People in the News—May 09, 2018—Blank Rome
Maureen Austin, office administrator for Blank Rome's Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware, offices, was elected president of the Association of Legal Administrators for the Philadelphia chapter for a two-year term.
May 09, 2018 at 10:00 AM
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Elected and Appointed
Maureen Austin, office administrator for Blank Rome's Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware, offices, was elected president of the Association of Legal Administrators for the Philadelphia chapter for a two-year term.
She was inducted at a special ceremony event held on April 18 at The Logan Hotel.
A member since 2006, Austin has held numerous positions with ALA Philly, including section chair of membership, assistant vice president of business partner relations and president-elect.
|Additions
Lee Ann Rhodes joined Thomas, Thomas & Hafer as an associate in the Pittsburgh office.
She focuses her practice in the area of workers' compensation law.
Prior to joining Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, Rhodes was a senior associate at a commercial litigation law firm and was a member of the firm's risk management and workers' compensation practice group.
Her responsibilities included researching and writing about complex legal issues.
Rhodes prepared findings to be presented to the workers' compensation judges and briefs submitted to the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board on behalf of employers.
She is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and is a member of the Pennsylvania and Allegheny County bar associations.
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Jessica L. Rodio joined Caphart Scatchard in the firm's workers' compensation department in its Mount Laurel, New Jersey, office.
Rodio received her law degree from Rutgers Law School in Camden, New Jersey.
Upon law school graduation, she worked as a law clerk to New Jersey Superior Court Judge Nelson C. Johnson in Atlantic County.
She is admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
|Events
The Delaware Valley Law Firm Marketing Group is set to host “Marcie Shunk Returns! Re-Imagining Law: Preparing Law Firm Leaders for the Future” at noon on May 16 at Reed Smith's Philadelphia office.
View a preview of “Re-Imagining Law,” an intensive, comprehensive program designed to help law firm leaders make better decisions about the future.
“Re-Imagining Law” designates five fundamental, interrelated facets of change replete with facts, explanations and frameworks.
This program will provide data, trends and examples across five core realms: strategy/structural alignment, use of data, talent, innovation and culture.
The event's program is presented by Marcie Borgal Shunk, president and founder of The Tilt Institute, who specializes in helping clients make better, more informed decisions based on insights, intelligence and intuition.
|Speakers
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young financial services litigation practice group chair Andrew K. Stutzman served as a moderator and speaker at Mortgage Bankers Association's Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference on April 29 in Los Angeles.
Stutzman moderated the eight subject matter panels of the litigation forum.
He also opened with the forum “The Litigation Landscape,” which discussed the present litigation trends facing the mortgage banking industry.
Stutzman is a Philadelphia trial lawyer who founded the financial services litigation practice at Stradley Ronon.
He resolves complex disputes through litigation, especially finance-related matters.
Stutzman has tried civil cases of diverse subject matters in many state, federal and ADR courts throughout his career and assisted in the defense of government investigations and criminal proceedings.
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