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Elected and Appointed

Holland & Knight partner David Surbeck joined the board of directors of Philadelphia VIP. Founded in 1981, the organization provides legal services for low-income residents and families facing civil legal problems that threaten their basic human needs, including shelter, employment, financial stability, education and health.

Each year, its volunteers and staff serve more than 3,500 individuals and families who could not otherwise afford attorneys.

Surbeck is a transactional attorney at the firm who represents banks, funds, agencies, companies and individuals in various commercial finance transactions, ESOP transactions, debt restructurings and fund finance.

Additions

Emily J. Gorge was hired as an associate attorney practicing personal injury law at Graham & Mauer.

Gorge earned her law degree from Widener University Delaware Law School. While in law school, Gorge worked for the Chester County District Attorney's Office as a certified legal intern.

In this position, Gorge represented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Magisterial District Courts in Chester County and the Chester County Court of Common Pleas.

Outside of work, Gorge serves as the elected tax collector of East Pikeland Township and is a member of the events and program committees for Orion Communities, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping neighbors in need.

Honored

The Law Offices of Manuela Morais announced that principal, Manuela Morais, was named one of 20 “Women to Watch” for 2019 by South Jersey Biz.

According to the publication, this group consists of business leaders and others who have made an impact in their field as well as the community.

Morais was recognized for her work in immigration law, mentorship and community efforts, including with the Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey and the Rotary Club of Moorestown, New Jersey.

Morais represents corporate clients, their employees and individuals before federal governmental agencies.

She is licensed as a practicing attorney in New Jersey and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Burlington County Bar Association.

Prior to founding the firm, Morais was of counsel and manager of the immigration practice at Blank Rome as well as an associate in the immigration practice at Pepper Hamilton.

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David S. Pollock, founding partner of downtown-based family law firm Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz, was again selected as a recipient of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Special Achievement Award for his dedication and commitment as editor-in-chief of the Pennsylvania Family Lawyer, and was bestowed with a Special Recognition Award from the PBA family law section for his longime service as editor-in chief of the same publication.

Pollock focuses on the economics of premarital agreements, separation, divorce, unmarried partners, equitable distribution, support and alimony, as well as estate planning, business and family succession planning as an adjunct to his family law practice.

He works with both traditional divorces and large cases that require complex business valuation, framing of assets, net disposable income, taxation and all aspects of complicated financial matters involved in such cases.

Announcements

The Delaware Business Court Insider is seeking contributors to provide analysis and insight into recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions, as well as litigation and issues currently of interest to the business law community.

Potential topics that would be appropriate include, but are not limited to, arbitration, books-and-records requests, breach of contract lawsuits, controlling stockholder litigation, derivative claims, discovery disputes in commercial litigation, corporate dissolution, breach of fiduciary duty lawsuits, intellectual property litigation, jurisdictional battles in corporate litigation, merger and acquisition lawsuits, special committee decisions, corporate governance, limited liability company litigation and limited partnership agreement litigation.

Examples of articles written for DBCI are available online at www.delbizcourt.com. For more information, contact Kristie Rearick at [email protected].