Posted: May 20, 2013
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that a number of our attorneys were selected for inclusion in 2013 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers®. In addition, several attorneys were also selected for inclusion in 2013 Pennsylvania Rising Stars – the top-up-and-coming lawyers in the Commonwealth – as noted below.
Posted: May 20, 2013
Anastasius (Tassos) Efstratiades authored WHAT STATE LAW APPLIES TO A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT published in the Financial Executives International (FEI) publication Connections – (Philadelphia Chapter , May 2013).
Posted: May 20, 2013
Jason Reisman presented “Legal Risk Management 101: Labor & Employment Nightmares … Sweat the Little Things” at The Union League to the Young Presidents Organization and World Presidents Organization on May 15th. Reisman discussed the importance of ensuring labor and employment law compliance. Reisman is a partner and member of the firm’s Labor Relations and Employment LawDepartment and its Management Committee. His practice is concentrated in theareas of labor and management relations, wage and hour, employmentdiscrimination and executive employment/severance agreements, includingnon-competition and other restrictive covenants.
Posted: May 17, 2013
Obermayer's Shari Veisblatt, was interviewed by CBS 2 New York for their story “Adult Bullies Take Their Stalking Online. Scary New Trend Leaves Victims Feeling Powerless, Living In Fear.” The interview aired May 16, 2013. Watch the interview clip HERE.
Posted: May 13, 2013
In a unanimous decision, the D.C. Court of Appeals rejected the National Labor Relations Board’s “notice posting rule” which would have required employers to conspicuously display the Board’s employee-rights poster informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), including the right to form, join or assist a union. National Association of Manufacturers v. NLRB, No. 12-5068. As a result, employers are not required to post the NLRB’s poster.
Posted: May 13, 2013
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP was ranked third in New Jersey Law Journal’sBond Counsel Rankings. The firm handled eight issues worth $391.1 million, a 7.9 percent market share. Obermayer advised a series of seven bonds issued in March by the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) worth a total of $384.7 million.
Posted: May 8, 2013
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP has added associates Ivo Becica and Larae N. Idleman in the firm’s Labor Relations & Employment Law Department. Becica and Idleman will both reside in the firm’s Philadelphia office.
Posted: May 7, 2013
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA--May 7, 2013--Obermayer’s Family Law Group Co-Chairman, David L. Ladov is quoted in The Legal Intelligencer article “Concern Over Judicial Authority Drove Parent Coordinator Elimination.”
Posted: April 24, 2013
Jason E. Reisman and Jacqueline Z. Shulman of Obermayer’s Labor Relations & Employment Law Department presented at the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel of America’s 5th Annual In-House Counsel Conference on April 23, 2013. Their topic, “Wicked Wage & Hour Trouble Spots: Is Anyone Really Ever ‘Off-The-Clock’?” offered practical advice to in-house counsel on some of the critical issues driving wage and hour collective actions in today’s workplace.
Posted: April 23, 2013
Obermayer's Walter Cohen, former Acting Attorney General of Pennsylvania, was interviewed by CBS21 for their story on "Personal rights and public safety: The fine balance when it comes to terrorism."
Posted: April 22, 2013
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that Edmond M. George has been named to the New Jersey Super Lawyers ® list as one of the top attorneys in New Jersey for 2013 and that Matthew A. Green and Shari B. Veisblatt have been named to the New Jersey Rising Stars list as top up-and-coming attorneys in New Jersey for 2013.
Posted: April 19, 2013
Obermayer's Gary Samms, along with Eileen Keefe and Jackie Roe, received a unanimous defense verdict in a medical malpractice action in Fretwell v. St. Luke’s Hospital, et al., that involved a shoulder dystocia where the child received a permanent Erbs Palsy at birth.
Posted: April 18, 2013
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP Partner Anastasius Efstratiades presented on distributorship agreements at the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia Export Finance Workshop in Plymouth Meeting, Pa. The workshop presented attendees with best practices for responding to a Request for Quotation, including finding an agent/distributor and determining the best method of payment. Efstratiades’ presentation focused on negotiating distributorship and agency agreements.
