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Three’s Company! PHD Law Firm Now Open A trio of University of Windsor law school graduates have joined forces and opened a new practice called PHD Law working from an office situated at 2109 Ottawa Street, Suite 200. Alexa Posliff, who also holds a law degree from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and a Master of Laws from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in Chicago; Armando D’Alessandro, who also has a law degree from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, and Mason Herberholz, opened their new practice at the beginning of January. Their new business name — PHD Law — is a play on the first initials of the last names of the three lawyers. All three had previously worked together at Mousseau DeLuca McPherson Prince LLP. “We always worked well together and we thought if not now, then when, so here we are,” says Posliff, who graduated from the University of Windsor a couple of years ahead of her colleagues. “We all wanted to be our own bosses and it’s very exciting.” The three founding partners offer a wide range of practice areas, including criminal and civil litigation, contracts, wills, estates, commercial and residential landlord-tenant disputes, real estate, labour and employment law, municipal law, and legal issues involving human rights. “We’re a full-service firm with the exception of family and immigration law issues,” explains Posliff whose father Ed Posliff recently retired from Mousseau DeLuca McPherson Prince after a long career. “I remember my dad representing the Windsor Star on some story publishing issues so I caught the bug pretty early.” For now, the three partners are meeting with clients by appointment only and
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The acronym PHD represents Windsor’s newest law firm, Posliff, Herberholz, D’Alessandro, LLP. The firm’s founding partners from left are: Alexa Posliff. B.A. (Spec. Hons.) J.D (Canada), J.D. (U.S.)*, L.L.M. (*Licensed in the State of N.Y.); Mason Herberholz, B.A. (Hons.), J.D. (Canada); and Armando D’Alessandro, B.A. (Hons.), J.D. (Canada), J.D. (U.S.). The three lawyers are young rising stars who are destined to make outstanding contributions in their careers and to the City of Windsor. Photo by Rod Denis.
conduct the remainder of their meetings virtually, with the aid of Internet technology. “We’re fortunate in that we are all pretty tech savvy, but it’s been a learning curve for all of us,” Posliff comments. PHD Law is located in the Market Square building at the intersection of Ottawa Street and Walker Road. “It’s a great location, there’s plenty of parking and our building is fully accessible,” she adds. All three are active in the community outside their profession with Posliff acting
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as President of the Windsor Women Working With Immigrant Women Board of Directors; Herberholz a board member with Windsor-Essex Brokerage for Personal Supports, an organization working with people with developmental disabilities, and D’Alessandro volunteers for Windsor Lawyers Feed the Hungry at the Downtown Mission of Windsor and is also a lawyer supervisor for Pro Bono Students Canada. For more information on the firm, visit their website: phdlaw.ca.
