June Essis, a partner with Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby who primarily defends trucking companies and truck drivers, recently began her term as the 2022-23 president of the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel.

According to Essis, the pandemic served to strengthen the relationship between PADC and the members of the legal community. In a conversation with The Legal Intelligencer, Essis said she aims to encourage the increased communications between the judiciary and the bar and continue PADC’s revamped virtual programing as the organization plans to bring back in-person events.