Honored

Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin is the recipient of the 2019 Diversity & Inclusion Award from Liberty Mutual Insurance.

The award recognizes the law firm's service to the community and legal profession. Marshall Dennehey's president and CEO G. Mark Thompson accepted the award during a reception at the Liberty Mutual Legal Academy held at the firm's Boston headquarters in November.

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Willig, Williams & Davidson announced that partner Stuart W. Davidson was honored with a City of Justice award from the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy.

Davidson serves on the advisory board of LAANE.

He was recognized at the organization's City of Justice Awards Dinner.

In addition to Davidson, the 2019 awards also honored Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers; Susan Genco, co-president of The Azoff Co.; and Ann Cohen, manager of EVX Team and Davidson's wife.

Davidson and Cohen were honored for their lifetime of achievement on behalf of social justice.

Their award was presented by former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who also gave the keynote address.

Davidson advocates for labor unions and the workers they represent.

He represents public and private multiemployer benefit funds.

His work includes leading contract negotiations, presenting interest and grievance arbitrations and advising on external and internal union matters.

Davidson serves as chief counsel to large regional and local unions along the East and Gulf coasts and in the Chicago area.

A longtime Philadelphia union leader, Cohen led her members through two strikes and won contract provisions on their behalf.

She spearheaded the creation of the Joint AFSCME and City of Philadelphia Internship and Apprenticeship Program, which works with high school students.

After retiring from public service and union leadership, she became the manager of the EVX team, which designs, builds and competes with alternative fuel vehicles at the Workshop School, a public high school in West Philadelphia.

Elected and Appointed

Bethany R. Nikitenko, an attorney at Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig, was elected to the executive committee of the young lawyers division of the Philadelphia Bar Association.

Nikitenko represents individuals and families who were catastrophically injured by medical malpractice, auto and motor vehicle accidents, unsafe buildings, defective products and sexual abuse.

She is a volunteer attorney for Philadelphia VIP, an organization that helps low-income Philadelphians access free legal services.

She serves as a member of the development committee for Women Against Abuse, an organization that advocates for victims of domestic violence in Philadelphia. She also serves on the executive board of the Philadelphia chapter of the American Jewish Committee.

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