The Pennsylvania Defense Institute
Professional membership for lawyers
The Officers and Directors of the PDI East District will again host a Pizza, Beer, & Experts education and social event. This will be an hour long presentation entitled “How to Best Use an Expert” followed by social time to network with colleagues and the experts. The event will provide 1 PACLE substantive credit. You […]
Cyber Security Protection for Lawyers (2026) equips attorneys to prevent, detect, and respond to modern threats. Todd Scott, Esquire, VP of Risk Management, Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, will cover phishing, deep-fakes and AI-driven fraud, Ransomware, data-loss prevention, secure communications, vendor/cloud risks, and practical safeguards (MFA, encryption, backups, zero-trust). Learn incident-response steps, breach-notification basics, ethics […]
PDI/PADC/PATL will host the East District Holiday Party @ The Lucy-Cescaphe, 231 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Plan on joining in the festivities and enjoy good company with friends and colleagues to bring in the holiday season. Cost: $125 per person - $150 after November 30, 2025. Download the PDF form here >>
PDI Workers' Compensation Committee will present a one hour webinar on the issue of undocumented workers and the Pa. Workers' Compensation Act. Stephen F. Moore, Esquire of Peters & Wasilefski will moderate a discussion with Neil T. Dombrowski, Esquire of The Dombrowski Group and Daniel P. Ryan, C.P.A., Certified Forensics Accountant, DABFA, CGMA. The panel […]
PDI/PAJ will co-host the Middle District South Holiday Party at LEVEL 2, 215 North 2nd Street, Harrisburg, PA from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Please mark your calendars and plan on attending this great opportunity to enjoy good food, great drinks and fantastic opportunity to enjoy the holiday season with friends and colleagues. Download the […]
Teresa M. Hearn, MS, CRC, CLCP, IPEC, CVE, Premier Vocational Experts, LLC, will present important information related to the difference between a forensic vocational expert and a forensic economist (who, what, when to use one or the other) and how a forensic vocational expert makes an assessment of future earning capacity, including and specifically with […]
A panel of attorneys representing PDI and PADC will meet with law students at Villanova School of Law to discuss the practice of law and possible career paths in the defense of cases on behalf of insurance companies, corporations, and individuals as a viable alternative. The panel will answer questions raised by the students and […]
