Admitted to Practice

  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Gay & Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia Bar Association
  • Women’s Law Project

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School

Abbe F. Fletman

Shareholder, Head of the Litigation Section, Intellectual Property Practice Group & Co-Chair, Government Relations and Regulatory Law Practice Group

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Abbe F. Fletman is the head of the Litigation Section of the Intellectual Property Practice Group and a member of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group. She concentrates her practice in commercial litigation, intellectual property disputes involving trademarks, copyrights and patents, and litigation representing government entities.

As lead litigator in a variety of forums including federal court, Pennsylvania courts of common pleas, Orphan's Court and Delaware Chancery Court, Ms. Fletman has successfully handled notable cases representing private and publicly held companies, non-profit and for-profit organizations and government entities in jury and non-jury trials, and in numerous appeals.   

A recognized leader in the legal community, Ms. Fletman is co-chair of the Woman Advocate Committee of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association, and is a fellow at The Academy of Advocacy of Temple University Beasley School of Law, where she serves as an instructor for the L.L.M. in Trial Advocacy and is a barrister in the school's American Inn of Court.  She is a frequent presenter at legal conferences, including the American Bar Association Litigation Section annual meetings, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, and the Philadelphia Bar Association's Federal Bench-Bar Conference.

As a civic leader and volunteer, she is Philadelphia County Counsel for Obama-Biden. 

Among her published works, Ms. Fletman is co-author of "Government Entity Litigation" Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts (2nd Ed. West, Nov. 2005).

Community Service and Affiliations

  • Albert Einstein Health Care Services

o  Member, Board of Trustees

  • Albert Einstein Healthcare Network

o  Member, Board of Overseers Governance Committee, Quality Assurance Committee

  • Free Library of Philadelphia

o  Member, Board of Trustees, Governance Committee, Strategic Planning Comm, Jan. 2005-March 2008.

  • Leadership, Inc., Philadelphia

o  Member and Graduate - Class of 2001

  • American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Litigation
o  Division director of Division VI - The Profession.

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Education

Undergraduate School:
University of Chicago, B.A., American History, with honors, 1980

Law School:

University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1988

Temple University Beasley School of Law, L.L.M., Trial Advocacy, 1998

  • Member of the winning team in the Keedy Cup Moot Court Competition

Honors & Awards

  • Martindale Hubbell AV rating
  • 2007 Women of Distinction by the Philadelphia Business Journal
  • Named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 by Key Professional Media, publishers of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
  • American Bar Association Fellow
  • Named one of the top 50 female attorneys in Pennsylvania by Law & Politics Media, publishers of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers.