*Board Members marked with an asterisk were elected to the board in January 2008 - they are enthusiastically welcomed as they bring new insight and expertise to the Law Center. Read more about the new members below:

Melissa A. Wojtylak
Ms. Wojtylak is Of Counsel in Reed Smith's Philadelphia office, where she represents and counsels clients in commercial, financial services and products liability matters. Since joining Reed Smith in 2005, she has had primary responsibility for handling complex cases, and has served on multi-attorney trial teams in state and federal courts around the country. In March 2005, she was one of a team of attorneys who obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a pharmaceutical company in a product liability case in which the company's drug was alleged to have caused heart valve damage. A graduate of Rutgers University and Villanova University School of Law, Ms. Wojtylak was named a "Rising Star" by Law & Politics' Super Lawyers in both 2005 and 2006.

Stacy L. Hawkins, Esq.
Ms. Hawkins is an independent diversity consultant working with law firms, corporations, professional associations, educational institutions and other organizations to provide comprehensive diversity management and training services. She is also a frequent speaker and writer for various publications on the topic of diversity, and in particular its intersection with the law. Previously she served as Ballard Spahr Andrews and Ingersoll, LLP's first Director of Diversity, a position that entailed oversight of the firm's diversity strategy, including implementing and expanding programs such as the Minority Attorney Retreat, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. She also currently serves on the Board of the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group as well as on the diversity advisory board for the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. Ms. Hawkins is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Georgetown University Law Center.

The following Directors were elected to the board in June 2007:
Danielle Banks is a partner in Stradley Ronon Stevens and Young LLP's Litigation Practice Group. Ms. Banks represents companies and individuals in employment law matters, including claims brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. Furthermore, she represents clients in other complex litigation matters, including class actions, commercial lending disputes and contract disputes. Ms. Banks has tried cases in federal and state courts and participated in oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Ms. Banks graduated from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 1993.

Brian T. Feeney, a shareholder in the Litigation Department of Greenberg Traurig's Philadelphia office, has over 11 years of experience in all aspects of civil litigation. His experience includes representing clients in the litigation of diverse commercial and business disputes, class actions, consumer fraud disputes, real estate disputes and contract disputes. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Mr. Feeney was a Litigation Associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. Brian was a United States Naval Officer from 1985 to 1991, making two deployments to the western Pacific before serving as an operations briefer to the Chief of Naval Operations, the Navy's senior most officer. In 1994, Brian received his J.D., magna cum laude, from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. Following graduation from law school, Brian served as law clerk to the Honorable J. Curtis Joyner of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

George G. Gordon is a partner and co-chair of the antitrust/competition group at Dechert LLP. He is also a member of the commercial litigation group. Mr. Gordon has been consistently recognized as a leading lawyer for antitrust in Chambers USA. The National Law Journal named Mr. Gordon one of its 2005 "40 Under 40," a group of the country's 40 leading young lawyers, chosen for their achievements and contributions to the legal profession. He is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2006). Antitrust litigation, counseling, and government investigations are the primary focuses of Mr. Gordon's practice. In addition to class action matters, Mr. Gordon's general antitrust litigation experience includes significant antitrust actions involving claims of monopolization, unlawful price discrimination, unlawful group boycotts, predatory pricing, and monopoly leveraging. Mr. Gordon is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Derek Redcross, CPA is partner and founder of Redcross Associates, an accounting firm in West Chester, PA, that serves over 400 clients and employs 4 accountants. Additionally he currently serves as National Director of Cenotcor's Hospital Division which produces $900 million in sales annually for Johnson and Johnson. While founding and building Redcross Associates, Mr. Redcross concurrently held a series of leadership positions with major pharmaceutical companies; most recently he served as Director of Government Economics at Amgen, in California, where he was responsible for developing the company's Medicaid segment, and also held positions at Bristol-Meyers Squibb, and DuPont.

Thomas D. Paradise serves as General Counsel for Fox Rothschild LLP. In this role his responsibilities include: development and implementation of risk management programs and policies, management of professional liability and insurance issues, performance of ombudsman duties on behalf of the firm, presentation of seminars to the attorneys and staff throughout the year on ethics-related topics and best practice concepts, counseling to the Executive Committee on policies and procedures, and providing Risk Management assistance to the firm's 14 offices. Prior to his appointment as General Counsel, Tom served as Chair of the Professional Liability Defense Group. His practice involved legal malpractice defense, personal injury, medical malpractice and commercial litigation. Mr. Paradise is a graduate of Temple University School of Law."