People in the News—Jan. 10, 2019—Post & Schell
Post & Schell professional liability principal Mary Ellen Reilly was recently honored by Saint Joseph's University Law Alumni Chapter at its annual Law Alumni Awards Dinner.
January 10, 2019 at 11:00 AM
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Honored
Post & Schell professional liability principal Mary Ellen Reilly was recently honored by Saint Joseph's University Law Alumni Chapter at its annual Law Alumni Awards Dinner. She received the Gem Award for loyalty to the university and a career focused on helping others.
Elected and Appointed
Ballard Spahr named Peter V. Michaud—a private equity attorney who served as managing partner of the firm's Minneapolis office—to the position of chair of the business and finance department.
Michaud joined Ballard Spahr as part of its January 2018 merger with Lindquist & Vennum, a transaction in which Pinheiro played a role.
The merger with Lindquist & Vennum brought more than 60 attorneys to Ballard Spahr's business and finance department and gave the firm offices in Minneapolis and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Michaud advises private equity funds, their portfolio companies and strategic buyers in stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, mergers, recapitalizations and other forms of sales and reorganizations.
Speakers
Flaster Greenberg shareholder Jeff Cohen was tapped by the Katz JCC of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, to moderate the post-film discussion of “Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel,” a film about an Israeli baseball team that competed in the 2017 World Baseball Classic during the Cherry Hill Volvo Cars Jewish Film Festival on Dec. 13.
Cohen is both a co-host of several radio shows on 610 ESPN Philadelphia and an attorney who litigates complex commercial and intellectual property matters throughout the United States. He co-hosts radio shows “The Heart of Sports, High Hopes: Phillies Minor League Rundown” and “The Regiment.” Cohen's background as an attorney, a youth sports coach and a sports fan informs his perspective on the athlete, teams and the role of sports in the community.
At Flaster Greenberg, Cohen counsels clients in complex litigation disputes and provides guidance to proactively address business formation and transaction issues. He spent over a quarter century helping clients anticipate, address and resolve the day-to-day challenges and pragmatic decisions facing today's businesses. A trial lawyer, Cohen works with businesses to ensure partnerships are intact as well as to identify potential risks and pitfalls associated with its evolution. He collaborates with a diverse range of clients in matters related to commercial contracts, shareholder and partnership agreements, trademarks, copyrights, patents, including Hatch-Waxman, insurance coverage, franchise disputes and commercial construction.
Also joining Cohen on the moderating panel were Heart of Sports co-host Jason Springer and Jeremy Newberger, director “Heading Home.”
Announcements
Disability Justice is now Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano Disability—offering the same service under a new name.
The aim of the new name is to bring the group in line with the larger Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano family.
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