Dean, Madeleine, 1959-

<p>Madeleine Dean Cunnane (born June 6, 1959) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. The district includes almost all of Montgomery County, a suburban county north of Philadelphia. Before being elected to Congress, Dean was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, representing the 153rd district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.</p>

<p>The youngest of seven children—five brothers and one sister—Madeleine Dean was born to Bob and Mary Dean in Glenside, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Abington High School. She graduated magna cum laude from La Salle University, and earned her J.D. degree at Widener University. She also studied politics and public service at the Fels Institute of Government of the University of Pennsylvania.</p>

<p>After law school, Dean returned to the Philadelphia area and practiced law with the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers, going on to serve as executive director. She then opened a small, three-woman law practice in Glenside, and served as in-house counsel for her husband's growing bicycle business.</p>

<p>Born and raised in Glenside, Pennsylvania, to Bob and Mary Dean, Madeleine got her start in politics around the dinner table with her five older brothers and one older sister. She was graduated from Abington High School, and at age 18 won election to serve as a local committee-person.</p>

<p>Madeleine completed her undergraduate studies at La Salle University in Philadelphia, and earned her law degree at Delaware Law School of Widener University. She returned home, practicing law in a small Philadelphia firm and with the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and eventually serving as executive director. Madeleine then opened a small, three-woman law practice in Glenside.</p>

<p>While she and her husband PJ were raising three young sons, Madeleine changed careers. From 2001 until 2011 she was a member of the English Department at LaSalle University — teaching composition, persuasive writing and rhetoric, business writing, legal writing, and ethics. She also contributed to The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Daily News, The Patriot-News, and other publications.</p>

DEAN, Madeleine, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 6, 1959; graduated from Abington High School, Abington, Pa., 1977; attended Montgomery County College, Blue Bell, Pa.; attended Fels Institute of Government, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.; B.A., La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pa., 1981; J.D., Widener University Delaware Law School, Chester, Pa., 1984; lawyer, private practice; faculty, La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pa., 2001-2012; columnist; member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 2012-2018; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2019-present); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2021 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States.