Albert S. Dandridge III

Mr. Dandridge is chair of the Firm’s Securities Practice Group and Chief Diversity Officer. His legal work is concentrated in municipal and corporate finance matters, and he regularly counsels major public companies, broker-dealers and investment advisors on their securities reporting and financing requirements. Mr. Dandridge has also lectured frequently on securities topics. Before joining Schnader, Mr. Dandridge served at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as associate director of small business and international corporate finance in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance. In addition, he served as special counsel in the Division of Corporation Finance.

In 2015, Mr. Dandridge served as the 88th Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association.

Mr. Dandridge is a decorated Vietnam Combat Veteran with the U.S. Marine Corps and was awarded, among many honors, the Bronze Star with Combat “V” for Valor and the Purple Heart.

Other Distinctions

•Recipient of the Honorable William F. Hall Award, 2014
•Awarded The Legal Intelligencer‘s Lifetime Achievement Award, 2013
•Named as a Philadelphia Business Journal Minority Business Leader Award winner, 2013
•Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law, 2007-2020 and Securities Regulation, 2019-2020
•Noted as a “Pennsylvania Super Lawyer” for Securities and Venture Finance Law, 2004-2007
•Awarded the 2011 John Stephen Baerst Award for Excellence in Teaching by Boston University School of Law, where he was an adjunct professor of International Securities Transactions
•Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
•University of Pennsylvania Law School, fellow, Center for the Study of Financial Institutions, 1979

