McNees Attorney Denise E. Elliott Elected To The Board Of Directors For Girls On The Run Lancaster
June 30, 2015
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Lancaster, PA. (June 30, 2015) – Denise E. Elliott, Of Counsel of the law firm of McNees Wallace and Nurick LLC recently was elected to serve a three year term on the Board of Directors for Girls on the Run of Lancaster. She is resident in McNees’ Lancaster office and practices with the firm’s Labor & Employment Group.
As a member of the McNees Labor and Employment Practice Group, Denise focuses her practice on defending self-insured employers in workers compensation matters and providing representation and counsel to clients in employment discrimination litigation, ADA/FMLA compliance, safety and health issues.
Denise is a former coach for the Centreville Elementary Girls on the Run team and will be the head coach of a newly formed team at St. Anne School this fall. Denise previously served on the Board of Directors of the Hands-on House Children’s Museum for six years, including one year as chair. Currently, Denise serves as a classroom volunteer for Junior Achievement of Central PA, as a mentor/facilitator for the Junior Achievement Young Women’s Futures Symposium, as a mentor for the Lancaster Chamber’s Women in Business Mentoring Program and on the parent School Board at St. Anne School, where she chairs the Facilities Committee. Denise is a 2009 graduate of Leadership Lancaster.
Denise received her J.D. from Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law and her undergraduate degree from University of Delaware. She is a frequent speaker on workers’ compensation and employment law topics and has been named a 2014 Select Lawyer. Denise is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and before the Federal District Courts in the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. She is also a member of the Lancaster Bar Association where she served as past chair of the Workers’ Compensation Section.
About Girls on the Run
Girls on the Run of Lancaster is a chapter of Girls on the Run International ®, founded in 1996. The Lancaster Chapter began in the fall of 2009 and has continued to grow each year. Girls on the Run® is a nonprofit character development program that provides life-changing, experiential learning programs for girls age eight to thirteen years old. The programs combine training for a 3.1 mile running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts. The goals of the programs are to encourage positive emotional, social, mental, spiritual and physical development. The Lancaster Chapter has served more than 6200 girls and families since its formation in 2009. For more information, you may visit http://gotrlancaster.org.
For further information, contact Iris Jones at 717.237.5224 / ijones@mwn.com or Tiffany Riser at 717.237.5444 / triser@mwn.com.
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