Ms. Chalal received a J.D. with honors from Temple University School of Law. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Hofstra University where she received a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, with High Honors in Speech Communication. Following graduation from Temple University School of Law, she served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Sandra Mazer Moss (ret) of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia.

Ms. Chalal is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, and former executive board member of the Temple American Inns of Court. She also was an executive committee member of the Young Lawyers Division of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Ms. Chalal has served as an instructor for various employment law seminars and published extensively on employment issues, including the following articles: “Employee-At-Will Doesn’t Bar Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claim,” The Legal Intelligencer, September 1997; “Sexual Harassment in the Office: Drawing the Lines and Reassessing the Costs,” Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, PaTLA News, September 1998; and “Court: Under ADA, Employers Must Participate In Interactive Process,” The Legal Intelligencer, October 1999. Ms. Chalal has been named a “Pennsylvania Rising Star” in the December 2005 through December 2009 issues of Philadelphia Magazine. Ms. Chalal has been consistently selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer and one of Pennsylvania and Delaware Super Lawyers’ Top 50 Women.

Ms. Chalal is admitted to the Bars of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and District of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.