News & Publications

•Young Lawyers Q&A: What To Do About a Noisy Office Neighbor, Recruiters, or an Offensive Client
•For Young Lawyers - “Three Challenges Faced by Newly Hired Law School Graduates”
•Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2020
•For Young Lawyers - “Panel Weighs in on Politics in the Office, Billable Hours Shortfall, and Family Leave”
•Albert Dandridge Receives Diversity Leadership Award from Temple Law Alumni Association
•For Young Lawyers - “Panel Weighs In on Losing Interest, Refusing Work, and Opposing Counsel Clashes”
•For Young Lawyers - “Panel Weighs In on Partner Clashes, Networking and Gift-Giving Grievances”
•Ralph Wellington Featured in Legal Intelligencer’s Coverage of Philadelphia Diversity Law Group Symposium
•For Young Lawyers - “Panel Tackles Quality Work, Courtroom Experience and Drinking at Business Meals”
•Schnader Signs on to Mansfield Rule 2.0 to Drive Diversity in Leadership Roles and Lateral Hiring
•Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2019
•For Young Lawyers - “First Up: Choosing a Mentor, Pitching New Business and a Little Coffee Talk”
•Albert Dandridge Encourages Leadership Roles for Women and Persons of Color in Litigation and Business Transactions
•Albert Dandridge Co-Authors Cover Story in The Philadelphia Lawyer
•Albert Dandridge Contributes to Op-Ed by Philadelphia Diversity Law Group
•40 Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2018
•Albert Dandridge Quoted in Los Angeles Times
•Schnader Helps Philadelphia Bike Share Program IndeGo Hit the Street with Wheels Turning
•Thirty-Seven Schnader Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America 2017
•Albert S. Dandridge, III Honored as Giant of the Business Bar
•Schnader Recognized with International Financial Law Review Award
•Bar Chancellors Call for Independent Review of Emails
•Al Dandridge Quoted in: “Rekindled Email Scandal Tests State Supreme Court Again”
•Thirty-Three Schnader Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America 2016
•Albert Dandridge III Participated in Law Week
•“It’s All About Relationships”
•Albert Dandridge, III Presents Justice Sonia Sotomayor Diversity Award
•“Walking Point”
•Al Dandridge Discusses Homeless Veterans Issues with The Philadelphia Tribune
•Al Dandridge and Denny Shupe Receive Veterans of Influence Awards
•Albert Dandridge Installed as the 88th Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association
•Albert Dandridge, III Profiled in “New Head of the Philly Bar Focused on Diversity”
•“Helping Women of Color to Break Through the Glass Ceiling”
•Schnader Hosts the 2014 World City Bar Leaders Conference
•Thirty-Two Schnader Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America 2015
•Al Dandridge Quoted Regarding Comcast- Time Warner Deal
•Al Dandridge Presented with Hon. William F. Hall Award
•Philadelphia Bar Association Names Award for Al Dandridge
•Raising Capital Through IPO in the US
•The Legal Intelligencer Spotlights Schnader and Philadelphia Bar Association’s National Roundtable on Diversity in the Legal Profession
•Schnader Hosts National Roundtable on Diversity in the Legal Profession
•Thirty-One Schnader Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America 2014
•Al Dandridge Named as Philadelphia Business Journal 2013 Minority Business Leader Award Winner
•Al Dandridge and Rachel Branson Speak at Hon. C. Darnell Jones Portrait Unveiling
•Judge Arlin Adams and Al Dandridge Spotlighted as Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients by The Legal Intelligencer
•Al Dandridge Offers Memorial Day Keynote at the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial
•Al Dandridge Named as One of The Legal Intelligencer’s Diverse Attorneys of the Year
•Al Dandridge Takes Part in The Legal Intelligencer’s Diversity Roundtable
•Judge Arlin Adams and Al Dandridge Receive Legal Intelligencer Lifetime Achievement Awards
•Albert S. Dandridge III Featured in Philadelphia Business Journal Article
•Al Dandridge Promotes Philadelphia Bar Association in Commentary
•Al Dandridge Receives Philadelphia Bar Business Law Section Diversity Award
•Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia MLK Event Features Two Schnader Attorneys
•Al Dandridge Featured in Diversity Executive Magazine Article
•Schnader’s Al Dandridge Elected Philadelphia Bar Association’s Vice Chancellor
•Thirty-Three Schnader Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America 2013
•Schnader Announces Sponsorship with DreamIt Ventures
•“What the Marine Corps Can Teach the Legal Profession About Diversity”
•Schnader’s Chief Diversity Officer Albert S. Dandridge, III Offers Comment on the 2012 Justice Sonia Sotomayor Diversity Award
•SEC Adopts Amendments to the Definition of an Accredited Investor
•Schnader, Firm Chairman Noted in The Wall Street Journal on New Chief Diversity Officer
•Albert S. Dandridge, III Named Chief Diversity Officer
•Schnader Lawyer Member of Faculty at BU Law, Recognized as The Best Law School Faculty by The Princeton Review
•Albert S. Dandridge III Recognized by the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group
•Sixty-Eight Schnader Attorneys Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
•Thirty Schnader Attorneys Recognized as “The Best Lawyers in America” for 2012
•Albert S. Dandridge, III Appointed to the National Advisory Board to the National Symposium on Diversity in the Legal Profession
•SEC’s Whistleblower Rules Are Now Effective
•“Supreme Court Spotlight: The Positive Aspects of Turner v. Rogers”
•SEC Adopts Rule Defining “Family Offices” Under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
•Schnader’s Albert Dandridge, Adjunct Professor of International Securities Transactions, Receives One of Boston University’s Highest Honors
•Eleven from Schnader Are Members of The American Law Institute
•“The Walk Down the Hall”
•Immediate Change to the Definition of an Accredited Investor
•Thirty-Two Schnader Attorneys Recognized as “Best Lawyers in America” for 2011
•“‘Outrage’ Needed for Civil Gideon Success”
•Albert Dandridge - as a Member of the Legal Intelligencer’s Editorial Board - Joins a Call for Fully Funding Pennsylvania’s County Court System
•Albert Dandrige Quoted in Article Detailing the Madoff Sentencing
•Dandridge Authors Commentary on Recent Legal Diversity Event
•Dandridge Comments on Seth Williams’ Primary Victory in Philadelphia D.A. Race
•Dandridge Comments on His Participation in Diversity Symposium
•Twenty-Eight from Schnader in Best Lawyers in America 2009
•Schnader Attorneys Contribute to The Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Breakfast
•Schnader Succeeds in Coram Bankruptcy Matter
•Many Schnader Attorneys are 2007 Super Lawyers, 2008 Best Lawyers
•Twenty-Four from Schnader in Best Lawyers in America 2008
•“Norris Schmidt, Philadelphia’s First African-American Firm, Is a Model for All Firms”
•Twenty-Seven Schnader Attorneys Named 2007 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
•Battle, Dandridge Participate on Attorney Mentoring Panel
•Twenty from Schnader in Best Lawyers in America 2007
•Dandridge Notes Local Legal Moves
•Thirty-Five Schnader Attorneys Are 2006 Super Lawyers
•Dandridge Re-Elected to Philadelphia Stock Exchange Board
•Thirty-Three Schnader Attorneys Honored as ‘Pennsylvania Super Lawyers’
•Dandridge Quoted on New SEC Phila Office Chief
•Dandridge Noted in Inquirer’s Keystone Story
•Dandridge Named to Philadelphia Bar Association Leadership Posts
•Dandridge Comments on SEC Changes in Philadelphia
•Schnader Attorneys Feted as Super Lawyers
•Al Dandridge Quoted in Press about SEC Changes
•Albert S. Dandridge III Comments on ABFS About-Face on Unsecured Notes
•Schnader Lawyers Noted as ‘Pennsylvania Super Lawyers’ in 19 Categories

