Dilworth Paxson LLP was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1933. The firm conducts a broad and diverse regional and national practice representing a wide variety of clients ranging from individuals and closely held businesses to publicly held and Fortune 500 companies. Dilworth Paxson acts as special counsel to various municipal and governmental authorities and entities as well as utilities and other institutions which are an important part of life in the communities served by the firm. Dilworth Paxson maintains a strong and unique tradition of public service and civic involvement and, as a result, many former and present members of the firm hold a wide variety of positions at the federal, state and local levels of government and on the boards of charitable and civic institutions.