PLW People in the News—June 16, 2020—Meyer Unkovic, Post & Schell
Meyer, Unkovic & Scott added Brittany M. Bloam as an associate to the firm's litigation and dispute resolution practice group, and Post & Schell professional liability and casualty litigation principal Joseph N. Bongiovanni IV was appointed as a hearing committee member of the disciplinary board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in District I.
June 16, 2020 at 11:30 AM
3 minute read
Photo: Dragon Images/Shutterstock.com
Additions
Meyer, Unkovic & Scott added Brittany M. Bloam as an associate to the firm's litigation and dispute resolution practice group.
Bloam represents business clients in a variety of litigation matters, including complex commercial disputes, land use and real estate issues, construction cases and employment issues.
She also has experience counseling employers in preventing and defending workers' compensation claims and represents parties in personal injury, negligence and bad faith insurance matters.
Bloam is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Allegheny County Bar Association.
She also serves on the leadership board of the American Lung Association and on the board of WoMEN-PGH and is a member of the National Association of Women in Construction.
Bloam earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.
Elected and Appointed
Post & Schell professional liability and casualty litigation principal Joseph N. Bongiovanni IV was appointed as a hearing committee member of the disciplinary board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in District I.
His appointment is effective July 1 and lasts for a three-year term.
Hearing committee members serve the board as volunteers in their respective districts to conduct hearings and act as a formal reviewing body to determine if a case might move forward in pursuit of a particular course of discipline.
Disciplinary board members appoint approximately 150 hearing committee members for a term of three years and may be reappointed for a second three-year term.
Bongiovanni represents clients in complex litigation, including claims involving medical malpractice, professional liability, premises liability and products liability, among others.
He coordinates Post & Schell's annual Week of Giving, which benefits communities and individuals throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.
He is also a member of the board of the Philadelphia chapter of Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation.
Bongiovanni clerked for Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille.
He earned his Juris Doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law and is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Announcements
Attention young lawyers!
Send in your questions for a new Q&A advice column for the Young Lawyers page in The Legal.
A panel of experts from the law firm Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis will answer a few selected questions in each monthly column, advising young lawyers about their career, professional development, office politics, business development, pro bono work, relationships with mentors and colleagues, and so on.
Email your questions to [email protected].
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
Law Firms Mentioned
Trending Stories
- 1Uber Files RICO Suit Against Plaintiff-Side Firms Alleging Fraudulent Injury Claims
- 2The Law Firm Disrupted: Scrutinizing the Elephant More Than the Mouse
- 3Inherent Diminished Value Damages Unavailable to 3rd-Party Claimants, Court Says
- 4Pa. Defense Firm Sued by Client Over Ex-Eagles Player's $43.5M Med Mal Win
- 5Losses Mount at Morris Manning, but Departing Ex-Chair Stays Bullish About His Old Firm's Future
Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
