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Richard I. Torpey
rtorpey@howlandhess.com
Ph: 215-914-2411
Fax: 215-947-6254

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Richard I. Torpey was admitted to practice in 1959, and has an extensive background in estate planning, will and trust drafting, estate administration and litigation involving estates and trusts. He is past president of The Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, one of the colonial societies in Philadelphia; a charter member of the Brehon Law Society; a long-time member of the Board of Trustees of Episcopal Hospital and past Chairman (1972-1982), and since 1998 a member of the Board of Trustees of Temple University Health System; he has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States; past President of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association; Fellow, Pennsylvania Bar Foundation; past member, Board of Governors of Philadelphia Bar Association; member of the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations; member of the University Glee Club of Philadelphia and the Board of The American Anti-Vivisection Society. An avid sailboat racer, he is a past National Champion as well as Commodore of the Ensign Class Association, and an active member of the Toms River, New Jersey, Yacht Club.

Mr. Torpey is a graduate of St. Joseph's Preparatory School, the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University School of Law where he was Note Editor of the Law Review. He and his wife Mary are the parents of six children.