Italian legal delegation visits Philadelphia

From left: Sal D’Angelo, proprietor of D’Angelo’s Restaurant; tour leader Stefano Maffei; U.S. Prosecutor Tom Zalesky; Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Hon. Roxanne Covington (State judge); tour associate Claudia Ricci; U.S. District Court Hon. John Padova; and court crier Jennifer Pieretti gather at D’Angelo’s Restaurant in Philadelphia on May 1 as part of a visit by Italian lawyers to experience the U.S. justice system. In addition to their stop in Philadelphia the Italians also spent time in New York City and Washington, D.C., where they went to the Library of Congress and the United States Supreme Court. A delegation of Philadelphia lawyers will visit Italy and the Italian courts later this month.