McNees Attorney Denise Elliott Elected President of St. Anne’s School Parent Board
July 26, 2017
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LANCASTER, Pa. – On July 1, McNees Wallace & Nurick attorney Denise Elliott began a two-year term as president of the St. Anne’s School Parent Board. Elliott has been a member of the school board since 2013 and recently served as Secretary. Elliott has two daughters attending St. Anne’s, entering third and fifth grade.
“I am excited to take on this role and am humbled and honored to serve St. Anne’s School and the school community,” Elliott said.
Elliott is an attorney in McNees’ Labor & Employment practice group. An experienced litigator, Elliott represents public and private sector employers in all phases of employment related litigation, including before state and federal courts, arbitrators, administrative law judges (such as workers’ compensation judges and unemployment compensation referees), and administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.
Since moving to Lancaster with her husband Steve and two daughters, Elliott has given her time to community organizations focused on children. She serves on the Board of Directors for Girls on the Run Lancaster and is the head coach of the St. Anne’s Girls on the Run Team. She also serves as classroom volunteer for Junior Achievement of Central PA, and is a former mentor/facilitator for the Junior Achievement Young Women’s Futures Symposium. She served on the Board of Directors of the Hands-on House Children’s Museum for six years, including one year as Chair, has been a member of the Personnel Committee for Southeast Lancaster Health Services since 2008 and is a 2009 graduate of Leadership Lancaster.
Elliott is a frequent speaker on workers’ compensation and employment law topics and was named a 2014 and 2015 Select Lawyer. She is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, before the Federal District Courts in the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, and before the Supreme Court of the United States.
The St. Anne’s School, located on Liberty Street in the city of Lancaster, opened in September 1931. It serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges.