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Lindsey M. Cook

Lindsey has returned to her roots in Lancaster County in Barley Snyder’s Litigation Practice Group. She has represented some of the largest businesses in Maryland and Pennsylvania, both at a trial court level and before appellate courts. Her success stems from a dedication to develop innovative courtroom strategies to secure the best results, taking an aggressive, yet practical, approach to each case. That has helped her achieve creative solutions while providing the highest level of advocacy.

In 2021, the American Arbitration Association recognized Lindsey’s extensive commercial litigation experience and admitted her to its panel as an arbitrator. The prestigious association includes accomplished attorneys and former federal and state judges from around the country. In her arbitration practice, Lindsey strives to resolve complex disputes efficiently, while ensuring both parties are given full and fair opportunity to present their claims.

While in law school, she interned for Judge Robert M. Bell, the chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals. Lindsey also participated as a member of the University of Maryland’s National Trial Team and was admitted to the Order of Barristers, a recognition reserved for the top 5 percent of law students in trial advocacy.

She is a native of Lancaster County – a Warwick High School graduate – with a devotion to its residents and businesses.

RECOGNITION

Central Penn Business Journal’s Women of Influence List (2022)
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2022)
Leadership Lancaster (2019 graduate)

MEMBERSHIPS

American Arbitration Association, panel member arbitrator
Lancaster County Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association

PRESENTATIONS

“Use of Surveillance in Workers’ Compensation and Employment Cases,” 40th Annual Employment Law Seminar (May 2023)
“Getting Your Business Back to Business Webinar Part 2”, Barley Snyder Webinar Series (May 2020)
“The Legal Implications: Re-opening Your Business In Defiance of the Governor’s Order”, Barley Snyder Webinar Series (May 2020)
“Getting Your Business Back to Business Webinar Part 1”, Barley Snyder Webinar Series (April 2020)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Former Adjunct Professor in Trial Advocacy, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Salvatore Anastasi

Sal Anastasi is a patent attorney and chairs the firm’s Intellectual Property Law Group. He counsels clients on all aspects of intellectual property, including domestic and international patent preparation and prosecution and intellectual property litigation. He prepares and prosecutes U.S. and international patent applications in the electrical and electromechanical arts including communication systems, control systems, optics, software, business methods and Internet-related technologies, and also prepares and prosecutes trademark applications. Sal litigates intellectual property matters and prepares licensing agreements, patentability, trademark, validity and infringement opinions.

Examples of Sal’s work in the intellectual property arena include:

– Prepared legal opinions of patent invalidity to clear new electrical products for sale for a $30 million project for a client.

– Won a preliminary injunction to stop a patent infringer from making marine pilings protecting $10 million + pier contracts and bids for our client

– Worked with engineering teams in the electronics and manufacturing industries to design around patents and patent portfolios, avoiding charges of patent infringement.

– Assisted client in defending and settling a suit for copyright infringement involving mission critical software.

– Assisted artists in enforcing copyright rights in their art work.

– Negotiated settlements between parties and in formal ADR for patent infringement suits, trademark infringement actions and copyright infringement assertions.

– Counseled clients in the manufacturing and electronics industries in building IP portfolios, enforcing them and using them as levers in negotiation to drive settlements in subsequent litigation.

Sal works with clients ranging in size from small family businesses to large, multi-national companies, in a wide variety of industries, including the automotive, electronics, communications, medical device, fiber optics, software, agriculture, machinery, manufacturing and tool industries, among others.

Prior to joining Barley Snyder, Sal was a patent attorney with The Whitaker Corporation/AMP and Tyco Electronics. In addition to his legal experience, Sal’s professional experience includes work as a practicing engineer in the electrical and electromechanical fields.

