PARTNERS OF THE FIRM
Elizabeth K. Ainslie (Partner) born 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Ma.; 1982, Pa.. Education: Smith College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1965); Harvard Univ. (LL.B., 1968). Judge Pro Tempore, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, 1991. Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1979-1984, Chief, Frauds Section, 1983-1984, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Member: Philadelphia Bar Association (Co-Chair, Federal Courts Committee, 1996). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Federal Criminal Defense; Appellate Practice.Email: Elizabeth K. Ainslie
Stephen J. Anderer (Partner) born 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, Pa.. Education: Yale Univ. (B.A., 1985); Villanova Univ. (J.D., 1992); Hahnemann Univ. (Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, 1997). Order of the Coif. Member, 1990-1992 and Symposium Editor, 1991-1992, Villanova Law Review. Author: "Determining Competency in Guardianship Proceedings," American Bar Association, 1990. Co-author: "Law and Mental Health Professional: Pennsylvania," American Psychological Association, 1999. Practice Areas: Family Law; Guardianship; Incompetency Proceedings.Email: Stephen J. Anderer
Kevin S. Blanton (Partner) born 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Pa.. Education: Sam Houston State Univ. (B.S., 1990); Widener Univ. School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Construction Law.Email: Kevin S. Blanton
Arthur N. Brandolph (Partner) born 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Pa.. Education: Temple Univ. (B.S., cum laude, 1964); Villanova Univ. (J.D., 1967). Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Villanova Law Review, 1966-1967. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits Law; Professional Corporations Law; Business Law.Email: Arthur N. Brandolph
Barry E. Bressler (Partner) born 1947; admitted to bar, 1971, Pa.. Education: Franklin & Marshall College (A.B., 1968); Univ. of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1971). Law Clerk to Hon. Theodore O. Spaulding, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1971-1973. Instructor, Landlord-Tenant Law, Montgomery and Delaware County Community Colleges. Member, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference (Treasurer, 1995-2000). Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Special Counsel (Bankruptcy) to the Attorney General of Ohio, 1993-1996. Co-Author, Residential and Commercial Evictions in Pennsylvania, National Business Institute, 1998, 2001. Member: Philadelphia (Real Property Section, Landlord-Tenant and Bankruptcy Committees), Pennsylvania (Banking and Business Law Section) and American (Litigation Section, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation; Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy; Commercial Workouts; Real Estate; Landlord-Tenant Law.Email: Barry E. Bressler
Mark T. Carlidge (Partner) born 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Pa.; 1985, N.J.; 1991, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. (B.S., magna cum laude, 1981); Villanova Univ. (J.D., 1984); Temple Univ. (LL.M., Taxation, 1994). Member: Philadelphia (Member, Probate and Trust Law Section) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Philadelphia Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates.Email: Mark T. Carlidge
Robert L. Collings (Partner) born 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, Pa.. Education: Harvard Univ. (A.B., cum laude, 1972); Boston College (J.D., 1977). Editor, Boston College International and Comparative Law Journal, 1977. Editor, Environmental Spill Reporting Handbook, West Group, 1998. Author: Pennsylvania Chapter, "Brownfields," (ABA, 1998; 2d ed. 2002). Author: Environmental Chapters, PA Municipal Solicitors Handbook (Pa. Dept. of Community and Economic Development, 1999; 2d ed. 2003). EPA bronze medals (1980, 1982). Member, Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Association Delaware River Basin, 1988. Member: Philadelphia (Chair, Environmental Law Committee, 1986), Pennsylvania and American (Section of Environmental, Energy and Resources, Vice Chair, Committee on Environmental Crimes and Enforcement) Bar Associations; Urban Land Institute. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Environmental Compliance; Environmental Litigation; Toxic Torts; Environmental Permitting; Land Use.Email: Robert L. Collings
Marc S. Cornblatt (Partner) born 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Pa.. Education: Harvard Univ. (A.B., magna cum laude, 1968); Univ. of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1971). Editor, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1969-1971. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; International Law; Computer Law; Health Care Law.Email: Marc S. Cornblatt
Albert S. Dandridge, III (Partner) born 1944; admitted to bar, 1978, Pa.. Education: Temple Univ. (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975; J.D., 1978); Univ. of Pennsylvania (LL.M., 1979). Fellow, Center for the Study of Financial Institutions, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School, 1978-1979. Special Counsel, 1981-1984 and Associate Director, 1995-1998, Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission. Practice Areas: Securities Regulation Law; General Corporate Law; Public Authority Financing Law.Email: Albert S. Dandridge, III
Eve DelSoldo (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, Pa. and N.J.. Education: Barnard College, Columbia Univ. (B.A., cum laude, 1996); Temple Univ. School of Law (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law.Email: Eve DelSoldo
Joseph J. Devine (Partner) born 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, N.J. and Pa.. Education: LaSalle Univ. (B.S., magna cum laude, 1982); Loyola College (M.S., 1988); Temple Univ. (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Practice Areas: Securities Regulation; Corporate; Business; Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Joseph J. Devine
Jennifer A. Diamantis (Partner) born 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Pa.. Education: Univ. of Florida (B.A., with honors, 1996); Univ. of Michigan (J.D., 1999). Phi Beta Kappa. Executive Article Editor, The Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review, 1998-1999. Associate Editor, Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 1997. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Business Law; Intellectual Property Litigation; Products Liability; Appellate Practice.Email: Jennifer A. Diamantis
James J. Eisenhower (Partner) born 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, Pennsylvania. Education: Temple University (B.A., 1979); Antioch University (J.D., 1982); Oxford University (M.Phil., 1984). Marshall Scholar. Practice Areas: Government Affairs; White Collar Criminal Defense.Email: James J. Eisenhower
Robert D. Feder (Partner) born 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Pa.. Education: Brown Univ. (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); Univ. of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1982). Editor, "Valuation of Specific Assets in Divorce," Aspen Law and Business. Editor and Contributing Author: Valuation Strategies in Divorce, 3rd and 4th Eds., Aspen Law & Business; "Stock Options in Divorce -- A National Trend," American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1999; "Valuation of Specialty or Novelty Assets," Connecticut Family Law Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1995; "Direct Examination of the Business Appraiser in a Divorce Action," Minnesota Family Law Journal, Vol. 6, No. 6, September/October 1993; "In the Child's Best InterestHow to File for Custody," Phila. VIP Video Presentation, 1992. Lecturer: "Pitfalls of Pensions," PBA, July 14, 2000; "Tax Aspects of Divorce," NBI August 12, 1999; "Family Law in Pennsylvania," NBI, March 10, 1999; "Stock Options," PBI 1st Annual Family Law Institute, March 19, 1996; "Business & Pension Valuation in Divorce," NBI, February 27, 1996. Guest Speaker, "Re-Guarding Your Money," WNPV-AM, March 25, 1997, November 11, 1997 "Mondschein Talks Divorce," WTKZ-AM, January 11, 1997, November 22, 1997. Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Robert D. Feder