Posted: April 10, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013, Breakfast and Registration: 8:00 AM, Program: 8:30-10:30 AM
Cost: $100. CLE fee. NON-REFUNDABLE
Posted: April 8, 2013
Obermayer's Gary M. Samms and Jacqueline Sabol Roe received a defense verdict in a medical malpractice action in the case of Piasecki v. University of Pennsylvania, et al. Mr. Samms and Ms. Roe defended a radiologist, where plaintiff’s allegation was that he failed to identify an aneurysm on an MRI/MRA study. The aneurysm eventually ruptured and left the plaintiff neurologically debilitated. The original demand in the case had been $2 million.
Posted: April 4, 2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – April 4, 2013 – Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP partner Edmond M. George has been named co-chair of the firm’s Creditors’ Rights, Bankruptcy and Financial Reorganization Department.
Posted: April 1, 2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – April 1, 2013 - Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP partner Michael E. Bertin was appointed as the Co-Chair of the Legislative Committee of the Family Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Bertin is Chair of the Family Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association and a frequent author and lecturer on family law topics. Bertin also co-wrote the book on Pennsylvania child custody law, Pennsylvania Child Custody Law, Practice, and Procedure.
Posted: March 25, 2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – March 25, 2013 – Cozen O’Connor Family Law Practices Group Co-Chair David L. Ladov, and attorneys Stephanie H. Winegrad and Scott Matison have joined Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP’s Family Law Department, one of the largest family law practices in Pennsylvania. Ladov will serve as co-chair, with Obermayer Managing Partner Robert I Whitelaw, of the firm’s Family Law Department.
Posted: March 11, 2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – March 11, 2013 – David A. Nasatir has rejoined Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, as a partner and the chair of the firm’s Business and Finance Department, bringing with him associates Karen M. Sanchez and Stephanie J. Sprenkle as well as paralegal Annette Talerico and marketing specialist Beth Dainoff.Nasatir, Sanchez and Sprenkle will continue to practice in the areas of corporate, real estate and public finance.
Posted: February 25, 2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – February 25, 2013 - Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP continues to grow with the addition of Paige Macdonald-Matthes, who joined the firm on February 25, 2013. This is the second addition for Obermayer so far in 2013. Last month, former Deputy General Counsel of the Philadelphia Housing Authority Michael Eichert also joined the firm as a partner.
Author: Michael E. Bertin Posted: February 7, 2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – February 7, 2013 - Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP family law attorney,Michael E. Bertin co-presented the child custody case law update to the Family Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association on February 4, 2013.
Author: Michael F. Eichert Posted: January 21, 2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - January 21, 2012 - Michael F. Eichert, most recently Deputy General Counsel of the Philadelphia Housing Authority, has joined Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP as a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department.
Author: Walter Cohen Posted: January 4, 2013
Author: Edmond George Posted: January 3, 2013
Obermayer's Edmond M. George’s case, In re. Philadelphia Newspapers, is discussed in the November 2012 American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (Vol. XXXI, No. 10) “Practice & Procedure” article, “Third Circuit Still Narrowly Applies the Equitable Mootness Doctrine.”
Author: Michael E. Bertin Posted: December 21, 2012
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA—NOVEMBER 16, 2012 -- Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP family law attorney, Michael E. Bertin will serve as the course planner and moderator of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute program "Family Law in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, & Montgomery Counties.” The program will feature the “Who, What, When, Where, & Why” of family practice in the four-county area. The seminar will show how the family court system functions, and highlight how vastly different the procedures can be from one county to the next.
Author: Gary M. Samms Posted: December 19, 2012
PHILADELPHIA – December 19, 2012–Obermayer's partner Gary M. Samms has recently been named by Suburban Life magazine reader’s as one of 2012’s “Awesome Attorneys.”
Author: Gary M. Samms, Stephanie V. Shreibman, Jacqueline Sabol Roe Posted: December 10, 2012
On December 7, 2012, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP’s Gary M. Samms, along with Stephanie V. Shreibman and Jacqueline Sabol Roe successfully defended their client and obtained a defense verdict in the matter of Berdeci- Cortes v Rogers.
