John Rafferty of Gawthrop Greenwood.

Elected and Appointed

John Rafferty, an attorney with Gawthrop Greenwood, was named to the board of directors of La Comunidad Hispana, which serves southern Chester County as the leading provider of integrated health and community services.

Rafferty's experience in assisting newcomers to the United States began during his career in the Navy, where he served as the assistant general secretary for the Migrant Workers Protection Society in Bahrain.

Rafferty focuses his practice at Gawthrop Greenwood on civil and business litigation matters. He previously worked as an assistant district attorney at the Chester County District Attorney's Office, where he managed multiple cases from investigation through trial, prosecuting criminal matters, including homicides and assaults.

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Saxton & Stump's Matthew W. Rappleye was appointed as the firm's general counsel. He will have broad responsibilities over the firm's legal and ethics issues.

Rappleye will continue his health law, appellate and post-trial advocacy, and insurance coverage practice.

He serves as chair of Saxton & Stump's insurance law group and has an insurance counseling and insurance coverage practice.

He works closely with the underwriting committees of several professional liability insurers and assists in the drafting of insurance contracts, policy language and endorsements for insurers as well as providing advice and counsel with respect to internal manuals, policies and applications. Rappleye also represents hospitals, doctors and health care professionals in health care litigation.

Speakers

Whitney S. Graham of Graham & Mauer in Valley Forge spoke at the Dispute Resolution Institute's annual Personal Injury Practicum CLE.

Graham presented on the topic of social media in personal injury litigation. Graham focuses her practice on litigation.

She has tried or arbitrated cases in seven counties in Pennsylvania as well as federal court, and has argued before the Pennsylvania Superior Court in Harrisburg, Wilkes-Barre and Gettysburg. Graham earned her J.D. from Temple University's Beasley School of Law.

Announcements

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The Legal is seeking contributing authors for its weekly In-House Counsel column. Articles can cover a broad range of subjects but should be of particular interest to in-house counsel. Contact Kristie Rearick at [email protected] for more information or to submit a proposal.