PLW People in the News—May 29, 2018—Gawthrop Greenwood
West Chester Mayor Dianne Herrin was among the female professionals, business owners and community members who gathered on May 3 for the seventh annual women's networking event at the law firm Gawthrop Greenwood in downtown West Chester.
May 29, 2018 at 09:00 AM
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West Chester Mayor Dianne Herrin was among the female professionals, business owners and community members who gathered on May 3 for the seventh annual women's networking event at the law firm Gawthrop Greenwood in downtown West Chester.
The event was launched by Gawthrop Greenwood partner Sandra Knapp, who in 2011 became the first woman in Chester County to be elected to manage a midsize law firm and was just re-elected this year.
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Jacqueline B. Martinez, founder of Pittsburgh's JBM Legal, is set to start a three-year term on the Pennsylvania Bar Association board of governors.
She is one of 12 zone governors who serve on the PBA board of governors, Martinez will represent Allegheny County lawyers.
Martinez previously served as a PBA at-large governor representing minority lawyers from across the state.
Since 2016, Martinez has been chair of the PBA Membership Development Committee, which develops and implements programs and services enhancing the value of membership in the association.
Since 2014, Martinez has served on the council of the PBA solo and small firm section.
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Barley Snyder's Daniel M. Frey was elected to the board of directors of Main Street Hanover Inc. and was named the board's vice chairman.
Frey is of counsel in the firm's Hanover office.
He is a former assistant district attorney in York County and a former past president of the board of directors of the York County Bar Association.
Frey practices in Barley Snyder's business, finance and creditors' rights, personal planning and real estate practice groups, as well as the municipal and municipal authority and food and agribusiness industry groups.
He was managing partner of Barley Snyder from 2003 to 2008.
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McNees Wallace & Nurick attorneys Randy Varner and Paul Morcom co-authored the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's 16th edition of “Assessment Law and Procedure in Pennsylvania,” a reference for real estate assessment law.
The book includes a step-by-step guide of the tax assessment and appeal process in Pennsylvania.
Varner and Morcom are also set to present the new edition at PBI seminars in June and July in Pittsburgh, Mechanicsburg and Philadelphia.
Varner is co-chair of the McNees Wallace state and local tax practice group.
Varner represents commercial and industrial entities in all areas of state and local taxation, focusing on state corporate net income, capital stock/foreign franchise, sales and use, and gross receipts taxes, as well as local property taxes, including real estate assessment.
Morcom is a member of the McNees Wallace state and local tax practice group.
He represents commercial and industrial entities in all areas of state and local taxation, focusing on local property taxes and real estate assessment appeals, as well as state corporate net income, capital stock/foreign franchise, sales and use, public utility realty tax and gross receipts taxes.
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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 [email protected].
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