Author: Jeffrey Batoff, John Ryan Posted: December 10, 2012
Jeffrey Batoff and John Ryan won an appeal before the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas in a divisive, confrontational zoning matter heard before the Northampton Township Board of Supervisors.
Author: Michael E. Bertin Posted: December 3, 2012
Author: Nina B. Stryker Posted: November 27, 2012
Author: Gary M. Samms, Eileen K. Keefe Posted: November 27, 2012
On November 21, 2012, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP’s Gary M. Samms and Eileen K. Keefe successfully defended their client and obtained a defense verdict in the matter of Fanaro v Pottstown Hospital et al. A unanimous jury found in favor of the doctor.
Author: Michael E. Bertin Posted: November 26, 2012
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 26, 2012 – Obermayer’s family law attorney, Michael E. Bertin will serve as a trainer for the Philadelphia VIP CLE Training Program “Divorce Practice in Philadelphia” on December 7, 2012.
Author: Hercules Grigos Posted: November 19, 2012
Hercules W. Grigos has been named partner at Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP.
Author: Michael E. Bertin Posted: November 15, 2012
Author: Bruce C. Fox Posted: October 19, 2012
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – OCTOBER 18, 2012-–Obermayer's Bruce C. Fox was recently named as President of the University of Pittsburgh Law Alumni Association. Fox’s term runs through 2013.
Author: Michael V. Phillips Posted: October 11, 2012
Michael V, Phillips who won primary physical custody for a mother in a three year pro bono custody matter.
Author: Gregory D. Saputelli Posted: September 27, 2012
Posted: September 27, 2012
Obermayer's Edmond M. George’s case, In re. Lower Bucks Hospital, is discussed in the September 2012 American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (Vol. XXXI, No. 8) feature article, “Disclosure Flaws Fatal to Planned Indenture Trustee Release.”
Author: Gary M. Samms Posted: September 24, 2012
Obermayer’s Gary M. Samms spoke at the annual Chester County Fall Bench Bar Conference on “Social Media and Avoiding Legal Malpractice.” The conference provided judges and lawyers the opportunity to obtain up to 6 CLE credits, a Judges Forum, as well as various social and networking opportunities. The conference was held September 20-22, 2012.Samms chairs Obermayer’s Professional Liability Practice Group. He is also a member of the firm’s Litigation and Healthcare Departments as well as the Intellectual Property Litigation Group. He has comprehensive experience in complex civil litigation matters. His law practice concentrates in the areas of commercial, medical malpractice professional liability, healthcare and intellectual property litigation.
Author: Senator Robert C. Jubelirer Posted: September 13, 2012
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-September 13, 2012 --Former state Senator Robert C. Jubelirer, who chairs the Government Relations Practice of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, will be one of four panel members discussing the pros and cons of Voter ID and Redistricting when today's Supreme Court arguments wrap, at approximately 3:30 p.m.
Author: Gary M. Samms Posted: September 13, 2012
Obermayer’s Gary Samms to Speak at The Legal Intelligencer Litigation Summit on Jury Consulting
Posted: September 7, 2012
Author: Jason E. Reisman, Joseph J. Centeno Posted: September 6, 2012
Author: Jerry Kline Posted: September 6, 2012
Obermayer’s Jerry Kline is featured in the "Executive Interview” by Llenrock, a real estate advisory and investment banking firm. Click here to read his interview. Kline is a member of Obermayer’s Business and Finance Department. His practice areas include real estate, banking, real estate and corporate finance, financial institutions, corporate, business transactions and international law. His primary focus is in real estate development, real estate and corporate finance, and financial institutions.
Posted: September 6, 2012
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—September 4, 2012--Obermayer’s Joseph J. McGovern was recently appointed to a one-year term as Programs Vice Chair for the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Environmental Transactions and Brownfields Committee for the 2012-2013 ABA Year.
Posted: August 29, 2012
Obermayer’s Joseph J. Centeno has been selected to receive the Filipino American Association of Philadelphia, Inc. (FAAPI) Centennial Award for Public Interest Law. FAAPI is the oldest Filipino-American organization in the Delaware Valley, and believed to be oldest on-going Filipino-American organization in the entire United States. Centeno will receive his Centennial Award at the FAAPI’s Centennial Gala on September 15, 2012 at the Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue.
