http://www.judged.com/jdfirmrssfeed_pa.php Judged Law Firm en-us (C) 2006 Judged. All rights reserved. contact@judged.com(Judged) contact@judged.com Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:35:48 -0500 Law Firms http://www.judged.com/jdfirmrssfeed_pa.php 60 http://www.judged.com/images/xml_rss_feed.gif http://www.judged.com/jdfirmrssfeed_pa.php Address : 240 Grandview Avenue, Phone : 717-731-1970, City : Camp Hill Partner John Joseph will be moderating a panel discussion of compliance officers as part of HCCA (Health Care Compliance Association) East Central Annual Program in Pittsburgh on October 12, 2007. The panel will discuss best practices in the areas of conducting compliance reviews, Deficit Reduction Act measures, and risk assessments. Partner John Joseph will be moderating a panel discussion of compliance officers as part of HCCA (Health Care Compliance Association) East Central Annual Program in Pittsburgh on October 12, 2007. The panel will discuss best practices in the areas of conducting compliance reviews, Deficit Reduction Act measures, and risk assessments. Partner Vince Candiello will serve as keynote speaker for the Lancaster County Society for Human Resource Managers on September 20, 2007. His topic will be "Employment Law Update." Partner Vince Candiello will serve as keynote speaker for the Lancaster County Society for Human Resource Managers on September 20, 2007. His topic will be "Employment Law Update." Partner Bruce Wickersham will be on a panel presenting an e-discovery program entitled, "Retention of Electronic Documents" on September 10, 2007 before an international audience of American, Canadian, Japanese and Chinese business executives at the Industrial Truck Association's Annual Meeting in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Partner Bruce Wickersham will be on a panel presenting an e-discovery program entitled, "Retention of Electronic Documents" on September 10, 2007 before an international audience of American, Canadian, Japanese and Chinese business executives at the Industrial Truck Association's Annual Meeting in Banff, Alberta, Canada. http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=1907 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=1907&page=18 Address : The Paragon Centre1611 Pond Road, Suite 300, Phone : 610-391-1800, City : Allentown http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=2326 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=2326&page=2 Address : 305 North Front Street5th Floor, Phone : 717-237-5500, City : Harrisburg Duane Morris Welcomes Employment Partner Eric P. Berezin To Atlanta Office Duane Morris LLP is pleased to welcome Eric P. Berezin, the former head of the Labor, Employment & Immigration Practice at Powell Goldstein LLP, as a partner in its Employment & Immigration Practice Group. Eric joins Duane Morris' Atlanta office, which has grown at a fast pace in recent months, adding two employment partners and one corporate partner since November. Eric's practice encompasses all aspects of employment and labor litigation and counseling, including discrimination, harassment and retaliation, whistleblower and wrongful discharge claims, and occupational safety and health issues. He has represented clients in employment-related tort and privacy cases, non-competition agreements, employment contracts, and trade secrets, as well as in arbitration and mediation throughout the southeastern U.S. He counsels clients on litigation avoidance, and negotiates and drafts employment-related agreements. In addition, he has represented employers before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, as well as before state agencies and in state and federal court. He frequently advises clients on the development of health policies and procedures and contingency plans, and conducts safety and health audits. Eric joins other recent additions to the Atlanta office -- Joseph A. Ciucci, a partner who joined the Employment & Immigration Practice Group in November, and partner Jeanne Hollis of the Corporate Practice Group, who came to the firm last month. The strengthening of the firm's Atlanta employment practice allows the firm to better serve its clients in the southeastern United States and nationally. A member of the American Bar Association's Labor & Employment Law Section and the Atlanta Bar Association, Eric earned his J.D. in 1984 from Rutgers University School of Law after graduating cum laude with a B.S. from American University. He is admitted to practice in Georgia and Florida. Duane Morris is pleased to announce that five corporate attorneys, all with international practices, as well as an intellectual property attorney have joined the firm in its New York office. The firm welcomes Miriam Hyman, Andrew Odell, Lee Potter and Eberhard H. Röhm as partners, and Michael Butterman and Arthur Dresner as of counsel. The addition of these attorneys highlights the firm's previously announced strategic expansion of its New York office and continues the development of the firm's international corporate, litigation and intellectual property practices. The following five attorneys join Duane Morris with extensive backgrounds in cross-border transactional work, particularly with respect to banking and mergers and acquisitions for foreign corporations across Asia, Latin America and Europe. Michael Butterman, formerly of Bryan Cave, joins the firm's Corporate Practice Group. He has extensive experience in counseling U.S. and Latin American clients throughout Latin America. He served with the U.S. Agency for International Development in Bolivia and Brazil, and thereafter as Latin American Counsel of Xerox Corporation. Michael has written on regulatory and investment matters concerning foreign policy. His papers have included "The Legal and Regulatory Environment in Brazil, Argentina, and Mercosur for Automobile Industry Suppliers" and "Private Investment in Bolivia: Organizing to Do Business." Michael is also a member of the board of directors of the Delta National Bank and Trust Company and served in the U.S. Army. He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. Michael received his LL.B from Yale University in 1959 and his B.A., magna cum laude, in 1956 from Lehigh University. Miriam Hyman, formerly of Bryan Cave, joins the firm's Corporate Practice Group. She brings more than 25 years of experience to the firm, focusing on banking as well as on business and public finance, and she has represented Latin American banks, financial institutions, businesses and high net worth individuals operating both in the United States and overseas. Miriam's experience also includes negotiation and documentation of term and revolving credit facilities, trade finance documentation, loan syndications and participations, offshore-based hedge funds and private equity funds, cross-border equipment leases and Euro dollar note offerings. The author of several publications on foreign and domestic banking and employment law issues, Miriam has taught a course in "International Business Transactions" at Hofstra University School of Law and is also active in her local community. She currently sits on the board of directors for the Kinhaven Music School, is active in the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce and was for many years a member of the Board of NYCLU and president of the 71st Street Lexington Corporation. She is fluent in Portuguese. Miriam received her J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 1977 and her B.A., summa cum laude, from Brandeis University. Andrew Odell, formerly of Bryan Cave, also joins the firm's Corporate Practice Group. His practice focuses on the representation of foreign corporations, banks and other financial institutions in commercial matters, investments and resolution disputes in cross-border negotiations. He concentrates on international banking and corporate matters, international capital markets and foreign sovereign and diplomatic law. Active in many foreign law and commerce associations, Andrew is president and director of the American Foreign Law Association, the chairman of the Hong Kong Association of New York, director of the American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce. In addition to his active membership in these organizations, Andrew regularly publishes articles about sovereign immunity and diplomatic immunity. He is fluent in French. Andrew received his J.D. in 1973 from St. John's University School of Law and his B.A. in 1969 from Syracuse University. Lee Potter, formerly of Arent Fox, joins the firm's Corporate Practice Group. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, equity and debt securities offerings, restructurings, bank credit facilities and general corporate advisory matters. He has represented foreign and domestic clients across a broad array of industries, including high technology, manufacturing, automotive, telecommunications, healthcare, insurance, chemical, retail and other industries. Lee recently participated in seminars in Mexico City, Buenos Aires and Tokyo about the implications of Sarbanes-Oxley and related rules for top executives in foreign companies with interests in the United States. Lee received his J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with honors, in 1992 and his B.A. from Oberlin College in 1983. From 1984 to 1988, before entering law school, he played as a violinist in the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra. Eberhard Röhm, formerly of Arent Fox, joins the firm's Corporate Practice Group. Eberhard's practice is focused on international transactional matters with Germany, other EU countries and the United States. Developing, negotiating and completing corporate and real estate mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and securities offerings, he represents purchasers, sellers and investors, financial advisors and underwriters. He advises clients in the automotive, machinery, banking and finance, computer software, energy, real estate development and management, commercial and industrial construction and entertainment industries and foreign governments. Previously, he was the managing partner of Donahue & Partners LLP, a law practice allied with Ernst & Young. In addition, he is an international arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and the International Chamber of Commerce. The current co-chair of the Committee on International Banking, Securities and Financial Transactions of the International Section of the New York State Bar Association, Eberhard is active in many other bar associations as well as the American Council on Germany, the German American Law Association, the German American Chamber of Commerce and the Center for International Legal Studies, among others. In addition to being the author of legal articles and a chapter on German securities regulations, he is a speaker at legal seminars, most recently in Mexico City, Frankfurt and Tokyo about the implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for foreign executives. He is fluent in German and French. Eberhard received his German law degree in 1968 after attending law school at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Bonn, and his J.D. in 1976 from Fordham University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Germany, New York and Illinois. Arthur Dresner, formerly of Reed Smith, joins the firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group. With more than 35 years of experience in the intellectual property field, Arthur has developed a broad practice focusing on patent litigation, licensing and transactional work, product clearance reviews and opinions, arbitration, control procedures, patent acquisition, trademarks and copyrights. Arthur brings a unique executive background to the firm, as he was the president of one of the operating divisions of International Specialty Products, Inc, formerly a Fortune 500 NYSE manufacturing company, prior to his renewed career in the law. An adjunct professor of business law and ethics at the Howe School of Technology Management in suburban New Jersey as well as a trained electrical engineer, Arthur frequently speaks on intellectual property matters, specifically patent and copyright issues, and is an advisory board member of the Corporate Counsel Institute of the Georgetown Law Center. In addition, he is a member of the Intellectual Property Section of the American Bar Association and is pro bono general counsel to El Museo del Barrio, the Latino museum of New York City. Arthur received his J.D. from St. John's University School of Law in 1968 and his B.E. from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1963. Duane Morris is pleased to announce that five corporate attorneys, all with international practices, as well as an intellectual property attorney have joined the firm in its New York office. The firm welcomes Miriam Hyman, Andrew Odell, Lee Potter and Eberhard H. Röhm as partners, and Michael Butterman and Arthur Dresner as of counsel. The addition of these attorneys highlights the firm's previously announced strategic expansion of its New York office and continues the development of the firm's international corporate, litigation and intellectual property practices. The following five attorneys join Duane Morris with extensive backgrounds in cross-border transactional work, particularly with respect to banking and mergers and acquisitions for foreign corporations across Asia, Latin America and Europe. Michael Butterman, formerly of Bryan Cave, joins the firm's Corporate Practice Group. He has extensive experience in counseling U.S. and Latin American clients throughout Latin America. He served with the U.S. Agency for International Development in Bolivia and Brazil, and thereafter as Latin American Counsel of Xerox Corporation. Michael has written on regulatory and investment matters concerning foreign policy. His papers have included "The Legal and Regulatory Environment in Brazil, Argentina, and Mercosur for Automobile Industry Suppliers" and "Private Investment in Bolivia: Organizing to Do Business." Michael is also a member of the board of directors of the Delta National Bank and Trust Company and served in the U.S. Army. He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. Michael received his LL.B from Yale University in 1959 and his B.A., magna cum laude, in 1956 from Lehigh University. Miriam Hyman, formerly of Bryan Cave, joins the firm's Corporate Practice Group. She brings more than 25 years of experience to the firm, focusing on banking as well as on business and public finance, and she has represented Latin American banks, financial institutions, businesses and high net worth individuals operating both in the United States and overseas. Miriam's experience also includes negotiation and documentation of term and revolving credit facilities, trade finance documentation, loan syndications and participations, offshore-based hedge funds and private equity funds, cross-border equipment leases and Euro dollar note offerings. The author of several publications on foreign and domestic banking and employment law issues, Miriam has taught a course in "International Business Transactions" at Hofstra University School of Law and is also active in her local community. She currently sits on the board of directors for the Kinhaven Music School, is active in the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce and was for many years a member of the Board of NYCLU and president of the 71st Street Lexington Corporation. She is fluent in Portuguese. Miriam received her J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 1977 and her B.A., summa cum laude, from Brandeis University. Andrew Odell, formerly of Bryan Cave, also joins the firm's Corporate Practice Group. His practice focuses on the representation of foreign corporations, banks and other financial institutions in commercial matters, investments and resolution disputes in cross-border negotiations. He concentrates on international banking and corporate matters, international capital markets and foreign sovereign and diplomatic law. Active in many foreign law and commerce associations, Andrew is president and director of the American Foreign Law Association, the chairman of the Hong Kong Association of New York, director of the American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce. In addition to his active membership in these organizations, Andrew regularly publishes articles about sovereign immunity and diplomatic immunity. He is fluent in French. Andrew received his J.D. in 1973 from St. John's University School of Law and his B.A. in 1969 from Syracuse University. Lee Potter, formerly of Arent Fox, joins the firm's Corporate Practice Group. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, equity and debt securities offerings, restructurings, bank credit facilities and general corporate advisory matters. He has represented foreign and domestic clients across a broad array of industries, including high technology, manufacturing, automotive, telecommunications, healthcare, insurance, chemical, retail and other industries. Lee recently participated in seminars in Mexico City, Buenos Aires and Tokyo about the implications of Sarbanes-Oxley and related rules for top executives in foreign companies with interests in the United States. Lee received his J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with honors, in 1992 and his B.A. from Oberlin College in 1983. From 1984 to 1988, before entering law school, he played as a violinist in the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra. Eberhard Röhm, formerly of Arent Fox, joins the firm's Corporate Practice Group. Eberhard's practice is focused on international transactional matters with Germany, other EU countries and the United States. Developing, negotiating and completing corporate and real estate mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and securities offerings, he represents purchasers, sellers and investors, financial advisors and underwriters. He advises clients in the automotive, machinery, banking and finance, computer software, energy, real estate development and management, commercial and industrial construction and entertainment industries and foreign governments. Previously, he was the managing partner of Donahue & Partners LLP, a law practice allied with Ernst & Young. In addition, he is an international arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and the International Chamber of Commerce. The current co-chair of the Committee on International Banking, Securities and Financial Transactions of the International Section of the New York State Bar Association, Eberhard is active in many other bar associations as well as the American Council on Germany, the German American Law Association, the German American Chamber of Commerce and the Center for International Legal Studies, among others. In addition to being the author of legal articles and a chapter on German securities regulations, he is a speaker at legal seminars, most recently in Mexico City, Frankfurt and Tokyo about the implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for foreign executives. He is fluent in German and French. Eberhard received his German law degree in 1968 after attending law school at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Bonn, and his J.D. in 1976 from Fordham University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Germany, New York and Illinois. Arthur Dresner, formerly of Reed Smith, joins the firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group. With more than 35 years of experience in the intellectual property field, Arthur has developed a broad practice focusing on patent litigation, licensing and transactional work, product clearance reviews and opinions, arbitration, control procedures, patent acquisition, trademarks and copyrights. Arthur brings a unique executive background to the firm, as he was the president of one of the operating divisions of International Specialty Products, Inc, formerly a Fortune 500 NYSE manufacturing company, prior to his renewed career in the law. An adjunct professor of business law and ethics at the Howe School of Technology Management in suburban New Jersey as well as a trained electrical engineer, Arthur frequently speaks on intellectual property matters, specifically patent and copyright issues, and is an advisory board member of the Corporate Counsel Institute of the Georgetown Law Center. In addition, he is a member of the Intellectual Property Section of the American Bar Association and is pro bono general counsel to El Museo del Barrio, the Latino museum of New York City. Arthur received his J.D. from St. John's University School of Law in 1968 and his B.E. from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1963. James J. "J." Ferrelli, a partner in the Trial Practice Group of law firm Duane Morris in Princeton, has been named vice chair of the editorial board of the New Jersey Lawyer Magazine. Since 2002, J. has served as an active member of the editorial board and as special editor for a number of editions of the magazine, including issues devoted to federal civil practice, special lands, construction and government contracts litigation, and the upcoming issue on business litigation. Lynn Fontaine Newsome, president of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), appointed him to the position. The magazine, a publication of the NJSBA, is published bi-monthly with articles focusing on a variety of legal issues. The editorial board is responsible for all aspects of the magazine's production, guiding the focus of each issue through topic approval, author selection and article review. "I am very pleased and honored by this appointment, and am excited to be serving the magazine and the bar association in a more important role," J. said. "The magazine has established a tradition of excellence. I look forward to continuing this tradition and keeping the magazine a valuable resource for New Jersey lawyers." A litigator with more than 20 years of experience, J. concentrates his practice on business litigation, products liability and class actions, and practices in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Specifically, he has represented clients in matters including breach of contract, real estate, antitrust, employment disputes, restrictive covenants, franchise and distributorship issues, consumer fraud, copyright and trademark, corporate governance, breach of fiduciary duty and disputes arising from the acquisition or sale of a business. In addition, he has represented class action defendants in cases involving mass tort, breach of warranty and consumer fraud claims. J. is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Burlington County, Camden County, Philadelphia, New Jersey State and American bar associations as well as the Defense Research Institute. J. is a past president of the Burlington County Bar Association and presently serves as the trustee for Burlington County on the NJSBA Board of Trustees. J. earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1984 and graduated with a B.A., summa cum laude, from Boston College in 1981. James J. "J." Ferrelli, a partner in the Trial Practice Group of law firm Duane Morris in Princeton, has been named vice chair of the editorial board of the New Jersey Lawyer Magazine. Since 2002, J. has served as an active member of the editorial board and as special editor for a number of editions of the magazine, including issues devoted to federal civil practice, special lands, construction and government contracts litigation, and the upcoming issue on business litigation. Lynn Fontaine Newsome, president of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), appointed him to the position. The magazine, a publication of the NJSBA, is published bi-monthly with articles focusing on a variety of legal issues. The editorial board is responsible for all aspects of the magazine's production, guiding the focus of each issue through topic approval, author selection and article review. "I am very pleased and honored by this appointment, and am excited to be serving the magazine and the bar association in a more important role," J. said. "The magazine has established a tradition of excellence. I look forward to continuing this tradition and keeping the magazine a valuable resource for New Jersey lawyers." A litigator with more than 20 years of experience, J. concentrates his practice on business litigation, products liability and class actions, and practices in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Specifically, he has represented clients in matters including breach of contract, real estate, antitrust, employment disputes, restrictive covenants, franchise and distributorship issues, consumer fraud, copyright and trademark, corporate governance, breach of fiduciary duty and disputes arising from the acquisition or sale of a business. In addition, he has represented class action defendants in cases involving mass tort, breach of warranty and consumer fraud claims. J. is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Burlington County, Camden County, Philadelphia, New Jersey State and American bar associations as well as the Defense Research Institute. J. is a past president of the Burlington County Bar Association and presently serves as the trustee for Burlington County on the NJSBA Board of Trustees. J. earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1984 and graduated with a B.A., summa cum laude, from Boston College in 1981. "Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that it has been named one of the top 50 law firms for women by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC, a national consulting firm focused on the retention and advancement of women. Best Law Firms for Women honors Duane Morris for its commitment to the retention and advancement of female lawyers and professional staff. Duane Morris is the only Philadelphia-based firm to make the list. Profiled in the August/September issue of Working Mother, Duane Morris was selected by the magazine based on its reputation in the industry as well as on the quality of its benefits and compensation, parental leave, flexibility, and retention and advancement of women. ""We are thrilled to have been listed in the very first Best Law Firms for Women issue of Working Mother,"" said Sharon Caffrey, a partner in Duane Morris' Trial Practice and a founder of Duane Morris' Women's Initiative. ""The list is a great way to highlight the issues that are important to the retention and promotion of women lawyers and staff. We applaud the editors for addressing the topic and hope it inspires action within the legal industry to create more opportunities for female lawyers."" The Duane Morris Women's Initiative is a formal group at the firm that seeks to foster the development, advancement and retention of women lawyers and to make Duane Morris a leader among law firms in women's professional development. As part of the group's programming efforts, the Women's Initiative is creating a number of opportunities for leadership and practice development training, with the goal of assisting its women lawyers in becoming dynamic, successful professionals. Founded in 1979, Working Mother magazine reaches nearly three million readers and is the only national magazine for career mothers. Its 21-year signature initiative, Working Mother 100 Best Companies, is the most important benchmark for work/life practices in corporate America. The publication also releases the annual list of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women in the June issue. Working Mother is published by Working Mother Media (WMM), which also owns the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), NAFE Magazine, the annual 100 Best Companies WorkLife Congress, the Best Companies for Multicultural Women Conference and regional Town Halls. In 2006, WMM acquired Diversity Best Practices and the Business Women's Network, making Working Mother Media the largest media company in the country focused on diversity and the advancement of women. For more information, please visit www.workingmother.com." "Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that it has been named one of the top 50 law firms for women by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC, a national consulting firm focused on the retention and advancement of women. Best Law Firms for Women honors Duane Morris for its commitment to the retention and advancement of female lawyers and professional staff. Duane Morris is the only Philadelphia-based firm to make the list. Profiled in the August/September issue of Working Mother, Duane Morris was selected by the magazine based on its reputation in the industry as well as on the quality of its benefits and compensation, parental leave, flexibility, and retention and advancement of women. ""We are thrilled to have been listed in the very first Best Law Firms for Women issue of Working Mother,"" said Sharon Caffrey, a partner in Duane Morris' Trial Practice and a founder of Duane Morris' Women's Initiative. ""The list is a great way to highlight the issues that are important to the retention and promotion of women lawyers and staff. We applaud the editors for addressing the topic and hope it inspires action within the legal industry to create more opportunities for female lawyers."" The Duane Morris Women's Initiative is a formal group at the firm that seeks to foster the development, advancement and retention of women lawyers and to make Duane Morris a leader among law firms in women's professional development. As part of the group's programming efforts, the Women's Initiative is creating a number of opportunities for leadership and practice development training, with the goal of assisting its women lawyers in becoming dynamic, successful professionals. Founded in 1979, Working Mother magazine reaches nearly three million readers and is the only national magazine for career mothers. Its 21-year signature initiative, Working Mother 100 Best Companies, is the most important benchmark for work/life practices in corporate America. The publication also releases the annual list of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women in the June issue. Working Mother is published by Working Mother Media (WMM), which also owns the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), NAFE Magazine, the annual 100 Best Companies WorkLife Congress, the Best Companies for Multicultural Women Conference and regional Town Halls. In 2006, WMM acquired Diversity Best Practices and the