Walter B. Ferst (Partner) born 1951; admitted to bar, 1975, Pa.. Education: Washington Univ.; Univ. of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1972); Emory Univ. School of Law (J.D., 1975). Practice Areas: Business and Commercial Law; Health Care Law; Secured Transactions; Insurance Regulation and Insolvency.Email: Walter B. Ferst
Jonathan R. Flora (Partner) admitted to bar, 1989, Ca.; 2001, D.C.; 2002, Wa.; 2003, Mn.; U.S. District Court, Southern and Central Districts of California; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Towson Univ. (B.S., summa cum laude, 1985); Univ. of Maryland (J.D., 1989); Univ. of California, Berkeley (M.A., 1995); New York Univ. (LL.M., 2001). Advises clients on federal, state, and local tax issues. Represented clients on tax planning and structuring for a broad range of transactions, such as joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, redemptions, liquidations, securitizations, issuance of securities, licensing, workouts, and tax-free exchanges. Routinely advises pass-through entities on operating, allocation, and distribution issues, and provides tax advice and counsel to tax exempt and nonprofit entities. Advises individuals on income tax, asset protection, and family and divorce tax planning. Editorial Board Member, M&A Tax Report. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Tax and Business Sections); Philadelphia Bar Association (Member, Section on Tax). Practice Areas: Tax Law.Email: Jonathan R. Flora
Glenn D. Fox (Partner) born 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Pa.. Education: Temple Univ. (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1979; J.D., cum laude, 1982); Villanova Univ. (LL.M., Taxation, 1989). Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi; Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "RRA '93 Tightens Rule on Transfers and Contributions," Taxation for Accountants, November, 1993 and Taxation for Lawyers, January/February, 1994. Co-Author: "Estate Planning for Terminally Ill Taxpayers," Taxation for Accountants, December, 1993. Member: Philadelphia, Montgomery County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Financing Law; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Taxation Law; Real Estate.Email: Glenn D. Fox
Jeffrey L. God (Partner) born 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Tenn.; 2000, Pa.. Education: Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga (B.A., cum laude, 1996); Univ. of Cincinnati (J.D., 1999). Citations Editor, University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1998-1999. Law Clerk to Honorable William M. Barker, Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1999-2000. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Secured Transactions.Email: Jeffrey L. God
Jeffrey O. Greenfield (Partner) born 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Vanderbilt Univ. (B.A., cum laude, 1983); Emory Univ. (J.D., 1987). Practice Areas: Corporate.Email: Jeffrey O. Greenfield
Jennifer DuFault James (Partner) born 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Pa.. Education: Rutgers Univ. (B.A., summa cum laude, 1988); Harvard Univ. (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Chief Judge John F. Gerry, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1991-1992. Practice Areas: Litigation; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Appellate Practice.Email: Jennifer DuFault James
Anne E. Kane (Partner) born 1957; admitted to bar, 1995, Ak.; 1998, Pa.. Education: Univ. of Iowa (B.A., 1979; M.A., 1981; M.A., 1984); Univ. of California School of Law, Davis (J.D., 1991). Law Clerk: Chief Justice Daniel A. Moore, Alaska Supreme Court, 1991-1993, 1994-1995; Hon. Karen L. Hunt, Alaska Superior Court, 1993-1994. Member: Philadelphia, Alaska, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Anne E. Kane
Ronald E. Karam (Partner) born 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Pa.. Education: Polytechnic Univ. (B.S., summa cum laude, and M.S., 1978, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science); Univ. of Pennsylvania (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Associate Editor, 1981-1982 and Editor, 1982-1983, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review. Member of Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories, 1978-1980. Lecturer, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School, 1997-2001. Practice Areas: Computers and Software Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Software Licensing; Technology Transfer; E-Commerce.Email: Ronald E. Karam
Richard W. Kessler (Partner) born 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Pa.. Education: Colgate Univ. (B.A., 1969); Univ. of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1973). Law Clerk to Hon. Harry A. Takiff, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, 1973-1974. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Development; Leases and Leasing.Email: Richard W. Kessler
Wilbur L. Kipnes (Partner) born 1950; admitted to bar, 1974, Pa.. Education: Univ. of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1970; J.D., cum laude, 1974). Law Clerk to Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge J. Sydney Hoffman, 1974-1976. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Insurance Coverage Litigation.Email: Wilbur L. Kipnes
Joan T. Kluger (Partner) admitted to bar, 1993, Dela., Pa. and N.J.; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Johns Hopkins Univ. (B.A., 1977); Widener Univ. School of Law (J.D., 1992). Member: Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Joan T. Kluger
Marilyn Z. Kutler (Partner) born 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Pa.. Education: Univ. of Pennsylvania (B.A., summa cum laude, 1971; J.D., cum laude, 1974). Phi Beta Kappa. City of Philadelphia Law Department, 1974-1985. Assistant, Deputy and City Solicitor. Practice Areas: Real Property; Government Contracts; Public Bidding; State and Local Government Law and Legislative Practice.Email: Marilyn Z. Kutler
Vincent A. LaMonaca (Partner) born 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Pa. and N.J.. Education: Villanova Univ. (B.A., cum laude, 1992; J.D., cum laude, 1998); MCP Hahnemann Univ. (M.A., in clinical Psychology, 1997). Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Staff Writer, Associate Editor, Villanova Law Review, 1994-1996. Law Clerk to the Honorable Terry R. Means, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Vincent A. LaMonaca
Nicholas J. LePore, III (Partner) born 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Pa.. Education: Temple Univ. (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1976; J.D., cum laude, 1980). Beta Gamma Sigma. Staff, Temple Law Review. Law Clerk to Judge Paul M. Chalfin, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, 1980-1981. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Law; Debtor and Creditor; Health Law.Email: Nicholas J. LePore, III
Theresa E. Loscalzo (Partner) born 1957; admitted to bar, 1988, Pa.. Education: West Chester Univ. (B.S., 1979); Widener Univ. School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1987). General Editor and Chapter Author, "Business-to-Business Internet Exchange," Aspen Law & Business, 2002. Author: "E-Mail and the Attorney-Client Privilege," Trial, February 1999, at 20; "Protecting Your Institution From E-Mail Litigation: The Building Blocks of a Sound Policy," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1996 , 1198, Vol. II, p. 213. Co-Author: "Internet Gambling Policy: Prohibition Versus Regulation," 7 Villanova Sports & Entertainment L.J. 11, 2000; "The Effect of Klehr v. A.O. Smith Corp. on the Third Circuit's RICO Accrual Standard: The Demise of the 'Further Injuries' Exception," 27 RICO Law Rptr. 147, 1998; "RICO Conspiracy: Whistleblowers Coming in Through Back Door," 19 RICO Law Rptr. 513, 1994; "Civil RICO in the Third Circuit," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1990; "The Lawyer's Duty to Keep Clients Informed: Establishing a Standard of Care in Professional Liability Actions," 9 Pace L. Rev. 391, 1989. Adjunct Faculty, Villanova Univ. School of Law, 1998-2001. Practice Areas: Securities; RICO; Antitrust Litigation; E-Commerce; Privacy.Email: Theresa E. Loscalzo
Michael J. Mangan (Partner) born 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, D.C.; 1971, Pa.. Education: Fordham Univ. (A.B., 1964); New York Univ. (LL.B., 1967). Managing Editor, New York Univ. Law Review. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Computer Law Litigation.Email: Michael J. Mangan
