Lamb McErlane PC partner Maureen M. McBride was a panelist for the program, Pennsylvania Appellate Courts: An Inside Look, at the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s (PBA) 2023 Midyear Meeting.

Maureen joined a notable panel of appellate judges, giving an inside look into how the Pennsylvania courts decide cases and details on the appellate process. Panelists included Hon. Debra Todd, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pa.; Hon. P. Kevin Brobson, Justice, Supreme Court of Pa.; Hon. Jack A. Panella, President Judge, Superior Court of Pa.; Hon. Renée Cohn Jubelirer, President Judge, Commonwealth Court of Pa.; Maureen M. McBride, Esq., Lamb McErlane PC and moderator: Philip H. Yoon, Esq., Chief Staff Attorney, Central Legal Staff, Superior Court of Pa.

At Lamb McErlane, Maureen is co-chair of the Appellate Department and member of Lamb McErlane’s Litigation Department and the Firm’s Executive Committee. She concentrates her practice on appellate law and commercial litigation in state and federal courts.

Maureen was appointed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania as Vice-Chair of the Civil Procedural Rules Committee.  She is also Co-Chair for the PBA’s Appellate Advocacy Committee. Maureen has served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Rules of Evidence Committee where she served as Chair from 2016-2018 and on the Board of the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Security from 2005-2009. Maureen also completed a six-year term as a Hearing Committee member serving the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Maureen has provided commentary on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s oral arguments on the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN).  She also served as a moderator for the Pennsylvania for Modern Courts’ Pennsylvania Appellate Courts Candidates’ Forum and is a regular contributor to the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) seminars.

Maureen is recognized as a 2022 Top 50 Women in Pennsylvania by Super Lawyers and a Top 100 Philadelphia Super Lawyer. In 2020 she was named ‘Best of the Bar’ by the Philadelphia Business Journal. She has been distinguished by Best Lawyers®, included in the Best Lawyers in America®.