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FN:Nicole Friant
TEL;WORK:+1 215 979 1835
TEL;TYPE=WORK,FAX:+1 215 689 4856
EMAIL;WORK;PREF:ANFriant@duanemorris.com
N:Friant, Nicole
TITLE:Pro Bono Counsel
ORG:Duane Morris LLP
ADR;INTL;WORK;PARCEL;POSTAL:;;Duane Morris LLP | 30 South 17th Street | Philadelphia, PA  19103-4196 | USA | 
URL;WORK:http://www.duanemorris.com
NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: A. Nicole Friant is Duane Morris' Pro Bono Counsel, overseeing the firm's Pro Bono Program and supervising pro bono matters being handled by the firm. Ms. Friant works with referral agencies and legal services organizations to acquire new cases, increase involvement by firm personnel and provide training for new attorneys and summer associates. In addition to leading the firm's Pro Bono Program, Ms. Friant maintains a substantive practice in public interest law, focusing much of her work on child advocacy.

A former associate in Duane Morris' Environmental Law Practice Group, Ms. Friant returned to the firm in 2005 after having served as an environmental consultant at the Green Restaurant Association, a non-profit organization. Prior to becoming the firm's first Pro Bono Counsel, Ms. Friant served on the firm's Pro Bono Task Force and Committee, and was chair of the Duane Morris Child Advocacy Practice Group. Nicole currently serves as a Board Member and volunteer for the Support Center for Child Advocates, and in 2009 was recognized by the organization as a Distinguished Advocate. 

Admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, she is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia bar associations.

A former judicial clerk to the Honorable L. Anthony Gibson, former presiding judge of the Chancery Division for the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County, Ms. Friant is a 1998 graduate of Rutgers School of Law - Camden and a graduate of Rutgers University.

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