 Brian J. McCormick, Jr., is a partner at Sheller, P.C. in Center City Philadelphia. He concentrates his practice on pharmaceutical injury, consumer protection, and products liability litigation, and represents whistleblowers in both private industry and the government. Mr. McCormick received his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law and is a 1991 graduate of the University of Richmond. Before being appointed to the Board of Ethics, Mr. McCormick was selected by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter to serve on the Mayor’s Task Force for Campaign Finance and Ethics Reform, which produced a final report in late 2009. A number of the recommendations in that report have been enacted in Philadelphia. Mr. McCormick formerly served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia nonpartisan watchdog group, The Committee of Seventy. Before attending law school, Mr. McCormick served as an analyst with FBI in its Philadelphia office, and also worked as a newspaper reporter in the Philadelphia area. Mr. McCormick’s term on the Board runs until November 2014.
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Judge Phyllis W. Beck (Ret.), retired judge and chairman and chief financial officer of the Independence Foundation. Judge Beck served as vice dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1976 to 1981, when she was appointed as the first woman to serve on the Superior Court. She has also served as general counsel to the Barnes Foundation. As chair of the Governor’s Commission on Judicial Reform, Judge Beck authored a 260-page report recommending major structural reform in Pennsylvania’s Judicial System. The American Judicature Society awarded her the Herbert Harley Award for her leadership role in the field, especially her work with Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts. Judge Beck was a founding member and president of Philadelphia Futures, an organization devoted to mentoring children. Judge Beck’s term on the Board runs until November 2012.
Sanjuanita González, Esq. is currently managing partner at Cohen, Fluhr & González and practices law in the areas of immigration and social security disability. Before the formation of Cohen, Fluhr & Gonzalez, Ms. González was a founding partner at the firm Fluhr & González, a bilingual (Spanish/English) firm. Ms. González is the former vice president of the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania and co-chair of the social security disability committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association.
Michael H. Reed, Esq., a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP. Mr. Reed is a 1969 graduate of Temple University (B.A. Pol. Sci) and received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1972. He has been associated with the firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP since 1972 and became a partner in 1980. He concentrates his practice in corporate restructuring and bankruptcy law. Mr. Reed is a past President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and is the State Delegate for Pennsylvania in the ABA House of Delegates, having previously served on the ABA’s Board of Governors. Mr. Reed was previously a member of the Pennsylvania Judicial Inquiry and Review Board and chaired the Professional Guidance (Ethics) Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Mr. Reed currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Board of Ethics and his term runs until November 2015.