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Additions

Weber & Kracht & Chellew added associate attorney Christina Cozzetto to the firm.

Cozzetto will focus her expertise on the practice areas of criminal defense, family law, estate planning, real estate, landlord/tenant matters and civil and commercial litigation.

Cozzetto earned her Juris Doctor from the Villanova University Widger School of Law in 2014.

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, Cozzetto is a member of the Bucks County Bar Association.

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Benjamin Smith joined the Law Offices of Anthony J. Leonard as an associate.

He will focus his practice on personal injury cases of all kinds, including motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, products liability and workplace accidents.

With offices in Philadelphia and Mount Holly, New Jersey, the firm represents clients in all types of personal injury and workers' compensation cases.

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Kleinbard announced the addition of John Michael Hickey.

Hickey is an associate in the firm's business and finance department and real estate and finance group.

He concentrates his practice in the areas of both transactional corporate law and real estate. Hickey has experience with business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial real estate.

He counsels clients on a variety of transactions including licensing agreements, leasing agreements, employment agreements, securities matters and commercial contracts.

Hickey has experience in the purchase and sale of real estate and automotive dealership franchises in connection with his representation of a large national automotive dealer group.

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Events

Elaine T. Yandrisevits, an estate planning and administration attorney with Antheil Maslow & MacMinn in Doylestown, is a course planner and is set to serve as faculty for Pennsylvania Bar Institute's upcoming "Administering an Estate in PA: A Step-by-Step Guide" continuing education program.

The seminar is an overview of the estate administration progress in Pennsylvania from beginning to end for attorneys, paralegals and accountants.

Yandrisevits is scheduled to present at the live seminar Sept. 5 in Philadelphia. Registration and information on additional dates, including at the live webcast, can be found on the PBI website.

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Elected and Appointed

Blank Rome partner Kevin J. Bruno, who serves as co-chair of the firm's energy, environment and mass torts practice group, was reappointed to the leadership of the American Bar Association section of litigation and will now serve his third term as one of the section's division directors for the 2019-2020 bar year.

In his role as division director, Bruno will supervise substantive committees of the section of litigation as well as collaborate with ABA's leaders to further the association's goals.

The section of litigation is the largest section of the ABA, whose mission is to provide litigators of all practice areas with the resources needed to become successful and experienced advocates.

Bruno previously held various leadership positions within the section, including serving as co-chair of its 2,000-member environmental and energy litigation committee and co-chair of its expert witnesses committee.

He also continues to serve as the section of litigation's liaison to the ABA's special committee on section, division and forum coordination.

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Announcements

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