Board of Directors Michael E. Scullin Honorary Consul of France in Philadelphia

Michael Scullin is the Honorary Consul of France in Philadelphia.  He is of counsel to the law firm of Monteverde, McAlee & Hurd, where for over 20 years he has handled a broad variety commercial, nonprofit and international matters, including establishment of U.S. entities by French nationals and others, related immigration matters, transnational litigation, intellectual property issues and negotiation and drafting of international sales, distribution, joint development and licensing contracts.  He also advises firms and nonprofit organizations as a business consultant on global expansion and operations. 

Mr. Scullin is a member of the boards of the Alliance Française de Philadelphie, la Société Française de Bienfaisance de Philadelphie and the French International School of Philadelphia. 

He is serving his fifth term as the Co-Chair of the International Law Committee of the 13,000 member Philadelphia Bar Association.  In that capacity, he established the Twinning Relationship with the bar association of Lyon, France; he currently directs the Philadelphia-Lyon Attorney Exchange Program, placing French stagiaires in American firms and American lawyers in French offices.  He regularly attends the Rentrée du Barreau de Lyon and maintains extensive contacts with lawyers and other professionals in Paris and throughout France.  He has also supported the establishment of other economic links between the US and France, which were instrumental in bringing about the signing, in 2004, of a Memorandum of Understanding between Philadelphia and Lyon to promote joint economic development.  In 2005, he was presented with the Médaille d’ Honneur by Senator Jean Besson on behalf of the President the Rhones-Alpes Region.  More recently he was inducted as a Chevalier in the Commanderie des Costes du Rhône.  For two consecutive years he has been named by the publishers of Law & Politics as a “Super Lawyer” in the field of international law. 

Scullin has acted as a legal advisor in international corporate and financial transactions in Geneva, Switzerland.  He has also served the nonprofit community as a board member and chief executive officer of a foundation supporting cancer research and treatment, where his global outreach initiative resulted in the creation a network of related foundations throughout Europe.  His previous international experience includes service as executive director one of the largest global law firm consortiums, based in London, where he was primarily responsible for strategic planning, business development and marketing, conferences and member networking, and general management of the organization.

Mr. Scullin holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a member of AIESEC (Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales), developing internship opportunities for foreign students, and the Dickinson School of Law of Penn State University, where he was Associate Editor of the Law Review. Following law school, he was appointed to a clerkship with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He later earned a post-graduate Diploma in Advanced International Legal Studies at the McGeorge School of Law in Salzburg, Austria focusing on French law and business. 

He is a member of the Adjunct Faculty of Temple University, where he teaches International Law and Cyberlaw.  He has also written and lectured on comparative legal systems, international sale of goods, and the interrelation of treaty provisions and domestic law.   His seminar and conference presentations have taken him to over ten cities throughout Asia and Europe.  He is the co-author of several published articles and has been featured in numerous interviews in print and on radio and television.

Mr. Scullin has served on the boards of a number of non-profit organizations, including the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia.  He is a member of the Union Internationale des Avocats, the International Bar Association, the ASAE (Society of Association Executives) and various other international associations and chambers of commerce. 
 

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