Additions

Kristofor T. Henning, a commercial litigator with law firm and in-house litigation experience, joined McCarter & English as a partner in the firm's Center City office.

Henning most recently was a vice president for litigation with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., where he managed a team of in-house litigators.

At McCarter & English, he will handle a broad range of commercial disputes, with a focus on disputes in the technology and health care sectors.

He will also resume his class action practice, helping clients defend against consumer and other kinds of class actions.

Before entering private practice, Henning served as a law clerk in federal court in Philadelphia.

Elected and Appointed

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young attorney Karl S. Myers was appointed vice chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's appellate advocacy committee.

Myers will serve in this capacity for the 2018-19 bar association year.

The PBA Appellate Advocacy Committee promotes dialogue and cooperation between lawyers who practice before the state and federal appellate courts and members of the judiciary.

He is a Pennsylvania appellate lawyer who has argued and briefed dozens of precedent-setting cases before the appellate courts of Pennsylvania and other jurisdictions.

He maintains a particular focus on cases before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Commonwealth Court and Pennsylvania Superior Court, including litigation involving state constitutional challenges, insurance insolvency and regulatory matters, Pennsylvania Right to Know Law requests, government contracting and bid-protest disputes, complex commercial actions, and many other types of civil cases.

Speakers

McNees Wallace & Nurick attorneys, Devin Chwastyk and Brian Gregg, are set to present at this year's County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania County Administration Conference at The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in Centre County on Thursday.

Chwastyk and Gregg's session, “Contracts and Technology Considerations,” will inform attendees about the needed language in contracts with the county in relation to technology requirements.

Chwastyk is chair of the McNees Wallace privacy and data security group.

Gregg is chair of the food and beverage practice group and practices in the intellectual property and craft brewery practice groups.