Business Women's Network, making Working Mother Media the largest media company in the country focused on diversity and the advancement of women. For more information, please visit www.workingmother.com." http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=662 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=662&page=40 Address : 1620 Pond RoadSuite 200, Phone : 610-706-4300, City : Allentown Considering a lateral move to Blank Rome I have a headhunter interested in getting me to interview with Blank Rome. She says it's a great place to work. What can anyone tell me about the lifestyle and pay? Is she telling the truth, or is this headhunter a lying scumbag like all the rest? Judge Nathaniel Jones, Blank Rome's chief diversity and inclusion officer, is being honored by the American Lawyer magazine, as a recipient of its fourth annual Lifetime Achievement Awards. This year's award recipients, as well as the law firms selected for the magazine's 2007 "A-List" rankings, will be honored at a gala dinner on October 24, 2007, in New York City. Judge Jones practices litigation in Blank Rome's Cincinnati, Ohio, office. He was general counsel of the NAACP for a decade, beginning in 1969, taking several cases to the U.S. Supreme Court. President Jimmy Carter named him to the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, where he served with distinction for 23 years. "Over their distinguished careers, these individuals have exemplified the legal profession's twin values of client service and public duty. Though they come from a variety of backgrounds, firms, and locales, they share careers of remarkable distinction and have set outstanding examples for younger members of the profession. We're pleased to recognize their accomplishments through the American Lawyer's Lifetime Achievement Awards," said Aric Press, editor in chief. Judge Nathaniel Jones, Blank Rome's chief diversity and inclusion officer, is being honored by the American Lawyer magazine, as a recipient of its fourth annual Lifetime Achievement Awards. This year's award recipients, as well as the law firms selected for the magazine's 2007 "A-List" rankings, will be honored at a gala dinner on October 24, 2007, in New York City. Judge Jones practices litigation in Blank Rome's Cincinnati, Ohio, office. He was general counsel of the NAACP for a decade, beginning in 1969, taking several cases to the U.S. Supreme Court. President Jimmy Carter named him to the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, where he served with distinction for 23 years. "Over their distinguished careers, these individuals have exemplified the legal profession's twin values of client service and public duty. Though they come from a variety of backgrounds, firms, and locales, they share careers of remarkable distinction and have set outstanding examples for younger members of the profession. We're pleased to recognize their accomplishments through the American Lawyer's Lifetime Achievement Awards," said Aric Press, editor in chief. Blank Rome is pleased to announce it has been accepted by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) to be a member of the Friends of Responsible Care® (FoRC) program. Blank Rome is the only law firm to date accepted into the FoRC program, in recognition of the Firm's success in providing legal advice and counsel to chemical industry clients on matters including chemical and maritime facility security, hazardous materials transportation, environmental, financing, intellectual property, and international trade, to name a few. Through the FoRC program, Blank Rome will help contribute to the environmental, health, safety, and security improvements in the business of chemistry. The Friends of Responsible Care® program enables individuals or organizations that are not members of the ACC to demonstrate their support of Responsible Care. Responsible Care is a global chemical industry performance initiative that is implemented in the United States through the ACC and helps America's leading chemical companies go above and beyond government requirements and openly communicate their results to the public. Since its inception in 1988, the Responsible Care program has resulted in reduced environmental releases of 78 percent and an employee safety record that is more than five times safer than the average of the U.S. manufacturing sector. Blank Rome is pleased to announce it has been accepted by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) to be a member of the Friends of Responsible Care® (FoRC) program. Blank Rome is the only law firm to date accepted into the FoRC program, in recognition of the Firm's success in providing legal advice and counsel to chemical industry clients on matters including chemical and maritime facility security, hazardous materials transportation, environmental, financing, intellectual property, and international trade, to name a few. Through the FoRC program, Blank Rome will help contribute to the environmental, health, safety, and security improvements in the business of chemistry. The Friends of Responsible Care® program enables individuals or organizations that are not members of the ACC to demonstrate their support of Responsible Care. Responsible Care is a global chemical industry performance initiative that is implemented in the United States through the ACC and helps America's leading chemical companies go above and beyond government requirements and openly communicate their results to the public. Since its inception in 1988, the Responsible Care program has resulted in reduced environmental releases of 78 percent and an employee safety record that is more than five times safer than the average of the U.S. manufacturing sector. Blank Rome is pleased to announce Tyler Brody has joined the Firm as an associate in the litigation group, and will be based in the Philadelphia office. Prior to joining Blank Rome, Mr. Brody served as an assistant district attorney in the Appeals and PCRA Units of the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. In this capacity, Mr. Brody represented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in over 100 cases before the Pennsylvania appellate courts. He also litigated numerous petitions filed under Pennsylvania's Post-Conviction Relief Act in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Admitted to practice in Philadelphia and New York, Mr. Brody received his law degree from Emory University School of Law, where he received the Arthur K. Bolton Award for Excellence in Brief Writing and was member of the Emory Law School Moot Court Society. Mr. Brody also holds a bachelor of arts in political science from Columbia University. Blank Rome is pleased to announce Tyler Brody has joined the Firm as an associate in the litigation group, and will be based in the Philadelphia office. Prior to joining Blank Rome, Mr. Brody served as an assistant district attorney in the Appeals and PCRA Units of the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. In this capacity, Mr. Brody represented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in over 100 cases before the Pennsylvania appellate courts. He also litigated numerous petitions filed under Pennsylvania's Post-Conviction Relief Act in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Admitted to practice in Philadelphia and New York, Mr. Brody received his law degree from Emory University School of Law, where he received the Arthur K. Bolton Award for Excellence in Brief Writing and was member of the Emory Law School Moot Court Society. Mr. Brody also holds a bachelor of arts in political science from Columbia University. http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=205 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=205&page=4 Address : 401 City AvenueSuite 500, Phone : 484-430-5700, City : Bala Cynwyd Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP (MGKF), an environmental, energy and land use law firm, is pleased to announce that several of the firm's attorneys have received national recognition in their field by Chambers USA. Included in the Chambers USA list of top environmental lawyers are MGKF partners Joseph Manko, Robert Fox, Bart Cassidy, Marc Gold, Bruce Katcher, Michael Meloy, Rodd Bender, Jill Kaplan, and Jonathan Spergel. The following statement is printed in the 2007 Chambers USA directory about MGKF: "Pennsylvania's preeminent environmental boutique was hailed for the unbeatable depth and breadth of experience it offers. The steadily growing 24-lawyer team is dedicated to providing the full spectrum of environmental regulatory compliance, brownfield redevelopment, land use and litigation advice. It is also becoming increasingly involved in large-scale energy projects." Chambers and Partners has published these highly-regarded guides to the legal profession since 1969. The Chambers Guides list the top lawyers and law firms in 175 countries, providing independent rankings and editorial commentary. The chosen lawyers are selected through peer and client-review interviews conducted by 100 experienced researchers. Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP (MGKF), an environmental, energy and land use law firm, is pleased to announce that several of the firm's attorneys have received national recognition in their field by Chambers USA. Included in the Chambers USA list of top environmental lawyers are MGKF partners Joseph Manko, Robert Fox, Bart Cassidy, Marc Gold, Bruce Katcher, Michael Meloy, Rodd Bender, Jill Kaplan, and Jonathan Spergel. The following statement is printed in the 2007 Chambers USA directory about MGKF: "Pennsylvania's preeminent environmental boutique was hailed for the unbeatable depth and breadth of experience it offers. The steadily growing 24-lawyer team is dedicated to providing the full spectrum of environmental regulatory compliance, brownfield redevelopment, land use and litigation advice. It is also becoming increasingly involved in large-scale energy projects." Chambers and Partners has published these highly-regarded guides to the legal profession since 1969. The Chambers Guides list the top lawyers and law firms in 175 countries, providing independent rankings and editorial commentary. The chosen lawyers are selected through peer and client-review interviews conducted by 100 experienced researchers. Joseph Manko, a founding partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP, was recently elected to the Fairmount Park Commission for a five-year term by the Board of Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. As a commissioner, Manko will help manage 9,200 acres of land in 63 parks located throughout Philadelphia. In addition to being a founding partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP, an environmental, energy and land use law firm based in Bala Cynwyd, Manko has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1991. For 18 years, he served as a lecturer-in-law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and at Vermont Law School. Manko served as Commissioner to Lower Merion Township for 27 years until his retirement in July 2006, making him the township's longest serving elected official. He also served as Director of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, as an Honorary Director of the Lower Merion Conservancy and is a member of the Montgomery County Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Task Force. Manko is a former Chairman of the Board of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and has served as a Commissioner on Governor Ridge's 21st Century Environmental Commission, and currently serves as Governor Rendell's designee to chair the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PennVest) Board of Directors. Manko graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 1961 and cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1964. Fairmount Park was established in 1867 by an Act of Assembly by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In addition to overseeing the management of Fairmount Park, the Commission is responsible for the management of additional outlying parks and parkways, the maintenance of street trees throughout Philadelphia, and the stewardship of many historic properties, artifacts, and art collections donated to the Commission. The Commission has 16 members. Six are ex-officio members and 10 are citizens appointed by the Board of Judges. Joseph Manko, a founding partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP, was recently elected to the Fairmount Park Commission for a five-year term by the Board of Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. As a commissioner, Manko will help manage 9,200 acres of land in 63 parks located throughout Philadelphia. In addition to being a founding partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP, an environmental, energy and land use law firm based in Bala Cynwyd, Manko has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1991. For 18 years, he served as a lecturer-in-law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and at Vermont Law School. Manko served as Commissioner to Lower Merion Township for 27 years until his retirement in July 2006, making him the township's longest serving elected official. He also served as Director of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, as an Honorary Director of the Lower Merion Conservancy and is a member of the Montgomery County Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Task Force. Manko is a former Chairman of the Board of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and has served as a Commissioner on Governor Ridge's 21st Century Environmental Commission, and currently serves as Governor Rendell's designee to chair the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PennVest) Board of Directors. Manko graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 1961 and cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1964. Fairmount Park was established in 1867 by an Act of Assembly by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In addition to overseeing the management of Fairmount Park, the Commission is responsible for the management of additional outlying parks and parkways, the maintenance of street trees throughout Philadelphia, and the stewardship of many historic properties, artifacts, and art collections donated to the Commission. The Commission has 16 members. Six are ex-officio members and 10 are citizens appointed by the Board of Judges. Joseph M. Manko, a founding partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP in Bala Cynwyd, will moderate a Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) program on Climate Change Law for Pennsylvania Lawyers on Wednesday, July 11 at the CLE Conference Center at the Wannamaker Building in Philadelphia. Climate change law is an important issue beginning to affect Pennsylvania lawyers and their clients. Pennsylvania and other states are working to increase renewable energy as well as energy efficiency and conservation. More and more cases are being brought in state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and Congress is closer to adopting major legislation regulating greenhouse gas emissions. These laws, initiatives and cases will have broad and lasting effects. Manko, who has 34 years of