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Additions

Fox Rothschild added Ronald P. Kalyan Jr. to the firm's Exton office as a partner in the real estate department.

Kalyan advises clients in commercial and residential real estate transactions.

He represents clients in purchases, sales, leases and workouts.

He also represents commercial lenders in loan transactions, including construction, permanent and line-of-credit financing and loan restructuring workout matters.

Additionally, Kalyan offers general business counseling to clients on formation of real estate holding companies, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, financing and general employment issues.

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Elected and Appointed

Pennsylvania Bar Association president Anne N. John named 11 Pennsylvania lawyers to the 2019-20 class of the association's bar leadership institute.

The new BLI class members include:

Nathan Bible of James J Loll; Elizabeth Fineman of Antheil Maslow & MacMinn; Benjamin Johns of Sechler Law Firm; Patrice Turenne of McCausland Keen + Buckman; Tara Burns of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott; Jada Greenhowe of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency; Schawnne Kilgus of the Michael Ayers Law Project; Chynna Beisel of Kash Fedrigon Belanger; Timothy Knowles of Warren McGraw & Knowles; Peter Rogers of Kane, Pugh, Knoell, Troy & Kramer; and Lindsey Alexander of the Legal Clinic for the Disabled.

This year's BLI co-chairs are Philip H. Yoon of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and Stephanie F. Latimore of Legislative Reference Bureau of Pennsylvania.

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Post & Schell elected eight new principals.

Marisa Barriere is now a principal in the firm's workers' compensation department in its Philadelphia office.

Barriere represents employers, insurance companies and third-party administrators in workers' compensation proceedings.

Marni S. Berger is now a principal in the firm's insurance law department in its Philadelphia office.

Berger represents insurers in complex commercial litigation and coverage disputes involving the interpretation and meaning of critical language under contractual liability agreements as well as litigation involving alleged bad faith.

Jeffrey M. Brenner is now a principal in the firm's insurance law department in its Philadelphia office and represents national and regional insurers in life and disability insurance in the ERISA context as well as novel annuity and structured settlement disputes.

Matthew B. Daggett is now a principal in the firm's workers' compensation department in its Lancaster office representing employers and insurance companies/third-party administrators in workers' compensation proceedings in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Angela G. DiSanti is now a principal in the firm's workers' compensation department in its Pittsburgh office.

DiSanti represents employers, insurance companies, and third-party administrators in workers' compensation proceedings.

Lindsay S. Kift is now a principal in the firm's workers' compensation department in its Pittsburgh office.

DiSanti represents employers, insurance companies and third-party administrators in workers' compensation proceedings.

Aaron S. Mapes is now a principal in the firm's environmental practice group in its Philadelphia office.

He counsels clients on matters including environmental diligence for real estate transactions and energy infrastructure projects, brownfields redevelopment, compliance with environmental laws, environmental permitting and litigation of complex environmental lawsuits and administrative appeals.

Mariel C. Marsh is now a principal in the firm's professional liability and casualty departments in its Philadelphia office.

She represents clients in complex litigation including claims involving medical malpractice, professional liability, products liability and premises liability.

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Honored

Personal injury law firm Laffey, Bucci & Kent announced that it was awarded the Civilian Leadership Award by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation in honor of the firm's work seeking justice for survivors of sexual harassment and assault.

The award was presented at the 2019 Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Global Summit.

The center focuses on exposing all forms of sexual exploitation, including child sexual abuse, prostitution, sex trafficking and pornography.