McNees Wallace & Nurick's 12th annual Christmas party for Spring Creek Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Pictured, from left, are Dorothy Eshelman, Blanca Kristich, Amy Friday, Santa, Linda Eshelman, Jessica Clemmer, Lisa Barker, Jackie Lutskus and Salsa.
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Events

McNees Wallace & Nurick hosted its 12th annual Christmas party for Spring Creek Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. McNees provided 55 gift bags to residents, as well as drinks and snacks. 

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Elected and Appointed

Goldberg Segalla announced its largest-ever class of new partners.

The 400-attorney firm elevated 37 lawyers to its partnership and named an additional eight lawyers special counsel. These attorneys come from 15 of the firm's 22 offices, and represent practices including toxic tort, general liability, products liability, workers' compensation, employment and labor, trucking and retail and hospitality.

Three of Goldberg Segalla's new partners are based in the firm's Philadelphia office: John A. DeRose in the general liability practice, Gregory M. McNamee in the toxic tort and environmental practices and Stephen A. Sheinen in the trucking practice. Additionally, Goldberg Segalla elevated eight attorneys from the workers' compensation practice group to special counsel.

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Additions

Blank Rome announced that Thomas M. Callahan, Margaret M. Murphy, Georgee V. Thevervelil and Meredith L. Mill joined the firm as associates in the corporate, M&A and securities group. Thevervelil and Mill are based in the Philadelphia office.

Thevervelil joins the firm from Flaster Greenberg. He concentrates his practice on corporate and general business matters. He represents and advises businesses in all aspects of acquisitive and dispositive transactions, including stock and asset purchases and mergers for entities ranging from startups to public companies. Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Thevervelil earned his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Mill concentrates her practice on general business and corporate matters. Prior to joining the firm, she was an assistant district attorney in the appellate unit of the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, Mill earned her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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Announcements

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