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Stradley Ronon Chairman Re-Elected to New Three-Year Term

By Brian Harris

By Gina Passarella
Of the Legal Staff

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young Chairman William R. Sasso has been re-elected to another three-year term as chairman of the firm?s board of directors.  He has held the position since 1994.

He is joined by two new members of the board, partners Linda Ann Galante and Barbara Nugent, who were each elected to three-year terms.

Sasso, Galante and Nugent sit on the board along with firm managing partner Jeffrey Lutsky and partners Kevin R. Boyle, John J. Murphy III and Bruce Leto.

Sasso has served as chairman of the 195-attorney firm since 1994 and is responsible for the oversight and management of all of the firm?s attorneys and offices.

Sasso has also been very active in civic life, serving as former chairman of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce?s board of directors, as chairman of Holy Redeemer Health System since its inception, as a member of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau board and executive committee, a trustee of his alma mater LaSalle University and as a trustee of Leo Niessen Jr. Charitable Foundation. He was recently named co-chairman of Gov.-elect Tom Corbett?s transition team.

Galante focuses her practice on the representation of community banks,  handling all aspects of bank regulatory and finance work. She also represents nonprofit institutions as well as real estate owners and developers.

Nugent is a partner in the firm?s investment management/mutual funds practice group. She counsels investment companies, investment advisers, independent directors and fund service providers in corporate and securities matters relating to formation, registration, merger, acquisition, liquidation and compliance of open-end investment companies.

Full post as published by The Legal Intelligencer Blog on January 07, 2011 (boomark / email).