William J. Maffucci (Partner) born 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Pa.. Education: State Univ. of New York at Oneonta (B.A., high honors, 1980); State Univ. of New York at Buffalo (J.D., 1985). Editor-in-Chief, Buffalo Law Review, 1984-1985. Practice Areas: Real Estate: Foreclosure; Bankruptcy; Workouts; Landlord-Tenant Disputes; General Real Estate Litigation.Email: William J. Maffucci
Catherine M. McFadden (Partner) born 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, Pa.. Education: Pennsylvania State Univ. (B.A., 1974); Temple Univ. (J.D., 1981). Author: "ALI Principles Suggest a New Approach to Separate Property," Pennsylvania Family Lawyers, Sept. 1995; "Fast-Track Property Divisions," Family Advocate, Vol. 19, No. 4; "Relocation Issues In Child Custody Cases," Advanced Custody Issues, PBI No. 1997-1242, Reprinted in Spring 1999 with update in Tips from the Frontline: Pragmatic Custody, PBI No. 199-2253. Advisory Committee on Domestic Relations Law of the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission, 1995. Member: Pennsylvania (Member, Family Law Section, 1982; Council, 1996-1999) and American (Member, Family Law Section, 1982) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Catherine M. McFadden
Bruce P. Merenstein (Partner) born 1963; admitted to bar, 1998, Pa.. Education: London School of Economics and Political Science; Brandeis Univ. (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985); Univ. of Massachusetts (M.S., 1988); Univ. of Pennsylvania (J.D., summa cum laude, 1998). Order of the Coif. Staff Member, 1996-1997 and Executive Editor, 1997-1998, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review. Law Clerk to Chief Judge Edward R. Becker, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1998-1999. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Litigation.Email: Bruce P. Merenstein
James R. Meyer (Partner) born 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Pa.. Education: Univ. of Michigan (A.B., 1966); Wayne State Univ. (J.D., cum laude, 1969). Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association (Board of Governors, 1988-1991; Chairman, Trademark and Copyright Committee, 1986-1989); Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association (Chairman, Trademark Committee, 1988-1989); International Trademark Association (Member, Trademark Management Committee, 1999; Subcommittee Chair, 1999 Annual Meeting; Executive Editor, INTA Bulletin, 1996-1997; Secretary, 1986; Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1987, 1988-1989; Chairman, Executive Newsletter Committee and Executive Editor of Remarks-Trademark News for Business, 1987-1990). Practice Areas: Trademark; Copyright.Email: James R. Meyer
Albert Momjian (Partner) born 1933; admitted to bar, 1958, Pa.. Education: Columbia Univ. (B.A., 1955; J.D., 1957). Frequently listed among: "Top 10 Lawyers in Pennsylvania," "Super Lawyers" Magazine; Regularly Listed, "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Family Law. Recipient, Eric D. Turner Award, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section; Cases Profiled: Primetime; People; Time; Vanity Fair; New York Times; Wall Street Journal; Philadelphia Magazine. Quoted: Philadelphia Inquirer; Boston Globe; National Law Journal; CNN.com; Associated Press. Co-Author: "Pennsylvania Family Law Annotated," Thomson/West; "Pennsylvania Family Law," George T. Bisel. Past Contributing Editor, FairShare, Aspen Law & Business. Past Contributing Editor, Matrimonial Strategist, ALM. Frequent Lecturer: Family Law Section, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations; The Pennsylvania Bar Institute; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Pennsylvania College of the Judiciary; Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court; Temple University Beasley School of Law; Widener University School of Law. Member: Domestic Relations Advisory Committee of the Joint State Government Commission; Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Alimony Sub-Committees. Honorary Consul, Republic of Haiti. Vice President, Consular Corps of Philadelphia. Member, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Member, Board of Directors of the United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia. Member: Philadelphia, (Past Chair, Family Law Section); Pennsylvania (Past Chair: Family Law Section; Animal Law Committee) and American (Family Law Section) Bar Associations; The Matrimonial Network; Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court (Past President). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (President, Pennsylvania Chapter, 1980-1982); International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Divorce; Property Distribution; Support; Custody; Appellate Practice; Premarital Agreements; Paternity; Adoptions.Email: Albert Momjian
Mark A. Momjian (Partner) born 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Pa. and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2007, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Columbia Univ. (B.A., 1983; J.D., 1986). Recipient: Outstanding Advocate Award, SeniorLAW Ctr., 2006; Earl G. Harrison Award, 2005; Cheryl Ingram Advocate for Jus. Award, PA Bar Assn., 2004; Pro Bono Atty. of the Year, Ctr. for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights, 2002. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; Who's Who in Amer. Law. Author: Natl. Law Journal; Amer. Journal of Family Law; Divorce Litigation; PA Bar Assn. Quarterly; The Philadelphia Lawyer. Lecturer: Univ. of PA; Temple Univ.; Villanova Univ.; Widener Univ.; Rutgers Univ. - Camden Law Sch. Adjunct Assoc. Professor, Psychiatry, Drexel Univ. Coll. of Medicine. Mbr.: Bd. of Directors, Homeless Advocacy Proj.; Bd. of Directors, Philadelphia VIP; Bd. of Directors, Matrimonial Strategist. Chair, Subcommittee on Uniform Family Law Forms, Dom. Rel. Procedure Rules Comm., PA Supm. Ct. Member: Philadelphia (Co-Chair, Legal Rights of Unmarried Cohabitants Committee and Mbr., Exec. Committee, Family Law Sect.), PA (Mbr., Family Law Sect.) and Amer. (Mbr., Alternative Families Committee, Family Law Sect.) Bar Associations; Master and Exec. Committee Mbr., Nicholas J. Cipriani Inn of Ct. Reported Cases: Hiller v. Fausey, 904 A.2d 875 (Pa. 2006); L.S.K. v. H.A.N., 813 A.2d 872 (Pa. Super. 2002); Portugal v. Portugal, 798 A.2d 246 (Pa. Super. 2002); Langendorfer v. Spearman, 797 A.2d 303 (Pa. Super. 2002); Williams v. Williams, 721 A.2d 1072 (Pa. 1998); Boudwin v. Boudwin, 615 A.2d 786 (Pa. Super. 1992); Joselit v. Joselit, 544 A.2d 59 (Pa. Super. 1988); Fisher v. Fisher, 535 A.2d 1163 (Pa. Super. 1988). Languages: French and Armenian. Practice Areas: Family Law; Civil Rights; International Human Rights.Email: Mark A. Momjian
Michael G. Neri (Partner) born 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Pa.. Education: Muhlenberg College (A.B., 1979); Temple Univ. (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Editor, Temple Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Emil F. Goldhaber, Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1982-1984. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Workouts; Creditors' Rights.Email: Michael G. Neri
Han Nguyen (Partner) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Pa. and N.J.. Education: Univ. of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1997); Temple Univ. (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Litigation (Commercial); State and Local Tax.Email: Han Nguyen
Nicholas N. Price (Partner) born 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Pa.. Education: Yale Univ. (B.A., 1970); New York Univ. (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Judge James Hunter, III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1974-1975. Member: Litigation Section and Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Labor Relations; Wage and Hour; FMLA; Defamation.Email: Nicholas N. Price
Nicole M. Reimann (Partner) born 1959; admitted to bar, 1989, Pa.. Education: McGill Univ.; Rutgers Univ. (B.A., with high honors, 1985); Northeastern Univ. (J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Nicole M. Reimann
Kenneth I. Rosenberg (Partner) born 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Pa.. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.B., 1968); Univ. of Pennsylvania (J.D., cum laude, 1972). Legal Writing Fellow, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1971-1972. Co-Author, "Mortgages" in Bongiovanni, Pennsylvania: Transaction Guide. Practice Areas: Real Property Finance; Commercial Leasing Law; Real Estate Contracts.Email: Kenneth I. Rosenberg
