Elected and Appointed

Philadelphia lawyer Charles Eppolito III, a partner in White and Williams, is set to become president of the 26,000-member Pennsylvania Bar Association at the conclusion of its annual meeting Friday in Hershey.

Eppolito is a trial lawyer whose practice consists primarily of the defense of health care providers as well as defending matters involving negligence, electrical engineering and products liability issues in utilities cases.

He also represents insurance companies/carriers, including primary, excess and reinsurance, throughout the nation.

He has tried many medical malpractice cases to verdict in jury trials and has arbitrated others to resolution.

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Kathleen D. Wilkinson, partner and civil litigator at Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, is scheduled to become chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's civil litigation section.

Wilkinson built her practice and earned her reputation defending complex cases involving asbestos, products, construction, premises, professional liability, employment, medical devices and pharmaceuticals.

In dealing with laws relating to the internet, Wilkinson's practice now includes cyber work such as drafting insurance policy cyber provisions, analyzing social engineering issues, handling losses involving cyberbreaches and more.

Speakers

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young counsel Jana M. Landon presented at Bryn Mawr Trust's breakfast seminar.

Landon's presentation, “Creating a Culture of Cybersecurity—From the Boardroom Down,” discussed the responsibilities of boards and senior management in data breaches and cyber incidences, and how employees can be turned from a liability to an asset.

Landon is co-chair of the cyber insurance and data breach teams at Stradley Ronon.

Her practice focuses on advising lawyers and clients on data security and data management issues and legal, technical and strategic issues regarding information governance.

She also represents clients in complex insurance coverage matters.

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Post & Schell health care practice co-chair Robin Locke Nagele was one of two legal panelists discussing “How PSOs Can Help Providers Protect Their PSWP—A Legal Perspective” at the Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's patient safety organization meeting in Rockville, Maryland.

Based on a hypothetical fact pattern, the panelists were asked to share their legal perspectives on a variety of interpretive issues related to the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005.

Nagele has a national health care litigation and consulting practice, in which she represents, in complex commercial, regulatory and antitrust matters, proprietary and not-for-profit health care providers, multihospital systems, integrated delivery systems, academic/teaching medical centers, and ancillary service providers, along with their medical, executive and corporate leadership.

Announcements

Klasko Immigration Law Partners launched its podcast series “Statutes of Liberty.”

The podcasts are aimed at unraveling the ins and outs of American immigration policy, from the issues of today to the historic basis for laws already in place.

Recent episodes focused on the rise of the Indian EB-5 market, trends in the H1-B visa program, a look at concerns that employers and employees have with the H1-B visa program and how obtaining Grenadian citizenship and the E-2 visa may be a way to overcome China's EB-5 visa backlog.