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The women of Post & Schell held a January clothing drive for Career Wardrobe, totaling over 1,300 donated women and men clothing items assembled from the firm's Philadelphia, Allentown, Lancaster, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., offices.

Career Wardrobe is a nonprofit social enterprise that uses clothing and professional development to empower unemployed individuals to work.

Additions

Katherine Pandelidis Granbois joined Saxton & Stump's office as a shareholder.

Granbois is a member of the firm's business and corporate law group.

Granbois, who brings nearly 25 years of experience to Saxton & Stump, concentrates her practice in business and corporate law, including entity formation and structuring, shareholder agreements, stock transfers, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, sales and distribution and commercial matters for clients ranging from startups and professional practices to large family-owned businesses and middle market companies.

Her practice also includes the formation and counseling of nonprofit entities.

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Blank Rome added Andrew Napier in the firm's Philadelphia office as an associate in the labor and employment group.

Napier formerly served as head judicial law clerk for then-Chief U.S. District Judge Petrese B. Tucker of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania as well as an associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, Napier earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School.

Speakers

Jamie M. Jamison of Antheil Maslow & MacMinn served as a faculty member for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's continuing legal education program titled “Case Law Updates” at the Pennsylvania Bar Association family law section winter meeting in New Orleans.

The program provided family law practitioners with updates on the recent case law developments in equitable distribution, custody and support matters.

The panel discussed the impact of the recent decisions on daily family law practice.

Jamison authored and presented the materials on the equitable distribution case law updates.

Jamison is an associate in the firm's family law practice group.

She practices exclusively in the area of family law where she handles all phases of the negotiation and litigation of domestic relations cases, including divorce, equitable distribution, child custody, child support, spousal support/alimony, protection from abuse, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.

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Klasko Immigration Law Partners managing partner H. Ronald Klasko presented at the American Immigration Lawyers Association Latin America and Caribbean chapter 2017 CLE conference.

Klasko presented on the outlook for immigration legislation and ethical issues in representation of foreign nationals in a changing environment.

He also presented on topics related to EB-5 immigration.

A founding member of Klasko Immigration Law Partners he has practiced immigration law exclusively over three decades.

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Henry Ian Pass, a transactional and commercial litigation attorney in Bala Cynwyd, was interviewed on WWDB's “Lifestyles” radio program where he discussed the evolution and success of his boutique practice and the types of matters for which clients seek his legal and business acumen.

Pass, who is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, serves as a director of the Private Investors Forum and the Entrepreneurs' Forum of Greater Philadelphia.

He is also the founder and managing director of Patriot Venture Capital Group.