Harper S. Seldin

Associate

: Philadelphia
One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street
Suite 2800
Philadelphia, PA 19103
P: (215) 665-5590
TF: (800) 523-2900
F: (215) 665-2013

Harper S. Seldin

Harper Seldin focuses his practice on business litigation, commercial disputes, and complex litigation. He has significant experience representing large public and privately held corporations in contract disputes in federal and state court. His substantial pro bono work includes civil rights litigation in federal court on behalf of transgender public school students.

Harper is a Buchholz Fellow for the Committee of Seventy, an independent and nonpartisan advocate for better government in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the Toll Public Interest Center Advisory Board and the Law Alumni Society Board of Managers at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is actively involved with the Young Friends of YSRP, a young professionals group that supports the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project’s work for juvenile justice and policy reform. His published legal scholarship focuses on child welfare.

Harper joined Cozen O’Connor in 2016 after a two-year federal clerkship with the Honorable Stewart Dalzell (ret.) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as an articles editor for the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. He received a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in American history from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Harper Seldin Named Committee of Seventy Buchholz Fellow

September 10, 2018

Harper Seldin has been named as one of the Committee of Seventy's Buchholz Fellows, who serve as non-voting members of the board of directors.

Appeals court OKs Boyertown schools' policy letting transgender students use bathrooms of their choice

May 24, 2018

Amanda Nelson, a member, and Harper Seldin, an associate, of Cozen O'Connor secured a win in partnership with the PA ACLU allowing transgender students in the Boyertown Area School District to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their gender identity.

University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2014
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., summa cum laude, 2011

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