Gina Maisto Smith And Amorie Hummel Selected As 2021 Women Of Distinction Honorees By The Philadelphia Business Journal – Law Department Performance

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Gina Maisto Smith and Amorie Hummel elected as 2021 winners by the Philadelphia Business Journal

November 29, 2021

Cozen O’Connor

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PHILADELPHIA, November 23, 2021
– Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that Gina Maisto Smith, Chair of the Company’s Institutional Response Group, and Amorie Hummel, a member of the Company’s Environmental Group, have been selected as 2021 Women of Distinction by the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Women of Distinction program is now in its 26th. Hummel was selected as the rising star, these are women 35 years old or younger who performed excellently at the start of their careers.

Smith is the founder of the nation’s first practice dedicated to the institutional response to sexual and gender-based harassment, violence, child abuse, elderly abuse, other forms of discrimination and harassment, workplace misconduct, and criminal behavior. Smith provides advice, counseling, and legal advice on all aspects of the institutional malpractice response. She assists institutions in designing effective institutional responses that incorporate the complex federal and state regulatory framework with the unique dynamics of interpersonal misconduct and its impact on individuals, institutions and communities. Smith is often asked to advise institutional clients, including presidents, boards of directors, officers and lawyers, at the intersection of trauma-informed, fair and impartial litigation with the overlapping legal landscape.

Hummel’s main focus is on representing clients in environmental and energy matters. She represents public and private clients in environmental litigation, advice on environmental law and environmental transaction work. Her work on behalf of clients has included assisting with regulatory affairs before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the California State Water Resources Control Board, in addition to appeals to the Appeals Department of the New Jersey Superior Court and the Superior Court of Pennsylvania on behalf of utilities and developers.

About Cozen O’Connor

Cozen O’Connor was founded in 1970 and has 775 lawyers helping clients manage risk and make better business decisions. The firm advises clients on their most demanding legal matters in all areas of law, including litigation, corporate law and regulatory law. Cozen O’Connor represents a broad spectrum of leading global and medium-sized companies and serves the needs of its customers through 31 offices on two continents.

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