Bourne Ruthrauff’s practice
focuses on litigation, in
defense of product liability
matters, commercial litigation
and ethics matters.
Litigation
He defends manufacturers of a
wide range of industrial,
commercial and personal products
in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
(pro hac vice). Ruthrauff has
focused his practice in trial
matters since 1967. Over those
years, he has tried, and
assisted at trials of, a wide
range of matters, including
antitrust class actions, complex
commercial disputes, patent and
trademark infringement, personal
injury, product liability,
shareholder actions and ethics
disputes. In addition, he has
successfully defended putative
class actions.
He serves as a Judge Pro Tem in
the Philadelphia Common Pleas
Court program. He formerly
served as an arbitrator for the
New York Stock Exchange.
Ethics
His private ethics
practice includes advice to
individual attorneys, law firms,
and corporate entities. He has
litigated ethics disputes in the
Eastern and Middle Districts of
Pennsylvania, and has served as
an expert witness on ethics
issues. He serves as Ethics
Counsel for Bennett, Bricklin &
Saltzburg, LLC.
He is a member of the
Philadelphia Bar Association
Professional Guidance Committee
providing confidential ethics
advice to lawyers and served as
Chair from 2001-2003. He also
serves on the Pennsylvania Bar
Association Legal Ethics and
Professional Responsibility
Committee. He has lectured on
attorney ethics; in 2010 he
spoke on “Ethics Considerations
in the Tripartite Relationship”
for the Pennsylvania Bar
Association.
Education
Ruthrauff graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania in
1964 where he served as the
Editor in Chief of the Daily
Pennsylvanian. He graduated from
the University of Pennsylvania
Law School in 1967, where he won
the Keedy Moot Court
Competition.
Civic
Ruthrauff has served as Chair
of the Committee of Seventy; as
President of the Philadelphia
City Institute; as graduate
President of the Class of 1964
from Penn and has volunteered
for other civic and charitable
organizations. He presently
serves on the Board of the
Philadelphia Montessori Charter
School.
He lives with his wife Carolyn
Wyeth in Bryn Mawr,
Pennsylvania; he has two
children and two grandchildren.
His hobby is competing in
triathlons.
