People in the News—March 18, 2019—Schnader Harrison
Events
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis supported the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Pennsylvania’s drive to collect warm blankets and winter coats.
Schnader’s Edward Sholinsky is vice president of the board of HIAS Pennsylvania, a nonprofit that focuses on providing legal and social services to immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
Elected and Appointed
Cheng I. To was promoted to partner of Rawle & Henderson.
To, based in the firm’s Philadelphia office, represents businesses and individuals in complex litigation matters.
She handles premises liability, construction defect, dram shop, motor vehicle, transportation, catastrophic injury and death matters in the state and federal courts and alternative dispute forums.
To earned a J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law.
While in law school, she was a legal intern with the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.
After graduation, she served as a judicial clerk to Judge Joseph E. Kane of the Atlantic County Superior Court, Civil Division.
To is admitted to practice in the state courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the U.S. District Court of New Jersey.
To is a certified Philadelphia arbitrator.
Honored
The Pennsylvania Bar Association presented a County Bar Recognition Award to the Philadelphia Bar Association during the 53rd annual seminar of the Conference of County Bar Leaders.
Recognized for its study on the economic return on investment of providing counsel in Philadelphia eviction cases for low-income tenants, the Philadelphia Bar Association is one of 22 local bar associations in Pennsylvania honored this year for sponsoring projects that improve the legal profession, justice system or community.
The Conference of County Bar Leaders, whose membership includes leaders from county bar associations throughout the state and from the Pennsylvania Bar Association, organizes a yearly educational conference focusing on the exchange of innovative bar association projects and ideas and on the development of mutually beneficial relationships among bar leaders that improve the legal profession.
Founded in 1895, the Pennsylvania Bar Association strives to promote justice, professional excellence and respect for the law; improve public understanding of the legal system; facilitate access of legal services; and serve the lawyer members of the state’s largest organized bar association.
Announcements
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