Class Notes Winter 2017

Class of 2009

Bryan Adler, an associate with the Rothkoff Law Group in Trevose, Pa. was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Elder Law.

Andrew Albero, an associate at Eckert Seamans in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Medical Malpractice.

Sean Corgan, an associate at Ricci Tyrell Johnson & Grey in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Products Liability.

Nathan Fox, an associate at Begley Carlin & Mandio in Langhorne, Pa., was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Land Use and Zoning.

Mark Gottesfeld, an associate at Winebrake & Santillo in Dresher, Pa., was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Employment Litigation.

Jennifer Hermansky was named one of the Top 25 Women in Law for 2016 by The Legal Intelligencer. She is an associate at Greenberg Traurig in Philadelphia, where she represents clients in immigration matters. She was also rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Immigration Law.

Jacquelyn M. Kline, a partner at Cambria & Kline in Reading, Pa., was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Immigration Law.

Russell Krause, founder of Philly Auto Law in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Personal Injury Law.

Daniel R. Levine, an associate at Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Estate Planning & Probate.

Perry Liss, founder of the Law Offices of Perry Liss in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Real Estate.

Katherine Missimer, an associate at Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Business and Corporate Law.

Katherine M. Robinson, an associate at Obermayer Rebman Maxwell & Hippel in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Medical Malpractice.

Shira Katz Scanlon, a partner at Martine & Katz Scanlon in Voorhees, NJ, was rated a 2017 Rising Star in Family Law by Super Lawyers. In November, she received the inaugural award for outstanding achievement conferred by the Kline School of Law Alumni Council.

Daniel Siedman, an associate at Ciardi Ciardi & Astin in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Bankruptcy.

Joshua Voss, an associate at Kleinbard LLC in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Appellate Law.

Class of 2010

Juan Baez, deputy managing attorney for the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Legal Aid & Pro Bono.

Marni Sabrina Berger, an associate at Post & Schell in Philadelphia, has been named a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Insurance Coverage.

Michael J. Connolly, an associate at Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin in Scranton, Pa. has been named a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Civil Litigation.

Gerard Donovan, an associate at Reed Smith in Washington, D.C., was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Intellectual Property Law.

Raphael Duran, an associate at Marshall Dennehey in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Workers’ Compensation.

Patrick Egan was promoted to senior manager of compliance operations at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in September.

Janine Franey, an associate at Reed Smith in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Business and Corporate Law.

Shabrei Parker, of counsel at Mincey & Fitzpatrick in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Family Law. She also joined the Kline School of Law adjunct faculty, teaching Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation.

Dena Young, an associate at Ross Feller Casey in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Class Action & Mass Torts.

Class of 2011

Leigh Ann Culpan, an associate at Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Employment & Labor Law.

Kevin Demko, an associate at Saltz Matkoc in Wayne, Pa., was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Business Litigation.

Kevin Falkenstein, an associate at Stark & Stark in Marlton, NJ, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Family Law.

Priscilla Jimenez, an associate at Kline & Specter, was appointed to the board of the Public Interest Law Center. She is also president of the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania. She was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Personal Injury Law.

Devon Morrissey, an associate at White and Williams in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Real Estate.

Monica Clarke Platt, an associate at Klehr Harrison in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Business Litigation.

Diana Silva, an associate at Manko Gold Katcher & Fox in Bala Cynwyd, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Environmental Litigation.

Class of 2012

Tanishka Cruz, an attorney with the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville, Va., was featured in a National Public Radio story about her representation of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum from El Salvador.

Anthony Diulio, an associate at Jonathan Wheeler PC in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Insurance Coverage.

Ben Simmons, an associate at DeFino Law Associates in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in General Litigation.

Shelby Skeabeck, an attorney at Shawe Rosenthal in Baltimore, testified before the Maryland General Assembly on employment-related legislation on behalf of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce.

John Steed, an attorney and manager of the Law Offices of Ellen Best’s practice in Stonington, Me., won his first jury trial in September, when a jury acquitted his client of aggravated cruelty in a puppy’s death.

