A former Carbon County resident has been elected as a shareholder of a Philadelphia law firm where he is associated.

John P. Lavelle Jr. was unanimously named a shareholder of Hangley Aronchick, Segal and Pudlin, its president, David B. Pudlin, announced.

Lavelle’s practice includes intellectual property, civil RICO and general business cases. The attorney is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Princeton University.

He is the son of President Judge John P. Lavelle of the Carbon County Courts and Atty. Marianne S. Lavelle of Lehighton.