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Esworthy Appointed to Penn State Alumni Association Executive Board

Matthew A.S. Esworthy, a partner at Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, has been appointed to the Executive Board of the Pennsylvania State University Alumni Association,the largest dues-paying organization of its kind in the world, with members in every state in the U.S. and numerous countries.

Association President Kevin R. Steele appointed Mr. Esworthy to the Executive Board to represent the University’s numerous College Alumni Societies. These include alumni of the Smeal College of Business, the College of Engineering, the College of Information Sciences and Technology, and the Schreyer Honors College, among many others. The Executive Board advises the President in setting priorities and objectives for the entire University Alumni Association.

Mr. Esworthy also serves as President of the Penn State Law School Alumni Association. During his tenure, he has worked to strengthen ties between law school alumni across the country, and to enhance the professional development of the next generation of young attorneys. In his legal practice, Mr. Esworthy represents clients in civil and criminal litigation, including white-collar criminal cases and complex commercial disputes.

Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler was founded in 1972 by Ronald M. Shapiro, with the mission of providing outstanding legal counsel for Maryland businesses of all sizes. Since then, Shapiro Sher has grown into a full-service, nationally-recognized firm that for the past four years has been named Top Mid-sized Law Firm in Maryland for Business and Transactions by Super Lawyers®, a division of Thomson Reuters. The Firm includes practices in litigation, corporate, real estate, employment, sports, banking & finance, and bankruptcy & creditor’s rights. For more information, please visit the Firm’s website at www.ShapiroSher.com.

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“Best Lawyers 2016” selects eight Shapiro Sher attorneys

Eight Shapiro Sher attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2016®. All the firm’s core practice areas are represented in the selections.

The guide cites the following attorneys in the indicated practice areas:

Best Lawyers in America® is regarded as a definitive guide to legal excellence in the country. For its 2016 edition, Best Lawyers based its research on a peer-review survey in which leading attorneys cast 6.7 million votes on the abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.

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“Ashley Madison Hack May Yield Crop of Reluctant Plaintiffs”

Shapiro Sher partner Matthew Esworthy is quoted inProgressiveLawPractice.com in an article about potential litigation in the aftermath of the Ashley Madision website hack. Mr. Esworthy serves as co-chair of the Cybercrime Subcommittee of the ABA Section of Litigation’s Criminal Committee.

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“Judge Rules for Thornburg Mortgage in RBC Capital Suit”

The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets report on the latest development in the Thornburg Mortgage bankruptcy case, for which Shapiro Sher’s Joel Sher serves as trustee. In this latest development, the court ruled in Mr. Sher’s favor, awarding Thornburg $45 million in its suit against RBC Capital.

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Supreme Court Watch: Montanile v. Board of Trustees

On the Business Insurance Attorney Blog, Alex J. Brown writes about an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case concerning a critical subrogation issue under ERISA.

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Will the Court Define ‘Actual Damages’ in the OPM Cyber-Attack Lawsuit?

Matthew A.S. Esworthy writes for Criminal Litigation, an ABA newsletter, about a class action lawsuit brought against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management after a recent cyber-attack.

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