James P. DeAngelo
McNees Wallace & Nurick

DeAngelo is chairman of McNees Wallace’s litigation practice group. He joined the firm as a business litigator in 1992 after his clerkship with the Pennsylvania Superior Court. With a broad-ranging litigation practice, he handles litigation projects in state and federal court, administrative proceedings, arbitration and mediation.

As a business litigator, DeAngelo represents clients of the firm in all forms of transactional disputes, and as a member of the firm automotive dealership practice, he represents automobile dealers in franchise disputes including relocation, new point and termination cases.

Holding a long-time interest in pro bono service and in the delivery of legal services to the poor, DeAngelo has served as chairman of the Dauphin County Bar Association’s Public Service Committee since 1997. He dedicates numerous hours of pro bono legal advice to individuals and families in the central Pennsylvania community.


Dean Roger J. Dennis
Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law

Dennis is the founding dean of the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He was formerly the provost at Rutgers University-Camden as well as the dean at the Rutgers-Camden School of Law. He clerked for Judge Richard McLaren of the U.S. District Court in Chicago before working in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and practicing at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C.

Dennis has published widely, with a particular focus on the application of modern financial theory to corporate law, strategic corporate behavior, and antitrust law and securities regulation.

His teaching currently focuses on the federal regulation of the purchase and sale of securities, the raising of capital and the operation of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in light of changing economic and political environments.

Dennis is a current member and past chairman of the board of the United Way of Camden County and also serves as a trustee of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Northwestern University School of Law, where he was selected for the Order of the Coif. In 1991 he was elected as a member of the American Law Institute.