Last week the legal community lost one of our favorite friends and mentors, Gail Ruopp. Gail joined the legal industry in 1993 when she started at Bennett, Bricklin & Saltzburg. After that, her career took her to Flaster Greenberg and Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel. Gail served as president of the Philadelphia chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) in 2015 and 2016 and was also heavily involved in International Legal Technology Association, the Legal Resource Network and countless other legal industry groups. She was a pioneer in developing the director of administration or executive director role at a law firm. 

Rose O’Drain of Cozen O’Connor said of Gail, “When I think of her, inclusiveness comes to mind more than anything! It never mattered to Gail who you are, what you do, what firm you worked for, because she treated everyone the same. She was a true leader who had a wealth of knowledge and was more than happy to generously help anyone who needed it.”