People in the News—March 25, 2020—Cozen O'Connor
Cozen O'Connor and representatives from the firm's subsidiary businesses—CoSec Cybersecurity Services, Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies and ePas—teamed up to host the third Corporate Engagement Day with middle school students in the SquashSmarts program.
March 25, 2020 at 11:00 AM
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Cozen O'Connor and representatives from the firm's subsidiary businesses—CoSec Cybersecurity Services, Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies and ePas—teamed up to host the third Corporate Engagement Day with middle school students in the SquashSmarts program.
SquashSmarts is a youth enrichment program that combines the sport of squash with academics and community service.
Representing CoSec were directors Trevor McGuinness and Al Randle; representing ePas were directors Ed Stempinski, Joe Tate and Ken Carruth and associate Luke La Rocca; government relations specialist Heidi Franklin represented Public Strategies; and participants from the firm included the firm's managing partner Vincent McGuinness, chief diversity officer Lynnette Espy-Williams, chief financial and technology officer Brian Gillam, Hayes Hunt, Jeff Monhait, Matt Ohlheiser, Calli Padilla, Eli Wolfe, Rhonda Fulginiti and Emily Plowcha.
Elected and Appointed
Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads announced that partner David S. Blum was appointed by STC Healthcare Partners LLC, a partnership of Tower Health and Drexel University, to serve as chairman of the newly constituted board of trustees of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.
St. Christopher's Hospital's programs and pediatric specialists provide care to children from throughout the Greater Philadelphia area and around the world.
Former Montgomery McCracken chairmen Stephen A. Madva and Ralph W. Brenner both served as chairman of the board of governors of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.
Blum served as a member of the board of governors of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children between January 2015 and December 2019 when it was owned by Tenet Healthcare and later by Pennsylvania Academic Health Systems.
He served as board chair between January 2018 and December 2019.
Blum is a partner and chair of Montgomery McCracken's real estate practice group.
In his practice, he represents property owners, developers, investors and leasing and institutions in acquisition and sales transactions, debt and equity financing, leasing and condominium creation and in matters involving property ownership, development and management.
He represents multifamily, commercial and retail projects.
Blum's practice also involves representation of institutional and entrepreneurial clients, including architects, brokers and nonprofit organizations in transactions involving the creation of corporations, partnerships and other business enterprises, purchase and sale of real estate and business assets, development and lease of office and programmatic space, resolution of lease disputes, and analysis of zoning, code compliance and assessment issues.
Blum received his Juris Doctor from University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
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