Government

Heather Fitzenhagen has been endorsed by Florida Senator Lizbeth Benacquisto in her campaign for the Florida House of Representatives seat in the newly formed District 78.

Duane Morris is pleased to announce that Michael A. Swit has joined the firm's Trial Practice Group as special counsel in its San Diego office. Swit's arrival further bolsters Duane Morris' life sciences practice, particularly in U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory matters.

Jonathan D. Weinzapfel, former two-term mayor of Evansville, Ind., has joined the government team at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP as counsel. He will practice remotely from Evansville.

Duane Morris congratulates Karen Shichman Crawford, former partner in the firm's Trial Practice Group in its San Diego office, for her selection as a magistrate judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. She was sworn in on March 5, and her chambers are located in the Edward J. Schwartz U.S. Courthouse in San Diego.

A detailed presentation on labor and employment legal issues by Gallop attorney Johnny S. Wang scored an A+ with more than 125 officials from 61 Missouri school districts who attended an AAIM Employers’ Association training event for the Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis (CSD) on March 9 at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.

Ms. D’Ambrosio will utilize her broad experience in regulatory compliance to provide counsel in matters related to energy expansion, real estate development and conservation Phillips Nizer is pleased to announce that Denise J. D’Ambrosio has joined the firm’s Environmental and Land Use & Government Relations practices as counsel. Former in-house counsel to the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Ms.

Buckingham Attorney will Serve Three-year Term Through 2014 Amanda Quan, an attorney at Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, has been appointed by the Supreme Court of Ohio as a member of the Commission on Continuing Legal Education (CLE). The three-year appointment, which was announced by the Supreme Court on Jan. 19, begins immediately and runs through Dec. 31, 2014.

John J. Temporiti, an attorney at the Gallop law firm in St. Louis (www.GallopLaw.com) is identified as one of the “Most Influential” people in metro St. Louis by the St. Louis Business Journal in the newspaper’s February 17-23, 2012 edition. The newspaper developed its list of the 250 “Most Influential St.

Attorneys Harry Lightsey and Sally Rogers have joined Nexsen Pruet’s Public Policy and Governmental Affairs Group. They will work closely with Bob Coble in the firm’s Columbia offices on Main Street, which is located in the block across the street from the South Carolina Capitol.

Maine Street Solutions is pleased to welcome its newest member, Sara Vanderwood. Sara comes to MSS from the Senate Republican Office where she served as Chief of Staff during the past year.