Don P. Foster

Don Foster serves as the Chair of Offit Kurman’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group. He is an experienced litigator, having tried cases to verdict in federal and state courts throughout the country. He also serves as outside general counsel and advisor to small businesses in a variety of industries.

His trial and alternative dispute resolution experience is varied and includes disputes involving title insurance intellectual property, health care, franchising, corporate governance, law firm partnership and closely held businesses. He also frequently litigates fiduciary disputes in Pennsylvania’s Orphans Courts.

Mr. Foster is a member of the Board of Directors of Highmark, Inc., one of the larger Blue Cross/Blue Shield companies in the country. He currently serves as Chairman of the company’s Investment Committee after chairing the Audit Committee. He also serves on the Executive and Corporate Governance Committees.

Prior to the formation of Highmark, he served on the Board of Pennsylvania Blue Shield. Mr. Foster serves as a Judge Pro Tempore in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, and has been appointed to a two year term as a Delegate in the Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates.

Prior to joining Offit Kurman Mr. Foster was a partner in another prominent Philadelphia law firm. Prior to that he served as a law clerk to the Hon. James S. Bowman (dec’d), President Judge of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, and as a consultant with the International Energy Agency in Paris.

Education :

• J.D., Dickinson School of Law
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Admissions:

• Pennsylvania
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan