People in the News—July 19, 2019—Timoney Knox
Timoney Knox added Tyler J. Dunphy as an associate attorney and member of the firm's students' rights team.
July 19, 2019 at 11:00 AM
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Additions
Timoney Knox added Tyler J. Dunphy as an associate attorney and member of the firm's students' rights team.
Dunphy focuses his practice on education law, specifically, the needs of children and their families as it relates to special education law and students' rights, including transgender rights.
Dunphy advocates for the rights of others and practices in the areas of employment discrimination and civil litigation.
Dunphy is a member of the Pennsylvania, Montgomery, Philadelphia and American bar associations.
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Capehart Scatchard announced that Elizabeth Chung, Courtnie Farrington, Michael McCaffrey and Zachary M. Wildsmith joined the firm as associates in its Mount Laurel, New Jersey, office. Chung, Farrington and McCaffrey represent insurance carriers and employers in the defense of workers' compensation claims at all stages of litigation.
Wildsmith focuses his practice in the representation of public and private sector employers in the areas of labor and employment, school law and civil rights law matters.
Chung received her law degree from Rutgers School of Law in Camden, New Jersey.
Farrington received her law degree from Duquesne University School of Law.
McCaffrey received his law degree from Rutgers School of Law in Camden.
Wildsmith received his law degree from Rutgers University School of Law in Camden.
Speakers
McNees Wallace & Nurick attorneys Randy Varner and Paul Morcom are set to present the webinar “Sales Tax Overpayments” for the Pennsylvania Society of Tax and Accounting Professionals on July 26.
Varner and Morcom will discuss reverse audits and recovering overpaid sales tax.
Varner is chair of the McNees state and local tax practice group.
He represents commercial and industrial entities in all areas of state and local taxation, focusing on state corporate net income, capital stock/foreign franchise, sales and use, and gross receipts taxes, as well as local property taxes.
Morcom practices in the McNees state and local tax practice group where he represents commercial and industrial entities in all areas of state and local taxation, focusing on local property taxes and real estate assessment appeals, as well as state corporate net income, capital stock/foreign franchise, sales and use, PURTA and gross receipts taxes.
He is chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association tax law section.
They are co-authors of the property tax assessment treatise “Assessment Law and Procedure in Pennsylvania.”
Honored
The Philadelphia Bar Association announced that it was selected for a fifth time by the American Bar Association for the Harrison Tweed Award, making it the first bar association in the country to be a five-time winner of one of the award.
The Philadelphia Bar Association was selected as a winner based on the work the association and its civil Gideon and access to justice task force undertook to improve access to justice and create a right to counsel for eligible low-income Philadelphia tenants who are facing eviction.
The presentation of the award is slated to take place Aug. 9 in San Francisco during the ABA's annual meeting.
The award recognizes the achievements of bar associations to help provide access to justice for indigent individuals.
Elected and Appointed
Philadelphia labor, employment and workers' compensation law firm Willig, Williams & Davidson announced that attorney Alidz Oshagan was reelected to serve as treasurer of the Philadelphia chapter of the Labor Employment Relations Association.
Oshagan focuses her practice on the representation of unions in labor and employment matters.
She served as treasurer for Philadelphia LERA since 2017.
Announcements
Consulting Engineers & Scientists Inc., established in 1969, reached its 50th year of business. CESI and its team provide investigative and forensic services, expert witnesses, testimony and supporting reports for law firms and insurance companies.
Paul K. Goldberg founded the firm and served as its president since inception.
CESI's headquarters is in Malvern, and the company also has an office in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
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