RECOGNITIONS

Main Line Today, “Top Lawyers Around the Main Line and Western Suburbs” (2021, 2023)
Daily Local News, Best Lawyers 2021 Readers Choice Awards (2021)
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (2014 Corporate Counsel Edition)
Philadelphia Life’s 2012 Awesome Attorneys for Intellectual Property Law
Pennsylvania Rising Stars (2005)
Martindale-Hubbell BV Rated

MEMBERSHIPS

Pennsylvania Bar Association
Chester County Bar Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association:
– Patent Harmonization Task Force, Member
– AIPLA Fellow
– Professional Programs Committee, Former Board member
– Public Education Committee, Former Chair
– Law Practice Management Committee, Former Chair
American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section:
– Harmonization Task Force, Former chair
– Patent System Policy Planning Committee, Former chair

PRESENTATIONS

“Patentable Ideas & R&D Tax Credits”, RKL’s Manufacturing and Distribution Growth & Profitability Forum (September 2018)
“Intellectual Property Update – AIA Provisions and Patent Trolls”, ACC Seminar: What Keeps You up at Night? (September 2013)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Penn State University, Lecturer
Temple University, Adjunct Professor

Lauralee B. Baker

Lauralee B. Baker is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and Health Care Industry Group. She represents health care providers such as hospitals and physicians in medical malpractice defense litigation and before regulatory agencies. In her more than 30 years of practice, she has tried more than 50 jury cases to verdict with the vast majority concluded in favor of her client.

Lauralee brings a unique perspective to her health care and litigation trial practice as she has a medical background with both a RN and BS in nursing. She counsels her health care clients in compliance, assisting them with the minimization of risk and exposure to liability. Lauralee is well versed in regulations and current issues facing the health care industry and has spoken on issues such as informed consent, health care risk management and electronic medical records.

With Lauralee’s extensive experience in jury trials in both state and federal court, she has represented physicians, nurses and hospitals in dozens of counties across Pennsylvania. In addition, she has represented physicians and nurses in regulatory matters before the applicable state regulatory agency.

RECOGNITIONS

Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” in Harrisburg – Health Care Law (2023)
The Best Lawyers in America®, Litigation – Health Care (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), Health Care Law (2022 , 2023, 2024), Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants (2022, 2023, 2024)
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (2022, 2023)

MEMBERSHIPS

Defense Research Institute
Lancaster Bar Association
Dauphin County Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association

PRESENTATIONS

“The Nuts and Bolts of the Medical Malpractice Case,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute
“Informed Consent and the Family Physician,” Family Practice Physicians
“The Nuts and Bolts of the Medical Malpractice Case–Recent Developments in Malpractice Litigation,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute
“Risk Management and the Family Physician,” Family Practice Physicians
“Brave New World of Medical Malpractice Litigation” focused on “Mediation/Trial Strategy/Jury Selection,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Medical Malpractice Update: “Brave New World of Medical Malpractice Litigation” focused on
“The Requirements of a Family Physician to Obtain Informed Consent,” Pennsylvania Medical Society Liability Insurance Company
“Electronic Medical Records,” Nationwide Insurance Company
“The Impact of Electronic Medical Records on the Family Physician Practice,” Family Practice Physicians

Kimberly J. Decker

Kim Decker represents U.S., international and non-profit clients with a wide array of business and transactional needs. Kim takes a uniquely practical, business-focused approach because she understands that her clients need her to provide solutions, not roadblocks. As a result, Kim successfully counsels clients through mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance issues, contracts and negotiations, raising capital, risk assessment and management, public company compliance obligations and bank regulatory issues, partnering with her clients to give practical advice that helps them achieve business goals.

General Counsel

Kim has the rare perspective of having serviced clients and assessed their legal goals and needs as “in-house counsel.” Kim has provided general counsel services to clients, both on site and virtually, filling in for legal departments experiencing gaps in coverage as well acting as “outside” general counsel to many of her smaller, privately held company clients who do not have in-house lawyers. As a result, Kim is in tune with the different service style and legal issue management process that is required in a corporate or private company setting. In addition, Kim’s broad legal experiences make her valuable in this role as she is able to spot issues in a wide variety of areas.