experience in environmental law and is a strong advocate and academic expert on environmental compliance and protection, will moderate Climate Change Law for Pennsylvania Lawyers, presented by Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Recently, Manko has delivered lectures on global warming to local and international audiences, including his presentation in December 2006 at an international conference in Bariloche, Argentina. Manko has served as a lecturer-in-law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, teaching courses on environmental law, practice and policy, and as a guest lecturer at Vermont Law School. The program will focus on Climate Change Litigation; State, Regional and Federal Initiatives; Pennsylvania Energy and Climate Change Initiatives; Business of Climate Change; and Corporate Disclosure and Ethics. Climate Change Law for Pennsylvania Lawyers will be held on Wednesday, July 11 at the CLE Conference Center, Wanamaker Building, 10th floor, Suite 1010, Juniper Street entrance (between 13th and Broad Streets), Philadelphia. The full-day course will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with registration beginning at 8 a.m. and a luncheon at 11:45 a.m. CLE credits will be offered. Joseph M. Manko, a founding partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP in Bala Cynwyd, will moderate a Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) program on Climate Change Law for Pennsylvania Lawyers on Wednesday, July 11 at the CLE Conference Center at the Wannamaker Building in Philadelphia. Climate change law is an important issue beginning to affect Pennsylvania lawyers and their clients. Pennsylvania and other states are working to increase renewable energy as well as energy efficiency and conservation. More and more cases are being brought in state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and Congress is closer to adopting major legislation regulating greenhouse gas emissions. These laws, initiatives and cases will have broad and lasting effects. Manko, who has 34 years of experience in environmental law and is a strong advocate and academic expert on environmental compliance and protection, will moderate Climate Change Law for Pennsylvania Lawyers, presented by Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Recently, Manko has delivered lectures on global warming to local and international audiences, including his presentation in December 2006 at an international conference in Bariloche, Argentina. Manko has served as a lecturer-in-law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, teaching courses on environmental law, practice and policy, and as a guest lecturer at Vermont Law School. The program will focus on Climate Change Litigation; State, Regional and Federal Initiatives; Pennsylvania Energy and Climate Change Initiatives; Business of Climate Change; and Corporate Disclosure and Ethics. Climate Change Law for Pennsylvania Lawyers will be held on Wednesday, July 11 at the CLE Conference Center, Wanamaker Building, 10th floor, Suite 1010, Juniper Street entrance (between 13th and Broad Streets), Philadelphia. The full-day course will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with registration beginning at 8 a.m. and a luncheon at 11:45 a.m. CLE credits will be offered. http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=1510 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=1510&page=5 Address : Three Bala Plaza EastSuite 400, Phone : 610-667-7706, City : Bala Cynwyd Schiff Hardin LLP is honored to be among the top 50, in terms of funds raised, out of 29,000 companies participating in the Lee National Denim Day to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The notification was received today for the results of the most recent program (October 7, 2005) - Schiff Hardin raised more than $12,000. The firm\'s cumulative total since it began participating in this annual event exceeds $60,000. Schiff Hardin LLP is honored to be among the top 50, in terms of funds raised, out of 29,000 companies participating in the Lee National Denim Day to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The notification was received today for the results of the most recent program (October 7, 2005) - Schiff Hardin raised more than $12,000. The firm\'s cumulative total since it began participating in this annual event exceeds $60,000. Will Meet w/ Senior U.S. Diplomats, Representatives of King Mohammed VI, and the Mayor of Casablanca Schiff Hardin LLP Counsel Dana D. Rice will meet in Rabat, Morocco on March 23 with U.S. Ambassador to Morocco Thomas T. Riley, and representatives of Morocco King Mohammed VI\'s foundation, and from March 24-27 in Casablanca, Morocco with U.S. Consul General Douglas Greene and Casablanca Mayor Mohamed Sajid. These meetings are in conjunction with the Chicago-Casablanca Sister Cities Committee, which is one of the most active of Chicago\'s 27 sister cities. For the past two years, Ms. Rice, a member of the Committee, has co-chaired a literacy initiative in Casablanca. Literacy - one of the United Nation\'s Millennium Development Goals - is a huge challenge in Morocco, especially among women. The literacy project that Ms. Rice co-chairs is based on the results of a sociological study conducted by Morocco sociologists in three impoverished urban areas in Casablanca and addresses the needs of the 15 to 24 year-old population with low or no literacy skills. The three year literacy program was designed by Ms. Rice and Dr. Mohammed Chtatou, a world renowned literacy expert in Morocco. The March 23-27 meetings in Morocco will focus on securing funding for the literacy project. In addition, activities will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Sister City program. It is based on President Dwight D. Eisenhower\'s \"\"people to people\"\" approach to improving international relations. The Sister Cities International Program was founded in 1956, and currently represents over 2,100 communities in 121 countries around the world. President Eisenhower\'s granddaughter will attend the ceremonies which highlight the many successes of the Casablanca-Chicago Sister City Committee. This is not the only recognition the Chicago-Casablanca Sister City has received. In fact, the 2005 Pew Global Attitudes Report found the Chicago-Casablanca Sister City Committee to be \"\"among the most successful non-Federal government activity projecting Morocco and the U.S. as equal partners with common interests. Will Meet w/ Senior U.S. Diplomats, Representatives of King Mohammed VI, and the Mayor of Casablanca Schiff Hardin LLP Counsel Dana D. Rice will meet in Rabat, Morocco on March 23 with U.S. Ambassador to Morocco Thomas T. Riley, and representatives of Morocco King Mohammed VI\'s foundation, and from March 24-27 in Casablanca, Morocco with U.S. Consul General Douglas Greene and Casablanca Mayor Mohamed Sajid. These meetings are in conjunction with the Chicago-Casablanca Sister Cities Committee, which is one of the most active of Chicago\'s 27 sister cities. For the past two years, Ms. Rice, a member of the Committee, has co-chaired a literacy initiative in Casablanca. Literacy - one of the United Nation\'s Millennium Development Goals - is a huge challenge in Morocco, especially among women. The literacy project that Ms. Rice co-chairs is based on the results of a sociological study conducted by Morocco sociologists in three impoverished urban areas in Casablanca and addresses the needs of the 15 to 24 year-old population with low or no literacy skills. The three year literacy program was designed by Ms. Rice and Dr. Mohammed Chtatou, a world renowned literacy expert in Morocco. The March 23-27 meetings in Morocco will focus on securing funding for the literacy project. In addition, activities will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Sister City program. It is based on President Dwight D. Eisenhower\'s \"\"people to people\"\" approach to improving international relations. The Sister Cities International Program was founded in 1956, and currently represents over 2,100 communities in 121 countries around the world. President Eisenhower\'s granddaughter will attend the ceremonies which highlight the many successes of the Casablanca-Chicago Sister City Committee. This is not the only recognition the Chicago-Casablanca Sister City has received. In fact, the 2005 Pew Global Attitudes Report found the Chicago-Casablanca Sister City Committee to be \"\"among the most successful non-Federal government activity projecting Morocco and the U.S. as equal partners with common interests. NEW YORK CITY - Schiff Hardin LLP has added William Postner as of counsel in the Construction Law Group in the New York City office. He joins the firm from Postner & Rubin, where he was a founding partner. Earlier, from 1970 to 1979, he was a partner at the firm of Max E. Greenberg, Trayman, Cantor, Reiss & Blasky, after starting his career as an associate at the Max E. Greenberg law firm in 1964. Mr. Postner has been involved in many facets of construction contract law, representing owners, design-builders, contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, suppliers, architects, engineers and sureties. He has negotiated and drafted contracts on behalf of those parties, prepared, negotiated and mediated claims, and prosecuted and defended suits before arbitration tribunals, administrative agencies, and state and federal courts. He also has served as an expert witness in construction related litigation. Mr. Postner has lectured for the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, various law schools, engineering societies, contractor associations, and other professional organizations on construction contract documents and claims, competitive bidding, changes and changed conditions, dispute resolution, the engineer as an expert witness, architects' and engineers' liability, suretyship. and construction insurance. Mr. Postner has served as a Special Master in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York. He is the author of "The Ball's in My Court (Because I Drafted the Contract) and I'm the Referee (or Chief Executioner)," a section in Construction Law & Risk Management: Case Notes and Articles, Ardent Publications, 2003 and co-author of the New York Construction Law Manual, Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, 1992, republished by West Publishing 1998, Supplement, 2005 and "Fixing the Failure and Settling the Dispute," a chapter in Construction Failures, Wiley Law Publications, 1989. He is a member of the American College of Construction Lawyers (Board of Governors 2000-2002), the American Arbitration Association Construction Industry Panel of Arbitrators, the New York State Bar Association (Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law, Commercial and Federal Litigation and Trial Lawyers Sections) and the American Bar Association (Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice and Litigation Sections and the Forum on the Construction Industry). Mr. Postner is ranked in the second band of leading individuals practicing construction law in New York by Chambers USA with the comment that he "has a stellar reputation and is named by many as 'one of the pillars of the industry.'" He also is listed among New York's leading construction lawyers by the International Who's Who of Construction Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America, and he was named as one of the New York area's best construction lawyers by New York magazine. He has a Martindale-Hubbell AV rating. Mr. Postner received his undergraduate degree (B.A., 1960) from Fordham University and his law degree (LL.B., 1964) from the New York University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in New York, as well as before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the District of Vermont, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Supreme Court. NEW YORK CITY - Schiff Hardin LLP has added William Postner as of counsel in the Construction Law Group in the New York City office. He joins the firm from Postner & Rubin, where he was a founding partner. Earlier, from 1970 to 1979, he was a partner at the firm of Max E. Greenberg, Trayman, Cantor, Reiss & Blasky, after starting his career as an associate at the Max E. Greenberg law firm in 1964. Mr. Postner has been involved in many facets of construction contract law, representing owners, design-builders, contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, suppliers, architects, engineers and sureties. He has negotiated and drafted contracts on behalf of those parties, prepared, negotiated and mediated claims, and prosecuted and defended suits before arbitration tribunals, administrative agencies, and state and federal courts. He also has served as an expert witness in construction related litigation. Mr. Postner has lectured for the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, various law schools, engineering societies, contractor associations, and other professional organizations on construction contract documents and claims, competitive bidding, changes and changed conditions, dispute resolution, the engineer as an expert witness, architects' and engineers' liability, suretyship. and construction insurance. Mr. Postner has served as a Special Master in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York. He is the author of "The Ball's in My Court (Because I Drafted the Contract) and I'm the Referee (or Chief Executioner)," a section in Construction Law & Risk Management: Case Notes and Articles, Ardent Publications, 2003 and co-author of the New York Construction Law Manual, Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, 1992, republished by West Publishing 1998, Supplement, 2005 and "Fixing the Failure and Settling the Dispute," a chapter in Construction Failures, Wiley Law Publications, 1989. He is a member of the American College of Construction Lawyers (Board of Governors 2000-2002), the American Arbitration Association Construction Industry Panel of Arbitrators, the New York State Bar Association (Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law, Commercial and Federal Litigation and Trial Lawyers Sections) and the American Bar Association (Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice and Litigation Sections and the Forum on the Construction Industry). Mr. Postner is ranked in the second band of leading individuals practicing construction law in New York by Chambers USA with the comment that he "has a stellar reputation and is named by many as 'one of the pillars of the industry.'" He also is listed among New York's leading construction lawyers by the International Who's Who of Construction Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America, and he was named as one of the New York area's best construction lawyers by New York magazine. He has a Martindale-Hubbell AV rating. Mr. Postner received his undergraduate degree (B.A., 1960) from Fordham University and his law degree (LL.B., 1964) from the New York University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in New York, as well as before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the District of Vermont, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Supreme Court. http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=2111 