Additions

Renardo “Rick” Hicks joined Dilworth Paxson as a partner in the corporate and business department of its Harrisburg office.

With more than 30 years of experience in the legal profession, Hicks has knowledge in a broad range of legal practices including litigation, education and corporate matters.

He has provided legal and consulting services to public utilities, government entities, manufacturers, for-profit and nonprofit corporations, colleges and universities and churches.

Additionally, Hicks has served in a variety of roles including regional vice president and regulatory counsel for XO Communications Inc. and executive deputy attorney general and director of the Public Protection Division within the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.

While there, he served as chief deputy attorney general and director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection.

Elected and Appointed

McNees Wallace & Nurick attorney Ann Levin was selected to serve on the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Practice Group Development Committee.

The Practice Group Development Committee has been charged to engage and build relationships with practice groups from around the world, serve as a resource to practice groups, guide practice groups to better serve their members, increase awareness of IACP support, gather insight from practice group leaders on how the IACP can provide more value to its members and recommend other means of support to practice groups.

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.

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Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky promoted Chrystal C. Tinstman to shareholder.
Tinstman's practice encompasses Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and Westmoreland counties.

Tinstman's practice extends into all areas of matrimonial law that include planning for separation, divorce, custody, relocation, child and spousal support, protection from abuse, guardianship, prenuptial and marriage settlement agreements, equitable distribution and enforcement.

She started her career as a law clerk for Beaver County Judge Peter O. Steege.

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Reed Smith appointed three attorneys to partner in its Pittsburgh office:

• Paul Didomenico concentrates on real estate development, acquisition and disposition, leasing, landlord-tenant issues, commercial financing, tax assessment appeals, land-use and zoning, financing workouts and obtaining economic incentives for development projects.

• Jennifer A. Smokelin's practice focuses on all aspects of regulatory and litigation counseling in the fields of environmental, natural resource and energy law, with a particular emphasis on emerging air issues.

• Stefanie L. Burt joined Reed Smith in 2012 and her practice is primarily commercial litigation with a focus on oil and gas law, energy litigation, and environmental litigation and regulatory work.