Posted: August 14, 2012
Obermayer’s Anastasius Efstratiades and Edmond M. George were named by SJ Magazine as 2012 South Jersey “Top Attorneys” for excellence in their practice areas. Lawyers on the “Top Attorneys” list are selected by their peers. Efstratiades was named in real estate and George in bankruptcy.
Posted: July 18, 2012
July 18, 2012-- Obermayer white collar crime attorney and former PA Deputy Attorney General, Walter Cohen, has been a regular commentator regarding developments in the Jerry Sandusky case and related issues involving Penn State University on WHP-TV21 News (the CBS Harrisburg affiliate), and has also appeared on the NBC Nightly News, the Today Show, MSNBC and WHTM-TV27 News (the ABC Harrisburg affiliate).
Posted: July 3, 2012
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - July 3, 2012 - Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP family law attorney, Michael E. Bertin has been selected as one of the Greater Philadelphia Region's Ten Leaders in Divorce Law, Age 45 & Under, by the Ten Leaders Cooperative. Members of the Ten Leaders are selected after a lengthy research of the marketplace - leading professionals referring other leading professionals, with input from peers inside and outside of a geographical coverage area as well as inside and outside a specialty.
Author: Michael E. Bertin Posted: June 28, 2012
Author: Gary M. Samms Posted: June 20, 2012
Posted: June 5, 2012
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—June 5, 2012—Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Eric J. Phillips to our firm. Phillips has substantial experience in all aspects of employment related law and issues. He represents a wide range of employers from emerging businesses to Fortune 500 companies in all aspects of employment-related law and issues. He joins Obermayer's Labor Relations and Employment Law Department as senior counsel and he resides in the firm's Philadelphia office.
Posted: May 30, 2012
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA--MAY 30, 2012-Obermayer's Katherine Missimer was recently appointed to the La Salle University Alumni Association Bucks County Chapter Leadership Committee. Ms. Missimer is an associate in Obermayer’s Business and Finance Department.
Author: Matthew A. Green Posted: May 30, 2012
Posted: May 29, 2012
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA-–May 29, 2011-Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that a number of our attorneys were selected for inclusion in 2012 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers®. In addition, several attorneys were also selected for inclusion in 2012 Pennsylvania Rising Stars -- the top-up-and-coming lawyers in the Commonwealth-- as noted below.
Posted: May 24, 2012
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania--May 24, 2012--Anastasius (Tassos) Efstratiades, co-chair of the firm's Business & Finance Department, is featured in the current Sunday supplement of the National Herald (a Greek language newspaper with national circulation). The supplement features Mr. Efstratiades' background and career achievements as well as his work in the Greek community, especially as President of the Federation of Hellenic Organizations of New Jersey.
Posted: May 21, 2012
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania –May 22, 2012-- On May 21, 2012, Gary Samms was the featured speaker at the Montgomery County Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Pennsylvania Professional Liability Committee’s CLE program on “Avoiding Legal Malpractice.”Samms chairs Obermayer's Professional Liability Practice Group.
Author: Michael E. Bertin Posted: May 1, 2012
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania-–May 1, 2012-–Obermayer’s partner Michael E. Bertin, participated in the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s (PBI) Annual Family Law Institute recently held and webcast live in Philadelphia. Bertin, presented the plenary session and the case law updates for equitable distribution and support.
Author: Gregory D. Saputelli Posted: May 1, 2012
Cherry Hill, New Jersey-–May 1, 2012-–Gregory D. Saputelli recently was recertified by the New Jersey State Supreme Court as a “Certified Civil Trial Attorney." Saputelli, a partner in Obermayer's Litigation Department, has been continuously certified since 1987.
Posted: April 23, 2012
PHILADELPHIA –April 23, 2012 –Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce Andrew J. Horowitz has joined the litigation department at Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP as an associate.
Posted: April 20, 2012
Author: Jackie Shulman Posted: April 20, 2012
Obermayer Attorney Jackie Shulman Heads Network of Family Businesses Webinar on Human Resources Issues
Posted: April 16, 2012
On April 23, 2012, former district attorney of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Joseph W. Carroll, will join Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP as Of Counsel. The addition of Carroll will expand Obermayer’s white collar crime, corporate investigation and regulatory practices.
