Pamela A. Bresnahan

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Education

• University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1980, with honors
• University of Maryland, B.A., 1976, magna cum laude, with general honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Bar & Court Admissions

• California
• District of Columbia
• Illinois
• Maryland
• New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• U.S. Supreme Court
• Admitted to practice law only in the states listed above.

Pam is a partner in the Vorys Washington, D.C. office and is the head of the litigation practice group in that office. She serves as trial and appellate counsel in business and commercial litigation matters, with an emphasis on professional liability defense and coverage litigation.  She represents lawyers, financial institutions, broker/dealers, financial professionals, directors and officers, technology professionals, fiduciaries, insurers and other professionals. Pam serves as coverage and litigation counsel for insurers. She represents businesses and individuals in intellectual property, financial services and other corporate litigation. She advises law firms and lawyers on management issues and ethics matters. Pam has extensive experience supervising and managing complex commercial litigation involving e-discovery.

Career highlights include:

• Inducted into American College of Trial Lawyers
• Being named by the National Law Journal as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America
• Being named as one of the 50 most influential women lawyers in America by the National Law Journal
• Being named to The Best Lawyers in America in four categories: Legal Malpractice; Commercial Litigation; Bet-the-Company Litigation; and, Ethics and Professional Responsibility
• Being named as one of Washington's top lawyers by Washingtonian Magazine and The Washington Post

Pam is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, California, Illinois, Maryland and New York.

Pam has spoken on various topics in the United States and Europe on professional responsibility, professional liability, risk management, insurance coverage, and commercial litigation issues.

Pam received her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, with honors, and her B.A. magna cum laude, with general honors, from the University of Maryland where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.

Professional and Community Activities

• American Bar Association, Chair, Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, 2017-2018, Member, 2002-2005
• American Bar Association, Board of Governors, Chair, Improving the Profession, 2016-2017
• American Bar Association, Board of Governors, 2014-2017
• American College of Trial Lawyers, D.C. State Committee, 2010-2014; Commercial Litigation Committee, 2013-present
• American Bar Association, Nominating Committee and Delegate, 2006-2009, 2011-2012
• American Bar Association, Delegate-at-Large and YLD Delegate, 1987-2007, 2009-2014, 2017-present
• National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Board of Trustees, Treasurer 2018-present, Member, 2010-2017
• American Law Institute, 2005-present
• American Bar Association, Permanent Representative to the United Nations/Public Information, 2010-2013
• American Bar Association, Chair, Committee on Drafting Policies and Procedures, 2012-2014
• American Bar Association, Litigation Section Council, 2010-2013
• American Bar Association, Chair, Litigation Operations Committee, 2012-2013
• American Bar Association, Co-Chair, ABA Resource Committee, 2013-present
• American Bar Association, Member, Gender Equity Task Force, 2012-2013
• American Bar Association, President, Fellows of the Young Lawyers Division, 2011-2012
• American Bar Association, Member, FJE Council, 2011-2014
• American Bar Association, Committee on Rules and Calendar, 2008-2010
• American Bar Endowment, Board Member, 2017-present
• American Counsel Association, President, 2004-2005
• D.C. Circuit Committee on Admissions and Discipline, Member, 2005-2008
• American Bar Association, Chair, Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability, 1995-1997
• American Bar Association, Commission on Women in the Profession, 2000-2002
• Women's Bar of Maryland, President, 1987-1988
• Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, Member, 1990-present
• Maryland Alumni Association, Life Member
• University of Maryland, Terrapin Club, Member

Honors & Awards

• American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow, 2008-present
• The National Law Journal, One of the 50 most influential women lawyers in America, 2007
• The National Law Journal, One of the 100 most influential lawyers in America, 2006
• Washington D.C. Super Lawyers, Professional Liability: Defense, 2007, 2008; Professional Liability: Defense, Business Litigation, Insurance Coverage, 2009-2018
• The Washingtonian, One of Washington's top lawyers, 2011-2014
• The Best Lawyers in America, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, 2013-2020
• The Best Lawyers in America, Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2010-2015
• The Best Lawyers in America, Legal Malpractice, 2001-2020
• The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2006-2020
• The Best Lawyers in America, Business Litigation, 2001-2008
• Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR) in England, Honorary Member, 2012-present
• Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, 1994-present
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated
• Irish Legal 100, 2016

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