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Elected and Appointed

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young partner Christopher W. Rosenbleeth was appointed chair of the Urban Land Institute Philadelphia forecast and capital markets committee.

ULI Philadelphia focuses on the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining communities through land use education.

Rosenbleeth is chair of Stradley Ronon's real estate practice group.

He represents banks and other lenders, equity investors, developers, real estate investment trusts, corporate clients and strategic and financial investors in their real estate, finance and investment activities.

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Blank Rome associate Thomas J. Szymanski was appointed to the Rutgers University Alumni Association Alumni Leaders Council.

The council officially convenes at least once annually, at the Alumni Leaders Conference, where council members gather to share best practices and new ideas in alumni engagement.

The council is also responsible for ratifying the slate of RUAA board officers and board members annually.

Szymanski graduated from Rutgers Law School, Camden.

At Blank Rome, Szymanski's labor and employment practice ranges from counseling to litigation in federal and state courts and administrative agencies.

His experience includes nationwide and single-plaintiff wage-and-hour claims; discrimination, retaliation and hostile work environment claims; complex restrictive covenant and breach-of-contract litigation; and employment due diligence counseling for mergers and acquisitions.

Events

The Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel held is third annual PADC Picnic at the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House.

PADC volunteers prepared a picnic-style Barbeque dinner for over 100 people staying at the RMH.

Announcements

Charny Karpousis Altieri & Donoian partner Michelle Altieri published an article titled "Who Gets What" in the Summer 2019 issue of the American Bar Association Family Advocate.

In this feature, she provides an overview of the various issues surrounding the division of assets and property in cases of divorce.

Written as a Q&A, the article addresses frequently asked questions posed by divorce clients.

Family Advocate is published by the family law section of the American Bar Association and is a source for family law-related issues, procedures, state trends and federal mandates.

Altieri concentrates her practice in divorce and family law.

Her client representation involves issues including divorce, child custody, spousal and child support, property settlement agreements, prenuptial agreements, domestic violence and adoption.

She has experience with divorce litigation and settlement negotiations, mediations and arbitrations.

Altieri is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and its family law executive committee and was most recently named to the Camden County Bar Association board of trustees.

She is also a master in the Thomas S. Forkin Family Law Inns of Court and serves as the programming co-chair as well as a matrimonial early settlement panelist in Burlington, New Jersey, and Gloucester, New Jersey, counties.