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Additions

Post & Schell added two new principals and an associate in its Pittsburgh and Philadelphia offices.

In Pittsburgh, Philip J. Sbrolla joined as a principal and Matthew C. Schrebe as an associate in the firm's commercial litigation and casualty litigation practices.

With a practice in complex civil litigation, Sbrolla defends clients in state and federal court in matters involving general liability, premises liability, products liability, civil RICO, civil rights, catastrophic loss, D&O, class actions and employment.

His litigation experience includes jury trials involving multimillion-dollar litigation.

Sbrolla's clients include drilling companies, contractors and suppliers serving the energy industry in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, as well as companies in the communications industry.

Both attorneys were formerly with Cipriani & Werner.

In Philadelphia, William L. Thrall III rejoined Post & Schell as a principal in the firm's casualty litigation practice.

Thrall previously served as an associate with the firm from 2006 to 2014.

He focuses his practice on the defense of complex commercial, construction, products and general liability cases.

His experience includes defending cases involving injury and/or property damage in a variety of environments, including premises liability and transportation cases.

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The Duane Morris tax accounting group added Sean Schoppy.

Prior to joining TAG, he was a senior tax accountant with an international CPA firm.

Schoppy will be primarily responsible for tax planning and compliance activities, including tax minimization strategies, for a client base including estates, trusts and high-net-worth individuals.

He will also devote time to custom accounting and consulting activities for high-net-worth family offices.

Schoppy is enrolled to practice before the Internal Revenue Service as an enrolled agent.

Announcements

Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads announced that associate Joshua Runyan won first place in the LL.M. division of the 19th annual Law Student Tax Challenge of the American Bar Association.

The competition was held in Boca Raton, Florida.

Runyan and a Temple University Beasley School of Law teammate detailed a series of complex issues in the fields of partnership tax, corporate tax, international tax and tax procedure.

An alternative to traditional moot court competitions, the Law Student Tax Challenge asks two-person teams of students to solve a business problem that might arise in everyday tax practice.

Teams are initially evaluated on a memorandum to a senior partner and a letter to a client explaining the result.

Ten teams are selected to move forward to the Section of Taxation 2020 Midyear Tax Meeting to defend their submissions before a panel of judges representing the country's top tax practitioners and government officials, including Tax Court judges.

Runyan is an associate in Montgomery McCracken's tax practice group.

He concentrates his practice in federal and state tax matters and estate planning.

Prior to joining Montgomery McCracken, Runyan was a judicial intern for Judge Anne E. Lazarus of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Runyan received his Juris Doctor from the Temple University Beasley School of Law.

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