People in the News—Feb. 10, 2020—Laffey Bucci
Laffey, Bucci & Kent announced that attorney Guy D'Andrea was named chair of the young lawyers council of the National Crime Victim Bar Association.
February 10, 2020 at 11:00 AM
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Laffey, Bucci & Kent announced that attorney Guy D'Andrea was named chair of the young lawyers council of the National Crime Victim Bar Association.
An affiliate and program of the National Center for Victims of Crime, the bar association is the nation's only organization of attorneys and expert witnesses dedicated to helping victims of crime seek justice through the civil court system.
Prior to joining Laffey Bucci, D'Andrea served as an assistant district attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.
He litigates complex, high-profile criminal cases.
D'Andrea served as the assistant director of training during his time at the District Attorney's Office.
In that role, he helped train all new assistant district attorneys, presented at CLE programs and spearheaded the office's adoption and utilization of technology in preparing and presenting cases.
D'Andrea serves as an adjunct professor at the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, teaching a course in advanced trial advocacy with an emphasis on courtroom technology.
He also coaches several mock trial teams a year.
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Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads announced Michael Hayes was elected to serve as president of the Homeless Advocacy Project's board of directors for 2020.
Hayes began serving as a volunteer attorney on behalf of HAP clients in 2002 and on the HAP board of directors in 2008.
This year marks HAP's 30th anniversary, which the organization is slated to celebrate with the Philadelphia legal community at its annual benefit, is scheduled to take place April 2 at the Comcast Technology Center.
HAP was founded on the belief that people experiencing homelessness have unique and complex legal problems that often are not adequately addressed by traditional providers of legal services to indigent and low-income individuals.
By recruiting and training volunteer attorneys, legal assistants and law students to staff these clinics, HAP is able to provide free legal counseling and representation to a population not adequately served by other legal services programs.
Hayes is chair of Montgomery McCracken's e-discovery practice group, a partner in the firm's litigation department and chair of the firm's pro bono committee.
His practice concentrates on commercial litigation, government investigation response and corporate internal investigations.
Hayes serves as an officer in the JAG Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve.
In 2012, the judges of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania selected him to receive the court's Pro Bono Publico Award for his pro bono representation of Philadelphia families put at risk of losing their homes by an unscrupulous landlord.
Hayes served as chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association young lawyers division in 2006, and received its Michael K. Smith Excellence in Service Award in 2003.
Hayes received his Juris Doctor from the Temple University Beasley School of Law.
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Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young attorney Daniel Pereira presented at the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference's 31st Forum in Philadelphia.
The annual forum is a full-day educational conference at which developments in bankruptcy law are presented and discussed by bankruptcy attorneys, including bankruptcy judges, law professors and U.S. trustees, as well as a representation of senior bankruptcy and restructuring practitioners in the area.
Pereira researched and drafted one of the annual forum's two commercial case studies presented at the conference.
In addition, he assisted professor Jonathan C. Lipson, from Temple University Beasley School of Law, in leading a roundtable discussion of the hypothetical problem that addressed complex issues surrounding Chapter 11 channeling injunctions, nonconsensual, third-party releases, and the treatment of certain tax claims under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
Pereira concentrates his practice on litigation and transactional matters with a focus on advising clients on commercial litigation, bankruptcy and creditors' rights issues.
Pereira has experience in cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings.
He also has experience advising commercial lenders in loan enforcement matters, including workouts and foreclosures.
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