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Events

Blank Rome, in partnership with in-house counsel from Comcast's legal department, hosted the firm's annual SeniorLAW Center Clinic in honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.

At this clinic, Blank Rome attorneys and paralegals worked in teams with Comcast attorneys and paralegals to draft wills, living wills and financial and health care Power of Attorneys for low-income senior citizens.

As a tradition, the clinic began by reading the "I Have a Dream" speech together as a group.

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The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law is set to host the program "Twenty Years of Women, Peace, and Security Initiatives: Are We Doing Better?" with a keynote by Michèle Flournoy, former undersecretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Defense.

Participants in this daylong public symposium will introduce attendees to Women, Peace and Security initiatives springing from the United Nations' Resolution 1325 passed in 2000 and will discuss the results of two decades worth of efforts around the globe to address the undervalued and underutilized contributions of women as active agents in peace and security.

Panel one will focus on the successes and shortcomings of WPS initiatives in the United States; panel two will examine the same internationally.

The symposium will conclude with a keynote fireside chat with Flournoy, who works to promote gender equality and women's participation in military and civilian national security positions at home and abroad.

The symposium is set to take place from 1:30 to 6 p.m. Feb. 11 and will be followed by a reception. It is open to the public and free.

Elected and Appointed

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young announced E. Taylor Brody, Christine Friday, Elizabeth O'Donoghue, Adam Petitt and Tara Walsh were elected to the firm's partnership.

Based in Stradley Ronon's Philadelphia office, Brody focuses her practice on counseling investment companies, boards of directors and investment advisers in connection with regulatory, compliance and transactional issues. She advises clients on a variety of investment management and securities law matters.

Friday, based in the firm's Philadelphia office, focuses her practice on all aspects of secured and unsecured financing. In addition, she represents institutional, nonprofit and other business entities in general corporate matters.

O'Donoghue, based in the firm's Malvern office, concentrates her practice in all aspects of intellectual property matters. She represents clients from individuals, startups and educational institutions to large corporations in a variety of industries. O'Donoghue has a technical background in anatomy and neuroscience, and her practice includes domestic and international patent preparation, prosecution and management, as well as client counseling regarding patentability, infringement and validity.

Petitt is a trial lawyer who counsels corporate and individual clients in complex commercial civil and regulatory matters, white-collar criminal defense, internal investigations and corporate compliance. Petitt has experience representing carriers, providers, hospitals and health care systems in the health care industry on matters involving ERISA, Medicaid, Medicare, managed care, insurance fraud, False Claims Act and other federal and state fraud and abuse laws, high-stakes reimbursement and network agreement disputes, and provider contracting.

A resident of the firm's Malvern office, Walsh concentrates her practice in the areas of estate, tax and business planning, as well as estate and trust administration. She represents and advises high-net-worth individuals, owners of closely held businesses, individual and corporate fiduciaries and nonprofit/charitable entities.