SIDEBAR - News and Happenings

Earlier this month, we celebrated the remarkable career of Chan Hosmer in our King of Prussia office, who retired after 20 years of dedication to our firm and to our clients. Known as a prominent litigator in the Philadelphia region, Chan tried 150 cases to verdict throughout his career. He served as a trusted partner to each client in every matter he handled. We thank Chan for his hard work and dedication that has greatly contributed to the success of our Health Care Department. Please join us in wishing him congratulations and happy retirement!

Please join us in welcoming Emily Giradi to our Pennsylvania Health Care team. Emily is an associate in our King of Prussia office.

Megan Nelson, an associate in our Orlando office, is presenting “Tort Reform: Where Do We Go from Here?” at the Florida Society for Health Care Risk Management & Patient Safety Annual Meeting and Education Conference. Megan will discuss House Bill 837, also known as the Florida Tort Reform Bill, which sets forth a new standard of admissibility of medical bills to prove damages, and the impact of how past medical care and future medical care may be presented. The conference takes place August 15 and 16 in Tampa. For more information, click here.

Congratulations to Gabor Ovari, an associate in King of Prussia, and Patricia Lafferty, special counsel in Scranton, for being selected as members of our 2024 Mock Trial Team. Each year, attorneys throughout our 19 offices are chosen to participate in our Advanced Trial Advocacy Mock Trial program and try a civil case in the firm’s “courtroom” in Philadelphia. Senior attorneys, including shareholder Paul Laughlin, serve as faculty, actors play the roles of witnesses and summer law clerks serve as jurors. This is a meaningful way to train and prepare our up-and coming attorneys to become the next generation of litigators at the firm. Marshall Dennehey was featured in a recent article in The Legal Intelligencer about the continued effectiveness and importance of this program.

Robert Aldrich, shareholder in Scranton, was elected to the Executive Board of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute as Secretary at the organization’s annual meeting in July. Rob has been a heavily involved board member of PDI for the past eight years. With his elevation to the Executive Board, he will begin his five-year term as PDI’s Secretary and will ultimately become PDI’s President. 

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