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=2111&page=6 Address : 240 North Third StreetP.O. Box 1129, Phone : 717-238-8263, City : Harrisburg http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=117 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=117&page=45 Address : 400 Berwyn Park899 Cassatt Road, Phone : 610-640-7800, City : Berwyn Jonathan Kane, a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP, has been named the management chair of the American Bar Association Committee on Practice and Procedure Under the NLRA. He will serve a two-year term. The Committee primarily consists of members whose practices bring them in regular contact with the National Labor Relations Board, its General Counsel and its Regional Offices. Practice before the Board is actively discussed throughout the year, with the objective of developing a labor-management consensus to address the multitudinous issues and various procedural problems faced by practitioners before the Board. The committee also publishes How to Take a Case Before the NLRB. Mr. Kane, who serves as the chair of Pepper's Labor and Employment Practice group, focuses his practice on strategic counseling, meeting and averting union organizational and corporate campaigns, collective bargaining negotiations, labor-related litigation, arbitration proceedings, proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, employment litigation, counseling and training, unfair competition proceedings, and the labor and employment aspects of acquisitions and other corporate transactions. He also counsels employers on the prevention of violence in the workplace, the legal aspects of drug abuse policies and practices in the workplace, and harassment issues and dispute resolution systems. Mr. Kane is a Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for the last 14 years and is highly ranked in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. The American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional association in the world. With more than 400,000 members, the ABA provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public. Jonathan Kane, a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP, has been named the management chair of the American Bar Association Committee on Practice and Procedure Under the NLRA. He will serve a two-year term. The Committee primarily consists of members whose practices bring them in regular contact with the National Labor Relations Board, its General Counsel and its Regional Offices. Practice before the Board is actively discussed throughout the year, with the objective of developing a labor-management consensus to address the multitudinous issues and various procedural problems faced by practitioners before the Board. The committee also publishes How to Take a Case Before the NLRB. Mr. Kane, who serves as the chair of Pepper's Labor and Employment Practice group, focuses his practice on strategic counseling, meeting and averting union organizational and corporate campaigns, collective bargaining negotiations, labor-related litigation, arbitration proceedings, proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, employment litigation, counseling and training, unfair competition proceedings, and the labor and employment aspects of acquisitions and other corporate transactions. He also counsels employers on the prevention of violence in the workplace, the legal aspects of drug abuse policies and practices in the workplace, and harassment issues and dispute resolution systems. Mr. Kane is a Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for the last 14 years and is highly ranked in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. The American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional association in the world. With more than 400,000 members, the ABA provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public. Thirteen practice areas and 21 lawyers from Pepper Hamilton LLP have been recognized by Chambers USA as leaders in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Pepper, whose Health Effects Litigation practice is headed by Nina M. Gussack, received a national ranking as one of the top products liability firms in the country. The firm was recognized for its work in this area as follows: "With a client service that takes it 'from molecule to marketing' the Philadelphia-headquartered firm stands at the forefront of pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. Flexing its considerable muscle as national counsel for Eli Lilly in a class action brought against its product Zyprexa, a treatment for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, the firm also represented Medtronic in its bone tissue litigation. With plaintiff lawyers increasingly proactive in looking for gaps in manufacturers' armor, Pepper Hamilton prides itself on assisting at every stage of the production process and thus minimizing the risk of future litigation for its clients. The team also has significant experience in defending lead paint and asbestos litigation." Ms. Gussack was recognized as one of the country's top leaders in products liability and was described as being a "dynamic master strategist" who "wins acclaim across the board for her calm manner, commitment to client concerns and 'ability to see the grand scheme of things when it comes to mass torts.'" She also was recognized as a leader in the general commercial litigation practice area. In addition to products liability, other practice areas in which Pepper was positively acknowledged by Chambers include antitrust, corporate/mergers & acquisitions, employee benefits, environment, general commercial litigation, insurance litigation, intellectual property, labor & employment, media & entertainment, real estate and securities litigation (all in Pennsylvania), and bankruptcy & restructuring (in both Delaware and Pennsylvania). Barry M. Abelson was ranked a "star individual" for corporate/M&A in Pennsylvania - a category "reserved for those individuals whose profile is far ahead of the pack." Thirteen practice areas and 21 lawyers from Pepper Hamilton LLP have been recognized by Chambers USA as leaders in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Pepper, whose Health Effects Litigation practice is headed by Nina M. Gussack, received a national ranking as one of the top products liability firms in the country. The firm was recognized for its work in this area as follows: "With a client service that takes it 'from molecule to marketing' the Philadelphia-headquartered firm stands at the forefront of pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. Flexing its considerable muscle as national counsel for Eli Lilly in a class action brought against its product Zyprexa, a treatment for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, the firm also represented Medtronic in its bone tissue litigation. With plaintiff lawyers increasingly proactive in looking for gaps in manufacturers' armor, Pepper Hamilton prides itself on assisting at every stage of the production process and thus minimizing the risk of future litigation for its clients. The team also has significant experience in defending lead paint and asbestos litigation." Ms. Gussack was recognized as one of the country's top leaders in products liability and was described as being a "dynamic master strategist" who "wins acclaim across the board for her calm manner, commitment to client concerns and 'ability to see the grand scheme of things when it comes to mass torts.'" She also was recognized as a leader in the general commercial litigation practice area. In addition to products liability, other practice areas in which Pepper was positively acknowledged by Chambers include antitrust, corporate/mergers & acquisitions, employee benefits, environment, general commercial litigation, insurance litigation, intellectual property, labor & employment, media & entertainment, real estate and securities litigation (all in Pennsylvania), and bankruptcy & restructuring (in both Delaware and Pennsylvania). Barry M. Abelson was ranked a "star individual" for corporate/M&A in Pennsylvania - a category "reserved for those individuals whose profile is far ahead of the pack." Pepper Hamilton LLP has been ranked ninth out of 164 law firms rated for associate job satisfaction in The American Lawyer's annual mid-level associates survey. Pepper received particularly high scores in opportunities to work with partners, associate relations, benefits and compensation, collegiality, and openness regarding finances. The survey ranks law firms from around the world based on associate satisfaction in a variety of categories. The rankings are based on responses from 7,172 third-, fourth- and fifth-year associates (law school classes of 2002, 2003 and 2004). The results were published in the August 2007 edition of The American Lawyer magazine. For the second year in a row, Pepper placed first in the Pittsburgh market for mid-level associate job satisfaction. The firm placed second in Philadelphia. Of the AmLaw 100 firms, which are the top 100 firms ranked by revenue, Pepper ranked third in the survey. "These results reflect well on the entire firm, not just our mid-levels who responded to the survey," said Robert E. Heideck, Pepper's executive partner. "Our associates' hard work and commitment to the firm are remarkable. They are the future of this firm, and we are committed to their professional development and satisfaction." Last year, Pepper ranked 18th in the mid-level associates survey and, in 2005, it ranked 35th. Scores are based on a one-to-five scale, with five being the highest. Pepper's 2007 firm-wide ranking is 4.23, with its highest scores in opportunities to work with partners (4.81), associate relations (4.55), benefits and compensation (4.55), opportunities to socialize with partners (4.34), collegiality (4.33) and openness regarding finances (4.33) Pepper Hamilton LLP has been ranked ninth out of 164 law firms rated for associate job satisfaction in The American Lawyer's annual mid-level associates survey. Pepper received particularly high scores in opportunities to work with partners, associate relations, benefits and compensation, collegiality, and openness regarding finances. The survey ranks law firms from around the world based on associate satisfaction in a variety of categories. The rankings are based on responses from 7,172 third-, fourth- and fifth-year associates (law school classes of 2002, 2003 and 2004). The results were published in the August 2007 edition of The American Lawyer magazine. For the second year in a row, Pepper placed first in the Pittsburgh market for mid-level associate job satisfaction. The firm placed second in Philadelphia. Of the AmLaw 100 firms, which are the top 100 firms ranked by revenue, Pepper ranked third in the survey. "These results reflect well on the entire firm, not just our mid-levels who responded to the survey," said Robert E. Heideck, Pepper's executive partner. "Our associates' hard work and commitment to the firm are remarkable. They are the future of this firm, and we are committed to their professional development and satisfaction." Last year, Pepper ranked 18th in the mid-level associates survey and, in 2005, it ranked 35th. Scores are based on a one-to-five scale, with five being the highest. Pepper's 2007 firm-wide ranking is 4.23, with its highest scores in opportunities to work with partners (4.81), associate relations (4.55), benefits and compensation (4.55), opportunities to socialize with partners (4.34), collegiality (4.33) and openness regarding finances (4.33) http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=1867 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=1867&page=8 Address : 1000 Westlakes DriveSuite 300, Phone : 610-993-2200, City : Berwyn Why so low? These people look very pretty. Is Drinker really that bad? drinker's malpractice suit A malpractice case against 450-lawyer Drinker Biddle & Reath has a chance to refine a New Jersey Supreme Court doctrine that disallows legal malpractice claims after the underlying case settles. The justices held last year in Puder v. Buchel, 183 N.J. 428, that a matrimonial client who settled a botched case and told the judge she was satisfied couldn't pursue a malpractice claim for additional relief from the allegedly errant lawyer. Malpractice plaintiffs lawyers say it would be unfair to apply Puder in other settings, because settlements induced by lawyer error seldom make clients whole. Critics also say that cases that would have settled before Puder will now drag on, and lawyers who urge or countenance settlements that preclude malpractice claims will be sued themselves. Christine Baker, of Drinker Biddle in Princeton, N.J., and Jonathan Wheeler, whose firm has offices in Philadelphia and Cherry Hill, N.J., are defendants in a Mercer County case in which all those Puder issues are at play. Wheeler, whose handling of a property damage dispute allegedly caused a disadvantageous settlement after Drinker Biddle replaced him, is invoking Puder in a dismissal motion that says the settlement bars his former client's malpractice claim. The plaintiff also has moved to amend the malpractice complaint to add a Puder claim against Drinker Biddle -- saying the firm countenanced the settlement that gave Wheeler a chance to wield Puder to avoid the malpractice claim against him. Lawyers interested in the issue will be watching Mercer County Superior Court Judge Paul Koenig to see how he interprets Puder in ruling on the two motions, returnable on June 9. EXPERT'S CREDENTIALS LACKING Verdure Asset Corp. of New York hired Wheeler in 2000 to sue two environmental companies whose work removing oil tanks allegedly devalued a 47-acre property that Verdure owned in Hamilton Township, N.J. The Mercer County suit alleged that the companies' work caused so much damage to a building's foundation and structure it had to be demolished, causing losses various experts later estimated to range from the low six figures to $2.7 million. Wheeler hired a consultant to determine the costs of repairing or replacing the structure, but the consultant's work failed to qualify as an expert report. When the failure became palpable during a deposition just before a scheduled trial in 2003, Verdure hired Baker to replace Wheeler and get the case back on track with a better expert. Superior Court Judge Andrew Smithson granted a postponement to give Baker time to replicate the findings by Wheeler's consultant. But the replacement report also ran into legal difficulties. So Verdure, reluctantly, settled for a net recovery of $65,000, according to the malpractice suit against Wheeler, Baker and Drinker Biddle, Verdure Asset Corp. v. Jonathan Wheeler, Mer-L-2899-04. The complaint, filed by Princeton solo Glenn Bergenfield, charges both defendant lawyers with malpractice for failing to get expert reports that could have won the case for Verdure. Had they done so, Verdure could have recovered $221,000 for the fair cost of repairs to the building, $65,000 it ended up paying excavators for their services and unspecified additional sums for rental of the building, according to a March 2 report by Verdure expert Robert Tell, a Mountainside solo. Not so, says Drinker Biddle's expert, Kenneth Lehn of