Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg offices in downtown Philadelphia. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

Elected and Appointed

Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg elected Matthew J. McDonald and Lee D. Moylan to the firm's partnership. Both McDonald and Moylan are members of the labor and employment group in the firm's litigation department. Moylan also was named the firm's first recruitment chair. McDonald represents employers and businesses in a wide range of industries, including financial services, technology, real estate, regulatory compliance, international importing and manufacturing.

He litigates disputes concerning noncompetition agreements, trade secrets, compensation, breaches of contract, defamation and fraud. McDonald also defends discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims.

Moylan represents employers in a variety of industries. She advises clients on matters related to workforce reductions, unemployment compensation, workplace policies, decisions related to hiring, discipline and terminating of employees, employer obligations to provide reasonable accommodations and protected leaves, the interplay between short-term disability policies and leave laws, and the terms of severance and separation agreements.

Moylan also defends employers against claims brought under Title VII, ADEA, FMLA, ADA, PHRA, the state whistleblower statute and the Philadelphia Fair Practices Ordinance. Moylan represents classes of employees who have been terminated in connection with plant closing and/or mass layoffs without advanced notice as required under the Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

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Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young announced that Joel D. Corriero, Caroline C. Gorman and Kristin J. Jones were elected to the firm's partnership.

Corriero, resident in the firm's Philadelphia office, counsels investment companies, including exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, variable insurance funds and closed-end funds and investment advisers on regulatory and compliance matters.

For investment companies, particularly ETFs, he advises on all aspects of the representation, including creation, listing and continued compliance with both the federal securities laws and exchange listing rules.

Corriero is also experienced in the negotiation of authorized participant agreements for transactions in ETF shares.

Also based in Stradley Ronon's Philadelphia office, Gorman focuses her practice on public finance and on all aspects of secured and unsecured financing, including construction and real estate loans, health care financing, acquisition financing and asset-based financing. She represents clients as bond counsel and underwriter's counsel related to tax-exempt financing for 501(c)(3) entities, governmental units and other entities. Gorman's practice involves structuring and completing project financings for the construction of major infrastructure improvements for nonprofit institutions.

Jones, resident in the firm's Malvern office, provides regulatory, compliance and reimbursement counsel to health care providers (including hospitals, health systems and physician practices) and insurers.

She counsels clients who operate in a highly regulated environment and provides practical advice about complex regulatory schemes.

Jones advises clients on government-funded insurance programs, federal and state health information privacy and security laws, licensing laws and regulatory strategies.

Speakers

Duane Morris partners Christiane Schuman Campbell and Aliza R. Karetnick are set to participate in Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law's fifth annual Fashion Law Symposium, “Working Together: Understanding the Different Players in the Fashion Game.”

Karetnick is scheduled to moderate the panel, “Outside Counsel: How do I protect my IP?” and Campbell will be a panelist for that discussion.

The symposium will take place Feb. 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Laurence E. Hirsch Classroom of the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.

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