Lamb McErlane PC partner Maureen M. McBride has been appointed Vice-Chair of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Civil Procedural Rules Committee. The Civil Procedural Rules Committee, established in 1937, is the oldest of the Supreme Court’s rules committees. The Committee assists the Supreme Court in the preparation, revision, publication and administration of the Rules of Civil Procedure.

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

Maureen is a frequent speaker and presenter and has served on numerous Supreme Court and bar association committees.  Maureen previously served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Rules of Evidence Committee, where she was Chair from 2016-2018, on the Board of the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Security from 2005-2009, and recently ended a six-year terms as a Hearing Committee member serving the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Maureen currently is Co-Chair for the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Appellate Advocacy Committee.

Maureen recently was recognized as one of the “Top 50 Women in Pennsylvania” as well as one of the “Top 100 Philadelphia” lawyers in 2022 by Super Lawyers.