Securities

Kim chairs the firm’s Securities practice and assists companies with public and private debt and equity offerings and the associated registration, exemption and “Blue Sky” requirements. For public company clients, Kim provides advice on all aspects of 1934 Act compliance (annual meetings, proxy solicitations, Sarbanes Oxley, corporate governance requirements, annual and quarterly reports, Section 16, current reports on Form 8-K, etc.).

Mergers and Acquisitions

Kim assists public and private companies as well as non-profit clients with mergers and acquisitions, including both stock and asset transactions, as well as reorganizations. Kim has seen a wide variety of deals and structures, including complex earn-outs, management buy-outs, venture capital investments and the exercise of a so-called “fiduciary out” to pursue a competing transaction.

Banking
In addition to providing general counsel, securities and mergers and acquisitions services to financial institutions, Kim handles financial institution and holding company formations, branch acquisitions, minority investments in financial institutions and regulatory compliance issues for Federal Reserve, FDIC and OCC regulated financial institutions of all shapes and sizes.

Kim’s clients consist of regional, national and international companies, and she has represented public company clients companies listed on all existing stock exchanges. A sampling of clients Kim has represented include an international $1.5 billion, NYSE-listed specialty steel fabricator, a multi-state bank holding company with $18 billion in assets, a regional, NASDAQ-listed telecommunications provider, and an international specialty paper manufacturer. However, a large portion of her client base consists of privately held, regional companies. Kim negotiates a wide variety of complex contractual issues for regional and multinational corporate clients in industries including telecommunications, manufacturing, distribution and education. Kim is a frequent presenter on the topics of contractual issues, the Uniform Commercial Code and administration.

RECOGNITIONS

Central Penn Business Journal, “Women of Influence”
The Best Lawyers in America®, Banking and Finance Law (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Legal Intelligencer’s “Top Women in Law” (2016)

MEMBERSHIPS

Lancaster Bar Association
York County Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association

PRESENTATIONS

“ESG, DEI and Why You Should Care,” Association of Corporate Counsel’s In-House Lawyer All Day CLE program (2022)
Featured speaker, NACD’s The Board’s Role in Risk Oversight and Cybersecurity (October 2017)
“Common Legal Issues You Need to Know”, PA Treasury’s Small Business Initiative at York College (October 2016)
“Legal Issues Involved in Growing your Business “, PA Treasury’s Small Business Initiative at York College (October 2016)
“Negotiating Indemnification Clauses, Representations and Warranties and Other “Standard” Contract Terms”, Barley Snyder Business Seminar (October 2015)
“Loan Sales”, Barley Snyder LendiCon Seminar (November 2013)
“Corporate Governance: Practical applications and ideas”, Barley Snyder Business Seminar, (October 2013)
“Dodd-Frank: What’s happening now and what’s to come”, ACC Seminar: What Keeps You up at Night? (September 2012)

Jeffrey D. Lobach

Jeff Lobach is a partner at the firm. He concentrates his law practice in the planning, negotiation and execution of business and real estate transactions, formation and governance of business and non-profit entities, industrial, commercial and residential real estate development, land use and zoning, business and real estate financing, and resolution of business disputes. In addition, Jeff counsels family-owned and closely-held businesses on issues unique to such enterprises. He also advises institutions of higher education on issues of finance, governance, risk management and other areas.

Two stints as chief law clerk for justices on Pennsylvania’s highest court and litigation experience in state and federal courts and before state and federal agencies have informed Jeff’s judgment as to the value of concise, carefully-drafted and unambiguous documentation and strategically sound negotiation of business transactions. During more than 25 years of practice, he has organized hundreds of business and non-profit entities and implemented dozens of business parks, retails centers and residential communities. He also has successfully litigated numerous zoning and land development cases in court and before governmental agencies. Jeff regularly serves as an arbitrator, mediator or negotiator of disputes between businesses, their owners and other constituencies.