Hackensack, N.J.'s Winne, Banta, Hetherington, Basralian & Kahn. His May 12 report says that Baker did the right thing, given the factual circumstances in the case, and that if malpractice caused any damages it was Wheeler's fault. Drinker Biddle also is suing Verdure for about $240,000 in unpaid legal bills. Wheeler, who is representing himself in the case, said last week that he is readying a motion for summary judgment that says errors by Drinker Biddle were the cause of the loss. ONE BITE IS ENOUGH In the meantime, Wheeler is seeking a quicker escape route: Puder. In that case, a divorcée sued her attorney for negotiating an inadequate settlement. But the court ruled the claim could not be pursued because a new lawyer negotiated a second settlement that the client -- under questioning by a judge -- attested to be fair. Wheeler said in an interview last week, "If a party settles a case against a tortfeasor in an underlying action, is he really entitled to two bites at the apple? Can he go back and sue a former lawyer who represented him in the underlying action and try to recover damages again?" The answer should be no, he says, adding, "It seems contrary to the New Jersey philosophy against double recovery or overlapping recovery." The Puder decision seems particularly applicable in his case, Wheeler suggests, because Verdure was a sophisticated client whose legal team included more lawyers than him and Baker. "The argument I would make is that when a sophisticated business person settles a case, even though in his mind he may be settling for less than full value, he's bound by the decision," he says. "He can't turn around and say, 'I would have gotten more money if Wheeler hadn't screwed up or Baker hadn't screwed up,'" he says. "It's really not fair to ask for a reconsideration of the matter by filing a subsequent action." Wheeler concedes, however, there is no definitive answer yet as to whether Puder applies beyond the matrimonial context in which it arose. He says he's not sure whether a written settlement like the one in Verdure's case can be distinguished from the affirmative "it's fair" statement in a colloquy with a judge, which occurred in Puder. "I don't know what the court is going to do with that," he says. DEEP-POCKET STRATEGY Drinker Biddle's lawyer, Marshall Bilder of Trenton's Sterns & Weinroth, meanwhile, is preparing a case that says the expert report presented by Baker was appropriate, that Smithson erred in signaling his dissatisfaction with it and that the plaintiffs suffered no damages anyway. The plaintiffs are to blame for what happened. But if they weren't, it was Wheeler's fault, Drinker Biddle's pleadings suggest. As for Puder, Bilder says it doesn't apply in this case. In fact, he says, plaintiffs lawyer Bergenfield, while railing against Puder's faults, is actually using it to his advantage. Indeed, Bilder says, and Bergenfield concedes, it was Bergenfield who gave Wheeler the idea to invoke Puder to get out of the case. That clears the plaintiff to set its main sights on a big firm with the ability to pay and make an ally out of Wheeler, who has no malpractice insurance coverage for the incidents alleged, Bilder says. Wheeler confirms that Bergenfield put him on to Puder and that he is not covered. Bilder says of Bergenfield: "What he is trying to do is find a way to blame Drinker Biddle for a decision he made not to pursue a claim against lawyer number one." Bergenfield says Wheeler eventually would have invoked Puder on his own or it might have arisen in an appeal. Better to get the issue resolved now, and not later in the litigation, he says. In this case, he says, he believes both lawyers committed malpractice separately. "In addition, I think Drinker Biddle committed malpractice that is causing Wheeler to get away," he says. Though Puder was adopted a year after the Verdure settlement, it applies because the justices in Puder made a point of saying the ruling wasn't just prospective, Bergenfield notes. Despite Bilder's assertion that Bergenfield is trying to take advantage of Puder, Bergenfield speaks for many of his colleagues in the plaintiffs' malpractice bar when he says it's a bad decision because it takes the heat off lawyers who err. It puts the focus on replacement lawyers who want to clean up the mess, but can't advocate settlements and risk losing an opportunity to sue the first lawyer. "It's a dog chasing a tail and biting it," he says. "It means no case can be settled." "It puts the blame on the lawyer who doesn't give bad advice and who tried to save the day," he says. Florham Park partner Dennis Terrell was quoted in the September 25 Bankruptcy Law360 on the current hot topic of preference claims, which are intended to keep a bankrupt company from preferring one creditor over another. Dennis is currently representing a defendant in the billion dollar preference claim brought by Enron Corp. in its bankruptcy case. Dennis commented that "vendors need to make sure that customers pay within specific payment terms. If a vendor sees that a customer is running into financial problems and is trying to alter payment terms, such as changing when it pays a vendor, it should raise a red flag, but a vendor may want to take the payment anyway. Of course, if a vendor receives a payment, it's better to have that money today and fight a preference claim two years down the road." Florham Park partner Dennis Terrell was quoted in the September 25 Bankruptcy Law360 on the current hot topic of preference claims, which are intended to keep a bankrupt company from preferring one creditor over another. Dennis is currently representing a defendant in the billion dollar preference claim brought by Enron Corp. in its bankruptcy case. Dennis commented that "vendors need to make sure that customers pay within specific payment terms. If a vendor sees that a customer is running into financial problems and is trying to alter payment terms, such as changing when it pays a vendor, it should raise a red flag, but a vendor may want to take the payment anyway. Of course, if a vendor receives a payment, it's better to have that money today and fight a preference claim two years down the road." Mercedes Meyer, a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, has been named vice chair of the Biotechnology Committee of the 17,000 member American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). Meyer focuses her practice on patent portfolio development for biotechnology and pharmaceutical clients. She will be concluding her two-year appointment and current position as chair of AIPLA's Women in IP Law Committee at the organization's fall meeting on Oct. 16-20. Meyer earned her Ph.D. in virology and assists her clients in protecting their patent rights over a wide range of biotechnology-related areas, including antibodies and immunological compositions, viral vectors, genomics, vaccines, stem cell research, gene therapy, cancer therapeutics, and enzymatic synthesis of ethanol. "We're very pleased that our colleague Mercedes Meyer has been selected for this honor," said Drinker Biddle Chairman, Alfred W. Putnam, Jr. "It reflects the leadership position she has taken in the practice of intellectual property law and the exceptional counsel she provides to our clients." AIPLA was formed in 1897 with the goal of improving intellectual property law and how it is interpreted by the courts. The chief responsibility of the Biotechnology Committee is to review all significant decisions made by the federal courts and the U.S. Patent and Trade Office, along with evaluating proposed legislation, and report to AIPLA's board of directors as to how each will affect the biotechnology and the biopharmacology sectors of intellectual property law. Mercedes Meyer, a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, has been named vice chair of the Biotechnology Committee of the 17,000 member American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). Meyer focuses her practice on patent portfolio development for biotechnology and pharmaceutical clients. She will be concluding her two-year appointment and current position as chair of AIPLA's Women in IP Law Committee at the organization's fall meeting on Oct. 16-20. Meyer earned her Ph.D. in virology and assists her clients in protecting their patent rights over a wide range of biotechnology-related areas, including antibodies and immunological compositions, viral vectors, genomics, vaccines, stem cell research, gene therapy, cancer therapeutics, and enzymatic synthesis of ethanol. "We're very pleased that our colleague Mercedes Meyer has been selected for this honor," said Drinker Biddle Chairman, Alfred W. Putnam, Jr. "It reflects the leadership position she has taken in the practice of intellectual property law and the exceptional counsel she provides to our clients." AIPLA was formed in 1897 with the goal of improving intellectual property law and how it is interpreted by the courts. The chief responsibility of the Biotechnology Committee is to review all significant decisions made by the federal courts and the U.S. Patent and Trade Office, along with evaluating proposed legislation, and report to AIPLA's board of directors as to how each will affect the biotechnology and the biopharmacology sectors of intellectual property law. Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Partner Mark D. Nelson has been named one of the Top 100 Labor Attorneys in the United States for 2007 by Labor Relations Institute, Inc. Included in the list are the top one percent of labor lawyers in the nation, making them the most active attorneys representing companies in National Labor Relations Board-monitored elections. Nelson was named to this list from more than 8,600 attorneys evaluated by Labor Relations Institute, with the "Top 100" honor determined by the number of NLRB elections in which each lawyer provided representation and by the success of those election outcomes. Nelson has represented management in labor relations and employment discrimination law for 25 years. He has particular experience representing employers in union avoidance, union organizing campaigns, labor disputes and unfair labor practice proceedings. Nelson also has considerable experience representing employers in arbitration hearings on issues such as discharge, discipline, contract interpretation and management rights. He has negotiated many collective bargaining agreements, including initial contracts and successor agreements, for employers in the health care, manufacturing and service industries. He regularly provides advice and counsel regarding contract administration and interpretation to clients who have collective bargaining relationships, as well as clients who wish to avoid them. Nelson has also represented employers in matters before state and federal agencies and courts on virtually all types of discrimination claims, retaliatory discharge suits, breach of contract actions, and wage and hour cases, among others. He has beenretained to serve as special investigative counsel in several sensitive sexual harassment matters. He provides advice and counsel to employers on the many labor and employment challenges they face on a day-to-day basis, and is a frequent speaker regarding labor relations matters, sexual harassment, effective discipline and other subjects. "It is an honor to be recognized as a member of such an elite group of attorneys," said Nelson. He has also been elected to Leading Lawyers Network of Illinois by his peers. He serves on the boards of several community and nonprofit organizations including the board of a large tertiary medical center in suburban Chicago. Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Partner Mark D. Nelson has been named one of the Top 100 Labor Attorneys in the United States for 2007 by Labor Relations Institute, Inc. Included in the list are the top one percent of labor lawyers in the nation, making them the most active attorneys representing companies in National Labor Relations Board-monitored elections. Nelson was named to this list from more than 8,600 attorneys evaluated by Labor Relations Institute, with the "Top 100" honor determined by the number of NLRB elections in which each lawyer provided representation and by the success of those election outcomes. Nelson has represented management in labor relations and employment discrimination law for 25 years. He has particular experience representing employers in union avoidance, union organizing campaigns, labor disputes and unfair labor practice proceedings. Nelson also has considerable experience representing employers in arbitration hearings on issues such as discharge, discipline, contract interpretation and management rights. He has negotiated many collective bargaining agreements, including initial contracts and successor agreements, for employers in the health care, manufacturing and service industries. He regularly provides advice and counsel regarding contract administration and interpretation to clients who have collective bargaining relationships, as well as clients who wish to avoid them. Nelson has also represented employers in matters before state and federal agencies and courts on virtually all types of discrimination claims, retaliatory discharge suits, breach of contract actions, and wage and hour cases, among others. He has beenretained to serve as special investigative counsel in several sensitive sexual harassment matters. He provides advice and counsel to employers on the many labor and employment challenges they face on a day-to-day basis, and is a frequent speaker regarding labor relations matters, sexual harassment, effective discipline and other subjects. "It is an honor to be recognized as a member of such an elite group of attorneys," said Nelson. He has also been elected to Leading Lawyers Network of Illinois by his peers. He serves on the boards of several community and nonprofit organizations including the board of a large tertiary medical center in suburban Chicago. http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=660 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=660&page=9 Address : Office Court At Walton Point484 Norristown Road, Phone : 610-825-8400, City : Blue Bell http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=2573 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=2573&page=10 Address : 27 North Front Street, Phone : 717-234-3282, City : Harrisburg EGS successfully moved to dismiss several federal civil rights claims in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania against Jackson Township's supervisor and Police Chief. Federal Judge Kim R. Gibson of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granted EGS' motion to dismiss, concluding his 42-page opinion by refusing to allow Plaintiff to amend his Amended Complaint because "no Amended Complaint can overcome these legal bars to recovery and the Court does not need to offer [Plaintiff] the opportunity to amend his Amended Complaint sua sponte." The case will now proceed on a single claim that the Police Chief allegedly violated Plaintiff's civil rights by using excessive force when he arrested him. Since the Plaintiff pleaded "no contest" to the criminal charge of disorderly conduct arising from the same incident, Judge Gibson prohibited Plaintiff from using a purported civil