The Axelrod Firm

Throughout the process, we demonstrate our commitment to our clients' success. That is why our clients are our best source of repeat business. Its owner, Sheryl Axelrod:
(1) helps companies minimize their exposure in business, employment, general liability and casualty (including product liability) matters;
(2) advises and fights for individuals and companies in disputes over money, contracts and/or real estate; and
(3) assists residential mortgage lenders in exercising their rights as creditors on defaulted mortgages. Sheryl has been recognized by her peers as a Super Lawyer® for the past4 years in a row. She worked at Blank Rome, LLP, one of the 100 largest law firms in the country, before starting The Axelrod Firm. Two of Sheryl's briefs have been published. One of her recent trials, a David versus Goliath commercial defense victory, was published in "Pennsylvania Jury Verdict Review & Analysis," which catalogs the most significant verdicts in the state. At the request of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, one of Pennsylvania's appellate courts, Sheryl appeared on public television as a leading speaker on "Pennsylvania Appellate Practice." In addition to providing outstanding representation, The Axelrod Firm prides itself on its commitment to philanthropy and community service. Sheryl is the current President of the Temple Law Alumni Association, the fourth female to hold the post in TLAA's nearly 100 year history. Before becoming President, she was awarded TLAA's 2009 Distinguished Service Award. She also volunteers time to the Philadelphia Bar Association. In the Spring of 2010, she was appointed by the Association's Chancellor to a three-year term on the Commission on Judicial Selection's Investigative Division, an independent body that investigates those seeking to be elected as judges. She is also Communications Director of the Bar Association's Women in the Profession Newsletter Committee. Her article, "Seven Steps to Starting a Law Firm, appears in the second issue of the Newsletter. In addition to her volunteer positions on the Temple Law Alumni Association and the Bar Association, Sheryl spent 4 years coaching high school mock trial teams and coached the Overbrook High School Mock Trial Team, an inner-city, minority team, to a state semifinal championship. Our woman-owned law firm is also dedicated to diversity. We have had 16 clerks: 2 African American women, 3 African American men, 1 Asian American woman, 1 Asian American man, 4 Caucasian women including a Jewish woman, an openly gay woman and a Jehovah's Witness and 5 Caucasian men including a Jewish man.