Bruce A. Rosenfield (Partner) born 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Pa.. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., summa cum laude, 1973); Stanford Univ. (J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Stanford Law Review. Law Clerk to Judge Raymond J. Broderick, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1976-1978. Member, Pennsylvania Joint State Government Advisory Committee on Decedents' Estates Laws. Member, Board of Governors, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1999-2000, Executive Committee, 1984-1987; Chairman, Legislative Committee, 1985-1989, Chair, 1993, Section on Probate and Trust Law, Philadelphia Bar Association. Council, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1994-1997. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 1991; Counsel, Settlement Music School of Philadelphia. Practice Areas: Non-Profit and Charitable Organizations and Foundations; Estate Planning; Estates and Trusts.Email: Bruce A. Rosenfield
Roy S. Ross (Partner) born 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Pa.. Education: Lehigh Univ. (B.S., 1984); Cornell Univ. (J.D., 1989). Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Wills; Probate.Email: Roy S. Ross
Joseph P. Santoro (Partner) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Pa. and N.J.. Education: St. Joseph's Univ. (B.S., Accounting, 1997); Widener Univ. School of Law (J.D., 2000); Temple Univ. School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 2001). Member: Burlington County, New Jersey State, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Services; Real Estate.Email: Joseph P. Santoro
Deena Jo Schneider (Partner) born 1950; admitted to bar, 1974, Pa.. Education: Univ. of Michigan and Yale Univ. (B.A., magna cum laude, 1971); Harvard Univ. (J.D., 1974). Contributing Author: Federal Practice Guide: Federal Appellate Procedure -- Third Circuit, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1996. Member: Philadelphia (Member, Appellate Courts Committee), Pennsylvania and American (Member, Antitrust and Litigation Sections) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Complex Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Constitutional Law; Employment Litigation; ERISA Litigation; Professional Liability Litigation; Securities Litigation; Internet Law.Email: Deena Jo Schneider
H. Lee Schwartzberg Jr. (Partner) born 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Pa.; 1986, N.J.. Education: Univ. of Pennsylvania, Wharton School (B.S., 1979); Temple Univ. (J.D., 1985). Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Transactions; Sale of Goods; Secured Transactions; Secured Finance; Joint Ventures; Corporate Law; Closely Held Business Law.Email: H. Lee Schwartzberg Jr.
Stephen J. Shapiro (Partner) born 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Pa. and N.J.. Education: Univ. of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1995); Case Western Reserve Univ. (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Stephen J. Shapiro
J. Denny Shupe (Partner) born 1954; admitted to bar, 1989, Pa.; 1990, Md.. Education: United States Air Force Academy (B.S., Distinguished Graduate, 1976); Arizona State Univ. (M.B.A., 1983); Univ. of Pennsylvania (J.D., summa cum laude, 1989). Beta Gamma Sigma. Order of the Coif. Editor, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Member, Aviation Committee, Philadelphia Bar Association. Member: American Bar Association (Member: Forum on Air and Space Law; Litigation Section); Defense Research Institute. [With U.S. Air Force, 1976-1986; Lt. Col., Pilot, U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1986-1999]. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Aviation Law; Commercial Litigation; Transportation Law; Insurance Litigation.Email: J. Denny Shupe
Samuel W. Silver (Partner) born 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Pa.. Education: London School of Economics and Political Science, England; Middlebury College (A.B., 1986); Univ. of Michigan (J.D., 1989). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Equine Law.Email: Samuel W. Silver
David Smith (Partner) born 1951; admitted to bar, 1975, Pa.. Education: Univ. of Miami (B.A., 1972; J.D., summa cum laude, 1975). Phi Kappa Phi. Articles and Comments Editor, Miami Law Review, 1974-1975. Chairman, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, 1999. Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Professional Liability Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Financial Institution Litigation; Creditors' Rights; Bankruptcy.Email: David Smith
Carl A. Solano (Partner) born 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Pa.. Education: Univ. of Scranton (B.S., magna cum laude, 1973); Villanova Univ. (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Order of the Coif; Pi Gamma Mu. Member, Villanova Law Review, 1975-1976. Contributing Author: "Federal Practice Guide: Federal Appellate Procedure," 3rd Circuit, 1996; "LDRC 50-State Survey," 1984. Law Clerk to Judge Alfred L. Luongo, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1976-1978. Adjunct Professor, Villanova Univ. School of Law, 1999-2001. Member: American Law Institute. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Libel, Slander and Defamation; First Amendment; Internet and Computer Networking.Email: Carl A. Solano
Dennis R. Suplee (Partner) born 1943; admitted to bar, 1967, Pa.. Education: St. Joseph's Univ. (B.S., 1964); Univ. of Pennsylvania (LL.B., 1967). Co-Author: The Deposition Handbook: Aspen Law & Business, 2002 (4th ed.), 544 pp.; The Expert Witness: Law and Practice, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1993, 272 pp.; and "Talking With Experts" and "Preparing the Deponent to Testify," reprinted in "The Litigation Manual Pretrial" (ABA 1999, 3d ed.). American College of Trial Lawyers (Pennsylvania State Chair, 1998-2000; Regent, 2001); International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 2000); Master, Univ. of Pennsylvania L.S. American Inn of Court. President, Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, 1994-1995. Fellow: Salzburg Seminar, 1981. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Coverage Disputes.Email: Dennis R. Suplee
Ronald J. Ventola II (Partner) born 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, La.; 2006, Pa.; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Louisiana State Univ. (B.S.M.E., 1992); Louisiana State Univ. (J.D., 1995). Member: Amer. Intell. Property Law Assn.; Philadelphia Intell. Property Law Assn.; LA State Bar Assn. (Former Secretary, Intellectual Property Section). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Corporate Law; Litigation.Email: Ronald J. Ventola II
Anthony J. Watkins (Partner) born 1940; admitted to bar, 1981, Pa. and N.J.. Education: Royal Navy Academy, Dartmouth, England, (B.Sc., 1962); Rutgers Univ. (J.D., 1981). Assistant District Attorney, City of Philadelphia, 1981-1986. Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Construction Litigation; Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation.Email: Anthony J. Watkins
Stewart M. Weintraub (Partner) born 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Pa.; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Drexel Univ. (B.S., 1968); Temple Univ. (J.D., 1971). Author and Lecturer in State and Local Taxation: Temple Univ. School of Law, 1981. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, Drexel Univ., 1978-1985. Assistant City Solicitor, Philadelphia, 1972-1977. Deputy City Solicitor, 1977-1981. Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, Chair, State and Local Tax Committee, 1983. Member: Municipal Government Committee; Editorial Board, Interstate Tax Reports, 1984-1997. Editorial Board, Interstate Tax Insights, 1997. Member, Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission, 2003. Member: Philadelphia Bar Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1997-1999, Legislative Liaison Committee, Tax Section Representative, 1986-1991, 1996-2000; Co-Chair, 1992-1996; State and Local Tax Committee, Section on Taxation, 1971, Chair, 1985-1989; Taxes Affecting Real Estate Committee, Section on Real Property, Chair, 1988-1991; Member and Chair, 1980-1983, Committee on Bar Admission and Placement); Pennsylvania Bar Association (Tax Section; Banking and Business Section); American Bar Association (State and Local Tax Committee, Section of Taxation and Section on Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Tax Litigation Committee, Military Tax Problems Task Force, 1990; Member, 1976 and Chair-Elect, 2009, State and Local Income Tax Committee; Editorial Board, State and Local Tax Lawyer, 1996; Author, Pennsylvania Chapter, ABA Property Tax Deskbook, 1995; Regional Editor, ABA Property Tax Deskbook, 1997-1998; Co-Deputy Editor-in-Chief, 1998-1999; Co-Editor-in-Chief, ABA Property Tax Deskbook, 1999-2000; Editor-in-Chief, ABA Property Tax Deskbook, 2001; Tax Problems of Divorce Committee, Section of Taxation, 1982-1983). [LTC, USAR-JAG (Retired)]. Practice Areas: State Taxation; Municipal Taxation; Real Estate Taxation; Real Estate Tax Assessment; Military Administrative Law.Email: Stewart M. Weintraub
Ralph G. Wellington (Partner) born 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Pa.. Education: Kalamazoo College (A.B., 1968); Univ. of Michigan (J.D., 1970). Frequent Lecturer on Litigation and Ethics. Co-Author: "In Whole or In Part and the FELA: Time For a New Look at Proximate Causation and Damage Apportionment," 32 The Chronicle 82, 1987; "The Trade Association and Product Safety Standards: Of Good Samaritans and Liability," 35 The Wayne Law Review 37, 1988. Author: "MCLE: Does It Go Far Enough and What Are the Alternatives?" 35 The CLE Journal and Register 5, 1989; "Jury Focus Groups: Some Practical Considerations," Inside Litigation, 1998. Vice-Chair, ABA Aviation and Space Law Committee, 1995-1997. Chair, Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, 1999-2001. Chair, Committee on Professional Responsibility, 1988; Chair, Committee on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, 1986-1987, Philadelphia Bar Association. Member: National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Temple American Inn of Court; Aviation Insurance Association. Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Aviation Law; Appellate Practice.Email: Ralph G. Wellington
Nancy Winkelman (Partner) born 1958; admitted to bar, 1987, Pa.; 1991, N.J.. Education: Wesleyan Univ. (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); Western New England College (J.D., summa cum laude, 1987). Note Editor, Western New England College School of Law Review. Law Clerk to the Honorable Dolores K. Sloviter, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1987-1988. Fellow: The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers (Director). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice.Email: Nancy Winkelman
SENIOR COUNSEL TO THE FIRM
William H. Brown, III (Senior Counsel) born 1928; admitted to bar, 1955, Pa.; 1972, D.C.. Education: Temple Univ. (B.S., 1952); Univ. of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1955). Faculty Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1983. Deputy District Attorney, Philadelphia, 1968. Member, Board of Directors, United Parcel Service (Chair, Audit Comm.), 1983. Member, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1968-1973 (Chairman, 1969-1973). Member, Board of Directors, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1974, Co-chair, 1991-1993 and Director, Executive Committee, 1974, American Bar Association. Member, House of Delegates, 1992-1995. Member, Fee Disputes Committee, 1975 of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Member, Criminal Justice Task Force, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1989-1990. Member, Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association, 1979-1985. Chairman, Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission, 1985. Member, Board of Directors, Community Legal Services, 1987. Member, Board of Directors, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. Member, Board of Directors, 1987; National Black Child Development Institute. Member, Board of Directors, President, 1987-1990, National Senior Citizens Law Center, 1990-1994. Member, Board of Directors, Main Line Academy, 1980. Life Fellow, American Law Institute. Member: Federal and National Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; Judicial Conference of Third Circuit (permanent member). Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Civil Rights Title VII and ADEA; Equal Employment Opportunity; Federal Litigation.Email: William H. Brown, III
James D. Crawford (Senior Counsel) born 1932; admitted to bar, 1963, Pa.. Education: Haverford College (A.B., 1954); Univ. of Pennsylvania (LL.B., magna cum laude, 1962). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1961-1962. Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, Chief, Frauds Division, 1966-1968; Deputy District Attorney, Chief, Appeals Division, 1968-1972; General Counsel, Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia, 1972-1974. Member: Advisory Committee on Appellate Court Rules of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1985-1992; Trustee, Philadelphia Bar Foundation, 1987-1993, Secretary, 1988-1992; Member, Board of Directors, 1977 and Vice President, 1985, American Civil Liberties Union. President, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, 1985. Member: Board of Directors, Defender Association of Philadelphia, 1975; Board of Advisors, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, 1980; Board of Directors, Citizens Crime Commission of the Delaware Valley, 1986-1995; American Law Institute. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers; American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Litigation; Criminal Defense.Email: James D. Crawford
James A. Drobile (Senior Counsel) born 1927; admitted to bar, 1961, Pa.; 1962, D.C.; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Villanova Univ. (B.S.Ch.E., 1949); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.M., 1950); Temple Univ. (LL.B., 1960). Member, Special Task Force to review work of Pennsylvania Attorney General, 1971. Member and Vice Chairman, 1988-1995, Radnor Township Civil Service Commission. Member, Radnor Township Ethics Board, 1996-1997. Director and Past President, Geographical Society of Philadelphia, 1990-1993, 1997. Member: Philadelphia Patent Law Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1965-1967, 1980-1981; Chairman, Special Committee on Antitrust and Misuse, 1969-1972; 1976-1977; Secretary, 1972-1974; Vice President, 1977-1979; President, 1979-1980); American Intellectual Property Law Association; United States Trademark Association (Member: Lawyers Advisory Committee, 1971-1974; State Trademark Committee, 1975-1979; Chairman, 1977-1979; Member, Board of Directors, 1979-1981); Licensing Executives Society; Copyright Society of the U.S.A.; International Patent and Trademark Association; Board of Trustees, Villanova Univ. (Member, 1976-1986, 1988-1998; Vice Chairman, 1988-1989; Chairman, 1989-1997); Professional Advisory Council on Energy, 1980-1991 (Member, Steering Committee, 1980-1981; Member at Large, Policy Board, 1981-1983; Vice President, 1983-1986; President, 1986-1991); Penjerdel Council (Member, 1992; Director, 1992; Executive Committee, 1994; Chairman, Penjerdel Energy Committee, 1992). Practice Areas: International Intellectual Property; Unfair Competition; Licensing.Email: James A. Drobile
Paul L. Jaffe (Senior Counsel) born 1928; admitted to bar, 1950, Pa.. Education: Dickinson College (A.B., with honors, 1947); Univ. of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1950). Editor, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1949-1950. Judge, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, 1996-1998. Member: American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law.Email: Paul L. Jaffe
