Elected and Appointed

Sarah M. Murray, a Gross McGinley partner, was appointed to the position of president of the Bar Association of Lehigh County.

On Jan. 11 a gavel was ceremonially passed from the previous president to Murray, who will be the youngest female president to serve the bar in its history.

Murray focuses her legal practice on corporate law, real estate and municipal law while working with companies in a variety of industries throughout the Lehigh Valley region.

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Andrew J. Levin, an associate at Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg and Gifford, was accepted into the 2018 Montgomery Bar Association's Leadership Academy.

Levin joined Rubin Glickman in 2013.

His practice focuses on criminal defense, personal injury and unemployment compensation.

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McNees Wallace & Nurick attorney Denise Elliott was elected to the board of directors of SouthEast Lancaster Health Services.

As a member of the McNees Wallace labor and employment practice group, Elliott focuses her practice on defending self-insured employers in workers' compensation matters and providing representation and counsel to clients in employment discrimination litigation, Americans with Disabilities Act/Family and Medical Leave Act compliance, safety and health issues.

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Eastburn and Gray's Erin K. Aronson was appointed to serve as vice chair on the executive board of the Young Lawyer's Division of the Bucks County Bar Association.

Members of the YLD are lawyers who are under 38 years of age or who have been practicing law for less than five years.

Aronson practices in the areas of real estate, labor and employment and banking law at Eastburn and Gray.

Prior to practicing law, Aronson's career focused on public service in both state government and politics.

Additions

Barley Snyder hired Lindsey M. Cook and David C. Watkins.

Cook works in the litigation practice group out of the firm's Lancaster and York offices.

Watkins is the newest member of the firm's intellectual property practice group and will work primarily out of Barley Snyder's Malvern office.

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Sarah E. Cobbs and Thomas P. Russell joined Robb Leonard Mulvihill.
Cobbs practices in the areas of insurance coverage, general civil litigation and toxic tort litigation.

Russell practices in the areas of insurance coverage and general civil litigation.

Honored

Retired Judge Stephanie Klein, a mediator/arbitrator with ADR Options Inc., received an award from the Delaware County Bar Association for her work with the Women in the Law Committee.

The award was presented on Jan. 5 at the annual president's dinner of the Delco bar association.

Announcements

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If you're a plaintiffs or defense attorney who has obtained a verdict or settlement in Pennsylvania county or federal court recently, email Zack Needles at zneedles
@alm.com.