Jeff has been very active in the Central Pennsylvania community, serving as a board member, officer, or general counsel to various charitable organizations. He was a founding director of York Health Foundation, Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center, York VNA Home Care, and The Golden Vision Foundation. While President of the York County Bar Association, Jeff initiated a nationally recognized pro bono immigration project on behalf of a group of about 300 Chinese refugees aboard the freighter Golden Venture which evolved into a four-year court battle before the refugees were paroled by the President. The asylum case Jeff successfully litigated for his own client, a Tiananmen Square era pro-democracy activist, was profiled in the national media, including the CBS news magazine “America Tonight” and National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.”

RECOGNITIONS

York Distinguished Citizen, New Birth of Freedom Council, Boy Scouts of America
The Best Lawyers in America®, “Lawyer of the Year,” Corporate Law (2021)
The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), Real Estate Law (2022, 2023, 2024)
Select Lawyer, Polk-Lepson Research Group; Business and Commercial Law
Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
Eagle Scout Award
Silver Beaver Award, Boy Scouts of America
Williams Essay Prize (Lehigh University)
Andrew E. Murray Peacemaking Award, Synod of the Trinity, Presbyterian Church (USA)
Service Above Self Award, Rotary Club of York
Crystal Stair Award of the University of Pennsylvania (Inaugural Recipient with Marian Wright Edelman and others)

MEMBERSHIPS

Pennsylvania Builders Association, member
York County Builders Association, member
American Institute of Banking, instructor
Pennsylvania Bar Institute, course planner and lecturer
American Bar Association
National Association of College and University Attorneys
Pennsylvania Bar Association, House of Delegates
York County Bar Association, former president and chair, Long Range Planning Committee; chair, By-Laws Committee

PRESENTATIONS

Reopening the Hospitality Industry: Current Guidelines, Possible Risks and Future Scenarios”, Barley Snyder Webinar Series (June 2020)
Featured speaker, “Golden Venture Saga” (May 2018)
“Buying, Leasing and Owning: What is Best for Your Business?”, Barley Snyder Business Seminar (October 2014)
“Title Insurance for Lenders: Before, During and After Settlement”, Barley Snyder LendiCon Seminar (May 2014)
“Leadership Development within the Legal Department”, ACC Seminar: What Keeps You up at Night? (September 2012)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

York College of Pennsylvania; general counsel
Partnership for Economic Development of York County; general counsel
Licensed Title Insurance Agent, Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, Stewart Title Insurance Company
Lyndon Baines Johnson Congressional Intern

Scott F. Landis

Scott Landis is a member of the firm’s Creditors’ Rights and Intellectual Property groups. Scott devotes a substantial portion of his practice to creditors’ rights and bankruptcy, advising lenders and other creditors in loan and credit recoveries involving millions of dollars. He represents creditors in collections, foreclosures, repossessions, levies, garnishments, mechanics liens, municipal claims and other commercial litigation. He counsels clients on the attachment, perfection and enforcement of security interests and other liens, and represents landlords in evictions and the collection of rents. He also represents banks and other creditors in all forms of bankruptcy matters, including cash collateral issues, relief from the automatic stay, defending preference and other avoidance actions, and the filing of claims and objections.

He also counsels business, institutional and individual clients on the acquisition, prosecution, use, protection, and enforcement of trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, and other intellectual and proprietary assets. Scott represents clients in the transfer and licensing of all forms of intellectual and creative property. He assists clients in obtaining clearance of copyrights and other rights for advertising, publishing, entertainment and other purposes. He also negotiates license, development and other agreements for software and technology, and advises his clients in all aspects of Internet and electronic commerce law. Scott also assists the firm’s intellectual property litigation team in state and federal litigation involving trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights. His intellectual property clients include individual artists, authors and entrepreneurs; small, medium and family-owned businesses; hospitals, universities and other institutions; and large national and multi-national corporations. Scott’s intellectual property practice also includes representing the firm’s food and agri-business clients in trademarks, branding, labeling and unfair competition issues.

