Additions

Aurora L. Hardin is a new associate with Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett.

Hardin will focus her practice on litigation.

She graduated from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law.

While in law school, she completed a judicial externship with Judge Brian Edwards of the Jefferson County Circuit Court in Louisville.

Hardin interned at two large corporations, served as a student attorney at a law clinic, and clerked at both a small law firm and the Bullitt County Commonwealth Attorney's Office.

She will serve clients in litigation-related matters, joining a team of attorneys who provide quality legal services to businesses, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, insurance companies, financial institutions, individuals and families.

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Christa Frank High joined the Law Offices of Daniel J. Siegel.

High will focus her practice on personal injury, and civil and commercial litigation.

She has represented numerous clients in employment law, education law, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC)/Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) matters, as well as higher education, university student disciplinary proceedings, class actions, employment, Title VII, consumer protection, contract disputes, and defamation.

High graduated from Temple University's Beasley School of Law.

She is a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, and a volunteer attorney for the Support Center for Child Advocates.

Speakers

Jane M. Williams of Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams was a featured presenter at the 59th annual convention of the Pennsylvania Council for Exceptional Children, themed “What Is So Special About Special Education?”

The event took place Oct. 4 and 5 at the Best Western Premier Central Hotel & Conference Center in Harrisburg.

Williams delivered a program titled “10 Top Ways to Avoid Litigation,” discussing what school districts should do—and not do—to avoid due process litigation.

The session touched on the types of procedural and substantive omissions that can be a catalyst to litigation, the pitfalls to avoid, and the more subtle yet powerful intercommunication skills to use.

Williams, a partner with Sweet Stevens, represents school entities in special education and student matters. She provides both proactive and defensive representation in all phases of special education litigation.

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