Obituary

Adam Mitchell Beloff

Beloff, The Honorable Adam Mitchell, 48, of Philadelphia, Penn., passed away on Saturday, December 1, 2012. Adam was preceded in death by his mother, Ruth Beloff, twin brother, Marc Beloff, and stepmother Mollie Braverman. He is survived by his father Dr. Stanley of Ventnor, N.J.; brothers Sam (Dale) of Swedesboro, N.J. and Josh (Eva Corets) of Clyde Hill, Wash.; sisters Donna Wood (Dan) of Cherry Hill, N.J. and Gail of Crown Point, Ind.; nieces and nephews Jared (Erika Metzger), Bryce, Sarah Lloyd (Brian), Allison Wood, Rebecca Wood, Reid Corets Beloff and Madison Corets Beloff; great niece and nephew Zoe Beloff and Charlie Lloyd; and step-siblings Carol Schreibman of Margate, N.J., Alan Jay (Melody) Braverman of Boca Raton, Fla. and Bennett Braverman of Boulder, Colo.
Adam was born in Philadelphia and raised in Ventnor. He graduated from Atlantic City High School, attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C., receiving a B.A. in Public Affairs and Catholic University and St. Louis University as part of his continuing education abroad in Spain. After returning to the U.S., he attended the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. While in law school, he successfully competed on the National Trial Team. Adam served as the president of the South Seventh Street Redevelopment Association and was a volunteer to the Miss Columbus Day Scholarship pageant for 30 years, including as the pageant’s Chairman of Judges. He volunteered and judged National Mock Trial competitions including the John S. Bradway High School Mock Trial Competition at Temple University, sponsored by the Young Lawyers Division of the Philadelphia Bar Association, and the American Mock Trial Invitational at the New Jersey State Bar Foundation in New Brunswick, N.J. Adam proudly served as a judge in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at Beth El Synagogue, Margate, N.J., followed by interment at Rodef Shalom Cemetery in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to a charity of your choice.