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Speakers

Katherman Briggs & Greenberg personal injury and wrongful death attorney Evan Kline presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Solo & Small Firm Section Conference in Bedford.

His topic covered improving results for a firm's clients using automation.

Each year, the Pennsylvania Bar Association offers the conference as an opportunity for continued learning, networking and one-on-one consulting.

Kline has more than 20 years of experience representing hundreds of injured clients.

He has advocated for those clients and their families in complex injury claims involving severe injuries.

He has handled numerous trials and arbitrations.

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Dilworth Paxson attorneys Darwin R. Beauvais and Meredith L. Ferleger are scheduled panelists at the “Philadelphia Real Estate Tax Briefing 2018” CLE program at the Philadelphia Bar Association from noon to 3:15 p.m. on Aug. 29.

Beauvais is a partner and chair of the firm's zoning and land use practice group, and Ferleger is an associate in the zoning and land use practice group.

Both are members of the Dilworth Paxson real estate practice group.

This session offers 3 CLE credits and is scheduled to be held at the Philadelphia Bar Association's office in the 11th Floor Conference Center at 1101 Market St.

For more information and to register, call 215-238-6300.

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On Thursday, James W. Cushing is set to speak at a National Business Institute CLE tilted, “Family Law From A to Z” to be held at the Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia City Avenue.

Cushing is an associate at the Law Office of Faye Riva Cohen and a research attorney for Legal Research Inc.

His practice focuses on all aspects of family law, contract law, landlord/tenant law, unemployment compensation, real estate, and small claims matters.

His family practice consists of cases of divorce, child support, child custody, protection from abuse, adoption and related issues.

He also represents both landlords and tenants regarding their disputes, as well as either employer or employees in unemployment compensation cases, including referee hearings.

His real estate practice includes foreclosure matters, for either the lender or the borrower, and various deed issues.

Cushing's contracts practice involves all manner of contracts and agreements and he has handled a wide variety of cases in small claims courts.

Elected and Appointed

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young attorney Karl S. Myers was appointed vice chair of the American Bar Association's tort trial and insurance practice section's appellate advocacy committee at the ABA's annual meeting in Chicago.

The mission of the committee is to connect tort and insurance appellate practitioners throughout the country to facilitate the sharing of ideas and developments in appellate practice.

Myers is a Pennsylvania appellate lawyer who has argued and briefed dozens of precedent-setting cases before the appellate courts of Pennsylvania and other jurisdictions.

He maintains a particular focus on cases before the Pennsylvania Supreme, Commonwealth and Superior courts, including litigation involving state constitutional challenges, insurance insolvency and regulatory matters, Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law requests, government contracting and bid-protest disputes, complex commercial actions, and many other types of civil cases.

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