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Kimberly Ruch-Alegant is an attorney and the President of Alegant Law, P.C. conducting mediations and arbitrations and representing people who have been injured at work or as a result of an accident, with a specialty in representing nurses, nurse's aides and other health care workers.

She attended Drexel University, graduating in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, where she served as a peer educator in Students Organized Against Rape. Ms. Alegant continued her education at the Temple University School of Law, graduating in 1999. She served as an editor on the Science and Technology Law Journal, publishing a paper on alternative dispute resolution. Ms. Ruch-Alegant has worked in various fields of law in addition to personal injury, including PIP subrogation, medical malpractice defense, mass tort defense, and personal injury. She is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and is admitted to practice before the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She has served as an arbitrator for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Ms. Alegant received her mediation training from the Good Shepherd Mediation Program.

Ms. Ruch-Alegant is a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, Women in the Profession Committee, Alternative Dispute Committee, and the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Commission on Women in the Profession. From 2009 through 2011, Ms. Ruch-Alegant co-chaired the Women in the Profession committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association. In January of 2010, she began her three year term as a member of the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association

Ms. Ruch-Alegant planned and presented a CLE course titled Preparing Your Witness to Testify: Tips and Techniques to Win Your Case. She also co-moderated a "Hot Topics" discussion panel at the 2008 Women in the Profession Summit. She chaired the 2009 Women in the Profession Summit, and co-chaired the 2010 Women in the Profession Summit, all of which were presented by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

Ms. Ruch-Alegant has served on the board of directors of the Churchville Nature Center and Overington House. She did pro bono work with the Support Center for Child Advocates. She has been a member of the National Association of Women Lawyers, Women's Business Forum, and eWomen Network. She is the Founder of the Buxmont chapter of eWomenNetwork but stepped down as Executive Managing Director in the Summer of 2010. She is currently serving on the Association of MaST Parents, the parent organizaton of MaST Charter School.

Ms. Ruch-Alegant is an avid reader and writer, with a particular interest in holistic and energy healing. In fact, she has another business which specializes in coaching lawyers and professional women who feel overwhelmed, and mothers who feel guilty. Click here to explore her website with information about coaching.