Joanna Suder, a deputy attorney general in Delaware, was listed as a “Top Lawyer” for 2016 by Delaware Today magazine.

Justin Tomevi, an associate at Barley Snyder in York, Pa., was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Business Litigation.

Class of 2013

Kiandra Bair, an associate at McNees Wallace & Nurick in Lancaster, Pa., secured a commutation of a client’s 20-year-to-life sentence from President Obama in a pro bono case.

Mauricio Cuellar, an associate at Laurletta Birnbaum in Sewell, NJ, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Real Estate, Land Use/Zoning and Business/Corporate Law.

Lara Dellegrotti is an associate at Marshall Dennehey in Camp Hill, Pa., where she focuses on professional liability and employment matters.

Rachel King is an associate at Eckert Seamans in Philadelphia, where she focuses on labor and employment law.

Nadum, founder of Nadum Law Associates in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Criminal Defense.

Class of 2014

Lane Jubb, an associate at the Beasley Firm in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Medical Malpractice.

Meghan Kelley was appointed a Presidential Management Fellow at the Federal Transit Administration in Washington, D.C. She serves as an environmental protection specialist in the agency's Office of Environmental Programs, where she assists with the environmental review process for proposed public transportation projects and helps draft environmental regulations and guidance.

Lauren Strebel, an associate at Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender in Philadelphia, wrote an article in October about Justice Louis D. Brandeis for the Philadelphia Bar Reporter, for which she serves as an associate editor.

Brittany Wakim, an associate at Eckert Seamans in Philadelphia, was rated a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Civil Litigation.

John Wilson is a Navy JAG attorney, stationed in Naples, Italy.

Class of 2015

Margaret Costello is an associate at Rawle & Henderson in Philadelphia, where she concentrates her practice on casualty and premises liability matters.

Mallory Deardorff-Dawson is an attorney at Reiling Teder & Schrier in Lafayette, Ind., where she focuses her practice on corporate and business law, commercial litigation, creditor reprsentation, real estate transactions, banking law and estate planning services.

Kia Ghee Eneanya is an assistant city solicitor with the City of Philadelphia Law Department, where she handles labor and employment matters.

Karen Grethlein is an associate at Kane Pugh Knoell Troy & Kramer in Norristown, Pa., where she is part of a defense litigation team that represents employers, insurance companies and individuals.

Connor Hackert, who is completing a clerkship in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, will join the US. Department of Justice Civil Division as an Honors Attorney in Washington, D.C., starting in October.

Deenah Kogan, an associate at Galfand Berger in Philadelphia, wrote an article about her experience in pro bono service for the Philadelphia Bar Reporter in October.

Alisha Lubin and Daniella Price were elected to the executive committee of the National Bar Association’s Women Lawyers Division, Philadelphia Chapter. Price, elected president of the chapter, and Lubin, elected vice president, are both clerks in the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania.

Alexandra Rogin is an associate at Eckert Seamans in Wilmington and Philadelphia, where she focuses on corporate and commercial litigation matters including stockholder disputes, breaches of fiduciary duties, corporate governance and contract disputes.

Class of 2016

Andrew J. Bond is an associate at Eckert Seamans in Philadelphia, where he focuses on professional liability matters, emphaszing defense of health care providers, hospitals and physicians in complex medical malpractice actions.

Ernie Holtzheimer, an associate at Montgomery, McCracken, was selected to join the American Bar Association’s Business Law Fellows Committee and he was elected to the executive advisory board of Special Olympics Pennsylvania.

Kate Lewis is an assistant district attorney with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.

Casey McCurdy is an associate at Marks O’Neill O’Brien Doherty & Kelly in Philadelphia, where he focuses on Toxic Tort, Mass Tort and Product Liability.

Geoff Middleberg has launched a political research business, Dark Horse Strategy, based in Arlington, Va.

J. Hunter Morris is an assistant district attorney at the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office in San Antonio, Tex.