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Advantages of Membership
   
  • As a Certified Provider of Continuing Legal Education, PDI allows members to earn CLE credits at periodic defense-oriented seminars. In addition to the educational and professional enhancement, the seminars and the Annual Conference provide opportunities for members to discuss issues and participate in social and recreational activities.
  • Contact with prominent Pennsylvania defense attorneys, insurance company executives, and other defense groups.
  • Counterpoint, PDI's legal publication, keeps members abreast of developments in defense-related legislation, relevant and significant cases and court decisions, and other information of interest to members.
  • PDI News, PDI's quarterly publication, keeps members up to date on PDI events, news, notices and people.
  • PDI offers participation on over 20 committees devoted to various areas of the defense practice.
  • PDI offers amicus support on important Pennsylvania federal and state cases.
  • An e-mail list service allowing PDI members to exchange information.
 
     
Eligibility for Membership
 
Those persons shall be qualified for membership and may continue to hold membership herein who are either:

"Members of the Pennsylvania Bar actively engaged in the practice of civil law, who individually devote a substantial portion of their time on litigated matters to the defense of damage suits on behalf of individuals, insurance companies and corporations.

Full-time executives, managerial or supervisory employees of insurance companies, self-insurers or corporations who individually devote a substantial portion of their time to claims administration or to matters with a direct impact upon claims administration including legislative activities."

 
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