PLW People in the News—Oct. 15, 2019—O'Donnell Law Offices
O'Donnell Law Offices announced attorney Gerard W. Gaughan joined its team of personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys.
October 15, 2019 at 11:30 AM
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O'Donnell Law Offices announced attorney Gerard W. Gaughan joined its team of personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys.
Gaughan will represent individuals and families throughout the region, focusing on car and truck collisions, workers compensation and Social Security disability.
Gerard attended Penn State University School of Law.
He comes to O'Donnell after clerking for Judge Terrence R. Nealon of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas for two years.
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Former York County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Stephen Linebaugh joined Barley Snyder as its newest attorney.
Linebaugh presided over more than 200 civil trials as a judge in York County, including a five-year term as the county's president judge. He now will be part of Barley Snyder's litigation practice group and will work to grow the firm's alternative dispute resolution practice.
He worked for a Pittsburgh-based alternative dispute resolution firm for the last two years, conducting mediations and arbitrations for civil cases across Pennsylvania.
He also worked as a former mediator and arbitrator for the York County Court of Common Pleas and is a former mediator for the York County Board of Realtors.
Before his elected position of judge, he presided over his own law practice for 25 years. His practice included the role of solicitor for more than a dozen municipalities and authorities.
He volunteers with leadership positions to nonprofit organizations in York County such as the Bob Hoffman YMCA, York County Crime Stoppers, the Margaret E. Moul Foundation, the Boy Scouts of America, YouthBuild and the York County March of Dimes.
Events
The program "Coming Together to Help Victims of Animal Abuse: A Pro Bono CLE for Lawyers and Animal Welfare Organizations" is set to be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon Oct. 25 at McCarter & English with a simulcast at the Lehigh County Bar Association.
Speakers are set to be Joann Lytle and Ashley Turner of McCarter & English; Penny Ellison, adjunct professor of animal law and ethics at the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Barbara R. Paul, assistant district attorney of Philadelphia; and Nikki Thompson, chief Humane Society police officer of the Bucks County SPCA.
The program includes information about investigating reports of animal cruelty and neglect, executing search warrants, taking animals into protective custody and prosecuting abusive owners; filing a Pennsylvania costs of care petition and putting on an evidentiary hearing; and the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct that are implicated in criminal and civil actions.
The program will also include opportunities to network with representatives of various SPCAs and other animal welfare organizations and spend time with adoptable kittens.
The course is approved for 1.0 ethics credit and 2.0 substantive credits in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Delaware CLE credit pending.
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