Community & Pro Bono

•Chestnut Hill Academy, former member, Board of Governors
•Women’s Way, former member, Board of Directors
•The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, a former member of the Vestry and Treasurer

Related Events

•2018 PDLG Symposium: Diversity in the First Chair: Symposium on Women and Diverse Lawyers in the Courtroom and Boardroom
•Schnader Helped Teens in Foster Care on Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
•Albert Dandridge Spoke on Temple Law Alumni Association Panel
•Albert Dandridge Spoke at PDLG Alumni Conference
•Schnader Partner Albert Dandridge III, Presented at the 2015 Philadelphia Diversity Law Group Diversity & Inclusion Symposium
•Albert Dandridge, III Appeared on Puerto Rican PANORAMA
•Partner Albert S. Dandridge Presents Justice Sotomayor Diversity Award
•Al Dandridge Appeared on MSNBC’s “Taking the Hill”
•Albert S. Dandridge, III Speaks at Naturalization Ceremony
•Schnader Attorneys Speak at the Dispute Resolution Institute’s 11th Hour CLE Program
•Schnader Attorneys Host Mentoring Luncheon - “Where the Law Can Take You”
•Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP Hosts Cocktail Reception to Celebrate Minority High Growth and the Tech Ecosystem
•Schnader Attorneys Present “Financial Basics Every In-House Attorney Should Know” at the DELVACCA Mini-MBA CLE Institute
•Albert S. Dandridge, III and Rachel Branson Spoke at the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group
•Schnader Hosts Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Diversity and Inclusion Network Breakfast
•Schnader’s Chief Diversity Officer, Albert S. Dandridge, III, Speaks at “Meet the Judges and Legislators” Event
•Albert S. Dandridge, III Spoke at Temple University’s Black Law Students Association Diversity Series
•Albert S. Dandridge, III Serves as Co-Planner for “Preparation of Annual Disclosure Documents and SEC Update”
•Schnader’s Albert S. Dandridge III Participates in White House Roundtable
•Schnader’s Dandridge to Speak at Philadelphia Bar Association’s Diversity in the Profession & Business Law Section
•Schnader’s Albert Dandridge Introduces Kenneth R. Feinberg at the Chancellor’s Forum
•Albert Dandridge Spoke at DELVACCA’s 3rd Annual In-House Counsel Conference
•Albert Dandridge Presented Course on Preparation of Annual Disclosure Documents and SEC Update
•Schnader Attorneys Attend the 69th Anniversary Liberty USO Gala
•Schnader Attorneys Serve as Co-Chairs for the Barristers’ Association Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast
•Panel Discussion: Albert Dandridge Discusses Securities Law at the RR Donnelley SEC Hot Topics Institute
•Schnader’s Dandridge a Course Planner for CLE on Disclosure Documents and Updates by the SEC
•Chair of Schnader’s Securities Practice Group Speaks on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
•Symposium and Reception: “Creating Access: The Norris Law Firm and the Liacouras Committee”
•Annual Disclosure Documents & SEC Update
•Annual Disclosure Documents and SEC Update
•Preparation of Annual Disclosure Documents
•Due Diligence Investigations
•SEC Hot Topics Institute