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June 21, 2007
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Eckert Seamans Attorney Receives Pro Bono Award from Pennsylvania Bar Association
The national law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC today announced
that attorney Sarah L. Shannon received a 2007 Pro Bono Award
from the Pennsylvania Bar Association. These awards recognize and thank
those attorneys and judges who have used their talents to help needy children
and families in Pennsylvania. Ms. Shannon serves as the associate member
of Eckert Seamans' Pro Bono Committee and was instrumental in helping to develop
and implement the Custody Concilliation project described below.
Eckert Seamans is a board member of the Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership, a
group of law firms and corporate legal departments that collaborate to increase
pro bono legal services in Southwestern Pennsylvania by developing signature pro
bono projects that provide needed legal services to persons of limited means in
the community. This year the Partnership developed the Custody
Conciliation project, which provides free legal representation to parents in
custody conciliations in Allegheny County. The need for a lawyer at this
stage in the custody process is crucial because having both parties represented
by counsel at the conciliation greatly increase the likelihood that the parties
will reach a custody agreement.
Sarah L. Shannon is an attorney in the Business Division at
Eckert Seamans. Ms. Shannon focuses her practice on corporate and business
counseling, real estate and health law. She assists clients engaged in
manufacturing, retail sales, real estate development and health care and
represents both lenders and borrowers in asset-based and mortgage-based
financing. Ms. Shannon received her law degree from the University of
Pittsburgh in 2003. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Shannon earned both
a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz
Graduate School of Business and a Master of Public and International Affairs
from the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International
Affairs. During this time, Ms. Shannon volunteered as an advocate for
abused and neglected children in the Allegheny County Court Appointed Special
Advocate program. Ms Shannon is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania. She
is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar
Association and the Allegheny County Bar Association.
About Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC (www.eckertseamans.com), a national law firm with nine offices throughout the eastern United States, provides a full range of legal services nationwide to businesses of all sizes, institutions, municipalities, colleges and universities, government agencies and individuals. Its practice areas encompass litigation, including mass tort and products liability litigation, corporate and business law, intellectual property law, labor and employment relations, aviation & aerospace law, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, employee benefits, environmental law, construction law, municipal finance, real estate, and tax and estate law. Eckert Seamans has offices in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and Southpointe, Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Delaware; Morgantown, West Virginia; Boston, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C. and White Plains, New York.
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