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Speakers

Neil Andrew Stein, co-founder and principal of Kaplin Stewart in Blue Bell and Cherry Hill, New Jersey, recently completed two speaking engagements.

Stein represents real estate owners and developers in land use, transactional, financing and real estate litigation matters.

Stein participated as a moderator and speaker at the 2nd annual Philadelphia Office and Industrial Development Conference, presented by the Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal.

The conference brings together commercial real estate professionals to discuss current trends in the commercial real estate market.

Stein was also a speaker at the Advanced Real Estate Transactions Seminar, presented by the National Business Institute.

Honored

The Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers announced several award recipients at its 2019 Joint Annual Conference.

Justin C. Danilewitz and Christopher R. Hall of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr in Philadelphia received the 2019 Alan Jay Josel Advocacy Award.

Andrew Christy of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania received the 2019 Liberty Award for his work in litigating and providing training on challenges to the imposition of fines and costs on the indigent.

The 2019 Charles P. Gelso President's Award was presented to Ellen C. Brotman for her leadership with the Philadelphia chapter of PACDL.

President's and Directors' Commendations were awarded to Laurel Gift of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis in Pittsburgh and Petra K. Gross of Martson Law Offices in Carlisle for their efforts to invigorate the PACDL Advocacy Committee.

Additionally, Jed Silversmith of Blank Rome received a President's and Directors' Commendation for his leadership and work as a member of the editorial board of PACDL's For The Defense.

Additions

Kaitlin M. Gurney, a litigator who practices both media law and white-collar criminal defense, joined Ballard Spahr.

Gurney defends media and entertainment companies in lawsuits alleging defamation and invasion of privacy, and she represents newsrooms in securing access to public records, documents and court proceedings.

She also advises clients on prepublication issues.

Gurney is a former reporter and worked for several publications.

Gurney advises clients during government investigations and defends them in litigation involving claims of fraud and abuse, particularly the False Claims Act.

She will be a member of Ballard Spahr's white-collar defense/internal investigations practice as well as its media and entertainment law group.

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Attorneys Alexandra G. Farone, Bilal M. Harris, Daniel P. Hido and Amy T. Oven joined law firm Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir.

Farone is an associate in the litigation and employment and labor groups.

She has a range of litigation experience in several practice areas including complex commercial litigation, premises liability, employment, construction and oil and gas law. She also has experience counseling corporate clients regarding employment matters.

Harris is an associate in the firm's environmental group.

As a former attorney for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Harris assists clients on a range of matters under major federal and state environmental programs.

Hido is an associate in the environmental group.

He assists clients on environmental regulatory matters in the context of compliance counseling, enforcement defense, remediation obligations and business transactions. With a background in the principal federal environmental regulatory programs, he particularly focuses on hazardous and nonhazardous waste issues, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Clean Water Act.

Oven is a staff attorney in the energy and natural resources group.

She counsels various energy, oil, gas and mineral-related clients on transaction matters.