PHILADELPHIA\u00a0\u2013 The Law Department is thrilled to welcome Monique Myatt Galloway as the City\u2019s next City Solicitor, following the departure of Renee Garcia, who\u00a0has\u00a0served as Solicitor since 2024. Appointed by Mayor Cherelle L. Parker, Galloway\u00a0began her transition into the role\u00a0of Acting City Solicitor\u00a0on\u00a0September 2, pending confirmation from City Council.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cServing the people of Philadelphia as Solicitor has been a\u00a0privilege\u00a0and one of the most valuable and fulfilling experiences of my career.\u00a0I am grateful to Mayor Parker and the communities across Philadelphia for the trust instilled in me to do this important work,\u201d said\u00a0Renee Garcia.\u00a0\u201cAs Monique transitions into this role,\u00a0I am confident that\u00a0her prior\u00a0dedication to public service and\u00a0expertise\u00a0in government will\u00a0translate exceptionally to leadership\u00a0of\u00a0the Law Department\u00a0and that she will be an invaluable legal asset to the City.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the past 2 and \u00bd years, our City Solicitor has been Renee Garcia,\u00a0and I could not be prouder\u00a0of the work that Renee has done for the Parker administration,\u201d said Mayor Cherelle L. Parker.\u00a0\u201cAmong the many challenging cases that Renee led, she initiated our legal fight against the U.S. Interior Department in the President\u2019s House case, and we will never stop fighting to tell the full story of enslaved Africans living in the President\u2019s House as the country was being formed. We are grateful for Renee\u2019s public service to the people of Philadelphia.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cI am deeply honored by the opportunity to serve Philadelphia as City Solicitor,\u201d said\u00a0Galloway. \u201cIntegrity, sound judgment, excellence, and a deep\u00a0commitment\u00a0to public service have been the anchors of my career. I\u00a0look forward to working alongside the\u00a0talented professionals of the Law Department,\u00a0support\u00a0the important\u00a0work\u00a0they do every day,\u00a0and\u00a0serve\u00a0the\u00a0City\u00a0and the people of Philadelphia.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur new City Solicitor\u00a0is Monique Galloway \u2013 someone who is steeped in legal experience with Federal agencies. Someone who most recently has served with the United States Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Prior to that, she was Regional Counsel to the General Services Administration,\u201d\u00a0said Mayor Cherelle L.\u00a0Parker.\u00a0\u201cShe began her legal career as a trial lawyer with the Department of the Navy, Office of General Counsel,\u00a0in Washington. Monique clerked for a Federal District Court jurist here in Philadelphia. I am\u00a0very, very proud\u00a0to welcome Monique Galloway\u00a0as the next City Solicitor of the City of Philadelphia.\u201d<\/p>\n
ABOUT MONIQUE MYATT GALLOWAY:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Monique Myatt Galloway\u00a0served as an\u00a0Assistant United States Attorney since November 2023 in the Civil Division of the United States Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the office, Galloway served as Regional Counsel for two federal agencies in the Mid-Atlantic \u2013 the U.S. General Services Administration and the Federal Transit Administration. At GSA, Galloway led a team of attorneys responsible for advising Senior Executives on real estate, commercial lease management, federal acquisition, labor, and environmental laws.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Galloway began her legal career as a trial attorney with the Department of the Navy, Office of General Counsel in Washington, D.C., and later worked\u00a0in\u00a0Philadelphia and\u00a0surrounding\u00a0area\u00a0as a\u00a0litigation\u00a0associate at both a global defense law firm,\u00a0where she\u00a0represented\u00a0manufacturing\u00a0and\u00a0pharmaceutical\u00a0companies\u00a0as well as\u00a0individual pro bono clients,\u00a0and a national class action law\u00a0firm, where she\u00a0represented\u00a0plaintiffs\u00a0and class members\u00a0in consumer protection and\u00a0employment law matters.\u00a0Galloway is\u00a0also\u00a0a former federal judicial law clerk to the Honorable Cynthia M. Rufe of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Throughout her career, Galloway has\u00a0remained\u00a0devoted to the Bar and the community. In September 2017, Galloway was appointed to the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission by the Honorable Jay Costa, Minority Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate, and served a two-year term.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Galloway also serves as an adjunct professor at Temple University School of Law and Drexel University School of Law. In 2014, Galloway served as President of the Barristers\u2019 Association of Philadelphia, Inc., one of the largest affinity bar associations in Pennsylvania. She is also a former Board Member of the Public Interest Law Center.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Galloway has served on\u00a0numerous\u00a0committees, including the Philadelphia Bar Association\u2019s Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention and the Bylaws Committee as well as the Third Circuit Lawyers Advisory Committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In 2019,\u00a0Galloway\u00a0received the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Partnering for Excellence Award. In 2018, she received the AARP\u2019s Access to Justice Champion Award.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Galloway received her Juris Doctorate (J.D.), cum laude, from Thurgood Marshall School of Law, where she was Managing Editor of the Law Review. She also received her LL.M. in Trial Advocacy from Temple University, and her B.B.A. in Accounting from Texas Southern University.\u00a0Galloway is married to Ade Galloway, a fellow attorney, and together they are raising two teenage boys.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Here civic commitment to our communities extends beyond the law.\u00a0Galloway is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Incorporated, Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, the Philadelphia Chapter of the Links, Incorporated, and Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated, Montgomery County, Pa. Chapter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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