The Annual Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors Conference is scheduled for April 23rd to April 26th, 2023. 2023 marks the conference’s 100th year! The following Siana Law Partners look forward to attending and presenting seminars on four different topics this year: Mike Crotty will present “Fun and Games at Community Day” and “Signs, Signs,…
Siana Law is proud to welcome Demetrios S. Mikelis, Esquire to our team of Associate Attorneys. Demetrios (James) S. Mikelis is a native of New Jersey and currently resides in Bryn Mawr, PA. Mr. Mikelis is a graduate of Villanova University and Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law. Mr. Mikelis comes from a long…
Siana Law is proud to welcome Abigail Jaeger to the Siana Law team. Originally from Boyertown, Pennsylvania, Ms. Jaeger (Abby) is a graduate of Clemson University and the St. Louis University School of Law and currently resides in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. When asked what inspired her to pursue a career in law? She recalled, “[As an]…
In November 2019, Governor Wolf signed into legislation the ninth exception to governmental immunity, titled the Sexual Abuse exception, which imposes liability on local agencies for the following sexual crimes against victims under age 18: trafficking individuals, sexual involuntary servitude, rape, statutory sexual assaults, involuntary deviate sexual assault, institutional sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, and…
Siana Law attorney Christopher Gerber is proud to team up with the Western Chester County Chamber of Commerce and fellow presenters, Jack Hines and Amanda Sundquist, Esq., for the Local Government 201 course on Saturday, January 21, 2023. As stated on the WCCCC website, “This day long course is…
The firm is proud to congratulate Partner, Andrew M. Rongaus, for his well deserved achievement as a 2022 Vista Leadership Megastar. The article, featured on the VISTA Today website, describes this recently launched initiative as a collaboration with the Chester County Council, Boy Scouts of America, “For years, the Chester County Council hosted its Distinguished…
Where a public body essentially acts as a pass-through of funds used on a construction project, the “economic reality” of the transaction is that the work is not “public work” under the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act. In Ursinus College v. Prevailing Wage Appeals Bd., Ursinus challenged a Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Appeals Board’s decision that a…
On July 24, 2022, Siana Law Partner, Sherry Brown, completed a 65-mile bike ride from the Ben Franklin Bridge, Philadelphia, to Atlantic City, New Jersey – otherwise known as the Ben to the Shore (formerly Tour de Shore) along with 2100 other riders. Although the weather was a little warm – with heat records being…
Siana Law Attorneys, Christopher P. Gerber, Andrew M. Rongaus, Michael G. Crotty and Eric M. Brown look forward to presenting the following seminars at the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs 2022 PA Municipal Legal Update, scheduled for July 27th & July 28th in Hershey, PA. Visit the PSAB website to register and view the full…
Siana Law attorney Christopher P. Gerber is proud to partner with PSAB to present the following online learning series that covers three essential areas of police department management. View the description (originally published on the PSAB website) below: 1. Municipal Police Department Supervision Tuesday, June 7, 2022 – 10-11:30 am Part One will be an overview…