Law Offices of Popper & Yatvin

News and Events

• The 2020 list of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers includes Alan L. Yatvin of the Philadelphia Law Firm Popper & Yatvin.  This is Yatvin’s 17th consecutive year of being honored, having been named a Super Lawyer every year since the program’s creation in 2004.

• Martindale-Hubbell has again in 2020 recognized Popper & Yatvin partners Howard D. Popper and Alan L. Yatvin with the highest possible level of professional excellence – AV Preeminent.  This peer review rating reflects a combination of achieving a Very High General Ethical Standards rating and a 5/5 Legal Ability rating.

• On October 25, 2017, Popper & Yatvin partner, Alan L. Yatvin, addressed law enforcement and civil society representatives from West Africa (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal) on police reform experiences and strategies.  The program was part of the United States Department of State’s Study Tour to Review Use of Force and De-escalation Training, Enhance Community-policing Practices, and Strengthen Interagency Coordination in the Sahel

• On August 22, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit agreed with Popper & Yatvin attorney, Alan L. Yatvin, in M.R. v. Ridley School District, ruling that a parent who seeks retrospective reimbursement to remedy a school district’s failure to honor its obligations under the “stay-put” provisions of the Individual’s with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) is a prevailing party entitled to attorney’s fees.  Referring to Yatvin, the Court wrote: “[W]e note that the litigation here was conducted by highly qualified and experienced counsel…”  Footnote 9.

• The May issue of The Champion, magazine of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) contains an essay by Popper & Yatvin partner, Alan L. Yatvin:  Representing ‘Those People’ Achieves Justice.

• On June 12, 2016, The Inquirer published a commentary by Popper & Yatvin partner Alan L. Yatvin commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Miranda v. Arizona.

• Martindale-Hubbell has recognized Popper & Yatvin partner Howard D. Popper for his 30 years of service to the legal community.

• On April 17, 2015, Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter named Popper & Yatvin partner Alan L. Yatvin to the newly created Police Community Oversight Board.  The Board was established by the Mayor by Executive Order No. 1-15, in response to the United States Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policy Services (DOJ-COPS) report entitled, “Collaborative Reform Initiative:  An Assessment of Deadly Force Policy and Practice in the Philadelphia Police Department” and the Interim Report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing.

• Popper & Yatvin partner Alan L. Yatvin has been elected to a three year term as one of the 18 members of the National Board of Directors of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), commencing January 2015. Read more on our blog.

• The Fall 2014 issue of The Philadelphia Lawyer, the quarterly magazine of the Philadelphia Bar Association, features an article on Popper & Yatvin partner Alan L. Yatvin.

• On November 8, 2014, Alan L. Yatvin was a member of the panel entitled: Ethical Considerations During Pre- Trial Proceedings, at an ethics training by the Association of Defence Counsel Practising Before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ADC-ICTY) held an ethics training in The Hague, The Netherlands.

• Alan L. Yatvin was a member of the writing group for Care of Young Children With Diabetes in the Child Care Setting: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association, published September 23, 2014, in the journal Diabetes Care, October 2014 vol. 37 no. 10 2834-2842.

• On August 5, 2014 The Philadelphia Inquirer published an OpEd by Howard Popper — Arrests show need for police oversight

• On April 29, 2014, Alan L. Yatvin was sworn into the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia and assigned as provisional International Co-Lawyer for a confidential suspect under investigation in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC),  also known as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.

• On April 29, 2014, Alan L. Yatvin gave written testimony on behalf of the American Diabetes Association before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights on “Law Enforcement Responses to Disabled Americans: Promising Approaches for Protecting Public Safety”

• Popper & Yatvin Settles Suit Over Philadelphia Police Shooting of Emotionally Disturbed Man.  Alan L. Yatvin was interviewed for a story which played on Philadelphia’s public radio station, WHYY-FM. Click here, then click on the play button ► below the headline to listen to the story.  

• Popper & Yatvin obtains $1.8 Million settlement in fatal police shooting.  Read about it here.

• On behalf of the American Diabetes Association, Popper & Yatvin partner Alan L. Yatvin, along with Daniel Lorber, MD, presented a training on diabetes at the New York City Police Academy on January 31, 2014.   Click here to read more.

• Alan L. Yatvin’s work insuring that police respond appropriately to persons with diabetes is highlighted in the January 2014 issue of the American Diabetes Association’s magazine, Diabetes Forecast.  Click here to read the article.