Law notes: Oct. 7-13, 2015

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Reger Rizzo announces additions

The law firm of Reger Rizzo & Darnall  announced that Craig A. Doll, Of Counsel, has joined the Firm’s Philadelphia office, and Bradley P. Lehman, Associate, has joined the Firm’s Wilmington office.

Doll brings more than 40 years of experience and knowledge to his representation of clients in the transportation and utility industries. Doll concentrates his practice in transportation litigation on behalf of limousine, household goods and property carriers, paratransit companies, airport transfer carriers, and taxicab companies before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and the Commonwealth’s Courts. He also represents public utilities in proceedings before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Public Service Commission of Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and the appellate courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Lehman focuses his practice on general civil and insurance defense litigation, as well as corporate and real estate matters. He has extensive experience representing a wide range of corporate and institutional clients in commercial contract litigation, real estate and mortgage priority litigation, and insurance defense litigation, and has represented clients in matters before Delaware’s Court of Chancery and the Delaware Superior Court.

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Kator joins Widener Law 

Widener University Delaware Law School announced that  Tiffany Kator has joined the administration as executive director for development and alumni engagement.

She will oversee all fund raising and alumni relations efforts for the school in Wilmington. Delaware Law has nearly 12,000 alumni practicing around the world, including more than 150 judges.

Kator has worked for Widener University for 16 years on the main campus in Chester, PA.

She has served in both student affairs and in development. She previously served as assistant dean of student life and most recently as executive director of development for the main campus. She has significant experience in direct fund-raising with corporate and foundation relations, as well as change management and strategic planning.

“We are excited to welcome Tiffany to the law school. Her knowledge of the university and Delaware Law provides a solid foundation for her work as our executive director of development and alumni engagement,” said Law Dean Rod Smolla.

Kator holds a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy and business marketing from Lycoming College and a master of public administration, with a concentration in nonprofit organizations, from Widener University.

Reiver named to Best Lawyers list

Gawthrop Greenwood, PC attorney Joanna Reiver has been selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America  2016 in the practice area of Trusts and Estates. She has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America continuously since 1987.

Reiver heads the firm’s Delaware office, focusing her practice on estate planning, planning for family members with disabilities, planning for non-traditional families, closely held business interests in estate planning, use of trusts in estate planning, charitable trusts and generation-skipping trusts, as well as probate and administration of estates.

Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer-review. Best Lawyers employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational, and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services.

An Accredited Estate Planner (certified by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils), Reiver is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and served as Delaware State Chair from 2007–2012.

She has served as Chair of the Delaware State Bar Association Section on Estates and Trusts, President of the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils, and President of the Estate Planning Council of Delaware, Inc.

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