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Congratulations to Alfonso Madrid!

By Ida Weingram •  November 22, 2017
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Alfonso Madrid, who has been a member of Jenkins for 10 years, is being honored with the PNC Achievement Award at the Philadelphia Bar Association's Annual Meeting on December 5, 2017. This award honors significant accomplishments in improving the administration of justice. Mr. Madrid has represented clients of the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project (CBAP) for the last 10 years. He has also served on the CBAP Board and has been a supervising attorney for CBAP's bankruptcy clinical program at Temple University's Beasley School of Law.

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