Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg offices in downtown Philadelphia. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

Events

Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg celebrated the 20th anniversary of the firm participating with the Homeless Advocacy Project to advocate for the legal rights of Philadelphians experiencing homelessness.

The firm celebrated the occasion with a reception at Klehr Harrison's offices by presenting HAP with a financial gift in the amount of $10,000 from the firm and $5,000 from Jon Katona, who currently serves on the HAP board of directors as immediate past president.

Attorneys and staff assist HAP clients in obtaining benefits, birth certificates, food stamps, pension, SSI/SSDI and wages along with working on criminal, consumer debt/bankruptcy, family law, identity theft, immigration, landlord tenant and subsidized housing cases.

HAP was formed in 1990 by attorneys from the Philadelphia Bar Association and the homeless services community to address the unmet legal needs of Philadelphia's homeless population.

Through its 16 member staff and over 350 volunteer law students, lawyers and paralegals, HAP engages in direct outreach to homeless individuals and families by staffing clinics at shelters and other areas around the city that are easily accessible to the homeless.

Additions

Daniel Distasio and Michael Kowalski added attorney Sara Labashosky to the personal injury firm of Distasio and Kowalski.

Labashosky joined Distasio and Kowalski after spending four years working at an insurance defense firm in Philadelphia, where she gained experience litigating cases throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

She represents clients in a variety of personal injury matters, including medical malpractice, products liability, premises liability, motor vehicle accidents and wrongful death claims.

Labashosky is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey.

She graduated from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.

During her time at Villanova, she was a certified legal intern at the Villanova Interdisciplinary Mental and Physical Health Law Clinic.

She is a member of the Luzerne County Bar Association and the young lawyers division.

Announcements

Charny, Karpousis, Altieri & Donoian is supporting Collecting for a Cause Inc. and its mission to assist those in need, whether due to an economic crisis or an illness, by helping to provide essentials for everyday living.

The firm will be collecting new unwrapped toys, including games, arts and crafts, dolls, Legos and other like gifts appropriate for children from 2 to 15 years old until Dec. 15.

The collected items will be donated to the organization's Holiday Shop at Lindenwold High School and to children at Virtua Hospital in Voorhees, New Jersey.

In addition to toys, Collecting for a Cause is accepting new/gently used gloves, hats and scarves, which will be hung on fences at local schools for children who need warm winter gear.

Founded in January 2017 by Mary Castor, Collecting for a Cause is committed to providing nutritious food to those who are hungry, to improve the lives of children, and to help animals in shelters.

To complement its support of Virtua, Collecting for a Cause collects travel-size toiletries for the neonatal intensive care unit at Virtua and those who sometimes go to the NICU without warning and are there for long periods of time.