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March 19, 2008Shareholder Ed Rice has authored the legal reference book Pennsylvania Secured Transactions Under Revised Article 9 of the UCC, Forms and Practice Manual, which was published this winter by Data Trace Publishing Company. The book covers a comprehensive review of the law in Pennsylvania for secured transactions under revised Article 9 of the UCC. Attorney Sharon M. Menchyk is a contributing author of the book.Mr. Rice is a member of the firm’s Financial Services and Corporate Services groups, and Ms. Menchyk is a member of the firm’s Financial Services, Corporate Services and Litigation Services groups. January 10, 2008Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C. is pleased to announce the election of Matt A. Jarrell as a Shareholder and Director of the firm.Mr. Jarrell is a member of the firm’s Financial Services, Corporate and Litigation Groups. In addition to providing financial and transactional services, Mr. Jarrell also devotes a significant amount of his practice to counseling companies involved in the production, transmission and distribution of oil and gas on various matters including negotiation and drafting of leases and other contracts as well as regulatory matters. The firm is also pleased to announce the election of Robert J. Courie as a Director of the firm. Mr. Courie is a member of the firm’s Corporate, Real Estate and Financial Services Groups. Mr. Courie’s practice includes counseling entrepreneurs and business entities on a wide range of legal issues including entity formation, financing, contract, employment and real and intellectual property matters. Mr. Courie also represents owners of commercial real estate in connection with acquisition and sale transactions, financing and leasing and development activity. The firm also recently promoted Jennifer R. Applegate to the position of Senior Associate. Ms. Applegate is a member of the firm’s Corporate Services Group and counsels clients in the areas of corporate law and real estate. December 4, 2007Shareholder Ed Rice presented a lecture on behalf of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute on Privacy and Information Security on November 28, 2007, in Pittsburgh, PA.Mr. Rice's practice focuses extensively on information security and related technical matters for sophisticated clients, including financial institutions and application service providers. Mr. Rice is a frequent lecturer on topics such as privacy and security and consumer financial services issues. Mr. Rice is a member of the bar of New York and Pennsylvania. December 3, 2007Erin E. Milliken was named a 2007 Pennsylvania Rising Star by Philadelphia Magazine. The complete list of Pennsylvania Rising Stars will be included in a special December issue of Philadelphia Magazine, published by Law & Politics. The award recognizes just 2.5 percent of Pennsylvania attorneys.Ms. Milliken is an associate at the firm, practicing in the Insurance Coverage Services Group. She represents primary and excess insurance carriers in various complex insurance coverage matters involving professional lines of insurance including, fiduciary liability, directors and officers liability and professional errors and omissions liability. November 7, 2007Shareholder Paul David Burke was recently elected to serve as the Vice Chairman of Jumonville.Jumonville, a premier Christian camp, conference and retreat center located south of Uniontown, Pennsylvania atop Chestnut Ridge, is affiliated with The Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church. Mr. Burke is a member of the firm’s Financial Services Group and Litigation Services Group. November 7, 2007The Third Circuit Court of Appeals Bar Association was founded during this past summer by attorneys from all districts which form the Third Circuit. Shareholder James R. Hankle was a founding member of the Association.The Association was formed to improve the quality of appellate practice and facilitate relationships between the Court and those practicing before the Third Circuit. Mr. Hankle is a member of the firm’s Litigation Services Group and has practiced before the Third Circuit on various appellate matters since 1982. November 7, 2007Director Christine M. Long, a board member of the St. Thomas More Society, participated in presenting the 49th Annual Red Mass sponsored by the Society. The Red Mass was held on October 23, 2007 at St. Mary of Mercy Church.Bishop David Zubick, the newly ordained bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, presided at the Red Mass which honored Judge Kate Ford Elliot the first woman president judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Ms. Long is a member of the Estates and Trusts Services Group and practices in the areas of tax and domestic relations as well. Ms. Long, a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Family Law Section Council Guidelines Subcommittee has recently been named Chair of that Section’s Mentoring Subcommittee. Ms. Long spoke, by invitation of the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of Public