Tara Pellicori, an associate in DLA Piper’s Philadelphia office, has been named to The Legal Intelligencer’s 2016 Lawyers on the Fast Track for her outstanding work in the legal industry throughout Pennsylvania. The prestigious list recognizes up and coming legal stars selected from across the commonwealth and Pellicori was one of 35 lawyers under the age of 40 chosen for the award. The recipients were honored at a dinner on June 21, 2016, at the Crystal Tea Room in Philadelphia.

Pellicori, who works in DLA Piper’s Corporate practice, is an Executive Committee member of the Firm Wide Associates Committee, the Philadelphia associate representative for the firm’s Leadership Alliance for Women, and a member of DLA Piper’s North American Pro Bono Committee and Transactional Sub-Committee. Previously, Pellicori was honored by Rutgers Law School with the Recent Graduate Award at its annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Celebration, and she will be joining the school as an adjunct professor for the 2016 fall semester to teach a “Corporate Lawyering” course. She is an active council member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Business Law Section and volunteers as a board member at Dress For Success Philadelphia, among other community activities.