People in the News—Feb. 11, 2019—North Central PaTLA
At its organization meeting, attorney Mike Zicolello became president of the North Central Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.
February 11, 2019 at 11:00 AM
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Elected and Appointed
At its organization meeting, attorney Mike Zicolello became president of the North Central Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Zicolello is a former law clerk to U.S. District Judge James McClure of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
The attorney, an experienced trial lawyer, is a partner at SZ Law.
Clifford A. Rieders will remain an officer of the organization as secretary. Kimberly Paulhamus will serve as treasurer.
The political action committee, North Central Pennsylvanians for a Brighter Future, will continue its activities with Rieders, a partner in the law firm of Rieders, Travis, Humphrey, Waters & Dohrmann, as president.
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Duane Morris announced that it promoted six associates and special counsel to the firm's partnership in five of the firm's offices.
Two of the new partners, Catherine Beideman Heitzenrater and Sean P. McConnell, are based in Philadelphia.
Heitzenrater practices in the areas of bankruptcy, corporate reorganization, creditors' rights, commercial finance and secured transactions.
Heitzenrater served as counsel to insurance companies providing prepetition and/or postpetition insurance coverage to debtors in complex chapter 11 cases and represented both creditors and liquidating trustees in numerous avoidance actions.
Heitzenrater also maintains an active commercial litigation practice. She represents clients in the construction and finance industries in products liability, securities fraud, appellate matters and complex contract disputes.
McConnell represents U.S. and international clients in the full range of antitrust matters across a wide variety of industries.
He counseled clients in complex class actions, criminal and civil government investigations and the antitrust aspects of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures.
McConnell's representations focus on pharmaceutical, medical device, transportation, food and beverage and retail.
McConnell is a partner in the commercial, securities and antitrust litigation section of the firm's trial practice group. He also maintains an active pro bono practice with a focus on prisoner civil rights cases.
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