose, Pennsylvania 19053

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Employment History

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• Oxenburg and Franzel

  • Partner/Shareholder

  • 1978 - Present

• District Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, PA 

  • Assistant District Attorney 

  • 1974-1978

 

Areas of Practice

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• Workers' Compensation 

• Social Security -- Disability

• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

• ​Criminal Law

 

Bar Admissions

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• Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1974

• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1974

• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1975

• U.S. Court of International Trade, 1985

• U.S. Supreme Court, 1985

 

Education

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• Temple University School of Law, 1974, Juris Doctor

• University of Virginia, 1971, Bachelor of Arts

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Classes/Seminars Taught

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• Adjunct Professor of Law, Trial Advocacy, Temple University School of Law, 1998 - Present

• Presiding Judge, National Law School Trial Competition, Regional Rounds, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1998, 2000 - 2013, 2018

• Judge, Mid-Atlantic Region Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition, National Black Law Students Association, 2006, 2016

• Judge, Moot Court Competition, Temple University School of Law, 1997, 2001

• Faculty, Defending Homicide and Death Penalty Cases, Philadelphia Bar Education Center, April 19, 1996

• Faculty, Ethics in Dealing with the Press, Philadelphia Bar Education Center, October 18, 1995

• Course Planner and Moderator, Defending Homicide and Death Penalty Cases, Philadelphia Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, 1993

• Panelist, Adoption of Federal Rules of Evidence in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Bench Bar Conference, Washington, D.C., October 3, 1992

• Faculty, Criminal Law Practice and Procedure in Philadelphia and The Suburbs, Philadelphia Bar Association and Pennsylvania Bar Institute, November 11, 1989

• Judge, Moot Court Competition, University of Pennsylvania School of Law, 1989

• Course Planner and Moderator, Defending Homicide and Death Penalty Cases, Philadelphia Bar Association, December 5, 1988

• Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, University of Pennsylvania School of Law, 1987 - 1988

• Judicial Evaluation and Selection - the Need for Merit Selection of Judges, Philadelphia Association of Paralegals, March 19, 1986

• Program Planner and Panelist, Philadelphia Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference, Criminal Justice Section, 1985

• Course Planner and Moderator, Defending Death Penalty Cases in Pennsylvania, Trial Advocacy Foundation of Pennsylvania, 1984

• Course Planner and Moderator, Criminal Practice in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1984

• Course Planner and Moderator, Providing Effective Representation at Sentencing, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1983

• Pennsylvania Drunk Driving Act of 1982, WIP Radio, Panel Discussion, 1982

 

Honors and Awards

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• Recipient, Philadelphia Bar Association Fidelity Award, 1993

• Recipient, 1994 Thurgood Marshall Award, Philadelphia Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section

• Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Philadelphia Magazine and Law and Politics Magazine 2004-2006, 2020-2021

                                                                                                                                                                   

 

Professional Associations and Memberships

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• Federal Bar Association, Philadelphia Chapter, Criminal Law Committee Chair, 1996-1997, Vice Chair, 1993-1996, Executive Board,1993- present

• Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention Chair, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991,1995; Member, 1983 - 1987, 1989-1996

• Philadelphia Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section Chair, 1983; Executive Board 1980 - Present

• Pennsylvania Capital Case Resource Center, 1994 - 1998, Member, Board of Directors

• Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Board of Directors, 1995-1996; Member 1992 - Present

• Philadelphia Bar Association, 1992, Pennsylvania Evidence Code Task Force

• Philadelphia Bar Association, Charter and Bylaws Committee, Chair, 2002, Co-Chair 2004 - 2006

• Philadelphia Bar Association, 1997, Co-Chair, Long Range Planning Committee

• Philadelphia Criminal Justice Task Force, 1989 - 1990

• United States Magistrate Review and Evaluation Committee, 1986 - 1987 Chair

• Philadelphia Bar Association Delegate, 1982 - 1988, Mayor's Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission

• Philadelphia Bar Association, Board of Governors, 1983, 1987 - 1989

• Bi-Partisan Commission for Qualified Judges, 1983

• Campaign for Qualified Judges, 1985 - 1992, Trustee

• Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1982 - 1983, Chair, Legislation Committee of Criminal Justice Committee

• National Organization of Social Security Claimant's Representatives

• Temple University Law Alumni Association

 

Published Works

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• Implications of Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Act, Pennsylvania Law Journal/Reporter, September, 1982, reprinted Legal Intelligencer, September 21, 1982, reprinted, The Barrister, Winter, 1983

• Crime of the Prisons, University of Virginia Magazine, Spring, 1971

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