The Philadelphia Business Journal notes that the national law firm of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, has hired regulatory attorney James J. Eisenhower as Of Counsel for its Philadelphia office. A distant relative of former President Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower was the 2000 and 2004 Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Pennsylvania. He focuses his practice on government and regulatory matters, as well as white collar crime.
Pennsylvania special education attorneys Michael J. Connolly and Stephen J. Jacobson of Connolly, Jacobson & John, LLP, were highlighted in The Legal Intelligencer regarding a CLE at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute discussing special education due process hearings.
The Legal Intelligencer also notes that Bucks County family law attorney Elizabeth J. Fineman, of Williams Family Law, P.C. in Doylestown co-presented a CLE at the Bucks County Bar Association entitled, “Understanding Stock Compensation in Divorce.”
First Federal of Bucks County has donated $50,000 in additional contributions to service organizations in Bucks County to help them continue their work in the community: Aldie Counseling Center, Bucks County Opportunity Council, Family Service Association, Habitat for Humanity, HealthLink Medical Center, NOVA, United Way of Bucks County, and Vita Education Services.
The Intelligencer and the Bucks County Courier Times note that First Federal of Bucks County and First Savings Bank of Perkasie have filed notices required to proceed with the next step of their announced unification.
Lehigh Valley Business shared the news that behavioral health services provider New Vitae Wellness and Recovery has launched a rebranding campaign. The organization offers behavioral health resources and caregiving options for those in need, including young adults age 18-25, veterans and those recovering from a traumatic brain injury.
Scranton-Wilkes Barre personal injury attorney, Peter Paul Olszewski, Jr., from the law firm of Scartelli Olszewski, P.C., is representing a couple and their son in a lawsuit described in a story in the Times-Tribune (Scranton). The suit alleges that a doctor performed a circumcision on the newborn boy’s penis, despite the presence of a birth defect that made the surgery inadvisable.
Tax attorney Stewart Weintraub of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry’s Philadelphia office will help lead advanced income, sales and use, and property tax seminars co-sponsored by the American Bar Association (ABA) Tax Section and the Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT). Weintraub is the overall chair of the ABA/IPT Advanced Tax Seminars.
The Upper Bucks Free Press notes that Judith O. Yanacek has been promoted to President and CEO of New Vitae Wellness and Recovery. Yanacek has more than 30 years of experience in the human services field, and began her career with the organization in 2003.