People in the News—July 13, 2020—Capehart Scatchard, McAndrews Law Offices
Capehart Scatchard brought on four rising third-year law school students to its summer law clerk program, and McAndrews Law Offices announced that Jillian F. Zacks was honored with the Howard and Beverly Mermelstein Leadership Award at the Jewish Family and Community Services annual meeting.
July 13, 2020 at 11:00 AM
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Additions
Capehart Scatchard brought on four rising third-year law school students to its summer law clerk program.
The firm's 2020 summer law clerks are Meline Derderian of Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and Crosley Gagnon, Matthew Kountz and Nina Rodriguez of Rutgers Law School.
Capehart's summer program is designed to give law clerks an opportunity understand what it would be like to be a Capehart Scatchard associate.
Summer clerks work on real projects and have an opportunity to explore different areas of the law and to work directly with attorneys within the firm who concentrate in a variety of legal fields.
In addition to research and writing, summer clerks can remotely attend depositions, client meetings, hearings, conferences and closings.
Honored
McAndrews Law Offices announced that Jillian F. Zacks was honored with the Howard and Beverly Mermelstein Leadership Award at the Jewish Family and Community Services annual meeting. The Howard and Beverly Mermelstein Award was established in 1993 and is given to a JFCS board member who displays leadership, talent, commitment to the community and dedication to the mission of JFCS.
Zacks is currently serving as chair of the board of directors of JFCS and served on the executive committee for the past four years.
In addition, Zacks recently finished her term as chair of the board of directors of the Arc of Greater Pittsburgh and will continue to serve as a trustee of Achieva.
At McAndrews, Zacks concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, special needs trusts, guardianship, estate administration and orphans' court matters.
She works in the firm's Pittsburgh office.
Zacks represents individuals of varying net worth in the preparation of personalized estate plans.
Zacks has a concentration in special needs planning and provides services that may involve preparation of self-funded or third party special needs trusts, powers of attorney or representing individuals seeking to become a guardian of an adult individual with a disability.
Zacks also provides analysis of the use of life insurance products within estate plans, including irrevocable life insurance trusts.
She administers estates from death through estate closing, ranging from high-net-worth clients to insolvent estates.
In addition to her estate planning and administration practice, Zacks represents both individuals and corporate fiduciaries and beneficiaries in orphans' court matters.
She is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association and is a part of its probate and trust law section, its tax law section and its committee on law and disability.
She is also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh.
Zacks earned her Juris Doctor at University of Connecticut School of Law.
Announcements
ADR Options Inc., a provider of mediation and arbitration, announced that it moved to a new location.
The organization will now be located at 1800 JFK Blvd., Suite 1110, Philadelphia, PA 19103. ADR Options is currently providing socially distant arbitration and mediation hearings, as well as fully virtual hearings and hybrid hearings with some parties meeting in person and others via video conference.
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