PLW People in the News—July 28, 2020—Strassburger McKenna, Fox Rothschild
Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky announced the addition of James Norris to the firm, and Olufunke O. Leroy, an associate in the real estate department at Fox Rothschild, was named a real property fellow by the real property, trusts and estates section of the American Bar Association.
July 28, 2020 at 11:30 AM
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Additions
Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky announced the addition of James Norris to the firm.
Norris will join as of counsel in Strassburger McKenna's Pittsburgh-based office this summer.
Norris comes from a background in commercial litigation, representing clients in contract, fraud, insurance coverage, construction, public utilities and RICO disputes.
He also has experience counseling clients in municipal, business and employment matters, which includes hiring and discharge practices, prevention and defense of discrimination claims, and reducing workers' compensation costs to the employer.
With his new role at Strassburger McKenna, Norris will focus in the practice areas of litigation and employer-employee relations.
He will also continue as chief counsel to the Allegheny Regional Asset District.
Norris received his Juris Doctor from the Duquesne University School of Law in 1978.
Elected and Appointed
Olufunke O. Leroy, an associate in the real estate department at Fox Rothschild, was named a real property fellow by the real property, trusts and estates section of the American Bar Association.
The fellows program encourages young lawyers to be involved in section activities and provides them opportunities to develop their leadership skills.
Leroy is a transactional attorney whose practice spans commercial real estate and mortgage lending industries.
She assists property developers and managers with zoning and land use, title and survey review, real estate financing and transactions, landlord-tenant matters and property tax assessment appeals.
She has experience with contracts, entity formation and corporate governance and regulatory compliance in connection to general transactional law.
She also counsels public and private mortgage banking lenders on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other institutional lending programs.
Her representations focus on originating, selling and servicing loan transactions sold to secondary market investors.
Leroy also has experience in energy law and assists with energy and utilities matters. Before joining the firm, Leroy was an associate in the Wilmington, Delaware, office of a regional law firm.
She was previously a law clerk to Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy J. Holland and a judicial extern to U.S. District Judge Christopher J. Burke of the District of Delaware.
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