Author: Michael V. Phillips Posted: April 12, 2012
Michael Phillips was named to The Legal Intelligencer’s first class of recipients for its Unsung Heroes award. Phillips was selected from among the dozens of nominations The Legal received for his tireless efforts to help the underprivileged and for his successful pro bono work. Phillips was featured in the Legal Intelligencer pro-bono supplement on March 27.
Posted: April 2, 2012
PHILADELPHIA – March 15, 2012–Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that its senior partner Louis B. Kupperman has been elected a Vice Chairman and appointed to the Executive Committee of the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry's Board of Directors.
Posted: April 2, 2012
Gary Samms spoke with the managing editor of Anesthesiology News, about what to do — and not do — if you are ever caught in a malpractice case. The interview was recorded for a podcast on the Anesthesiology News Web site.
Posted: April 2, 2012
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - April 2, 2012 - On March 21, 2012, Louis B. Kupperman, an attorney and senior partner at Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, was unanimously elected chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chester County Industrial Development Authority. He will serve a two-year term. Kupperman has been a member of the IDA Board since January 2010.
Posted: April 2, 2012
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-April 1, 2012 - Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP attorney, Ann G. Verber, was appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to the Court's Domestic Relations Procedural Rules Committee for a second term.
Posted: April 2, 2012
Posted: March 12, 2012
Alex P. Basilevsky is featured in a Q&A with Storm Waters Solutions magazine about the growing trend of citizen suits against straying facilities concerning storm water discharges. Basilevsky is a member of Obermayer's Environmental department.
Posted: March 12, 2012
Hercules W. Grigos is featured in the Member Spotlight of the Building Industry Association of Philadelphia's official newsletter "BIA Voice" (Vol. 9/No.1 Spring 2012). Grigos, a member of Obermayer's Business & Finance Department, discusses his real estate rearing.
Posted: March 12, 2012
Hercules W. Grigos is quoted in the Philadelphia Daily News (3/7/12) story, "A happy end to Manton Park project." He discusses how his client worked with neighbors to retain the park. Grigos is a member of Obermayer's Business & Finance Department.
Posted: March 5, 2012
PHILADELPHIA – March 5, 2012 – Louis B. Kupperman, managing partner of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel's Berwyn office has been reappointed Finance Chair and a member of the Executive Committee of the Republican Committee of Chester County (RCCC). Kupperman has served as Finance Chair and Executive Committee member of the RCCC since 2005.
Posted: February 28, 2012
Dominic S. Liberi recently led a team of attorneys at Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, representing Pegasus Legal Funding, LLC in a joint venture transaction with Asta Funding, Inc., in which Asta will invest over $100 million in Pegasus' personal injury claims funding business.
Posted: December 5, 2011
Philadelphia--December 5, 2011--Obermayer's Labor partner Michael Pepperman is quoted in the in the Wall Street Journal article For Angry Employees, Legal Cover for Rants. The article focuses on the battle over what workers can do and say online and how dismissed employees are referencing the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (a/k/a Wagner Act) which grants employees a right to engage in "protected concerted activity." (Wall Street Journal, December 2, 2011; Section B, page 1).
Posted: December 5, 2011
Philadelphia--December 8, 2011--Obermayer's Labor partner Michael Pepperman's was quoted in Thomson Reuter's News & Insight Summary Judgments for Dec. 2; "Help from the past for complaints of improper termination."
Posted: November 21, 2011
PENNSYLVANIA CHILD CUSTODY
Posted: November 6, 2011
PHILADELPHIA – November 15, 2011– Obermayer's Gary M. Samms recently was named as one of Suburban Life Magazine’s “Reader’s Choice Top Attorneys” (November 2011) in the Malpractice Law area. Samms also received this honor in 2010.
Posted: October 25, 2011
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania - October 25, 2011 - The law firm of ObermayerRebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP announced today the creation of its E-Discovery andInformation Management Practice Group. The new group is in response to thegrowing need of businesses to meet the ever-changing obligations ofe-discovery.
