Jonathan D. Edelman LAW ’23 is a 2022 Law & Public Policy Scholar. In 2014, he graduated magna cum laude from Temple University’s Fox School of Business Honors Program with a B.B.A. in Economics.
After graduation, Jonathan worked as a consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers, assisting large companies with Oracle and SAP systems optimization and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. He began work in Philadelphia politics in 2016 as Field Director for Jared Solomon’s campaign for State Representative for the 202nd District of Pennsylvania. In 2017, he became a legislative aide at the Office of State Representative Jared Solomon where he performed legislative research, provided recommendations on PA House bills, and assisted constituents with issues relating to housing, utilities, medical care, tax delinquency, property foreclosure, education, and criminal justice.
At Temple Law, Jonathan has served as the President of the Tax & Bankruptcy Law Society and worked as a teaching assistant for Professor Jane Baron and as a research assistant for Interim Dean Rachel Rebouche. He is currently interning with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Enforcement Division. Jonathan’s policy interests include tax, bankruptcy, trusts and estates, and corporate law.