Blair Leah Hornstine is the Managing Attorney of Hornstine, Pelloni & Hornstine, LLC in our Philadelphia office. She graduated from William and Mary School of Law in May 2010. Prior to law school, Blair received her MA degree with Distinction from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
During her time in law school, she was active with the Special Education Advocacy Law Clinic and acted as an advocate for several families in Williamsburg, Virginia and the surrounding area. Prior to graduation, Blair interned with Justice Virginia Long of the New Jersey Supreme Court. She also completed an internship with the Department of Justice, Division of Civil Rights, Criminal Section, where she worked on cases dealing with color of law violations, hate crimes, and human and sex trafficking.
Following graduation, Blair worked as a Post-Graduate Fellow with the Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. She researched issues regarding disability rights in employment as well as European laws regarding limits on religious expression. Additionally, she analyzed intelligence bulletins to ascertain which sections of the reports could potentially cause First Amendment concerns. This research was used to create training materials and training modules for law enforcement.
Before attending law school, Blair interned with Prof. Charles Ogletree and the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute at Harvard University. While working for Prof. Ogletree, she researched issues on the future of affirmative action on school busing programs, the impact of socio-economic factors on children’s mental and physical health, and the death penalty’s disproportionate application to racial minorities.
Blair is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania.
Date: March 9th, 2012 4:18 PM Author: Spectacular Casino
Why on Earth did she go to law school? I cannot think of a worse profession for someone with a background including a retracted admission due to a very public fiasco that reflected negatively on her character and exceptional unlikability. If she was a great coder she could have been ok in computer science, or maybe she could have become a radiologist, etc. But a lawyer? Who the hell would hire her?
Date: March 9th, 2012 4:22 PM Author: charismatic place of business theater
The one thing that always bothered me about the Hornstine case was that she claimed she was disabled due to some sort of fatigue-inducing auto-immune disorder and then MOVED ACROSS THE FUCKING OCEAN to go to college.
Date: March 9th, 2012 4:31 PM Author: Spectacular Casino
The thing that bothered me most is that if she wasn't mean-spirited and just shared the valedictorian title she wouldn't have drawn attention to her lame excuse.
Date: March 9th, 2012 4:36 PM Author: charismatic place of business theater
That too.
But her sob story about being too sickly to go to school doesn't jibe with her sudden complete recovery which enabled her to go to college 4000 miles away in a foreign country.
Date: March 9th, 2012 4:43 PM Author: Elite son of senegal
"Students also turned against Hornstine. Eggs were thrown at her house and her picture was used as a buddy icon on A.O.L. Instant Messenger. The icon had her name crossed out with an X and a picture featuring fake tears coming down and image of Hornstine's face."
Date: March 9th, 2012 4:49 PM Author: aquamarine really tough guy
yes, this was goddamn huge in spring '03 when it all went down. nobody knew where she ended up for a while but eventually people discovered that she wound up @ st. andrews.