RECOGNITION

The Best Lawyers in America®, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2022, 2023, 2024)

MEMBERSHIPS

International Trademark Association
American Bankruptcy Institute
Commercial Law League
Lancaster County Bar Association, Corporate, Business and Bankruptcy Section chair
Pennsylvania Bar Association

PRESENTATIONS

Bio-Engineered Labeling, Food and Ag Summit (February 2019)
Hot Topics in Commercial Loan Workouts and Restructuring, Lendicon 2017 (March 2017)
Legal Tech Talk for Your 21st Century Business, BIG U 2018 (May 2018)
Real Special Assets – Part Two, Barley Snyder LendiCon Seminar (March 2016)
Doing Business in the Digital World (and Cloud): An Overview of Risk, Applicable Laws and Policies Relating to Information Security, Barley Snyder Business Seminar (October 2015)
Deeds in Lieu, Short Sales and Deficiency Judgments, Barley Snyder LendiCon Seminar (March 2015)
Bankruptcy Update, Barley Snyder LendiCon Seminar (November 2013)
Doing Business in the Digital World, Barley Snyder Business Seminar (October 2013)
Bankruptcy Preference Claims and Their Defenses, ACC Seminar: What Keeps You up at Night? (September 2013)
Facing Land Development and Construction Issues, Barley Snyder LendiCon Seminar (November 2012)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Former adjunct professor; Lebanon Valley College, Digital Communications Department

Kevin S. Koscil

With tax legislation in a constant state of flux at the federal, state and local levels, Kevin is knowledgeable and proficient in all of the latest laws that can affect your business and your family. A member of the Trusts & Estates, Tax and Business practice groups, Kevin provides clients with comprehensive solutions for carrying out estate planning and business objectives, ranging from identifying and implementing tax-saving strategies to more general advice regarding end-of-life decisions and unique family circumstances. Kevin regularly advises business owners on succession issues and other individuals in need of sophisticated estate planning. His knowledge in estate planning led to him being quoted as a source in the Wall Street Journal, and he has presented for the National Business Institute and written for The Legal Intelligencer.

Kevin also advises individuals and businesses on a wide range of tax issues, providing advice to clients engaging in corporate transactions of all types, including mergers and acquisitions, sales and reorganizations. Businesses looking for counsel on federal income tax issues as well as various state and local taxes, such as realty transfer tax, turn to Kevin for his experience with intricate issues. Kevin also has worked extensively in the area of executive compensation and regularly advises clients on multifaceted tax matters involving deferred compensation arrangements and equity-based compensation, such as stock option plans and equity appreciation rights plans.

Kevin is heavily involved in pro bono work, resolving title issues through estate administration and handling cases involving tax controversies. Philadelphia VIP, a nonprofit organization matching attorneys with pro bono clients facing legal challenges in housing, family and income, named Kevin its December 2016 “Volunteer of the Month.”

Kevin has been named to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyer “Rising Star” list in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

RECOGNITIONS

Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Philadelphia VIP, “Volunteer of the Month” (December 2016)

MEMBERSHIP

Philadelphia Estate Planning Council

PUBLICATIONS

“Estate Planning Tools to Put to Work in a Higher-Interest Rate Environment”, The Legal Intelligencer (February 2019)
“Estate Planning Opportunities as Interest Rates Rise (and While They’re Still Low)”, Philadelphia Estate Planning Council Newsletter (May 2015)

PRESENTATIONS

“Business Succession and Wealth Transfer: Considerations for Death, Taxes and Achieving Family Harmony,” PA Fairs & Showmen Convention (January 2023)
“The Probate Process from Start to Finish,” National Business Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. (August 2013)
“Top Estate Planning Techniques,” National Business Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. (December 2012)

Kevin C. Myhre

As a patent attorney in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, Kevin brings unique perspective to his work for clients at various stages. Kevin is involved in patent application preparation and prosecution, trademark matters, and litigation support across all areas of intellectual property law, including research and strategy development.

Kevin’s distinct background as a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent examiner – where his field of examination focused on driverless or autonomous vehicle technology in the transportation industry – is complemented by his real-world experience working in the engineering community. As an aerospace engineering major at the University of Virginia, he gained professional experience in the research and development department of a Philadelphia-area airline safety manufacturer. Further rounding out his unique experience, several years into his career as a patent attorney, Kevin immersed himself in the European patent process for four weeks by participating in a work-exchange arrangement with a Munich-based intellectual property law firm.

