People in the News—May 29, 2019—Galfand Berger
The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania appointed Debra Jensen, Galfand Berger's managing partner, as a hearing committee member.
May 29, 2019 at 11:00 AM
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Elected and Appointed
The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania appointed Debra Jensen, Galfand Berger's managing partner, as a hearing committee member.
Jensen joins a group of attorneys who handle matters related to the governance and discipline of Pennsylvania attorneys.
Jensen practices in the area of medical malpractice and employment law. She served as an arbitrator for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and is a member of the
Philadelphia Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, the American Association for Justice and the National Employment Lawyers' Association.
|Additions
Thomas, Thomas & Hafer announced the hiring of Christopher L. Scott.
Scott will be working out of the firm's Harrisburg office.
He joins Thomas Thomas with a background in the field of workers' compensation, employment law and general liability practice.
He represented numerous employers and insurance carriers in worker's compensation, employment and civil matters.
Scott litigates a variety of civil cases spanning a range of practice areas.
|Events
Van der Veen, O'Neill, Hartshorn, and Levin had hosted a free legal clinic at Oasis City Church. It involved the firm's attorneys, paralegals and staff providing free legal services.
May 1st was National Law Day, and the firm closed to conduct the free legal clinic.
All eight of van der Veen O'Neill's lawyers and 10 of its paralegals and other legal professionals participated.
They counseled nearly 50 people in need of legal advice.
|Speakers
Martin Law partner Matthew Wilson is the faculty planner and moderator of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's upcoming CLE “Best Practices: The Well-Prepared Workers' Compensation Lawyer,” scheduled for May 29.
The program is set to include 12 workers' compensation Judges and 12 practitioners from across the state providing unique perspectives on how to improve and advance the practice of workers' compensation in Pennsylvania.
Wilson practices exclusively in the area of claimant's workers' compensation. For the last 14 years, he co-authored the PBI Workers' Compensation Practice and Procedure Manual.
Wilson presented multiple lectures at the spring and fall meetings of the Pennsylvania workers' compensation section.
He served on the workers' compensation law section council of the Pennsylvania Bar Association since 2007 and is a past chair of the organization.
He is an active member of the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations as well as the workplace injury litigation group.
He was recognized by the workers' injury law and advocacy group's top injured workers' attorneys.
Wilson is the 2018 award recipient of the Irvin Stander Memorial Award by the PBA.
This award is presented annually to an attorney whose dedication to workers' compensation law and professionalism serves as an example to others.
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