Author: Anastasius Efstratiades Posted: October 18, 2011
PHILADELPHIA – October 18, 2011 –Attorney Anastasius (Tassos) Efstratiades will speak at the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia's quorum “From Entrepreneur to Exporter: Accelerating the Growth of Technology, Life Science, and Environmental Companies.” Efstratiades, a partner and co-chair in the Business and Finance Department, in both the Philadelphia and New Jersey offices of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, will discuss how to structure transnational agreements.
Author: Jackie Shulman Posted: October 17, 2011
PHILADELPHIA – October 18, 2011– Attorney Jacqueline Z. Shulman recently presented at the Greater Valley Forge Human Resources Association Summit (GVFHRA). Shulman, a partner in the Labor Relations and Employment Law department of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, covered hot legal topics affecting employee relations.
Posted: October 12, 2011
PHILADELPHIA, PA — October 12, 2011— Attorney Michael E. Bertin lectured at the Family Law Society's inaugural meeting at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Bertin, a partner in the Family Law Practice Group at Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, discussed on the practice of family law.
Posted: September 20, 2011
PHILADELPHIA, PA—September 20, 2011—Five attorneys from Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).Best Lawyers is based on an extensive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed.The Obermayer attorneys selected for inclusion are:Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law Charles M. Golden
Author: Nina B. Stryker Posted: September 14, 2011
Posted: September 12, 2011
Cherry Hill, New Jersey– September 16, 2011-–Nikoleta G. Tzaferos joins Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP's Cherry Hill New Jersey office as an associate in the Litigation Department.
Posted: August 4, 2011
PHILADELPHIA–August 4, 2011–Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that on August 2, 2011, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania announced the appointment of senior partner Lawrence J. Tabas, to the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Board. Tabas is a partner in Obermayer’s, Creditor’s Rights, Bankruptcy and Financial Department, and the Chairman of the firm’s Healthcare Practice Group and Election Law Practice Group.
Posted: July 19, 2011
Gary Samms is quoted in an article entitled, "Preconception Duty a Significant Step, Med Mal Lawyers Say" in The Legal Intelligencer. The article discusses the recent findings of an en bancSuperior Court panel that physicians owe a third-party duty of care to their "patients' future, unborn children."
Posted: July 12, 2011
PHILADELPHIA – JULY 2011–Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that Managing Partner Robert I. Whitelaw was recently elected President of the American Academy of Matrimonial lawyers – Pennsylvania Chapter for a one year term. Whitelaw is a fellow with the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He formerly served as Vice President (July 2008-July 2011) and Secretary (July 2007-July 2008) of the chapter.
Posted: July 6, 2011
PHILADELPHIA – July 2011 –Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleasedto announce that Anastasius (Tassos) Efstratiades has been elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Camden County Regional Chamber of Commerce (CCRC). The CCRC is one of the five largest chambers in the Delaware Valley. The organization servesbusinesses in Camden County, New Jersey and surrounding areas. Mr. Efstratiadeshas served on the board of the Chamber for the last three years.
Author: James M. Penny Posted: May 18, 2011
Posted: April 29, 2011
PHILADELPHIA – April 29, 2011–Louis B. Kupperman, a partner at Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP and head of the firm's Berwyn office, has been appointed to the Boards of Directors of the Chester County Economic Development Council and the South Eastern Economic Development Company of Pennsylvania (Seedcopa). Kupperman also serves as a director of the Chester County Industrial Development Authority and the Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry.Kupperman, a member of Obermayer’s Litigation, Business and Finance, and Regulatory, Administrative and Gaming Departments, has been active in civic and charitable matters in Chester County for many years. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry; is the Finance Chairman of the Republican Committee of Chester County, and is as a long-time member of the Executive Committee of the County’s Republican Party.
Posted: April 15, 2011
PHILADELPHIA – April 11, 2011 –Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that Partner Michael E. Bertinhas been selected to receive a 2011 Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Special Achievement Award. Bertin is being honored for his contributions and efforts for his work with the PBA Family Law Section to enact new custody legislation. Bertin will receive the award during the PBA House of Delegates Meeting on Friday, May 6, 2011.
