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Peggy M. Morcom 
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Associate
phone 717-273-3733
fax 717-273-1535
email pmorcom@leblaw.com

Peggy M. Morcom has recently joined the law firm of Reilly, Wolfson, Sheffey, Schrum and Lundberg, LLP as an associate attorney. She joins the firm from the Harrisburg office of a large Philadelphia law firm, with 4 years of experience in the areas of labor and employment law, education law, and Civil Rights litigation, and will concentrate her practice with our firm in those areas, as well as in municipal law. Ms. Morcom has worked extensively in counseling and advocating for both employees and a broad range of employers in matters involving unemployment compensation, wage and hour claims and discrimination claims of all types, as well as on issues involving the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and other related legislation. She has also provided a broad range of legal services in the area of special education law and representation of licensed professionals. Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Morcom worked for 10 years as a paralegal in the litigation arena She is a graduate of Widener University School of Law, and earned her Bachelor's Degree from Shippensburg University. Ms. Morcom is admitted to practice in the State Courts of Pennsylvania, as well as the United States District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania. She is married and has 3 children.

Areas of Practice:
Professional Liability
Federal Civil Rights
Employment Law
Municipality Liability
General Liability
Unemployment Compensation
Certification/Specialties:
Paralegal, Penn State


Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania, 2004
U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2005
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2007
Education:
Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 2003
J.D.
Honors: Outstanding Student Service Award
Honors: Vice-President, Student Bar Association
Honors: Dean's Honor (2000)


Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, 1990
B.A.
Honors: Dean's Honors
Major:  Political Science


Published Works:
"An Available or Unavailable Witness, That is the Question", Defense Digest, December, 2005


"Willful Misconduct- Denial of Benefits Despite Lack of Intent", Defense Digest, December, 2007


"Pennsylvania Special Education Law - Maintaining an Ethical Balance", National Business Institute, November, 2007


"Pennsylvania Special Education Law - Protecting the Rights of Children with Special Needs", Business Institute, November, 2007


Representative Cases:
Portis v. Riverhouse, WL 4452378 (US District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania 2008)
Sprague v. Neil, WL 140718 (US District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania 2008)
Schaffnauser v. Burton Neil & Associates, WL 857523 (US District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania 2008)
Mumma v. Burton Neil & Associates, WL 1094548 (US District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania 2006)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Employment Law Seminar, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, 2006


PA Special Education Law, National Business Institute, December 7, 2007


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Child Care Consultants, 2004 - 2005
Board of Directors (Former)


Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2004 - Present
Law Day Participant


Dauphin County Bar Association, 2005 - Present
Continuing Legal Education Committee


Lebanon County Bar Association


Dauphin County Bar Association, Project Kid's Care


Past Employment Positions:
Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Associate, 2005 - 2008


Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Kappa Pi

Friday, May 18, 2012