People in the News—Jan. 02, 2018—Fox Rothschild
Fox Rothschild's Philadelphia litigation department came together this holiday season to support Cradles to Crayons.
January 02, 2018 at 10:00 AM
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Fox Rothschild's Philadelphia litigation department came together this holiday season to support Cradles to Crayons.
Items collected during the event benefited the organization, whose mission is to make life better for the more than 300,000 children in Greater Philadelphia living in poverty.
Additions
Attorney Brian T. Newman joined Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg & Gifford as an associate.
Newman graduated from Temple University's Beasley School of Law in 2017.
His practice focuses on criminal defense, civil litigation, landlord-tenant and consumer protection and collections law.
Prior to joining Rubin Glickman, Newman served as a law clerk for the firm for one-and-a-half years.
Prior thereto, he was a judicial intern for Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Holly J. Ford and served as an intern for the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.
Newman is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Montgomery County Bar Association.
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Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein hired Daniel P. Rowley as a member of the land use, zoning and development department.
Prior to joining Kaplin Stewart, Rowley was an associate in the casualty litigation department at Margolis Edelstein in Philadelphia.
Rowley concentrates his practice in the areas of zoning, land use and development of commercial, residential and industrial real estate.
He graduated from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law with a law degree.
Elected and Appointed
Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry's Matthew S. Olesh was elected assistant treasurer to the board of governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association and Jennifer Weidler Karpchuk was appointed as secretary of the Philadelphia Bar Association tax section's state and local tax (SALT) committee.
Olesh focuses his practice on a wide array of litigation.
In addition to business litigation, he handles matters involving antitrust, bankruptcy, class actions, corporate governance, employment, environmental compliance and litigation, insurance, international law and business disputes, real estate and white-collar compliance and defense.
Karpchuk represents clients in various matters related to state and local taxation.
Her clients include those challenging audit determinations and real estate assessment decisions, seeking refunds from state and local governments, handling administrative appeals, litigating unresolved disputes in state and local courts, and handling post-trial appeals.
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