Accountants, on the tax aspects of separation and divorce and specific ethical problems associated with representing either or both of the parties in a divorce under new regulations issued relative to Practice before the Internal Revenue Service (Circular 230). November 7, 2007Shareholder Samuel J. Pasquarelli successfully argued a case of first impression in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, in which, the Commonwealth Court was asked to determine whether, under the Pennsylvania Workman’s Compensation Act, a spouse who was receiving workers’ compensation benefits as a result of the death of her husband in a work related accident would have her benefits reduced when she began to receive social security benefits at the age of 65.The Commonwealth Court held that the Act did not provide for such a reduction and the spouse could continue to receive both the full workers’ compensation benefits as well as her social security benefits. Frank Bryan, Inc. v. Worker’s Compensation Appeal Board, 921 A.2d 546 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2007). Mr. Pasquarelli has also recently been named one of two trustees of the Kathryn Dinardo Fund, a charitable fund that supports charitable endeavors as selected by the trustees. The fund provides funding in the amount of $200,000 annually for various charitable organizations. November 7, 2007Shareholder Gary Philip Nelson, having been named one of "The Best Lawyers in America" (Woodward/White), was selected by his peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2007 (Law & Politics). In earning his Pennsylvania Super Lawyer recognition, Mr. Nelson was one of the top 50 recipients for votes cast for Pittsburgh lawyers. Mr. Nelson is a Shareholder and Director of the firm and a member of the firm's Financial Services Group. November 7, 2007Shareholder John P. Edgar, a member of the firm’s Litigation Services Group, successfully represented Geneva College against the efforts of a trustee to revise the terms of a charitable trust to provide new grants to charities on whose boards he or his wife sat at the expense of four charities named by the donors.Mr. Edgar was first to identify the improper shift and file an Objection in the Orphan’s Court of Allegheny County. The Court ruled that the trustee could not reallocate the funds as he sought to do, but instead, must comply with the trust as it was written. Mr. Edgar’s successful legal work allowed the local college as well as the three other beneficiaries to receive funds from the trust in the manner the trust provided. This past summer John Edgar was again elected a Trustee of the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America. This is his eighth three-year term over the past 30 years. Mr. Edgar also serves as a Trustee of Geneva College. November 7, 2007Talking Steel Towns: The Men and Women of America’s Steel Valley by Ellie Wymard.Sherrard, German & Kelly. P.C. is pleased to announce that Ellie Wymard, wife of Director Joseph M. Wymard, recently published Talking Steel Towns: The Men and Women of America’s Steel Valley. The book tells the stories of the men and women who lived and worked in the steel industry and how their work and customs affected the region. The book is available in most major and regional bookstores in the Pittsburgh area. November 7, 2007Du-Co Ceramics Company Selected as Finalist for Manufacturer of the Year Awards.A Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C. client, Du-Co Ceramics Company, was recently selected as a finalist for the 2007 Manufacturer of the Year Awards presented by the Pittsburgh Business Times. Du-Co is a world leader in the production of precision ceramic insulators for consumer and commercial products. Du-Co and other finalists will be honored at an awards ceremony on December 6, 2007 at the Omni-William Penn Hotel. Shareholder Eric C. Springer nominated Du-Co for the Manufacturer of the Year Award, along with Carl J. Sauer of Edwards Sauer & Owens and Christine Murray of Citizens Bank. We congratulate Du-Co, its senior management team, and all of its employees on this prestigious achievement, and we extend our best wishes for its selection as Manufacturer of the Year. November 7, 2007SouthwestUSA Bank TurnaroundSouthwestUSA Bank, a Nevada Financial institution, recently announced its release from the restrictions of a cease and desist order by the FDIC and State Department of Business and Industry. SouthwestUSA Bank was placed under a cease and desist order in November, 2006. The institution retained long-term firm client and friend, Patrick Wisman of PB Solutions as Chairman and CEO of the financial institution to assist in its turnaround. Mr. Wisman, with his over 35 years of bank turnaround experience, and the Bank’s senior management team, are credited for implementing one of the quickest turnarounds of a financial institution in recent banking history. In less than ten (10) months, bank management addressed and complied with the terms of the cease and desist order such that on October 16, 2007, the institution was formally released from the order. Sherrard, German & Kelly attorney and turnaround consultant, Eric C. Springer, assisted SouthwestUSA Bank with certain regulatory and management issues impacting the institution. Mr. Springer has worked with Mr. Wisman in a number of successful bank turnarounds over the past 20 years. We congratulate SouthwestUSA Bank on this significant achievement and we wish it continued success. November 7, 2007Sherrard, German & Kelly. P.C. was a Gold Sponsor of Financial Industries Network Golf Event on August 14th at Butler Country Club.The Financial Industries Network is a non-profit organization of executives and other senior-level managers from a variety of regional companies, banks and financial institutions, as well as accountants, investment advisors, securities brokers, tax consultants, business consultants, attorneys and other professionals. The group meets quarterly to network and discuss issues involving corporate and personal finance. The firm has been involved with the Financial Industries Network for many years and Sherrard, German & Kelly Shareholder Eric C. Springer serves as its current president. November 7, 2007Sherrard, German & Kelly. P.C. is pleased to announce that Beverly A. Block and Christopher J. Davis have joined the firm as associates in the firm’s Litigation Services Group.Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Block served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Jeffery A. Deller of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and also practiced commercial litigation as an associate at a large international law firm. Ms. Block received her law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2004 and her B.A., with distinction, in Philosophy and Hebrew from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Davis was an associate at a mid-sized litigation firm in Pittsburgh. Mr. Davis received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2004 and his B.A. from the University of Virginia in 1999 in Government. Both Ms. Block’s and Mr. Davis’ practice will focus on civil litigation with an emphasis on commercial matters. November 7, 2007Sherrard, German & Kelly. P.C. is pleased to announce that Kenneth J. Yarsky, II and Robert B. Brown, Jr. have joined the firm as shareholders and directors. Both gentlemen are members of the firm’s recently formed Real Estate Services Group. Mr. Yarsky and Mr. Brown were formerly members of the firm Yarsky & Brown, LLP.Kenneth Yarsky’s practice focuses on all aspects of real estate, business and banking, estate planning, estate administration, creditor’s rights, civil litigation and title insurance litigation. His real estate practice with developers and lenders includes acquisition, development, construction, finance, leasing and zoning. Mr. Yarsky is a frequent lecturer on real estate law and related law for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Allegheny County Bar Association, and various other providers of continuing education for legal, real estate, accounting, banking and insurance professionals. Robert Brown’s practice is concentrated in all aspects of real estate law, including commercial and residential real estate purchases and sales, real estate finance, commercial leasing, zoning and land use, assessment appeals and real estate-related litigation. In addition, Mr. Brown counsels clients in the acquisition, sale and formation of their businesses, and in the planning and administration of their personal estates. October 22, 2007Shareholder Ed Rice has completed the manuscript for the legal reference book Pennsylvania Secured Transactions Under Revised Article 9 of the UCC, Forms and Practice Manual, to be published this winter, 2007, by Data Trace Publishing Company. The book covers the revised Article 9, and contains an extensive set of forms that can be used by the practitioner in secured commercial transactions.Attorney Sharon M. Menchyk is a contributing author of the book. Mr. Rice is a member of the firm’s Financial Services and Corporate Services groups, and Ms. Menchyk is a member of the firm’s Financial Services and Litigation groups. October 22, 2007Shareholder Ed Rice will again present a lecture on behalf of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute on Privacy and Security on November 28, 2007, in Pittsburgh.Mr. Rice’s practice focuses extensively on information security and related technical matters for sophisticated clients, including financial institutions and application service providers. Mr. Rice is a frequent lecturer on topics such as privacy and security and consumer financial services issues. Mr. Rice is a member of the bar of New York and Pennsylvania. June 28, 2007SGK is a Platinum Sponsor of the Financial Industries Network Event on June 28th on the topic of “Small and Mid-Size Business Valuation Issues” at the Duquesne Club. SGK attorney Eric C. Springer serves as its current President.June 25, 2007Sherrard, German & Kelly is a Silver Sponsor of Family Guidance’s Tenth Annual Golf Outing on June 25th at the Club at Nevillewood. Proceeds benefit Family Guidance’s efforts to provide scholarships to