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Announcements

Meyer, Unkovic & Scott international law partner Dennis Unkovic authored a new book titled “Asia Ascending.”

In “Asia Ascending,” Unkovic explores the rise of one of the world's most powerful economies over the past four decades and explains the significant impact it will have on the global economy in the future.

Asia Ascending is available for purchase at www.ShopABA.org.

Unkovic is a corporate lawyer with international M&A experience. He negotiates complex commercial transactions, such as international mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures.

He has handled inbound and outbound direct foreign investment projects.

Unkovic works for both U.S. companies and foreign entities and serves as an arbitrator in significant international arbitration proceedings.

He has traveled to 64 countries over the last 35 years, and for three years has served as chair of the board of Meritas, an international legal network of 7,800 lawyers in 92 countries.

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Speakers

Amy T. Brooks, partner with Wisler Pearlstine, presented “Now You See Them. Now You Still See Them: Student Residency Issues” at the Pennsylvania School Boards Association's 2018 School Leadership Conference.

Her presentation focused on options available to address student residency concerns. Brooks works with school clients helping them to understand and navigate the existing legal framework in order to proactively achieve their goals.

Brooks routinely litigates for school clients in administrative and local agency proceedings up through the appeals process. She defends schools against legal claims such as those brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as representing schools in investigations by the state Department of Education and U.S. Office for Civil Rights.

Brooks advises schools regarding student records and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, issues of risk management, matters of child abuse and reporting under the Child Protective Services Law, Homelessness under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, sexual harassment and gender equity involving Title IX, and bullying and harassment investigations under Pennsylvania's Anti-Bullying Law.

Additions

Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba added attorneys Alyssa M. Bruno, Deven A. Amin, Stephanie Henao and William D. Rathbone to the firm as associates.

Bruno is an attorney in the firm's litigation trial practice. Her practice areas focus on commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation and employment law.

Amin is an attorney in the firm's corporate, business and banking and health care groups. He routinely assists clients with a wide range of business and corporate law matters, as well as managing transactions specific to the health care industry.

Henao is an attorney in the firm's corporate, business and banking group. Henao's practice area is commercial transactions, including financing and loan documentation; asset purchases and sales; entity selection, formation and organization; and general contract drafting and review.

Rathbone is an attorney in the firm's real estate, land use and development practice. His practice areas include land use, development, zoning and land development issues and submissions.