People in the News—Aug 2, 2019—Montgomery McCracken
Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads announced that its chief diversity and inclusion officer Alfred W. Zaher was appointed to serve as a board member for the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus.
August 02, 2019 at 11:00 AM
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Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads announced that its chief diversity and inclusion officer Alfred W. Zaher was appointed to serve as a board member for the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus.
Zaher is a partner and chair of Montgomery McCracken’s intellectual property department. He focuses his practice on patent, trademark and trade secret litigation, licensing and counseling.
In his role as the firm’s chief diversity and inclusion officer, Zaher is responsible for overseeing, implementing and providing leadership to Montgomery McCracken’s diversity initiatives.
He currently serves on the board of the National LGBT Bar Association and the board of the Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia.
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Barley Snyder announced that attorney Reilly Noetzel was named to the board of trustees for the Lancaster Public Library.
Noetzel joined Barley Snyder in 2017 and is a member of the firm’s real estate practice group and the construction, senior living and hospitality industry groups.
He is a former board member at the Landis Valley Museum in Lancaster County.
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Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg announced that Paige Willan was appointed by Gov. Tom Wolf as the newest member of the Pennsylvania State Transportation Commission.
Willan replaces Cristina Cavalieri of Philadelphia, whose term expired this year.
Willan focuses her practice on providing resolutions to commercial disputes ranging from breach-of-contract issues to business tort and statutory claims.
In addition to her commercial dispute resolution practice, she represents clients in investigations conducted by federal and state government agencies as well as internal corporate investigations.
The STC is a 15-member body, chaired by the secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
The STC serves as the board of directors to PennDOT.
It evaluates Pennsylvania’s transportation system and provides policy-driven direction with respect to the development of the Twelve Year Transportation Program.
|Speakers
McNees Wallace & Nurick attorneys Jennifer Will, Crystal Clark and Kathleen Bruder are slated to present at the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs 2019 PA Municipal Legal Update from Aug. 7-8 at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel.
Will’s presentation “#Me Too Movement Update” on Aug. 7 is geared toward helping municipalities handle internal complaints of harassment appropriately while creating a work environment where sexual harassment is not tolerated at any level.
Clark is set to present the session “Public Service: This Road is Paved with Good Intentions” on Aug. 7.
It will explore the rules governing the behavior of elected and appointed officials and brainstorm ways in which those rules can be inadvertently broken.
Bruder’s Aug. 7 session, “The Latest on government Relations,” will update attendees on the status of what is transpiring inside the state capitol and how it affects municipalities and their clientele.
Lastly, Bruder is set to present a second session Aug. 8 alongside Brian C. Krause of Vulnerability Solutions Group LLC.
The presentation “Police Track 8: Act 44 & School Resource Officers” will review information relating to Pennsylvania’s School Safety and Security Law.
|Additions
Antheil Maslow & MacMinn announced that Christopher D. Wagner joined its business law practice group as an associate with the firm.
Wagner has over 12 years of accounting and financial experience in a variety of industries including e-commerce, real estate, health care and insurance.
Wagner’s practice focuses on business and corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, contract review, buy-sell agreements, formation and entity selection, corporate governance, business divorce, operating agreements, commercial real estate leasing, acquisitions and sales, commercial finance negotiation and documentation, restrictive covenant agreements, and other employment-related documents.
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