ABOUT IRINA EHRLICH

  Irina Ehrlich is an experienced attorney whose commitment to fairness and compassion for others make her an ideal candidate for judge. Irina will bring to the bench the same open-mindedness and integrity that she has consistently applied in her legal practice for over twenty-four years. 

After graduating from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2000, Irina began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Over the course of thirteen years, Irina prosecuted a variety of complex criminal matters, including attempted murder, drug trafficking and illegal gun possession cases. During her tenure, Irina was promoted to serve in the Investigation Division and was later designated as a Special Assistant United States Attorney.

  In 2013, Irina left the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office to open her private practice that focuses on criminal defense, immigration and guardianships. As a defense attorney, Irina represents clients in both state and federal court. Irina is often appointed by Philadelphia state court judges and federal judges in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to represent indigent individuals who have been charged with criminal offenses. Irina has tried over fifty jury trials to verdict.  

Irina is fluent in Ukrainian and Russian. She came to the United States as a political refugee from the former Soviet Union at the age of twenty-one in 1994. Irina understands the challenges that many of her immigration clients face in this country.  She has successfully represented clients from all over the world in complex asylum and deportation matters in Immigration Court.

Known for her strong ethics, and genuine concern for the well-being of Philadelphia’s most vulnerable citizens, Irina is often appointed by the Philadelphia Orphans’ Court to represent incapacitated individuals in guardianship proceedings. Whether her client is a ninety-year-old woman with dementia or a thirty-year-old man with an intellectual disability, Irina insists that her clients’ voices are heard in court and that their rights to due process are protected.