Conrad O'Brien contributors during the “wrapping party,” with all of the gifts going to a PathWays family.

Events

Conrad O’Brien attorneys and staff participated in the PathWays PA Adopt-A-Family program, which pairs sponsors with a PathWays PA client family to contribute gifts and necessities for the holiday season.

Conrad O’Brien participates in this program annually to buy gifts for a family and then gather to wrap gifts for the donation.

Conrad O’Brien shareholder, Patricia Hamill, is a former board member of PathWays PA. PathWays PA is a social service agency that provides service and advocacy for women, children and families while helping them achieve self-sufficiency and family well-being.

Additions

Andrew C. Warren was named associate to The Chartwell Law Office’s Philadelphia office.

Prior to passing the bar, Warren worked as a law clerk with the firm assisting with workers’ compensation and general liability.

Warren focuses his practice on workers’ compensation representing large employers and insurance carriers. He also practices general liability.

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Kang Haggerty & Fetbroyt, a business litigation boutique with offices in Philadelphia and Marlton, New Jersey, added associate Beth A. Hurley and law clerk Mika Kapnoutzi.

Hurley concentrates her practice in business litigation, class action and commercial litigation.

Prior to joining Kang Haggerty, Hurley gained litigation experience serving as an assistant district attorney in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and Brooklyn, New York. In addition, she worked as an investigative attorney for the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and prosecuted cases involving economic crimes, enterprise corruption, organized crime and environmental crimes.

Hurley is admitted to the practice of law in Pennsylvania and New York.

Kapnoutzi is a licensed attorney in Greece, permitting her to practice law in Europe.

She will serve as a law clerk at Kang Haggerty until fulfilling requirements to sit for the bar in the United States.

Honored

On Nov. 9, the Montgomery Bar Association women in the law committee’s Margaret Richardson Award was presented to Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Risa Vetri Ferman.

The award was presented at the Sheraton Valley Forge Hotel by Pennsylvania Superior Court President Judge Susan Peikes Gantman and last year’s Margaret Richardson Award winner, state Rep. Kate Harper.

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