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TUCKER ARENSBERG ANNOUNCES NEW ATTORNEY HIRES
Pittsburgh, PA -- The law firm of Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
announced that Lee Kim,
Erin M. Beckner and
Nora E. Gieg have joined the firm as
Associate attorneys.
 Lee
Kim
is an Associate and a registered patent attorney in the firm’s Intellectual
Property/Technology Law Practice Group. Lee's transactional experience includes
protecting and counseling clients in all areas of intellectual property,
including copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and patents. Her patent
experience includes preparation and prosecution of domestic and foreign patent
applications in the biotech, chemical, pharmaceutical, neuroscience, mechanical,
and software fields. Lee's client experience includes working with
individual inventors, consultants and independent contractors, small businesses,
medium businesses, multi-national corporations, non-profit organizations,
schools and universities.
Lee earned her undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Duquesne
University, and completed her graduate coursework in organic chemistry at the
University of California at Santa Cruz. Lee earned her law degree from the
University of Pittsburgh School of Law. While in law school, Lee assisted the
Office of Technology Management at the University of Pittsburgh with prior art
searches and patentability assessments.
Lee is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Western District of
Pennsylvania, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, and the United
States Patent and Trademark Office. Lee is a member of the Allegheny County Bar
Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, American Bar Association and the
American Intellectual Property Law Association.
 Erin M. Beckner
is an Associate in the firm's Litigation Department where she concentrates her
practice in general commercial litigation. Her litigation practice focuses
on the defense of complex, multi-jurisdictional actions in Pennsylvania and Ohio
state courts.
Erin graduated with Honors from Allegheny College in 1999 cum
laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a minor in Political
Science. At Allegheny, she was an Alden Scholar, Presidential Scholar, and
received the Nancy Lee Sutton Fellowship at Grey Advertising in New York, NY.
Erin received her Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh
School of Law in 2004. At Pitt, she was an Executive Editor of the Journal of
Law & Commerce. She was also a Finalist for the Best Brief Award and
Semi-Finalist for the Best Oralist Award in the Appellate Moot Court
Competition. In recognition of her achievements, she received the Pitt Law
Alumni Scholarship Award. While in law school, Erin clerked for the U.S.
Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, U.S. Department of Labor, and
Pennsylvania Governor's Office of General Counsel.
Erin volunteers her time doing pro bono work at Pittsburgh's
McKees Rocks Legal Clinic and has also represented victims of domestic violence
at protection from abuse hearings through Neighborhood Legal Services. She also
volunteers as a Career Literacy for African American Youth mentor at Perry
Traditional Academy.
She is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
and Western District of Pennsylvania. Erin is a member of the Inns of Court,
American, Pennsylvania and Allegheny County Bar Associations, including the
Women's and Young Lawyers Divisions.
  Nora
E. Gieg is
an Associate attorney in Tucker Arensberg’s Insolvency and Creditors’ Rights
Department. Nora's practice primarily focuses on the representation of
commercial creditors in the areas of bankruptcy, workout agreements and
insolvency before both the state and federal courts. Nora also assists the
Estates and Trusts Department with Long Term Care Planning.
Nora obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude, along
with Professional Translation and Latin American Studies Certificates, from the
University of Pittsburgh in 2002. Nora went on to receive a Juris Doctor and
Community Services Award from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in
2005. While in law school, Nora clerked for the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation’s Office of General Counsel and was an active volunteer for
several organizations, including Allegheny County’s Court Appointed Special
Advocate (CASA) Program.
Nora is an active member of the Allegheny County Bar Association
and its Young Lawyer’s Division, and of the Pennsylvania and American Bar
Associations. Nora is admitted to practice before the Pennsylvania State Courts
and before the United States District Court for the Western District of
Pennsylvania.
Tucker
Arensberg is a 60-attorney law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh with an office
in Harrisburg. The firm concentrates in general business law practice, banking,
insolvency and creditors' rights, estates and trusts, health care, litigation,
technology and intellectual property, environmental, labor and employment, real
estate, workers' compensation and school and municipal law. For more
information on the firm, please visit
www.tuckerlaw.com.
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