Commonwealth Law

Class of 2006

Arlene MarshallHockensmith was

promoted to director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. (PLAN), effective June 1, 2022. Marshall-Hockensmith, who has been with PLAN since 2014, is the first woman of color to hold a senior leadership role at PLAN. She previously served as its administrative officer. Before joining PLAN, she worked as an attorney and project manager at the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) and as a staff attorney at MidPenn Legal Services. Marshall-Hockensmith serves as editor-in-chief of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Minority Bar Committee’s Houston’s Legacy Newsletter and on the board of directors for the Carlisle Theatre and Central Pennsylvania’s MLK Day of Service.

Class of 2007

Jonathan Koltash has begun his second year of a two-year term as chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates, the policy-making body of the PBA. He is an attorney in the Governor’s Office of General Counsel, serving as chief counsel for the Pennsylvania Health

Insurance Exchange Authority. In addition, Koltash is also an adjunct professor at Widener Law Commonwealth and Central Penn College.

Class of 2008

Niki Carter has joined defense contractor BAE Systems, Inc., as associate general counsel of procurement. In her new role, she supports BAE’s chief procurement officer, vice president of procurement, and vice president of contracts and advises on matters of compliance, U.S. Department of Defense government contracting, business strategy, and real estate matters.

Class of 2010

Andrew Conaboy was named partner of the Sarasota, Florida-based law firm of Berlin Patten Ebling, PLLC. His practice consists mostly of residential and commercial real estate transactions and estate planning.

Class of 2013

Tricia Springer was promoted to member (partner) at the Harrisburg, Pa., office of Eckert Seamans. She concentrates her practice in labor and employment matters, administration law, and civil litigation. In addition, Springer has an extensive practice representing governmental agencies and private parties related to the Pennsylvania Right to Know Law and

educational institutions connected to the Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

Class of 2014

Katy Landis has been recognized in the 2023 edition of the Best Lawyers of America in the area of medical malpractice law—defendants. Landis is an associate with Saxton and Stump’s Lancaster, Pa. office and works in risk mitigation and drafts, reviews and revises construction contracts, subcontracts, releases, and waivers. She has also represented clients under investigation for violations of the

False Claims Act within the firm’s investigations and criminal defense practice group.

Class of 2017

Brandon Jordan was awarded the 2022 Houston’s Rising Star Award by the Pennsylvania Bar Association and its minority bar committee. This annual award recognizes a PBA minority bar committee member who has made significant contributions to the committee or to the PBA. He currently works as a trial attorney at Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., representing Liberty Mutual and its policyholders in complex civil litigation matters, including workers’ compensation, personal injury, and property damage claims.

Class of 2018

Roberto Ugarte was recently admitted to practice law in Maryland. In addition, he and Silvia Calife were married on June 18, 2022, in Ugarte’s hometown of Hanover, Pa.

Class of 2020

Salvatore Sciacca an associate member of McKees Wallace and Nurick in Harrisburg, Pa., and a staff sergeant with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, has been deployed to Lithuania for a training exercise with NATO allies. He joined the law firm in 2021 and works in its litigation practice group. Sciacca previously served in Baghdad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2008 and 2009.

In Memoriam

Peter J. Daley ‘93

Friends, Faculty, and Staff

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