Edward W. Mullinix (Senior Counsel) born 1924; admitted to bar, 1950, Pa.. Education: St. John's College at Annapolis (1941-1943); Univ. of Pennsylvania (J.D., summa cum laude, 1949). Order of the Coif. Note Editor, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1949. Member, Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 Advisory Group of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1991-1997; consultant to the court under that act for revision of local civil rules, 1995; and member of the court's Civil Justice Advisory Group, 1998. Cochairman, Joint U.S. District Court/Philadelphia Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1990-2002. Approved Mediator, Alternative-Dispute-Resolution Program, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Judge Pro Tempore, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County Day Forward and Commerce case-management programs, and Chairman of the advisory committee for the Commerce program. Certified by Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. as BBB Auto Line arbitrator. Advocate and Member, Steering Committee in the Elderly-Victim-Assistance Program, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office Elder Justice Project. Member, Advisory Board, Bureau of National Affairs Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report, 1981-1994. Director, 1984 and President, 1991-1994, The Historical Society of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Faculty participant in Pennsylvania Bar Institute and other continuing-legal-education programs on professional responsibility and federal civil procedure. Member, Radnor Township Civil Service Commission. Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Emeritus Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Professional Responsibility; Federal Civil Procedure.Email: Edward W. Mullinix
Ira P. Tiger (Senior Counsel) born 1936; admitted to bar, 1960, Pa.. Education: Univ. of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1956; J.D., magna cum laude, 1959). Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi; Order of the Coif. Research Editor, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1958-1959. Law Clerk to Judge Herbert F. Goodrich, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1959-1960. Judge Pro Tempore, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Mediator and Arbitrator, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Chairman, Federal Courts Committee, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1985. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Securities Litigation; Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility.Email: Ira P. Tiger
COUNSEL TO THE FIRM
Arlin M. Adams (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1947, Pa.. Education: Temple Univ. (B.S., with highest honors, 1941; M.A., 1951; D.H.L., 1965); Pennsylvania State College (Honorary D.Sc., 1964); Univ. of Pennsylvania (LL.B., with honors, 1947). Awarded Honorary LL.D. by: Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science, 1966; Susquehanna University, 1984; Muhlenburg College, 1985; Villanova Univ., 1986; Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1998; D.H.L., Temple Univ., 1965. Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review. Author: "A Nation Dedicated to Religious Liberty," 1990. Recipient, Philadelphia Award, 1997; Gold Medal, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1999. Adjunct Professor, Constitutional Law, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School, 1972-1997. Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1969-1986. Chairman of the Board: of Trustees, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School, 1985-1991; Albert Einstein Medical Center, 1984-1987. Member, Board of Directors, Wharton School, 1974-1984. Trustee: Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1985; Bryn Mawr College, 1972-1978; William Penn Foundation, 1978-1984; German Marshall, 1972-1984; 1907 Foundation, 1978-1985. Director, Federal Judicial Center, 1986-1987. President, American Philosophical Society, 1993-1999. Sect. Public Welfare, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1963-1966. Chancellor, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1967. President, American Judicature Society, 1975-1977; Chairman, U.S. Supreme Court Fellows Commission, 1988-1993. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Arbitration and Mediation; Complex Litigation; First Amendment Litigation.Email: Arlin M. Adams
David E. Kenty (Counsel) born 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Mass.; 1980, Ill.; 1990, Pa.. Education: College of Wooster (B.A., 1967); Harvard Univ. (J.D., 1970). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Tax-Deferred Annuities," BNA Tax Management Portfolio 388-5th, 2000; "Medical Plans: COBRA, MSAs and Disability," BNA Tax Management Portfolio 389-3nd, 1997. Co-Editor: "ERISA: A Comprehensive Guide," Wiley Law Publications, 1991. Practice Areas: ERISA; Fringe Benefits; Executive Compensation.Email: David E. Kenty
Carolyn S. Nachmias (Counsel) born 1956; admitted to bar, 1980, Pa.; 1981, N.J.. Education: Seton Hall Univ. (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); Rutgers Univ. School of Law (J.D., highest honors, 1980). Member of Staff, 1978-1979 and Managing Editor, 1979-1980, Rutgers-Camden Law Journal. Co-Author: "Joint Ventures, Structuring Alternatives," Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, New York, 1988. Author: Important Developments Editor, "Sales, Exchanges, and Basis," 49 Tax Lawyer 1193, 1997; "Joint Ventures, Structuring Alternatives," Clark Bordman, New York, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1996 Supplements; "Using Profits to Compensate a Service Provider Potential Partnership Characterization," 21 Fla. St. L. Rev. 1 (1994). Member: Philadelphia (Tax Section), Pennsylvania (Tax Section), New Jersey State (Tax Section) and American (Tax Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Federal Income Tax; State Income Tax; Wealth Preservation.Email: Carolyn S. Nachmias
Allan B. Schneirov (Counsel) born 1933; admitted to bar, 1959, Pa.. Education: Pennsylvania State Univ. (B.S., 1955); Univ. of Pennsylvania (LL.B., cum laude, 1958). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Acquisitions, Divestitures and Mergers Law; Finance Law; Business Law; Real Estate Law.Email: Allan B. Schneirov
OF COUNSEL TO THE FIRM
Deborah Epstein Henry (Of Counsel) born 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Conn.; 1995, N.Y.; 1997, Pa. and N.J.. Education: Yale Univ. (B.A., 1989); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Recipient: Dean's Academic Achievement Scholar; Dean's Merit Scholar; American Jurisprudence Award in Appellate Advocacy and Legal Process; Edward Thomas Christenson Jr. Memorial Prize. Member, Moot Court Honor Society; Dean's List, 1992-1994. Law Clerk to the Honorable Jacob Mishler, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1994-1996. Brooklyn Law School: Articles Editor, Brooklyn Journal of International Law. Founder and President, Flex-Time Lawyers. Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Deborah Epstein Henry
Margaret S. Woodruff (Of Counsel) born 1942; admitted to bar, 1977, Pa.. Education: Mt. Holyoke College (A.B., 1963); Drexel Univ. (M.S., 1966); Villanova Univ. (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Judge John P. Fullam, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1978. Elected to membership in the American Law Institute, 1995. Author: "The Judge as Gatekeeper: Daubert and Its Progeny," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1996. Co-Author: "1996 Wiley Expert Witness Update: New Developments in Personal Injury Litigation," Wiley, 1996; "The Expert Witness: Law and Practice," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1996; "Talking With Experts," Litigation, Fall 1992; Lecturer, "Expert Testimony and Scientific Evidence," Pa. Conference of State Trial Judges, 1993. Practice Areas: Mass Torts; Patent Infringement; Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation.Email: Margaret S. Woodruff
RETIRED PARTNERS OF THE FIRM
William M. Barnes (Retired Partner)
Samuel Jay Cooke (Retired Partner)
Harold Cramer (Retired Partner)
Diana S. Donaldson (Retired Partner)
Peter S. Greenberg (Retired Partner)
Bancroft D. Haviland (Retired Partner)
Charles C. Hileman, III (Retired Partner)
John D. Iskrant (Retired Partner)
D. Donald Jamieson (Retired Partner)
M. Richard Kalter (Retired Partner)
Robert L. Kendall, Jr. (Retired Partner)
John J. Lamb (Retired Partner)
John H. Leddy (Retired Partner)
William L. Leonard (Retired Partner)
John E. Littleton (Retired Partner)
George H. Nofer (Retired Partner)
Sanford M. Rosenbloom (Retired Partner)
Jerome J. Shestack (Retired Partner)
Barry R. Spiegel (Retired Partner)
Gerard J. St. John (Retired Partner)
Clinton A. Stuntebeck (Retired Partner)
Kimber E. Vought (Retired Partner)
Martin Wald (Retired Partner)
ASSOCIATES
Rachel E. Branson (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Pa. and N.J.. Education: Lincoln Univ. (B.S., Physics, 1999); Villanova Univ. School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Business Law; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations.Email: Rachel E. Branson
