John M. Dodig of the Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock and Dodig LLP, has been certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a civil trial lawyer. A small percentage of lawyers receive this designation in New Jersey with only a handful from Pennsylvania to receive the honor.
EndDD.org, an organization started by Joel Feldman and Dianne Anderson after they lost their daughter Casey to a pedestrian accident involving a distracted driver, has published a white paper with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Research Institute, “Evaluation of EndDD.org’s Student Awareness Initiative: Effectiveness of a Program to Prevent Teen Distracted Driving.”
Elizabeth S. Fenton, a shareholder in the Philadelphia office of business law firm Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, recently led a panel discussion for CLE credit. “Lean In For Lawyers,” was held at the annual conference of the Section for Litigation of the American Bar Association.
First Federal of Bucks County held a pair of information sessions for people looking more about buying a home and the fundamentals of bank lending products with their Homebuyer Seminar and Lending Open House.
Litigator Howard Hopson recently joined the staff at USClaims in Moorestown, NJ as an underwriter for the company.
Philip Karter, a shareholder at the Philadelphia office of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, has been named among the top lawyers in America according to Chambers USA, a world-wide legal ranking guide.
Philadelphia federal criminal defense attorney Hope Lefeber was quoted in a news story in The Legal Intelligencer on the importance of the makeup of the jury in the ongoing Philadelphia Traffic Court trial.
Peter Paul Olszewski, Jr., managing partner of the Wilkes-Barre and Scranton personal injury law firm, Scartelli Olszewski, P.C., was quoted in a story in the (Wilkes-Barre) Times Leader on his participation in a seminar for the Wilkes-Barre Crime Watch Coalition.
Jeffrey Williams of Bucks County’s Williams Family Law, P.C., recently celebrated five years as a member of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers. Membership is limited to the top 100 family law attorneys in the country and offers the ability to share ideas on the most progressive issues in family law.
Labor and employment law firm Willig, Williams & Davidson has hired Emma Rebhorn, as an associate. Rebhorn specializes in labor laws and union representation.
Jewish Exponent notes that Stewart M. Weintraub, shareholder in the Philadelphia office of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement award from The Legal Intelligencer, an ALM publication.
Ezra Wohlgelernter, partner with Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock and Dodig, LLP, was recently elected Vice President to the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, the commonwealth’s oldest trial lawyer organization.
