Primavera 74th Chancellor, Philadelphia Bar Association Carl S. Primavera sees himself as a conciliator and a bridge builder. And he intends to use those qualities during his term as Chancellor of the 13,000-member Philadelphia Bar Association in 2001. The Association's mild-mannered leader is not one to seek out the bumpy fork in the road, so long as a smooth route to any destination can be found. I try not to create problems where there are none. And where there are problems, I'm pretty intent on bringing people together quickly to find a solution.
Life just works better that way.
Life has certainly worked well for Primavera, whose middle class roots in suburban Philadelphia gave him a strong work ethic that led him to work diligently at each new task that came his way. Always an avid reader, Primavera says he was inspired to pursue a legal career by stories of Perry Mason and by Raymond Burr's TV personification of the soft-spoken, fictional trial advocate. I try to be tough on issues and easy on people. After law school, while clerking for the late, legendary Common Pleas Court Judge G. Fred DiBona, Primavera got to see all of the great Philadelphia trial lawyers of that time in action, and he liked what he saw. I realized that tact and the need to forge consensus are very important in negotiating a means to an end.