Because many of the applications Kevin examined on behalf of the USPTO were related to driverless or autonomous vehicle technology, Kevin has a unique capability to assist clients with the optimal strategies and potential pitfalls in prosecuting patent applications focused on these technologies. Nevertheless, whether an invention involves mechanical, electrical, or software-based technology, the dual nature of Kevin’s experience has given him an intricate, inside knowledge of how the patent process works, what a patent examiner is looking for in a patent application, and the best course to chart for representing a client throughout a range of patent-related matters.

Outside of his work with clients, Kevin has committed himself to improving the quality of life in suburban Philadelphia and the business world abroad through volunteering with both local and international organizations including the Boy Scouts, his local economic development council and the American Intellectual Property Law Association. In his free time, Kevin enjoys running in 5K races along with his family throughout suburban Philadelphia to aid charitable causes, especially those that support access to legal assistance for those in need.

RECOGNITIONS

Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star (2023, 2024)

MEMBERSHIPS

Chester County Bar Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
Pennsylvania Bar Association

PRESENTATION

Optimizing Patent Protection on Vehicle Technology, Automotive Tech Week (November 2021)
Panel discussion, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Business of Automated Mobility Forum (June 2021)
Protecting Your Idea: Intellectual Property Law Basics, Great Valley LaunchBox (June 2021)
Panel discussion, ASCEND conference by American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) (November 2020)
Panel discussion, Pennsylvania Automated Vehicle Summit (September 2019)

Sean B. Frederick

Sean B. Frederick is the Chair of the firm’s municipal finance practice, as well as a member of the Business Practice and Senior Living Industry Group, where he assists financial institutions, governmental entities and other clients in the areas of commercial finance, public finance, tax, securities law and general business.

Sean provides counsel, guidance and advice to clients on a wide variety of financing transactions including those involving new markets tax credits, low-income housing tax credits and historic tax credits as both investor counsel, tax counsel and developer counsel. Additionally, as Chair of Barley’s municipal finance group, he has particular experience in both governmental bonds, conduit financings and related tax issues involving manufacturing entities and 501(c)(3) corporations. Sean serves as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, issuer’s counsel, letter of credit and liquidity provider’s counsel and also works closely with other lawyers as co-counsel, local and regional counsel. Sean also has extensive experience within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania working with PIDA, Pennvest, PennWorks, MELF and other loan programs.

Representative examples of Sean’s experience include:

– Representing regional and national commercial lending institutions on financing transactions ranging in size from $200,000 to $50,000,000 involving industries such as manufacturing, professional services, agri-business, hospitality, entertainment, food and beverage, and real estate, housing and construction.

– Counseling municipal clients regarding the issuance of tax-exempt bonds with an aggregate principal amount of over $200 million for such diverse purposes as water and sewer facilities, parking garages, fire departments, schools and other educational facilities.

– Representing manufacturing and not-for profit clients regarding the issuance of tax-exempt, small issue bonds, 501(c)(3) bonds and taxable bonds, including extensive experience in structuring transactions within the confines of the Internal Revenue Code in order to maximize the tax benefit to clients.

– Represented Fulton Bank, N.A., as construction lender and equity investor, in connection with the multifamily rental housing developments located at 4203 Chamberlayne Avenue and 4210 Old Brook Road in Richmond, Virginia known as Bellevue Apartments (the “Project”) and related construction loan in the original principal amount of $10,000,000 purchased by Fulton, subject to a forward purchase commitment of Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital, LLC at conversion pursuant to a Freddie Mac Multifamily purchase commitment.

– Represented Fulton Bank, N.A., as construction lender and equity investor, in connection with the multifamily rental housing development located at 617-621 Adams Drive and 698 Dresden Drive, Newport News, VA known as Ivy Farms Apartments (the “Project”) and related construction loan issued by the Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority in the original principal amount of $16,000,000 purchased by Fulton, subject to a forward purchase commitment of Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust Company.

