People in the News—April 18, 2018—Blank Rome
Associate Brian P. O'Neil joined Blank Rome in the firm's Philadelphia office in the real estate group.
April 18, 2018 at 10:00 AM
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Brian P. O'Neil joined Blank Rome in the firm's Philadelphia office as an associate in the real estate group.
O'Neil joins the firm from Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg.
He concentrates his practice on commercial real estate transactions, where he counsels a large range of clients, including private equity firms, developers and landlords, in connection with the purchase and financing, sale and leasing of commercial real estate properties.
Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, O'Neil earned his J.D. from Rutgers Law School.
|Honored
The Pennsylvania Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession is scheduled to present its annual Lynette Norton Award to Cozen O'Connor attorney Jennifer M. McHugh during the commission's 25th annual conference, “Empowering Women,” May 9 at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey.
The award is designed to recognize and encourage female attorneys who excel in litigation skills and who are devoted to mentoring female lawyers.
McHugh is a partner at Cozen O'Connor where she represents corporate clients in insurance, professional liability, commercial, real estate and medical malpractice litigation.
She briefly left Cozen O'Connor from 2004-05 after being appointed deputy insurance commissioner of the Pennsylvania Insurance Department.
In this role, she was responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Mcare fund.
|Speakers
McNees Wallace & Nurick attorney Ann V. Levin is set to present at the Make Divorce Healthier Symposium at the Normandy Farm on April 24 in Blue Bell.
Levin's scheduled co-presenters include Ellen S. Fischer, Danine Mueller, Arlene Schnee-Rosen and Dorothy S. Langton on “Collaborative Law: What It Is and How It Works for Both the Simple and the Complex Divorce.”
Levin has been practicing family law in central Pennsylvania since 1995.
Her practice is focused on helping divorce clients who desire to move beyond the divorce and put their children's needs first.
|Events
Neumann University's Center for Leadership is set to host a workshop, titled “Sexual Harassment and You: What Every Employer and Employee Needs to Know,” from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on May 22.
Employment law attorneys and human resource professionals will provide information on issues related to sexual harassment including the current landscape, employee rights, and best practices for employers related to training, establishing office policies, putting in place reporting structures and reviewing complaints.
A mock sexual harassment and Q&A panel to answer attendee questions will be held following the panelists' individual presentations.
Scheduled panelists for this event include Lori Armstrong Halber and Rick Grimaldi, partners at law firm Fisher & Phillips; David Hackett, an attorney at the law firm of Cozen O'Connor; and Alison DiFlorio, managing partner of Human Capital Management, Exude Inc.
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