People in the News—July 8, 2019—Marcum
Marcum LLP's litigation support and valuation and consulting practice hosted its fourth annual Crime and Cocktails Reception at its new Philadelphia office at 1601 Market Street.
July 08, 2019 at 11:00 AM
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Marcum LLP's litigation support and valuation and consulting practice hosted its fourth annual Crime and Cocktails Reception at its new Philadelphia office at 1601 Market Street.
White-collar crime practitioners from the Philadelphia region were in attendance for an evening of networking.
Honored
Mary F. Platt, immediate-past chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association and a litigator at Fineman Krekstein & Harris, was given the 2019 Achievement Award by the Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College.
Platt, who graduated from the College, was honored for her service to the community and her work at the Philadelphia Bar Association and as a member of the board of trustees for the
Woman's Law Project, a state-based legal center devoted to protecting the rights of women, girls and LGBTQ in Pennsylvania.
She served the bar association in several leadership positions prior to her election to the chancellorship.
As a judge pro tem in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas commerce court program, she serves as a mediator in settlement conferences at the request of commerce court judges.
Platt has experience representing global companies and closely held businesses in a variety of complex litigation matters.
She represents corporate clients in class action cases and individual matters, and she defends attorneys in malpractice cases and work disputes.
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At an educational and networking event for the Lawyers' Club of Philadelphia, Roy DeCaro of Raynes Lawn Hehmeyer honored Judge Rosalyn K. Robinson of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
The group recognized Robinson for her work for the city's residents in the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program, especially those experiencing financial stress.
DeCaro is the current president of the Lawyers' Club, which is committed to the promotion of fellowship and social relations between the bench and bar.
Speakers
Steven A. Hann, principal at Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin and the East Region solicitor for the Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association, spoke at HalfMoon Education Inc's. Engineering Law and Ethics Seminar in Fort Washington.
Hann's presentation was titled “Developments in Federal and Pennsylvania Environmental Law.”
During his presentation, Hann discussed recent federal and state government and regulatory policy initiatives, including those involving water quality and stormwater.
Hann focuses his practice on environmental and municipal law and chairs Hamburg Rubin's environmental law department.
In addition to his statewide environmental law practice, Hann has a municipal law practice, where he represents and advises municipalities and municipal authorities throughout Pennsylvania on a variety of issues.
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