– Represented Fulton Bank, N.A., as initial purchaser of the $6,255,000 Reading Housing Authority (Pennsylvania) GNMA Collateralized Multi-Family Housing Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Goggle Works Apartments Project).

– Counsel to Boys and Girls Club of Philadelphia with respect to its $9,760,000 New Markets Tax Credit Qualified Low-Income Community Investment Transaction completed in February 2020

As a member of the Senor Living Industry Group, Sean has been part of numerous financings of senior living facilities.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the University of Florida, magna cum laude, Sean is currently serving as president of the Literacy Council of Lancaster-Lebanon, vice president of Lancaster Housing Opportunities Partnership which is focused on providing affordable housing opportunities in the county of Lancaster, and is active with the Pennsylvania and the National Associations of Bond Lawyers.

Sean writes on a variety of topics. Some recent articles include:

– A Summary of Tax Changes from the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

– Variable Rate Demand Bonds – Liquidity Issues

– Why Even Perfect Terms May Not Guarantee a Legal Victory in Battle of the Forms

RECOGNITION

The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

MEMBERSHIPS

National Association of Bond Lawyer
Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyer

PRESENTATION

Understanding; Utilizing Tax Credit Financing, Barley Snyder LendiCon Seminar, (May 2014)

Katherine Betz Kravitz

Kathy is a partner at Barley Snyder, the chair of its Health Care Industry Group and a member of the Litigation Practice group. In her more than 30 years of practice with Barley Snyder, Kathy has served as counselor and problem-solver for health care providers throughout central Pennsylvania, including hospitals and physicians, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospices, home health and home care agencies. She regularly defends health care providers in significant malpractice litigation and before the licensure boards.

Kathy uses her broad based expertise to guide providers through both every day problems and more serious issues, always with an eye toward future prevention. Experience has honed Kathy’s ability to find practical solutions to difficult problems without running afoul of regulations. Kathy has also worked with providers to create event evaluation processes which preserve relevant privileges to the greatest extent possible.

Kathy assists clients through all phases of policy making, including preparation, review and implementation in virtually all areas of health care practice. Kathy understands the importance of clarity and simplicity in policy making, and the need to incorporate what the review bodies need into a process which is functional for the provider.

Kathy has been defending health care providers in litigation across Central Pennsylvania throughout her entire career, including the most serious of cases involving adult brain injury and birth injuries. Her diverse health care practice gives her insight essential to effective representation of the providers in litigation and in the courtroom. Kathy also understands the stress these proceedings bring to the providers involved, and she is skilled at soothing nerves and bolstering confidence in the process of trial or deposition preparation. She puts these same skills to effective use when fostering licensed providers through a Department of State investigation and/or complaint.

Kathy counsels clients on a variety of health care issues, including:

HITECH and HIPAA
Red Flag Rules/Identity Theft Prevention
Mental Health Laws and Procedures
POAs, Advance Directives, and Guardianship
EMTALA
FDA Internal Review Board Regulations
Abortion Control Act Compliance
Policy Making
Corporate Liability
Informed Consent
Risk Management
Credentialing
State Board Licensing and Investigations
DOH Regulations
JCAHO credentialing
Event Reporting and Patient Safety
Defense of Malpractice Claims
Secondary Payor Reporting
Criminal Background Checks
Child Abuse Reporting
Protective Services Act
Allied Health Provider Law and Regulations

Kathy was named to Central Penn Business Journal’s 2024 Women of Influence List based on her professional experience, community involvement and commitment to mentoring.

MEMBERSHIPS

American Health Lawyers Association
American, Pennsylvania and Lancaster Bar Associations

PRESENTATIONS

Advance care planning seminar, panelist (April 2019)
Advance care planning seminar, panelist (April 2018)
“End-of-Life Decisions. What do you want?”, National Healthcare Decisions Day (April 2015)

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