send area at-risk children to Promise Camp which focuses on mentoring, outreach and faith-based guidance. For more information about Family Guidance, click here.June 18, 2007Sherrard, German & Kelly is a Gold Sponsor for HEARTH’s 12th Annual Golf Outing at Sewickley Heights Golf Club. SGK’s Eric C. Springer is the Chairman of the Golf Event and has been a long-standing member of the Board. For more information about HEARTH or the Event, click here.May 21, 2007Shareholder Ed Rice has been selected to appear in the 2007-2008 edition of the Marquis Who's Who in American Law. Ed is a member of the firm's Financial Services and Corporate Services practice groups.May 16, 2007Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C. is pleased to announce that a group of four attorneys who specialize in insurance coverage matters has joined the firm. They are Stanley J. Lehman and Karen Y. Bonvalot, who come to the firm as shareholders and directors, and Erin E. Milliken and Samuel J. Toney IV, who are associates. All four were previously with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Pittsburgh’s third-largest law firm. Earlier they were with the firm of Klett, Rooney, Lieber & Schorling PC, which merged with Buchanan Ingersoll in July 2006. Ms. Bonvalot is an active litigator practicing in the areas of insurance defense as well as litigation issues faced by local universities. Her practice also includes litigation involving family and closely held business disputes. Ms. Milliken and Mr. Toney represent insurance carriers in coverage matters primarily involving policies issued to mutual funds, investment companies, banks, fiduciaries, directors and officers and various professionals. April 21, 2007Rainbow Gala Sponsorship. SGK was a Silver Sponsor for this year’s Rainbow Gala benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation on April 21, 2007. Robert D. German is the former Chairman of the International Board of Directors. The Rainbow Gala raised a record-breaking $1.1 million from the Event. For more information, click here.November 7, 2006Ed Rice, shareholder of Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C., participated as a panelist in an identity theft and information security discussion at the November 6, 2006 Financial Industries Network (FIN) event held at the Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The topic presented was “Identity Theft and Corporate Fraud: Recent Schemes, Solutions and Regulatory Developments.” Over 90 people attended this function to hear Mr. Rice and three other panelists from the financial services industry discuss this timely and important topic. FIN is a non-profit organization of executives and other senior-level managers from a variety of regional companies and banking and finance-related industries, as well as accountants, investment advisors, securities brokers, tax consultants, business consultants, attorneys and other professionals. FIN meets quarterly to network and discuss issues involving corporate and personal finance. Sherrard, German & Kelly has been involved with FIN for many years and Sherrard, German & Kelly shareholder, Eric Springer, is the current President. Please contact Ed Rice for more details on issues concerning information, security and identity theft and Eric Springer for more information on FIN. September 25, 2006Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C. was a silver sponsor for The Art of Wine and Food event held on Thursday, September 28, 2006 to benefit HEARTH.HEARTH is a non-profit entity that runs Benedictine Place in the North Hills, a transitional housing program for homeless women and children providing a continuum of care that empowers participants to become independent and economically self-sufficient. The focus of Benedictine Place is to provide a safe place for families to live along with necessary support to enable mothers to complete educational or training programs, all while parenting their children and maintaining jobs. In the past few years, HEARTH has helped hundreds of mothers and children in their efforts to transition from homelessness to self-sufficiency. Sherrard, German & Kelly's shareholder Eric Springer has been on the HEARTH board for over 6 years and has agreed to serve for another 3 year term. Mr. Springer has served in numerous positions including serving as its current Vice President and serving on its Executive, Finance, Community Housing Development, Board Development and Golf Committees. He has served as the Chairman the Golf Committee for the past 2 years. Please contact Eric Springer for more information on HEARTH. September 1, 2006Peter Y. Herchenroether, shareholder of Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C., has been elected to a four year term on the Board of Trustees of Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA.Mr. Herchenroether received his BA in History, summa cum laude, from Westminster College in 1976 and received his JD from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1979. He is currently serving as a member of the Probate and Trust Law Section Council of the