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Registered Patent Attorney.

Experienced in patent, patent licensing, trademark, copyright and trade secret matters.

Education: University of Delaware, B.A. Biological Science and B.A. English, 1997 | University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Juris Doctorate 2000

Admissions: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bar | U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Organizations: Dauphin County Bar Association | Pennsylvania Bar Association | American Intellectual Property Law Association

Steven V. Turner retired from the Pennsylvania Governor’s Office of General Counsel (OGC) service in August 2015. Prior to that time he served in a number of OGC positions, most recently as Chief Counsel to the Department of State. In that capacity, Steve advised the Secretary of the Commonwealth and Department staff on legal and administrative matters. Steve’s tenure at OGC also included service as Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency; Chief Counsel to the Office of Inspector General; and Deputy General Counsel in the OGC Main Office. Steve also served as a Prosecuting Attorney for the Department of State’s Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, where he prosecuted professional misconduct cases; and as a Senior Deputy Inspector General for the Office of Inspector General. Before joining OGC, Steve served as an Assistant City Solicitor in the Philadelphia City Solicitor’s Office, as Deputy Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Crime Commission, as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office in Pittsburgh, and as a Member Attorney of the law firm of Cozen and O’Connor in Philadelphia. Steve received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Redlands in Redlands, California in 1979, and his Juris Doctor from Temple University School of Law in 1984.

Steve has volunteered in programs serving children, both in the Philadelphia area and in Harrisburg. He received the 1992 Philadelphia Bar Association Craig M. Perry Community Service Award for his volunteer work performed at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Steve was featured on the cover of the spring 1996 issue of Philadelphia Lawyer magazine and in a corresponding article entitled “the New Face of Pro Bono – Enhancing the Lawyers Image.” Since moving to Harrisburg, he has volunteered at the Hershey Medical Center Children’s Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and also the Ronald McDonald House in Hershey. Steve is a volunteer with the Gift of Life Organ Donor Program and Caring Hearts Pet Therapy Program. He has served as a domestic violence advocate, trainer and pro bono PFA attorney for the YWCA of Greater Harrisburg’s Domestic Violence Legal Clinic, a co-founder of YWCA’s Men Against Domestic Violence Program and a member of the Dauphin County Domestic Violence Task Force. Steve has received the 1997 Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Young Lawyers Division Michael K. Smith Excellence in Service Award and PBA Government Lawyer of the Year Award in 2006. Steve received the Dauphin County Bar Association’s Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Award for 2016, and a Pennsylvania Bar Association Pro Bono Award for 2016.

Steve worked for the YWCA of Greater Harrisburg in the Violence Intervention and Prevention Program from February 2016 until December 2017. He served as a Crisis Advocate Coordinator and Training Specialist focusing on human trafficking, sexual assault and domestic violence victims and survivors. He currently is an independent contractor providing human trafficking victim advocacy and training.

Background: Karen began her career as a geological scientist at an environmental consulting firm, although she always had a desire to attend law school. After obtaining her undergraduate degree from Dickinson College, she quickly found work in her field. However, her desire to help others by practicing law lingered. She was drawn to the idea of assisting people through difficult times. She eventually followed her passion and received her law degree from Florida State University College of Law. After graduating from law school, Karen started practicing in the areas of litigation, family, real estate and collaborative law. Her background, which includes detailed problem-solving skills, helps her to succeed in her practice.

Karen has spent the last 15 years using her out-going personality and educational background to help clients navigate litigation to avoid the costly process of going to court.

Experience: Karen has been practicing law for over 15 years, with a focus on family law, collaborative law, and estate litigation. She serves as the Co-President of the Collaborative Professionals of Central Pennsylvania. She is also an active member of the Family Law Section of the Pennsylvania and Dauphin County Bar Association, as well as the Collaborative Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Perspective/Philosophy: For Karen, providing a solution for a client is not just about winning. She understands that in many ways, avoiding litigation can not only save time and money but also emotional stress. Karen’s goal is to guide clients through a potentially complicated process so they arrive at the best solution for their case.

Practice Areas: Family Law | Divorce | Child Custody | Child Support | Spousal Support and Alimony | Grandparents Rights | Adoption | Name Changes Prenuptial Agreements | Mid/Postnuptial Agreements | Marital Settlement Agreements | Collaborative Law | Guardianships | Estate and Guardianship Litigation | Estate Planning | Wills Powers of Attorney | Living Wills (Advanced Directive) | Will Contests | Beneficiary Representation

Professional & Community Affiliations: Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member | Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, Member | Pennsylvania Bar Association, Collaborative Law Committee, Member | Pennsylvania Bar Association, Women in the Profession Section, Member | Dauphin County Bar Association, Member | Dauphin County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2023 Chair | Dauphin County Estate Planning and Probate Section, Member | Cumberland County Bar Association, Member | Cumberland County Bar Association, Family Law Section, Member | Cumberland County Bar Association, Real Estate, Probate and Elder Law Section, Member | International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Member | Collaborative Professionals of Central Pennsylvania, Co-President | Dauphin County Lipsitt Inn of Courts, Member / Barrister | Women in the Profession Section, Member

