Additions

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott added associate Laura DelFratte to its Pittsburgh office and business division.

She focuses her practice in the areas of tax and estate law.

She is skilled in the preparation and review of complex tax returns for estates, trusts, businesses and individuals. DelFratte also has experience in business valuation and the administration of estates and drafting estate planning documents, including wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, insurance trusts, durable and springing powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney and living wills.

She also prepares, analyzes and provides guidance to clients on corporate documents.
DelFratte is a certified public accountant and is accredited in business valuation

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Steven Horne joined Hladik, Onorato & Federman as of counsel.

Horne brings over two decades of deep, multifaceted financial service, investor and regulatory experience to the firm.

He is an attorney admitted to the bar in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

He was founder of Wingspan Portfolio Advisors and previously was also a partner with Sherman Financial Group and its servicing affiliate Resurgent Capital Services.

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Former Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Ronald W. Folino joined Burns White in its alternative dispute resolution practice effective March 1.

Folino joins Burns White's team of court-qualified mediators, early neutral evaluators and arbitrators who have experience conducting broad-based litigation throughout the United States.

Folino served as a trial judge for more than 24 years on the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County.

In his years on the bench, Folino presided over hundreds of trials and settlement conferences in a wide array of categories, including: medical malpractice, employment discrimination, personal injury, products liability, intellectual property, commercial construction, breach of contract, fraud, defamation and more.

Elected and Appointed

David S. Pollock, founding partner of Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz, was appointed as a member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Domestic Relations Procedural Rules Committee, serving a three-year term.

He is a founding member of Pollock Begg and was previously a partner and head of the matrimonial law group at Reed Smith.

Pollock focuses on the economics of premarital agreements, separation, divorce, unmarried partners, equitable distribution, support and alimony, as well as estate planning, business and family succession planning as an adjunct to his family law practice.

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Lamb McErlane partner Roger N. Huggins was appointed to the board of the Chester County Industrial Development Authority.

At Lamb McErlane Huggins practices in the areas of commercial and real estate transactions, real estate and equipment leasing, business law, finance, banking and contracts.

His clients include individuals and businesses, ranging from small local businesses to publicly traded corporations, lending institutions and public and private nonprofit institutions, including public and private schools and school districts.