Nevena Simidjiyska, an attorney in the Philadelphia office of Fox Rothschild, was appointed to the steering committee of the American Bar Association’s export controls and economic sanctions committee.

In her role, Simidjiyska assists the committee with education, outreach and advocacy in the areas of U.S. export controls and economic sanctions and embargoes.

Simidjiyska represents both domestic and international clients in import and export control matters.

N. Alexander Erlam, in-house general counsel for Vertical Screen Inc., was elected to the Association of Corporate Counsel’s board of directors.

The ACC is an organization serving the professional and business interests of its more than 30,000 member attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations and other private-sector organizations. Erlam was officially voted onto the board at the ACC’s annual meeting September 30 in Orlando, Fla.

Erlam practices in the area of contracts, privacy, employment law and employer-related immigration law. Erlam has served as the company’s general counsel since 2004.
 

Speakers

Melissa R. Chandy, an associate with Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano, authored a speech given to Villanova University School of Law students this past spring for a presentation on key factors in settling workers’ compensation cases.

She also authored a speech for the Pennsylvania Association of Justice’s “Annual Update of the Law for Civil Litigators” on the topic of workers’ compensation set for today in Philadelphia.

Frank N. Ciprero, an associate with Pond Lehocky, is set to deliver the Pennsylvania Association of Justice’s “Annual Update of the Law Seminar for Civil Litigators” on the topic of workers’ compensation today in Philadelphia.Andrew K. Stutzman, a partner with Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, is set to serve as a co-panelist for the “Consumer Credit Market” presentation at the 2012 Credit Union Attorneys Conference, presented by the Pennsylvania Credit Union Association today in Harrisburg. The conference is geared for attorneys representing or planning to represent credit unions.Stutzman is chair of the firm’s mortgage and lending litigation practice and oversees a team of lawyers who represent financial services and other clients in litigation involving consumer and commercial loan transactions.