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Speakers

Appellate Law Group announced that Virginia Hinrichs McMichael is slated to be a panelist at the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Civil Litigation Section Retreat.

McMichael will participate in a panel titled "A Different Persuasion: Argument Before the Appellate Courts," during which she will present a mock oral argument before a panel of Pennsylvania judges.

McMichael, the founder and managing attorney of Appellate Law Group, represents clients in appeals to the Pennsylvania state and federal courts.

McMichael represents parties in civil and criminal appeals, including contract and land use disputes, and family law matters involving paternity, divorce and support.

The PBA Civil Litigation Retreat is set to be held from April 24 to 26 at the Grand Hotel in Cape May, New Jersey.

The retreat is open to all attorneys and includes 7 hours of CLE credit.

Additions

Timoney Knox announced that Robert M. Runyon III joined the firm, effective Feb. 3, as a partner.

Runyon, of Radnor, is part of the firm's insurance industry group.

He will concentrate his practice on complex insurance coverage, the litigation of commercial/extra-contractual matters and alternative dispute resolution.

Runyon's practice will focus on matters throughout the nation for both domestic insurers and the London market.

Prior to joining Timoney Knox, Runyon worked for the last eight years as a senior vice president for Chubb North America Claims.

While at Chubb, he was responsible for commercial property and marine claims handled with the assistance of independent adjusters across retail property, excess and surplus, multinational, inland marine, programs and specialty lines of business.

In addition, when he was in private practice, he led a catastrophic property loss team and represented insurance carriers in a range of complex, multimillion-dollar loss property coverage disputes.

He is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Runyon received his Juris Doctor degree from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law in 1996.

Events

Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law is set to host the Sixth annual Fashion Law Symposium, "The Many Faces of Fashion Law," from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.

The event, which will bring together lawyers and nonlawyers, focuses on the key players in the fashion industry.

This year's event will include discussions on how leaders of fashion companies interact with both inside and outside counsel to run their businesses.

Sponsored by the Fashion Law Society and the John F. Scarpa Center for Law and Entrepreneurship, the symposium features fashion experts and attorneys in the industry, including Maryann Lawrence, assistant general counsel at Chanel; Shane St. Hill, general counsel at Rent the Runway; Gail Wheeler, vice president, general counsel and secretary at Hermes; and Gabriela Guaracao, CEO and founder of Americae.

The program is approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education board for 3.5 substantive CLE credits.