rights claim to attack collaterally the criminal acts "to which he essentially pleaded guilty." EGS successfully moved to dismiss several federal civil rights claims in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania against Jackson Township's supervisor and Police Chief. Federal Judge Kim R. Gibson of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granted EGS' motion to dismiss, concluding his 42-page opinion by refusing to allow Plaintiff to amend his Amended Complaint because "no Amended Complaint can overcome these legal bars to recovery and the Court does not need to offer [Plaintiff] the opportunity to amend his Amended Complaint sua sponte." The case will now proceed on a single claim that the Police Chief allegedly violated Plaintiff's civil rights by using excessive force when he arrested him. Since the Plaintiff pleaded "no contest" to the criminal charge of disorderly conduct arising from the same incident, Judge Gibson prohibited Plaintiff from using a purported civil rights claim to attack collaterally the criminal acts "to which he essentially pleaded guilty." EG&S won summary judgment for the Borough of Hughestown and its police chief on August 9, 2007 when the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania granted the firm's Motion for Summary Judgment, finding that EG&S had established that the Plaintiff suffered no constitutional violation. Golya v. Borough of Hughestown, (M.D. Pa 2007). In this constitutional tort case, theft charges were dismissed by a state District Justice who found a lack of a prima facie case against the Plaintiff, who then filed a Federal Civil Rights Action against the Borough and its police chief for allegedly reporting the theft charges without probable cause. EG&S successfully argued that the Plaintiff was not "seized", which is an element of a Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claim. Specifically, while the Plaintiff had to appear at pre-trial criminal proceedings, he was not required to post bond, he was not formally arrested, and he was not placed on "onerous" travel restrictions. The District Court found EG&S's argument persuasive, entered summary judgment against the Plaintiff, and dismissed the claims against EG&S's clients. John G. Dean and Joel M. Wolff of the firm's Scranton office represented the Borough and its police chief. EG&S won summary judgment for the Borough of Hughestown and its police chief on August 9, 2007 when the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania granted the firm's Motion for Summary Judgment, finding that EG&S had established that the Plaintiff suffered no constitutional violation. Golya v. Borough of Hughestown, (M.D. Pa 2007). In this constitutional tort case, theft charges were dismissed by a state District Justice who found a lack of a prima facie case against the Plaintiff, who then filed a Federal Civil Rights Action against the Borough and its police chief for allegedly reporting the theft charges without probable cause. EG&S successfully argued that the Plaintiff was not "seized", which is an element of a Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claim. Specifically, while the Plaintiff had to appear at pre-trial criminal proceedings, he was not required to post bond, he was not formally arrested, and he was not placed on "onerous" travel restrictions. The District Court found EG&S's argument persuasive, entered summary judgment against the Plaintiff, and dismissed the claims against EG&S's clients. John G. Dean and Joel M. Wolff of the firm's Scranton office represented the Borough and its police chief. The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently reversed a trial court's finding of unjust enrichment against EG&S's client, and entered judgment for it. This construction supply company was sued by a plaintiff who, in exchange for employment, transferred a construction tool franchise to it. After exchanging multiple draft employment agreements, the parties never executed a final written agreement. EG&S's client then terminated plaintiff's employment, cancelled the construction tool franchise, and made multiple unsuccessful attempts to return the franchise to plaintiff. At trial, EG&S won a defense verdict on plaintiff's breach of contract claim, but the trial court found that the plaintiff was entitled to damages on its claim for unjust enrichment. On appeal, the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed EG&S's defense verdict on the breach of contract claims, vacated the trial court's verdict on the unjust enrichment claim, and entered judgment for the EG&S client on the unjust enrichment claim, holding that EG&S successfully established at trial that the plaintiff failed to confer a benefit that EG&S's client wrongfully retained. EG&S's John G. Dean, Joel M. Wolff and Joseph J. Joyce, III represented the successful client in the trial court of Luzerne County and in the appeal. The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently reversed a trial court's finding of unjust enrichment against EG&S's client, and entered judgment for it. This construction supply company was sued by a plaintiff who, in exchange for employment, transferred a construction tool franchise to it. After exchanging multiple draft employment agreements, the parties never executed a final written agreement. EG&S's client then terminated plaintiff's employment, cancelled the construction tool franchise, and made multiple unsuccessful attempts to return the franchise to plaintiff. At trial, EG&S won a defense verdict on plaintiff's breach of contract claim, but the trial court found that the plaintiff was entitled to damages on its claim for unjust enrichment. On appeal, the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed EG&S's defense verdict on the breach of contract claims, vacated the trial court's verdict on the unjust enrichment claim, and entered judgment for the EG&S client on the unjust enrichment claim, holding that EG&S successfully established at trial that the plaintiff failed to confer a benefit that EG&S's client wrongfully retained. EG&S's John G. Dean, Joel M. Wolff and Joseph J. Joyce, III represented the successful client in the trial court of Luzerne County and in the appeal. http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=695 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=695&page=41 Address : 4 Sentry ParkwaySuite 300, Phone : 610-862-6500, City : Blue Bell http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=1749 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=1749&page=12 Address : 350 Sentry ParkwayBuilding 640, Phone : 610-260-6000, City : Blue Bell http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=1223 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=1223&page=13 Address : 60 East Court StreetP.O. Box 1389, Phone : 215-345-7000, City : Doylestown http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=681 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=681&page=25 Address : 925 Harvest DriveSuite 220, Phone : 215-239-6000, City : Blue Bell http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=764 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=764&page=15 Address : 482 Norristown RoadSuite 111, Phone : 610-567-0700, City : Blue Bell http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=440 http://www.judged.com/jdfirmdetail.php?firmid=440&page=16 Address : One South Market Square213 Market Street, 3rd Floor, Phone : 717-237-4800, City : Harrisburg Buchanan Ingersoll's Deborah Suder Appointed to Government Relations Committee Buchanan Ingersoll Government Relations Specialist Deborah M. Suder was recently appointed to the Harrisburg Regional Chamber and Capital Region Economic Development Corporation (CREDC) Government Relations Committee. The Government Relations Committee serves as the voice of the chamber at all levels of government that impact the business and economic well-being of its members and investors. Founded in 1912, the chamber represents 1,660 businesses in Cumberland, Dauphin and Perry counties. It engages volunteer leaders at all levels of the organization to foster the organization's mission to be the catalyst for promoting vitality and quality of life in central Pennsylvania by providing a unique blend of business, community and economic development. The CREDC, the economic development arm of the Harrisburg Regional Chamber, is the leading organization for promoting and performing economic development activities in Cumberland, Dauphin and Perry counties. About Suder Deborah Suder is with the Harrisburg office of the law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll. She is a key member of the firm's State Government Relations Group. Suder's background includes lobbying for savings and loans, savings banks and retail operations on the deregulation of usuary rate ceiling. She played a key role in the allocation of the Pennsylvania tobacco settlement and tobacco control measures implemented in Pennsylvania as well as in the slots at race tracks legislative efforts. She focuses on the clear and effective flow of information to clients, members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly and their staffs on behalf of several major companies including MasterCard International and EDS. Corporate Partner Joins Mcdermott's New York Office McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that Seth Goldsamt has joined the Firm as a partner in the New York Corporate Department. As a member of the Corporate Department, Mr. Goldsamt will concentrate his practice on private equity, including leveraged buyouts, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Goldsamt has served as lead counsel in various U.S. and international corporate transactions, including venture capital and other private financings, securities offerings, strategic alliances, licensing, and public and private mergers and acquisitions. "Seth's experience will be a valuable asset to our continually developing corporate practice and our ongoing growth in the New York office," commented Tim Alvino, partner-in-charge of the Firm's New York corporate practice. Mr. Goldsamt received his B.A. magna cum laude in history from Columbia University and his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He is a member of the New York Bar. McDermott's Corporate Department lawyers represent a wide spectrum of business interests around the world, from Global 50 companies to venture backed start-ups as well as the financial institutions that support them. The Firm's lawyers are highly skilled business lawyers focused on solving complex business problems. Our mergers and acquisitions practice is a globally integrated team of corporate lawyers providing high-end M&A services to a broad range of clients around the world. McDermott's lawyers represent clients in both friendly and contested public company acquisitions, proxy contests, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures and joint ventures. McDermott has extensive experience in complex cross-border transactions and works closely with members of our tax, antitrust and other key practice groups. McDermott Will & Emery's New York office has more than 150 lawyers who represent a broad range of regional, U.S. and international clients, including some of the world's largest publicly and privately-held companies, financial institutions, private equity funds and high-net-worth individuals. merger in the works Sources in the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg legal communities all confirmed Buchanan Ingersoll and Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling were talking about a merger, with some of them suggesting it was all but a done deal. this would basically consolidate the whole pennsylvania legal market. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC announced today that Mauricio Gomm Ferreira dos Santos has joined the firm in its Miami office. Gomm Santos is a senior Brazilian attorney with a concentration in international contract negotiation and resolution of commercial disputes. His role at Buchanan is to assist clients by providing arbitration and litigation consulting services in connection with international contracts and dispute resolution. "It is a great honor to join the top-rated law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney," Gomm Santos explains. "Here, I will have the opportunity to contribute my professional experience to the firm's Alternative Dispute Resolution practice with a special focus on Latin America where I have concentrated my practice for 20 years." With a strong background in Brazilian arbitration law, Gomm Santos has been appointed as an arbitrator in international cases under Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission (IACAC) rules involving distributorship and agency agreements. He has also served as arbitrator in domestic cases involving commercial contracts. About Gomm Santos Gomm Santos previously served as senior partner of Brazilian law firm Gomm Santos & Associates, in Curitiba, Paraná. He has served as counsel for domestic and international litigation and arbitration proceedings in the field of commercial contracts, agency, distribution, franchising agreements, corporate and project finance. He has also served as counsel in litigation proceedings in the field of banking and insurance law. Gomm Santos is licensed to practice law in Brazil, and his application as Foreign Legal Consultant is pending. He is not admitted to practice law in Florida. As an adjunct professor at the University of Miami Law School, Gomm Santos will be teaching a class entitled "Arbitration in Latin America" in the fall 2007 semester. As a visiting researcher at the University, he has researched and prepared a draft of the proposal for the creation of a UM Center devoted to the Study of International Commercial Arbitration. From 2005 to 2006, he assisted Professor Keith Rosenn, the foremost U.S. expert on Latin American law. In that role, he researched and prepared a comparative analysis regarding arbitration. Gomm Santos was also visiting professor for a graduate course in Arbitration and Mediation at the prestigious Getúlio Vargas Foundation in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil, in March 2003 and December 2004, respectively. He received his master's degree in international comparative law (LLM) from the University of Miami School of Law; his master's degree in international business law (LLM) from Queen Mary and Westfield College (London, England), and his juris doctor degree in business law from Paraná Federal University (Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil). Gomm Santos is fluent in Portuguese (native language), English (spoken and written), French (spoken and written), Spanish and basic Italian. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC announced today that Mauricio Gomm Ferreira dos Santos has joined the firm in its Miami office. Gomm Santos is a senior Brazilian attorney with a concentration in international contract negotiation and resolution of commercial disputes. His role at Buchanan is to assist clients by providing arbitration and litigation consulting services in connection with international contracts and dispute resolution. "It is a great honor to join the top-rated law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney," Gomm Santos explains. "Here, I will have the opportunity to contribute my professional experience to the firm's Alternative Dispute Resolution practice with a special focus on Latin America where I have concentrated my practice for 20 years." With a strong background in Brazilian arbitration law, Gomm Santos has been appointed as an arbitrator in international cases under Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission (IACAC) rules involving distributorship and agency agreements. He has also served as arbitrator in domestic cases involving commercial contracts. About Gomm Santos Gomm Santos previously served as senior partner of Brazilian law firm Gomm Santos & Associates, in Curitiba, Paraná. He has served as counsel for domestic and international litigation and arbitration proceedings in the field of commercial contracts, agency, distribution, franchising agreements, corporate and project finance. He has also served as counsel in litigation proceedings in the field of banking and insurance law. Gomm Santos is licensed to practice law in Brazil, and his application as Foreign Legal Consultant is pending. He is not admitted to practice law in Florida. As an adjunct professor at the University of Miami Law School, Gomm Santos will be teaching a class entitled "Arbitration in Latin America" in the fall 2007 semester. As a visiting researcher at the University, he has researched and prepared a draft of the proposal for the creation of a UM Center devoted to the Study of International Commercial Arbitration. From 2005 to 2006, he assisted Professor Keith Rosenn, the foremost U.S. expert on Latin American law. In that role, he researched and prepared a comparative analysis regarding arbitration. Gomm Santos was also visiting professor for a graduate course in Arbitration and Mediation at the prestigious Getúlio Vargas Foundation in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil, in March 2003 and December 2004, respectively. He received his master's degree in international comparative law (LLM) from the University of Miami School of Law; his master's degree in international business law (LLM) from Queen Mary and Westfield College (London, England), and his juris doctor degree in business law from Paraná Federal University (Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil). Gomm Santos is fluent in Portuguese (native language), English (spoken and written), French (spoken and written), Spanish and basic Italian. Francis X. Taney - a litigation shareholder in Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's Philadelphia office - was featured as a chapter author in the new book Inside the Minds: Technology Law Client Strategies: Leading Lawyers on Strategizing for Cases, Resolving Disputes & Effectively Working with Clients, published by Aspatore Books. The book offers an insider's perspective on the best practices for working with clients in the technology industry. In addition to Taney, it includes partners and shareholders from some of the nation's leading law firms, all of whom guide the reader through various areas of technology law and the key considerations for counseling clients in each area. Taney contributed a chapter specifically on technology transactions and litigation management. Aspatore is publishing the title as part of its "Inside the Minds" series, which provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-level executives (chairman, CEOs, CFOs, CMOs and partners) from the world's most respected companies nationwide. Each chapter is comparable to a thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed, as well as the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each chapter author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board. About Taney Francis X. Taney Jr.'s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in a variety of substantive areas. He has experience in construction, antitrust, copyright, trade secret and information technology (IT) litigation, as well as disputes involving eminent domain and government contracts. Frank chairs the firm's Information Technology Litigation Practice Group and is a member of the Technology Transactions Group. In addition to his IT litigation practice, Frank has negotiated IT-related transactions for a number of his clients, including software licensing agreements, IT outsourcing, Web hosting, software development and other IT service contracts. He has also counseled clients on methods to avoid or minimize the adverse impact of IT-related disputes. Frank has been published and quoted on IT-related topics in publications such as InformationWeek, Technology Times, Computer World, IT Professional and SmartBusiness Philadelphia. He has also provided formal and informal private instruction on IT-related legal topics to business executives and in-house legal staff for a number of private and publicly traded companies. He contributed the chapter "Navigating the IT outsourcing and procurement process" to a book from Harris Kern's Enterprise Computing Institute titled CIO Wisdom II: More Best Practices. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, Frank was named as a Pennsylvania Rising Star in Philadelphia Magazine. He has also been included in the 2006-2007 edition of Marquis' Who's Who in America, and the 2007-2008 edition of Who's Who in American Law. Francis X. Taney - a litigation shareholder in Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's Philadelphia office - was featured as a chapter author in the new book Inside the Minds: Technology Law Client Strategies: Leading Lawyers on Strategizing for Cases, Resolving Disputes & Effectively Working with Clients, published by Aspatore Books. The book offers an insider's perspective on the best practices for working with clients in the technology industry. In addition to Taney, it includes partners and shareholders from some of the nation's leading law firms, all of whom guide the reader through various areas of technology law and the key considerations for counseling clients in each area. Taney contributed a chapter specifically on technology transactions and litigation management. Aspatore is publishing the title as part of its "Inside the Minds" series, which provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-level executives (chairman, CEOs, CFOs, CMOs and partners) from the world's most respected companies nationwide. Each chapter is comparable to a thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed, as well as the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each chapter author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board. About Taney Francis X. Taney Jr.'s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in a variety of substantive areas. He has experience in construction, antitrust, copyright, trade secret and information technology (IT) litigation, as well as disputes involving eminent domain and government contracts. Frank chairs the firm's Information Technology Litigation Practice Group and is a member of the Technology Transactions Group. In addition to his IT litigation practice, Frank has negotiated IT-related transactions for a number of his clients, including software licensing agreements, IT outsourcing, Web hosting, software development and other IT service contracts. He has also counseled clients on methods to avoid or minimize the adverse impact of IT-related disputes. Frank has been published and quoted on IT-related topics in publications such as InformationWeek, Technology Times, Computer World, IT Professional and SmartBusiness Philadelphia. He has also provided formal and informal private instruction on IT-related legal topics to business executives and in-house legal staff for a number of private and publicly traded companies. He contributed the chapter "Navigating the IT outsourcing and procurement process" to a book from Harris Kern's Enterprise Computing Institute titled CIO Wisdom II: More Best Practices. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, Frank was named as a Pennsylvania Rising Star in Philadelphia Magazine. He has also been included in the 2006-2007 edition of Marquis' Who's Who in America, and the 2007-2008 edition of Who's Who in American Law. Patrick H. Higgins and Mary Sue Henifin - shareholders in Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's Princeton office - were featured as chapter authors in the new book Inside the Minds: Patent Enforcement Best Practices: Leading Lawyers on Evaluating a Patent's Scope, Investigating Infringement Claims, and Developing Strategies for Prosecution and Defense, published by Aspatore Books. The book offers an insider's perspective on successful strategies for protecting intellectual property and litigating infringement. In addition to Higgins and Henifin, it includes partners and shareholders from some of the nation's leading law firms, all of whom guide the reader through the intricacies of patent law, detailing the four main areas of concern with regard to assertion of rights: claim construction, validity, enforceability and infringement. Higgins and Henifin contributed a chapter titled "Build, Maintain, and Enforce Strategic Market Exclusivity," which discusses strategies to leverage the value of discovery assets under current legislative and judicial reform. Particularly addressed are legal and regulatory tools, as well as means of implementation available to patent holders to effectively and legally exclude competition from a certain market while avoiding exposure. Aspatore is publishing the title as part of its "Inside the Minds" series, which provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-level executives (chairman, CEOs, CFOs, CMOs and partners) from the world's most respected companies nationwide. Each chapter is comparable to a thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed, as well as the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each chapter author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board. About Higgins Patrick H. Higgins focuses his practice on intellectual property law in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in leveraging discovery assets toward developing and maintaining market exclusivity, opinion work and ANDA litigation. His specific focus is the evaluation, development, enforcement and defense of rights in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to joining Buchanan, Patrick was a partner in the Princeton office of an East Coast-based law firm, where his practice concentrated on strategic portfolio development and ANDA litigation, as well as the evaluation of third-party rights in the pharmaceutical industry. From 1997 to 2000, he served as senior patent counsel for a major pharmaceutical company, where he was responsible for strategic portfolio development, risk evaluation and due diligence matters. Patrick earned his J.D. from Widener University, and holds both master's and bachelor's degrees from the University of Maryland. About Henifin Mary Sue Henifin focuses her practice on resolving complex business disputes, including intellectual property and licensing matters. Her practice includes representing clients in litigated matters as well as providing risk advice and mediation services to clients. Prior to joining Buchanan, Henifin was a partner with a large, Princeton-based international firm. Before that, she was an attorney with the New York office of an international firm. From 1989 to 1992, Henifin served as a deputy attorney general for the state of New Jersey. Henifin earned her J.D. degree with honors from Rutgers University School of Law, where she served as research editor of the Law Review. She graduated from Harvard College, cum laude, with a bachelor's degree in biology, and she holds a master's of public health from Columbia University. Patrick H. Higgins and Mary Sue Henifin - shareholders in Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's Princeton office - were featured as chapter authors in the new book Inside the Minds: Patent Enforcement Best Practices: Leading Lawyers on Evaluating a Patent's Scope, Investigating Infringement Claims, and Developing Strategies for Prosecution and Defense, published by Aspatore Books. The book offers an insider's perspective on successful strategies for protecting intellectual property and litigating infringement. In addition to Higgins and Henifin, it includes partners and shareholders from some of the nation's leading law firms, all of whom guide the reader through the intricacies of patent law, detailing the four main areas of concern with regard to assertion of rights: claim construction, validity, enforceability and infringement. Higgins and Henifin contributed a chapter titled "Build, Maintain, and Enforce Strategic Market Exclusivity," which discusses strategies to leverage the value of discovery assets under current legislative and judicial reform. Particularly addressed are legal and regulatory tools, as well as means of implementation available to patent holders to effectively and legally exclude competition from a certain market while avoiding exposure. Aspatore is publishing the title as part of its "Inside the Minds" series, which provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-level executives (chairman, CEOs, CFOs, CMOs and partners) from the world's most respected companies nationwide. Each chapter is comparable to a thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed, as well as the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each chapter author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board. About Higgins Patrick H. Higgins focuses his practice on intellectual property law in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in leveraging discovery assets toward developing and maintaining market exclusivity, opinion work and ANDA litigation. His specific focus is the evaluation, development, enforcement and defense of rights in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to joining Buchanan, Patrick was a partner in the Princeton office of an East Coast-based law firm, where his practice concentrated on strategic portfolio development and ANDA litigation, as well as the evaluation of third-party rights in the pharmaceutical industry. From 1997 to 2000, he served as senior patent counsel for a major pharmaceutical company, where he was responsible for strategic portfolio development, risk evaluation and due diligence matters. Patrick earned his J.D. from Widener University, and holds both master's and bachelor's degrees from the University of Maryland. About Henifin Mary Sue Henifin focuses her practice on resolving complex business disputes, including intellectual property and licensing matters. Her practice includes representing clients in litigated matters as well as providing risk advice and mediation services to clients. Prior to joining Buchanan, Henifin was a partner with a large, Princeton-based international firm. Before that, she was an attorney with the New York office of an international firm. From 1989 to 1992, Henifin served as a deputy attorney general for the state of New Jersey. Henifin earned her J.D. degree with honors from Rutgers University School of Law, where she served as research editor of the Law Review. 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