Posted: April 5, 2011
PHILADELPHIA – April 5, 2011 – Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that Joseph J. Centeno, a partner in the Labor and Relations Employment Law Department and the Litigation Department, has been chosen as a “Diverse Attorney of the Year.” This honor is bestowed upon select attorneys in Pennsylvania by The Legal Intelligencer. The award was established to honor diverse attorneys who have achieved great success and have made positive contributions to the Pennsylvania legal community throughout the past year. Mr. Centeno will receive his award at the Diversity in the Law Luncheon on Tuesday, June 7, at the Crystal Tea Room in Philadelphia.
Posted: April 1, 2011
PHILADELPHIA–APRIL 2011-Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce the following attorneys have been selected as "2011 New Jersey Super Lawyers"® and “2011 New Jersey Stars” (the top-up-and-coming lawyers) as noted below.
Author: Dominic S. Liberi Posted: March 30, 2011
Author: Larry Besnoff Posted: March 29, 2011
Larry Besnoff, partner and Co-Chair of the Firm's Labor Relations and Employment Law Department, will be a featured speaker for the Camden County Chamber of Commerce's program "What You Need to Know About Social Media" on March 29, 2011 at The Mansion in Voorhees, NJ.
Posted: February 2, 2011
Obermayer's Larry Besnoff is serving as co-course planner for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s continuing legal education program entitled, “Social Media in the Workplace: Facebook, Twitter, foursquare & Other Web 2.0 Sites”, to be presented in Pittsburgh on February 16, 2011 and in Philadelphia on February 24, 2011. Mr. Besnoff will also be presenting individual seminars at the programs, including “Ten Reasons Why You Must Use/Never Use Social Networking Sites When Hiring.”
Author: Michael E. Bertin Posted: December 21, 2010
Michael E. Bertin, a partner and member of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP's Litigation Department and Family Law Group, will be a speaker at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute webinar entitled: “The New Child Custody Legislation: An Overview.” The webinar will focus on the new custody bill that goes into effect on January 24, 2011.
Posted: December 13, 2010
PHILADELPHIA – December 20, 2010–Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that Partner Nina B. Stryker has been elected Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Section of Probate and Trust Law. Stryker, who currently serves as the Chair-Elect of the Probate Section, was named at the Section’s annual meeting on Thursday, December 9th. Her one-year term begins January 1, 2011.
Posted: December 1, 2010
Obermayer’s Larry Besnoff, partner and Co-Chair of the Firm's Labor Relations and Employment Law Department, will serve on the faculty for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s CLE program, “Starting a New Business.” Mr. Besnoff’s topic, Employment Law Issues, will specifically involve the dangers of negligent hiring and retention due to the failure to properly check references and do a background search.
Posted: November 24, 2010
PHILADELPHIA – November 24, 2010–Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that Partner Gary M. Samms has recently been named as one of AVVO’s “Awesome Attorneys 2010” and Suburban Life Magazine’s “Reader’s Choice Top Attorneys.” Samms selection is in the “Malpractice Law” area and he is featured in the “Awesome Attorneys Q&As” profile.
Posted: November 22, 2010
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that Anastasius (Tassos) Efstratiades was honored by the Cyprus Society of Greater Philadelphia “Makarios III” at their annual banquet on Saturday, November 20, 2010 for his work in the Greek community. The event was held at the Adelphia Restaurant in Deptford, New Jersey.
Author: Nina B. Stryker Posted: November 11, 2010
Obermayer’s Nina B. Stryker will present the topic, "Marital Agreements: Avoiding Post Death Surprises” at the PBI’s 17th Annual Estate Law Institute. The Estate Law Institute is a two-day CLE event, highlighting recent trends and issues facing estate and trust lawyers, held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center November 11 and November 12, 2010.Ms. Stryker is a partner and Chair of the firm’s Trusts & Estates Department. Her practice is devoted exclusively to estate and trust law, with an emphasis on estate related litigation.