Meredith Brennan (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Pa. and N.J.. Education: Georgetown Univ. (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); New York Univ. (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Recipient, Pro Bono Award, PA Bar Assn., 2007. Selected, Lawyers on the Fast Track, The Legal Intelligencer and PA Law Weekly. Named, PA Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Staff Editor, Review of Law and Social Change. Author: The Legal Intelligencer; PA Law Weekly; The Matrimonial Strategist; Fam. Law Sect., Philadelphia Bar Assn.; PA Bar Institute; PA Conference of State Trial Judges. Mbr: Advsry. Bd., First Colonial Natl. Bk.; Bd. of Managers, Camden Co. Health Servs. Ctr.; Bd. of Editors, Same Sex Ptnrship. Law Report. Member: Philadelphia Bar Assn. (Mbr., Exec. Committee; Co-Chair, Prog. Committee). Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Meredith Brennan
Morgen Cheshire (Associate) born 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, Pa.. Education: Grinnell College (B.A., 1997); Temple Univ. (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates.Email: Morgen Cheshire
Peter Colonna-Romano (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2008, Pa. and N.J.; 2009, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: George Washington Univ. (B.A., History, 2001); Rutgers Univ. School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Dean's Merit Scholarship Recipient, Rutgers University School of Law, 2005-2008. First Year Honors, Rutgers University School of Law, 2005-2006. Member, Rutgers Journal of Law & Public Policy. Languages: Italian and Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Peter Colonna-Romano
Marla K. Conley (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2008, Pa.; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Princeton Univ., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (A.B., 2001); Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Order of the Coif. Member, University of Pennsylvania Inns of Court. Recipient, Kenneth W. Gemmill Prize for the Best Paper in the Field of Taxation, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2008. Editor in Chief, Journal of Law and Social Change, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2007-2008. Practice Areas: Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Tax and Business Planning; Tax and Wealth Management; Trusts and Estates Taxation.Email: Marla K. Conley
Christine F. Cushman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Tex.; 2003, Pa. and N.J.. Education: Louisiana Tech Univ. (B.A., 1993); The Univ. of Texas School of Law (J.D., 2001); New York Univ. School of Law (LL.M., 2002). Practice Areas: Taxation.Email: Christine F. Cushman
Nadine Doolittle (Associate) born 1974; admitted to bar, 2004, Pa.. Education: Pennsylvania State Univ. (B.S., 1996); Temple Univ. (J.D., 2004).Email: Nadine Doolittle
Elizabeth Lai Featherman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Massachusetts; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.B., 1996); University of Pennsylvania (M.S., Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, 1998); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 2006). Pi Tau Sigma (Elected President, academic honors society in mechanical engineering, University of Pennsylvania); Pi Tau Sigma (Elected Member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Silver Medalist, Moot Court Competitions, International Competition for Online Dispute Resolution Litigation Competition. Memcad Fellow Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania. Student Editor, Franklin Pierce Law Center Germeshausen Center for the Law of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Newsletter. Member: American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Languages: Cantonese Chinese - fluent; Mandarin Chinese - proficient; Written Chinese - fluent. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Litigation.Email: Elizabeth Lai Featherman
Adam L. Fernandez (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Pennsylvania. Education: Gettysburg College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State Univ. (J.D., 2003); Villanova Univ. School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 2005). Member: Montgomery County (Member, Probate and Tax Section, Real Estate and Municipal Law Committees) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Eastern District of Pennsylvania.Email: Adam L. Fernandez
Alison C. Finnegan (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, N.J. and Pa.; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Albright College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1998); Boston College (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Law Clerk, Honorable James H. Coleman, Jr., Supreme Court of New Jersey. Articles Editor and Staff Writer, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review. Member: Philadelphia, New Jersey State, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Albright College President's Advisory Council; Albright College Alumni Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.Email: Alison C. Finnegan
Stephen A. Fogdall (Associate) born 1968; admitted to bar, 2001, Pa.. Education: Univ. of Washington (B.A., magna cum laude, 1990; Ph.D., 1997); Univ. of Pennsylvania (J.D., 2001). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Journal of Labor and Employment Law. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Stephen A. Fogdall
Erin Lee Ginsberg (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Pennsylvania; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Ursinus College (B.A., Politics, 1999); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Member, Villanova Law J. Willard O'Brien American Inn of Court. Recognized among "Pennsylvania Rising Stars" by the publishers of Law & Politics and Super Lawyers, 2005-2006; Winner of National First Amendment Moot Court Competition, Vanderbilt Law School, 2002; Finalist and Recipient of Best Orator Award - Reimel Moot Court Competition, Villanova School of Law, 2001; Recipient of the Ursinus College Merit Scholarship Award. Committee memberships: Appellate Practice, Trial Tactics, Commercial Litigation, Products Liability, Young Lawyers Defense Research Institute (DRI). Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Erin Lee Ginsberg
Dori F. Green (Associate) born 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Pa.. Education: Univ. of Pennsylvania (B.A., magna cum laude, 1990); Cornell Univ. (J.D., 1993). Associate Editor, 1991-1992 and General Editor, 1992-1993, Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. Author: "Less Than You Bargained For - Before Wedding Bells Chime, It's Smart to Fine-Tune Any Prenuptial Agreement," PA Law Weekly; "Jailhouse Blues - Incarceration is a Three-Pronged Problem in Domestic Relations Cases," PA Law Weekly. Co-Author: with Robert D. Feder, "Parsimony in Pennsylvania Courts? Don't Count On Alimony Award To Level The Playing Field," PA Law Weekly; with Catherine McFadden, "The Faux Pas of the Double Dip - The Courts Answer A Big Question: Who Gets To Choose The Classification of Resources?" PA Law Weekly; with Robert D. Feder, "Reformulating Child Support - Courts Continue to Deal With Practical Problems of the Melzer Formula," PA Law Weekly; Course materials for Pennsylvania Bar Institute's 2009 Animal Law Conference, "Resolving Pet Disputes in Divorce Cases", August 2009. Practice Areas: Family Law; Premarital Agreements; Cohabitation Agreements; Marital Agreements; Alimony; Divorce; Equitable Distribution; Spousal Support.Email: Dori F. Green
Thomas W. Hazlett (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Pa.. Education: Trinity College (B.S., in Biology, 1998); Univ. of Pennsylvania (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Civil Practice.Email: Thomas W. Hazlett
Gittel K. Hilibrand (Associate) admitted to bar, 1994, Pa.; 1998, Tenn.. Education: Yale Univ. (B.A., summa cum laude, 1990); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1994). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to: Hon. Gilbert S. Merritt, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; Hon. Paul V. Gadola, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Former Member, Litigation Department, Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, Cleveland, Ohio. Former Arbitrator, Better Business Bureau, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Gittel K. Hilibrand
