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Additions

The Chartwell Law Offices added workers' compensation attorney Thomas Wehner to the firm's Moorestown, New Jersey, office.

Wehner counsels insurance carriers, self-insureds and third-party administrators on workers' compensation, subrogation, construction litigation and products liability issues.

He has handled more than 700 workers' compensation claims and hundreds of construction accident litigation matters, resulting in recoveries for his clients.

Prior to joining Chartwell, Wehner was an attorney at LeClairRyan in its Philadelphia office.

Events

The Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel is set to hold a monthly CLE luncheon beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 18 at Estia Restaurant on 1405 Locust St. in Philadelphia.

Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law associate professor and Supreme Court scholar Lisa A. Tucker is set to offer a presentation titled, “The U.S. Supreme Court Post-Kennedy.”

One CLE credit is offered.

The price to attend is $90 and includes lunch.

For more information, call 844-744-5600.

Elected and Appointed

Barley Snyder partner Katherine Betz Kravitz transitioned into a new role as chair of the firm's health law industry group.

Kravitz succeeds partner Chris Churchill, who stepped down from the post to concentrate on Barley Snyder's new senior living industry group.

Churchill is chair of that group, which formed earlier this year.

The health law industry group works with clients such as hospitals, medical groups, health plans, physicians, medical malpractice insurers, pharmacies, nursing homes, diagnostic imaging centers and other clients within the medical field to serve their increasingly complex legal needs.

Kravitz guides providers through both every day problems and more serious issues, always with an eye toward future prevention.

She assists clients through all phases of policymaking, including preparation, review and implementation in virtually all areas of health care practice.

Announcements

Fox Rothschild partner Matthew D. Lee authored an updated version of the “Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Answer Book,” published by Practising Law Institute.

Lee's book provides an analysis of the international tax compliance regime imposed by the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and its impact on foreign financial institutions, withholding agents and U.S. citizens and residents with offshore bank accounts and investments.

In the updated book, Lee describes the latest developments regarding FATCA implementation, including updates concerning the reporting obligations imposed upon foreign financial institutions, the responsible officer compliance certifications required to be filed this year and enforcement efforts by the IRS and the U.S. Department of Justice.

Lee is a former U.S. Department of Justice trial attorney who concentrates his practice on all aspects of white-collar criminal defense, federal tax controversies, financial institution regulatory compliance and complex civil litigation.

Correction

The obituary titled, “Business Lawyer, Flaster Greenberg Of Counsel Marc Garber Dies at Age 67,” published Aug. 30 in The Legal, should have said Marc Garber was 62 years old when he died.