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Alexander (Sandy) R. Bilus assists clients who are facing complex commercial litigation or who need legal advice on issues involving cybersecurity and data privacy, particularly in the higher education and financial services industries. Sandy's litigation experience includes arguing cases before the...

Cathleen Devlin is chair of the firm's Litigation Department, a role in which she guides the Department's strategic focus and initiatives, manages its daily operations, and oversees nearly 200 litigators across the firm's 18 offices. She is the first woman to serve in the role at the firm. A...

Tricia Duffy maintains a general litigation practice and handles a variety of matters involving complex commercial disputes. Tricia has experience advising institutions of higher education on matters involving Title IX and affirmative action, as well responding to OCR investigations. Recently, she...

Fanta Freeman focuses her practice on litigation, particularly matters involving colleges and universities and K-12 schools. Fanta assists these institutional clients when they are facing claims of discrimination, harassment, sexual misconduct and retaliation, and supports them in conducting...

Morgan Haas focuses her practice on municipal finance matters, serving as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, issuer's counsel, borrower's counsel and hospital counsel in a broad variety of multi-million dollar financings. Morgan's experience includes assisting clients with general obligation notes...

Jim Keller is a trial lawyer, the co-chair of Saul Ewing’s Higher Education Practice and K-12 Schools Practice and a member of the firm's Executive Committee.

Heather Kemp is a member of the Litigation Department in the Firm's Philadelphia office. She maintains a general litigation practice and handles a variety of matters involving complex commercial disputes. While earning her J.D. at Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, Heather was a...

Amy Kline is a commercial litigator whose practice is focused on the representation of insurers and reinsurers in complex civil litigation. She is co-chair of the firm's Insurance Group and a member of the Executive Committee. Amy has extensive trial and appellate experience in federal and state...

Lisa Koblin assists employers with labor and employment disputes, including litigation of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, unpaid wage and class action claims in state and federal courts as well as mediation. She provides counseling on employee handbooks and policies, non-compete agreements...

Jesse Krohn draws on her past work as an assistant general counsel for a small private college and an associate director in the civil rights compliance office of a large university to advise institutions of higher education on legal matters. Her experience includes evaluating complaints and...

George Magnatta is chair of the firm's Public Finance Practice. His practice focuses on serving as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, borrower's counsel, and tax counsel for states, cities, economic development authorities, housing authorities, and non-profit entities in the implementation and...

Tom Murray is a patent agent who helps clients protect their intellectual property through patent preparation and prosecution, as well as analyses involving freedom to operate, non-infringement and invalidity. Tom also has experience with matters involving post-grant prosecutions. His IP work for...

Pat Nugent advises and represents colleges, universities, K-12 schools, and businesses across several industries. Pat provides strategic counsel to clients on a variety of issues. When disputes arise, Pat works with clients to develop and execute litigation strategies focused on minimizing risk and...

Kevin T. O'Brien, Ph.D., is a patent agent who focuses his practice on intellectual property (IP) matters including patent preparation and prosecution, patent landscape analyses, and freedom to operate analyses. Kevin practices in the physical and life sciences space, where he works on technologies...

Joe O'Dea handles complex, high-exposure litigation for organizations in a variety of industries. Joe's representation of The Pennsylvania State University best reflects his ability to act as lead counsel to an organization when confronted with the daunting legal challenges that arise in a high...

Valerie O'Shea Murray, Ph.D., is a registered patent agent who prepares and prosecutes patent applications in a broad spectrum of technology areas, including biotechnology, immunology, chemistry, and life sciences. Valerie's intellectual property experience includes work for a variety of clients...

Carolyn Pellegrini assists employers with labor and employment disputes and other sensitive matters affecting their professional relationships with their employees. Colleges and universities in particular rely on Carolyn for representation in litigation and advice on day-to-day operations involving...

Lukas Pfannenstiel draws on his scientific background to assist clients in protecting their intellectual property. Lukas has a Ph.D. in cellular and molecular medicine from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a bachelor's degree in cell biology from University of Kansas, and practical...

Amy Piccola partners with institutions of higher education to assess and respond to issues of compliance, policy and liability. This includes: Navigating the complexities of state and federal discrimination and civil rights laws, including Title IX. Assisting with Clery Act compliance. Responding to...

Josh Richards helps clients involved in civil and regulatory disputes address challenges through litigation, appeals, and strategic responses to government enforcement, particularly for colleges and universities. Josh approaches his work for education and nonprofit clients from a mission-driven...