Melissa S. Hill (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Pa.. Education: Kutztown Univ. (B.S.B.A., summa cum laude, 2000); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State Univ. (J.D., cum laude, Delta Theta Phi, 2003). Member, Woolsack Honorary Society, 2002. Recipient: The National Association of Women Lawyers Recognition Award, 2003; The West Group Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award, 2003; The Joseph Parker McKeehan Award, 2003. Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Melissa S. Hill
Fred W. Hoensch (Associate) born 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Pa., N.J. and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2009, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Univ. of Pennsylvania (B.A., Political Science and History, cum laude, 2005); Temple Univ. Beasley School of Law (J.D., 2008). Recipient, Outstanding Oral Argument Award, Legal Research and Writing, Temple University Beasley School of Law. Member: Temple Law Review; Temple Law Alumni Association; Penn Alumni Club of Philadelphia. Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association; American Bar Association; Philadelphia Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Reorganization; Workouts; Business Law; Corporate Law.Email: Fred W. Hoensch
Kate Kleba (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State Univ. (2000); Univ. of Michigan (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Kate Kleba
Rebecca E. Lacher (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Pa. and N.J.; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Univ. of Sydney, Australia (Study Abroad, 2000); Brandeis Univ. (B.A., magna cum laude, with highest honors in Sociology, 2001); Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Presidential Scholar, Brandeis University. Recipient, Legal Writing Honors, University of Pennsylvania. Executive Symposium Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law School Journal of Labor & Employment Law, 2005-2006. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Rebecca E. Lacher
Mark McKelvie Lee (Associate) born 1973; admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania. Education: Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., Political Science, 1996); James E. Beasley School of Law, Temple Univ. (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Mark McKelvie Lee
Joel McHugh (Associate) born 1967; (Admission pending). Education: Univ. of Rochester (B.A., 1989); New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Practice Areas: Litigation.
James H.S. Levine (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2007, Pa. and N.J.; U.S. Dist. Ct., Eastern Dist. of Pa.; U.S. Dist. Ct., Dist. of N.J.. Education: Univ. of Delaware (B.A., 2000); Villanova Univ. School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Order of the Coif. Jud. Extern for the Hon. Lawrence F. Stengel, U.S. Dist. Ct., Eastern Dist. of PA. Mng. Articles Editor, Villanova Law Review, 2006-2007. Author: "Creole and Unusual Punishment - A Tenth Anniversary Examination of Louisiana's Capital Rape Statute," 51 Villanova Law Review 417, 2006. Lecturer, Eighth Amendment. Member: Business Services Grp.; Corporate Practice Grp. Chair, Villanova Honor Bd. Member: Amer. Bar Assn. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law.Email: James H.S. Levine
Jane A. Makransky (Associate) born 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Pa.. Education: Pennsylvania State Univ. (B.A., cum laude, 1973); Villanova Univ. (J.D., 1977). Staff Member, 1975-1976 and Case and Comment Editor, 1976-1977, Villanova Law Review. Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Jane A. Makransky
Amy J. Newnam (Associate) born 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, Pa. and N.J.. Education: Princeton Univ. (B.A., 1994); Rutgers Univ. Law School (J.D., with high honors, 1999). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates.Email: Amy J. Newnam
Joanne G. Noble (Associate) born 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Pa.; 2000, N.J.. Education: Cornell Univ. (B.A., with distinction, 1996); Georgetown Univ. (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Litigation.Email: Joanne G. Noble
H. Justin Park (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Pa. and N.J.. Education: Univ. of Pennsylvania, (B.S., 1999); Univ. of Virginia School of Law ( J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Litigation.Email: H. Justin Park
Julie E. Randolph (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2008, Pa.; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Univ. of Delaware (B.S., Chemistry, 1997; B.A., Art Conservation, 1997); Univ. of Delaware (M.S., Art Conservation, 2000); New York Univ., School of Law (J.D., 2008). Recipient, Ann Petluck Poses Memorial Prize for Outstanding Work in a Clinical Course, New York University School of Law. Managing Editor, New York University Environmental Law Journal, 2007-2008. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Julie E. Randolph
Natasha Rojas (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Pa.. Education: Baylor Univ. (B.A., 1998); Widener Univ. (P.h.D., Psychology, 2004); Widener Univ. School of Law (J.D., 2004). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Natasha Rojas
Nilam A. Sanghvi (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, New York; 2007, District of Columbia. (Not admitted in Pennsylvania). Education: Columbia College, Columbia University (B.A., Political Science, 1999); Georgetown University Law Center(J.D., cum laude, 2002). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Nilam A. Sanghvi
Michael B. Scalzitti (Associate) born 1982; admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania. Education: Northwestern Univ. (B.S., Theater, 2003); Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Michael B. Scalzitti
Kimber P. Schladweiler (Associate) born 1970; admitted to bar, 2004, Pa.. Education: Trinity Univ. (B.S., 1992); Temple Univ. (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Litigation.Email: Kimber P. Schladweiler
Lauren Schmidt (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania. Education: Univ. of Pennsylvania (1999); Temple Univ. Fox School of Business (M.B.A., 2005); Temple Univ. Beasley School of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law.Email: Lauren Schmidt
Lauren L. Sorrentino (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Pa.. Education: Columbia Univ. (B.A., 1998); Boalt Hall School of Law, Univ. of California, Berkeley (J.D., 2002). Member: Philadelphia (Member, Sections on: Family Law; Public Interest), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Lauren L. Sorrentino
Jessica W. Troiano (Associate) born 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Pa. and N.J.. Education: Univ. of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1995); Univ. of Washington (J.D., 2001). Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.Email: Jessica W. Troiano
Tracey Dolin Waldmann (Associate) born 1969; admitted to bar, 2001, Pa. and N.J.; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Pennsylvania State Univ. (B.A.); Temple Univ. (M.A.); Temple Univ. Beasley School of Law (J.D., cum laude). Articles/Symposium Editor, Temple Law Review, 2000-2001. Clerkship for Honorable Noel L. Hillman, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Member: Philadelphia Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association. Practice Areas: Aviation Law; Litigation; Finance; Products Liability.Email: Tracey Dolin Waldmann
Sean Whalen (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania. Education: Boston College (2000); Univ. of Michigan (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Litigation.Email: Sean Whalen
Stephenie Yeung (Associate) born 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, Pa.; 2000, N.J.; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Barnard College (B.A., 1998); Boston Univ. (M.P.H., 1996; J.D., 1999). Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American (Member, Intellectual Property Section) Bar Associations. Languages: Cantonese Chinese. Practice Areas: Trademark Prosecution; Intellectual Property Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Stephenie Yeung