Allegheny County Bar Association. His practice focuses on personal estate planning and estate administration and as counsel to several non-profit charitable organizations. August 15, 2006Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C. was a Platinum Sponsor for Financial Institutions Network (FIN) golf event held on August 14, 2006 at the Butler Country Club.FIN is a non-profit organization of executives and other senior-level managers from a variety of regional companies and banking and finance-related industries, as well as accountants, investment advisors, securities brokers, tax consultants, business consultants, attorneys and other professionals. FIN meets quarterly to network and discuss issues involving corporate and personal finance. Sherrard, German & Kelly has been involved with FIN for many years and Sherrard, German & Kelly shareholder Eric Springer is the current President. Please contact Eric Springer for more information on FIN. July 1, 2006Gary P. Nelson, shareholder of Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C., was selected as a Pennsylvania 2006 Super Lawyer.Mr. Nelson's practice includes loan transactions, restructurings, litigation, and bankruptcy. Mr. Nelson is admitted to the Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania and the United States, the Third and Fourth Circuits Courts of Appeal, and the Federal Courts in the Western District of Pennsylvania, and has appeared in Bankruptcy Courts throughout the country. Mr. Nelson is a senior hearing committee member appointed by the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. June 19, 2006Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C. was a Gold Sponsor for HEARTH's 11th Annual Golf Outing held on June 19, 2006.HEARTH is a non-profit entity that runs Benedictine Place in the North Hills, a transitional housing program for homeless women and children providing a continuum of care that empowers participants to become independent and economically self-sufficient. The focus of Benedictine Place is to provide a safe place for families to live along with necessary support to enable mothers to complete educational or training programs, all while parenting their children and maintaining jobs. In the past few years, HEARTH has helped hundreds of mothers and children in their efforts to transition from homelessness to self-sufficiency. Sherrard, German & Kelly shareholder Eric Springer has been on the HEARTH board for over 6 years and has agreed to serve for another 3 year term. Mr. Springer has served in numerous positions including serving as its current Vice President and serving on its Executive, Finance, Community Housing Development, Board Development and Golf Committees. He has served as the Chairman the Golf Committee for the past 2 years. Please contact Eric Springer for more information on HEARTH. May 25, 2006Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C. was a Gold Sponsor of the Financial Industries Network (FIN) dinner event held at the Duquesne Club on May 25, 2006, where Dennis Yablonsky, Pennsylvania Secretary of Community and Economic Development was the featured speaker.Mr. Yablonsky provided an update on the status of and plans for economic development in Western Pennsylvania. FIN is a non-profit organization of executives and other senior-level managers from a variety of regional companies and banking and finance-related industries, as well as accountants, investment advisors, securities brokers, tax consultants, business consultants, attorneys and other professionals. FIN meets quarterly to network and discuss issues involving corporate and personal finance. Sherrard, German & Kelly has been involved with FIN for many years and Sherrard, German & Kelly shareholder Eric Springer is the current President. Please contact Eric Springer for more information on FIN. May 1, 2006Robert D. German, managing shareholder of Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C., was honored at the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's (JDRF) Rainbow Gala held on April 29, 2006.Mr. German was honored for his significant contributions to advancing juvenile diabetes research. Mr. German is the former Chairman of the Board of the JDRF International and has been active in the local and national JDRF for over 15 years. JDRF is the leading charitable funding organization and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1diabetes is a disease which strikes children suddenly and requires multiple injections of insulin daily or a continuous infusion of insulin through a pump. Insulin, however, is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its eventual and devastating complications which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. Since its founding in 1970 by parents of children with type 1 diabetes, JDRF has awarded more than $1 billion to diabetes research, including more than $123 million in FY2006. In FY2006, the Foundation funded 500 centers, grants and fellowships in 20 countries. Please contact Rob German for more information on JDRF.
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