PLW People in the News—April 2, 2019—King Spry
King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul announced that Kristine Roddick was re-elected managing partner of the law firm.
April 02, 2019 at 11:30 AM
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Elected and Appointed
King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul announced that Kristine Roddick was re-elected managing partner of the law firm.
Roddick served in this position since January 2016, the youngest attorney and first female in the firm's history to achieve this distinction.
Under Roddick's leadership, the law firm restructured its administrative and operations team, implemented new financial tracking and budgetary procedures, and earned industry honors.
Roddick is a partner of the firm and chair of King Spry's special education law practice group. She is a former president of the Pennsylvania School Board Solicitors Association.
|Additions
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin expanded its Pittsburgh health care department with the additions of Kristin L. Pieseski as shareholder.
She previously practiced at Davies, McFarland & Carroll in Pittsburgh.
Pieseski focuses her practice on the defense of medical and dental malpractice matters.
Throughout her career, she represented the interests of physicians, hospitals, nurses, home health agencies and other health care providers in professional liability litigation, licensure matters and staff privileges disputes in Western and Central Pennsylvania.
A frequent speaker on dental and medical malpractice litigation, she presented at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine annual Medical Malpractice Seminar since 2001.
Additionally, she consulted for and lectured to dental and medical specialists regarding informed consent and risk management issues. She also participated in educational seminars for paralegals focused on trial preparation and expert witness selections.
Among her professional memberships, she is an active member of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, the Defense Research Institute, the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance and the American, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Allegheny County Bar Associations.
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Handler, Henning & Rosenberg, a Central Pennsylvania personal injury law firm, announced that Andrew Norfleet joined the firm to manage the Social Security department.
Prior to joining the firm, Norfleet was a partner at a Central Pennsylvania firm where he maintained a similar practice.
Norfleet is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Dauphin County Bar Association.
Norfleet is a published author in the Social Security field.
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