Background
Collier Brong, Joyce was born on January 3, 1962 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
Collier Brong, Joyce was born on January 3, 1962 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
Pennsylvania State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1983). Rutgers University School of Law, Camden (Juris Doctor, with high honors, 1988).
Worked at Connolly Epstein Chicco Foxman, Engelmeyer & Ewing A Professional Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Practice. Civil Litigation, Environmental, Real Estate, Employment, Civil Rights, Taxation, Estates and Trusts, Bankruptcy, Insurance, Corporate, Securities and Banking. Admitted to the bar, 1988, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Editor, Rutgers Law Journal, 1987-1988. Recipient, The Stratton Moot Court Award, National Moot Court Team. Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert L. Clifford, Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Member, Board of Legal Clinic for the Disabled. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. The firm was founded in the late 1960's by a small group of young lawyers who had achieved academic distinction during law school and who had worked for various well-established large law firms and in government positions but who wanted to practice in a small-firm setting.
The firm continues to limit its hiring to those whose superior achievements suggest outstanding promise in the practice of law. Connolly Epstein's practice is concentrated in five areas: (1) Litigation, including complex commercial, environmental, employment, civil rights, insurance and surety, premises liability, products liability, securities, ADR and mediation, franchising, antitrust, construction, bankruptcy/creditors' rights, defamation/First Amendment, real estate and municipal matters. (2) Business Law, including a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial law services to small and medium size businesses, as well as specialized services to larger clients -- principally in securities matters, estates and trusts, taxation disputes and tax planning, commercial financing, bankruptcy, reorganization and mergers and acquisitions: (3) Environmental Law, including representation in federal and state administrative and judicial matters and counseling with respect to environmental objectives and obligations.
(4) Real Estate, including financing, development, construction, leasing, sales and debt restructuring. And (5) Employment, representing employers, executives and others facing hiring, discipline and termination problems, including employment contracts, restrictive covenants, discrimination, sexual harassment, privacy rights, AIDS, ADA, ERISA AND FMLA.
Member, Board of Legal Clinic for the Disabled. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.