Author: Michael E. Bertin Posted: October 26, 2010
Michael E. Bertin, a partner in the Litigation Department of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP will serve as the Course Planner and Moderator of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute program entitled: "Family Law in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, & Montgomery Counties.” The program will feature the “Who, What, When, Where, & Why” of family practice in the four-county area. The seminar will show how the family court system functions, and highlight how vastly different the procedures can be from one county to the next.The program will be held on Tuesday, October 26, in Philadelphia and on Tuesday, December 7, in Plymouth Meeting.
Posted: October 7, 2010
PHILADELPHIA – October 7, 2010–Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that its partner, Jacqueline Z. Shulman, has been elected to the Board of Directors of The Forum of Executive Women, a Fort Washington-based women’s networking group.
Posted: June 17, 2010
Obermayer’s Labor Relations and Employment Law Department associates, sisters Susan Valinis and Terri Gillespie, along with their older sister, are named 2010 Pennsylvania Rising Stars. Their parents are also attorneys. This "family of lawyers" is featured in the following Chestnut Hill Local article.
Posted: April 15, 2010
PHILADELPHIA – April 15, 2010–Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that its senior partner Louis B. Kupperman has been appointed by the Commissioners of Chester County to the Board of Directors of the Chester County Industrial Development Authority. Kupperman, amember of Obermayer’s Litigation, Business and Finance, and Regulatory, Administrative and Gaming Departments, has been active in civic and charitable matters in Chester County for many years. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry; is the Finance Chairman of the Republican Committee of Chester County, and is as a long-time member of the Executive Committee of the County’s Republican Party.
Posted: March 19, 2010
Gary M. Samms was featured on March 14th on the Fox Business Channel as part of the “Xpert Forum.” Mr. Samms spoke on issues related to discovery and the rising costs of litigation. The half hour show will air again on March 21st. The show is run in both the U.S. and the United Kingdom.
Author: Larry Besnoff Posted: March 17, 2010
Social media presents great opportunities and challenges to organizations of all sizes. Unfortunately most firms are ill-prepared to deal with the new realm created by Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Yammer and other web 2.0 technologies. As a result, they may ignore the mediums, waste considerable time experimenting with vehicles that deliver little value, under or overspend on technology, and even fail to see legal potholes.With so much at stake, organizations should look at ways social media will change their business model, who will direct their efforts, what platforms they will use and how they’ll measure their success. At our March 17 townhall meeting, host Rick Alcantara, principal of Tara Communications LLC, will lead a panel of regional and national experts in a discussion of these issues and more. The panel will also consider the communications, legal, HR and risk management aspects of social media. March 17, 2010 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. The Hub, Cira Center 30th & Arch Sts., Philadelphia Registration: $35Attendees will learn among other things:
Posted: January 29, 2010
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that Managing Partner Robert I. Whitelaw is named as the “2010 Family Lawyer of the Year” in “Philadelphia’s Best Lawyers ® - 2010 Edition.” The Best Lawyers supplement appears in the January 29, 2010 issue of the Philadelphia Inquirer (1/29/10). According to Best Lawyers, individual attorneys are chosen for inclusion based “on their particularly high level of peer recognition.” The list is excerpted from the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. ®Mr. Whitelaw is co-chairman of the firm’s Litigation Department and heads the Family Law Group.Mr. Whitelaw has over 39 years of experience practicing law at Obermayer. He has extensive experience in a wide variety of issues relating to marriage and family law.
Posted: January 27, 2010
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that Thomas A. Leonard will be honored by the American Jewish Committee Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey with the 2010 Judge Learned Hand Award at a dinner at the Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia. The Judge Learned Hand award was established in memory of Judge Learned Hand, Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1924 to 1951. The award is presented to outstanding leaders in the legal profession who exemplify the high principles for which Judge Learned Hand was renowned.
Posted: December 17, 2009
PHILADELPHIA – December 17, 2009–Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that Joseph J. Centeno, a partner in the Labor and Relations Employment Law Department and the Litigation Department, was recently elected as President of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA). NAPABA is the voice of 40,000 Asian Pacific American lawyers, judges and law students. It has 61 affiliate organizations and a staff of 7 in Washington, D.C.
Posted: July 31, 2009
Obermayer is listed on the "South Jersey Law Firms" in the Philadelphia Business Journal (July 31-August 6, 2009). The firm ranked #14 in terms of New Jersey attorneys.
