People in the News—Jan. 28, 2020—Wilson Elser
Wilson Elser promoted 25 of counsel and associates to partner, including Heather Austin from the firm's Philadelphia office, effective Jan. 1.
January 28, 2020 at 11:00 AM
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Wilson Elser promoted 25 of counsel and associates to partner, including Heather Austin from the firm's Philadelphia office, effective Jan. 1.
Austin handles a range of litigation matters in state and federal courts.
She concentrates her practice in the areas of ERISA litigation and employment counseling and defense.
While she handles cases in federal courts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland, Austin also works on litigation matters nationwide.
She has experience defending insurance carriers against claims brought under ERISA as well as state laws relating to the denial of long-term disability and life insurance claims.
Her litigation experience includes employment as well as corporate and commercial litigation.
She represents business entities in a variety of actions, including but not limited to breach of contract, violation of noncompetition covenants and wrongful discharge disputes.
She graduated with her Juris Doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law.
|Additions
TK Trial announced that trial attorney Heather Russell Fine joined the firm as a partner in its Pennsylvania office.
Fine is a litigator who focuses her practice on complex products liability and mass tort defense.
She represents automotive manufacturers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, regional product manufacturers, food-service retailers and retail corporations on a local, national and international level.
Fine handles all aspects of complex products liability cases from inception to verdict and through appeal.
She handles personal injury and commercial matters across the country, ranging from breach of warranty arbitrations to complex products liability trials involving claims of catastrophic personal injury.
She is a member of the Product Liability Advisory Council, the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Defense Research Institute and the American Bar Association and is admitted to practice in Maine, Pennsylvania and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Fine earned her law degree from the University of Maine School of Law.
Joining along with Fine is senior paralegal Heather Ondik, who brings more than 20 years of experience to TK Trial.
|Speakers
Flaster/Greenberg environmental law attorney Marty Judge is set to participate as a panelist on the Spill Act panel at the upcoming Environmental Law for Attorneys and Licensed Site Remediation Professionals' seminar Feb. 20 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, sponsored by the Licensed Site Remediation Professionals Association and Rutgers University Office of Continuing Professional Education.
The seminar will provide attorneys and LSRPs with the latest information on the current environmental landscape and opportunities as they relate to site remediation.
Featured topics include the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Spill Act, Industrial Site Recovery Act, emerging contaminants, LSRP/Site Remediation Reform Act, recent court decisions, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection actions, licensing board decisions and dispute resolution.
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