Lawrence J. Beaser

Larry Beaser was appointed to the Board of Managers by the Philadelphia Bar Association, where he serves as Counsel to the Board of Governors and previously served as Chancellor. He served as Chair of The Philadelphia Foundation’s Board of Managers from Jan. 1, 2009 through June 30, 2016.

As a partner of Blank Rome LLP, he has extensive experience in the fields of health law, business law, nonprofit and government law. He previously was chief legal counsel to Pennsylvania Gov. Milton J. Shapp and a Deputy Attorney General. He earned his B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. at the Harvard Law School. He has served on the House of Delegates of the American and Pennsylvania Bar Associations and on numerous bar association committees. He has received awards for community service and serves on the boards of a number of nonprofit organizations.