COMMONWEALTH LAW CLASS NOTES (April–October 2023) CLASS OF 1996
CLASS OF 2010
Maura Mundy, Esq., ’96 has been appointed by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro to serve as a commissioner for the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board of Pennsylvania. Mundy is an attorney with Dethlefs Pykosh and Murphy. She has focused her practice on workers’ compensation litigation, including social security, disability, professional licensing, and Title IX.
Hillary Madden, Esq., ’10 has been awarded the Gilbert Nurick Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association Conference of County Bar Leaders. The award is named in honor of Gilbert Nurick, the late Harrisburg attorney and former president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA). Madden received this award for her dedication and service to the PBA. Madden is a criminal defense attorney at Durney Worthington & Madden in Tannersville, Pennsylvania.
CLASS OF 2001 Matthew Shindell, Esq., ’01, a member of Philadelphia-based law firm Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci P.C., has been selected as a 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer. It is the second year in a row he has been for this honor.
CLASS OF 2007 Andy Mahon, Esq., ’07 recently joined Barley Snyder as an attorney within its employment and immigration practice groups and will be working out of the firm’s Lancaster and York, Pennsylvania, offices. Prior to joining Barley Snyder, Mahon worked at a Lancaster law firm focused primarily on immigration law, where he was named partner in 2019. Mahon volunteers as a tax preparer for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program and is a volunteer lawyer and former board president of the Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center.
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CLASS OF 2014 Katy Landis, Esq., ’14 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, Pennsylvania, office and works in risk mitigation, 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. In addition, Landis was named a Rising Star by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for 2023 in the areas of construction litigation and insurance coverage. Christopher Naylor, Esq., ’14 has been selected as a partner with Barley Snyder, serving central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. He is a member of the firm’s real estate and business practice