People in the News—May 22, 2019—Raynes Lawn
Bernard W. Smalley Sr. of Raynes Lawn Hehmeyer spoke about litigation at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute program “Everything You Need to Know About Pre-Trial Practice in Philadelphia” at the CLE Conference Center in Philadelphia.
May 22, 2019 at 11:00 AM
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Bernard W. Smalley Sr. of Raynes Lawn Hehmeyer spoke about litigation at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute program “Everything You Need to Know About Pre-Trial Practice in Philadelphia” at the CLE Conference Center in Philadelphia.
The program covered such topics as navigating the intricacies of discovery court, effective case management, Judge Pro Tempore conferences and pretrial tactics and tips.
Attendees also participated in a mock discovery court.
Smalley practices law in the Philadelphia community and beyond.
He focuses his practice on medical malpractice, products liability, accidents at work and construction accidents.
He is a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American College of Trial Lawyers.
He served as president of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and received its Justice Michael A. Musmanno Award.
He also received the President's Award from the Barristers' Association of Philadelphia; the Soaring Eagle Award from the Minority Caucus of the American Association of Justice; the Pursuit of Justice Award from the American Bar Association; and the Justice Thurgood Marshall Award of Excellence.
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Elizabeth Fineman, partner and family law attorney at Antheil Maslow & MacMinn in Doylestown, is scheduled to speak on “Drug & Alcohol Issues As They Apply to Custody & Support” at the Bucks County Bar Association's family law section continuing legal education seminar May 28.
Fineman is set to present along with Judge James J. McMaster of the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas; Reb Brooks, with Affiliates in Psychology; and Kevin L. Hand with Kardos, Rickles & Hand.
Fineman practices exclusively in family law with experience in complex high-net-worth individuals with complex assets and tax valuation issues.
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Steve Reynolds, a former director at Gibbons who recently retired as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of Aramark and previously served as senior vice president and general counsel at Alcatel-Lucent, rejoined the firm as a director in its commercial and criminal litigation department.
Reynolds is also a former vice president of litigation at Aventis and Sanofi-Aventis.
After serving as global general counsel at two Fortune 200 companies since 2005, Reynolds returns to Gibbons, where he spent 16 years as a commercial and corporate litigator, with in-house experience from his work at companies in the pharmaceutical, technology and services industries.
At Gibbons, Reynolds will utilize his background as a public company general counsel to assist clients in dealing with their management of complex litigation, regulatory, corporate governance and compliance matters.
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Daniel Dixon joined Kaplin Stewart as a principal and a member of the commercial litigation and tax law departments.
Before joining the firm, Dixon was of counsel at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Philadelphia.
His practice focuses on providing tax counsel and advocacy to fortune 500 companies and beyond.
He has resolved, through both litigation and settlement, state tax matters before administrative appeal boards, tax tribunals and courts in more than 25 states, with a particular focus on Pennsylvania, New Jersey and California.
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