Philadelphia Trial Lawyer Rhonda Hill Wilson Speaks to Widener Law Students as Part of Widener Law's Local Leaders Series
Philadelphia Attorney Educates Widener Law Students.
- Philadelphia, PA-NJ (1888PressRelease) February 08, 2011 - Philadelphia trial attorney Rhonda Hill Wilson, Esq. on Jan. 19, 2011, addressed Widener University School of Law students as a speaker in the school's Local Leader Series. The series, jointly sponsored by the Delaware Student Bar Association and the law school faculty, taps prominent industry leaders to speak about their experiences as attorneys and share words of wisdom with law students. Hill Wilson encouraged series attendees to become trial lawyers, as it affords lawyers the opportunity to advocate for the rights of people who cannot stand up for themselves.
"During my address, I was pleased to learn that law students view trial lawyers as advocates for their clients rather than adhering to negative stereotypes about trial attorneys," stated Hill Wilson. "I view myself as a warrior for the downtrodden, helping them successfully navigate an often inequitable legal system in their pursuit of justice."
During the program, Hill Wilson noted that becoming a skilled trial lawyer requires strength, integrity and hard work. She encouraged students to above all, "Be excellent at what you do." Hill Wilson also fielded questions from the students and faculty members. She addressed the unique challenges inherent in being an African American woman working as a litigator, the origin of her passion for plaintiffs' rights and what prompted her to launch her own law firm.
Hill Wilson has been practicing law for more than three decades. The principal attorney at the Law Offices of Rhonda Hill Wilson, P.C., she focuses her practice on nursing home negligence, while also handling medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, motor vehicle accident and premises liability matters. Hill Wilson founded her firm in 1994, having previously been a member of an insurance defense practice. Her background provides her clients with the distinct advantage of having an attorney who knows how the defense approaches cases.
With a particular passion for educating young attorneys, Hill Wilson has presented, lectured and taught in areas including nursing home litigation, deposition strategies, ethics, damages, direct- and cross-examination and other civil litigation essentials. She also chairs the United Negro College Fund's Philadelphia-area "A Mind Is" Annual Giving Society, and in this role gives back to the community by teaching young, inner-city women life skills and goal setting strategies.
Hill Wilson is a past president of the National Bar Association's Women's Law Division-Philadelphia, has served on the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) and is a former member of the AAJ National College of Advocacy Board of Trustees. She currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, the AAJ Executive Committee and the Governing Board of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority. In 2008 and 2009, Hill Wilson received Distinguished Service Awards from the American Association for Justice. The first woman in her family to earn an advanced degree, Hill Wilson is a 1979 graduate of the Washington College of Law, The American University.
About The Law Offices of Rhonda Hill Wilson, P.C.: The Law Offices of Rhonda Hill Wilson, P.C., consistently delivers a high level of integrity and to its clients. One of the firm's most recent successes includes a multi-million-dollar medical malpractice settlement for a woman who was left in a vegetative state following a Caesarean section. In addition to being a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and listed in Who's Who in American Law, in 2008 Ms. Hill Wilson was named one of the Top Black Lawyers in the Tri-State Area by The Network Journal, received the Presidential Award from the National Bar Association and was named one of Main Line Today's Women on the Move. To learn more about firm and its attorneys, please visit www.rhwilson.com.
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