Education: J.D., Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, 2005 | B.S., Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 2000 | Bar

Admissions: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2005 | Court of Appeals of Maryland, 2017 | U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2011

Mr. Davis, is still, after 50 years of practice in Georgia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, actively engaged in the solo private practice of law in Harrisburg, PA. His practice focuses upon representation and advice to lawyer respondents, judicial officers, government employees and officials and others in Pennsylvania and West Virginia before professional and judicial discipline boards and the State Ethics Commission. He counsels law firms, lawyers, judges, government officials and employees and other professionals on questions of professional responsibility, ethics, malpractice avoidance and the law of lawyering. He also provides advisory opinions and serves as an expert witness on questions of professional responsibility, ethics, fiduciary duties of lawyers and other professionals and the law of lawyering. Mr. Davis has taught numerous classes and seminars on legal ethics and professionalism and malpractice avoidance for the Widener University Law School, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Association and a number of other state and private continuing education organizations. He provides written materials for most of the CLE classes he has taught and has occasionally written articles for publication on ethics and professional responsibility topics.

Litigator Erik R. Anderson’s practice focuses on navigating companies and professionals in sensitive and complex governmental and commercial litigation, white collar government investigations and regulatory enforcement actions, attorney ethics defense and professional licensing prosecutions. Clients who engage Erik often find themselves confronted by the intense glare of professional, political, reputational or media scrutiny.

Government Services and Appellate Law: Erik has represented clients at the nexus of government, law and public policy for nearly two decades. With that, he has represented elected and appointed officials — from both sides of the aisle — from each branch of Pennsylvania state government, each Chamber of the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the General Assembly itself in civil, appellate, criminal or administrative proceedings. He also has significant experience briefing and arguing constitutional issues before state and federal trial and appellate courts.

Commercial Disputes and Litigation: Erik represents plaintiffs and defendants in various disputes in federal and state courts and arbitration forums. He has helped clients avoid the cost and risks of courtroom battles by achieving highly favorable pre-suit and pretrial outcomes and has handled matters involving: Breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract | Corporate governance | Defamation | Employment | Energy litigation | Fraud | Intellectual property | Lanham Act | Partnership disputes | Restrictive covenants | Trade secrets | Unfair trade practices

White Collar Defense, Public Corruption and Investigations: Erik defends businesses and individuals in white collar government investigations, regulatory enforcement proceedings, federal and state grand jury investigations, and trials. His white-collar representations have included high-profile public corruption cases and several confidential matters where charges were avoided. Erik is regularly called on to conduct sensitive internal investigations for law firms, businesses, government agencies and religious institutions.

Professional Licensing and Ethics Defense: He brings experience providing counsel to attorneys and law firms, responding to ethics inquiries and defending against prosecutions brought by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. In addition, Erik defends judges before the Judicial Conduct Board. He advises on various ethics issues, including conflicts of interest, attorney misconduct, fees, firm organization, unauthorized practice of law and defending and prosecuting disqualification actions.

Previous Experience: Before entering private practice, Erik spent nearly a decade in government service, first as a Deputy Chief Counsel with the Pennsylvania General Assembly and then as a Deputy Attorney General with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General (OAG). As Agency Counsel for the OAG, he served as chief in-house counsel and represented the office in labor and employment litigation matters. He also conducted internal investigations into misconduct allegations by law enforcement agents and prosecutors in collaboration with the Office of Professional Responsibility.

Before joining McNees, Erik was a commercial litigator at Post & Schell, P.C., where his practice was concentrated on complex commercial, governmental, and employment litigation; attorney and law firm defense; government investigations; and internal investigations. He also was the lead attorney in the Harrisburg office of Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP.

Travis Gery is a counsel at the firm’s Harrisburg office. He is a member of the firm’s global investigations, enforcement and white collar practice group. His practice focuses on government investigations, internal investigations, white-collar defense and corporate compliance including matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), anti-money-laundering (AML), healthcare fraud, federal and state false claims acts, and other anti-corruption laws. He assists in conducting internal investigations and counseling corporations and individuals responding to government investigations conducted by state and federal enforcement and regulatory agencies. He also handles complex litigation.

Kaleigh Ryder joined Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP in October of 2021 as an associate in the firm’s workers compensation defense division. Kaleigh has recently expanded her practice areas to include business and family law.

Kaleigh is a native of Pennsylvania and received her B.S. in psychology with a minor in English literature from Lebanon Valley College. She then received her law degree from Widener University Commonwealth Law School. During law school, Kaleigh joined the Trial Advocacy Honor Society where she participated in multiple mock trials and honed her advocacy skills. She also earned two CALI Awards for earning the highest grades in her Pennsylvania Civil Procedure and Legal Writing III classes. Kaleigh was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in December of 2020. Kaleigh is an active participant in the Dauphin County Bar Association where she has been selected to sit on the Workers’ Compensation Division’s board for the next four years as she transitions from secretary through the ranks to president.

Lucas Csovelak focuses his practice on defending employers, insurance companies, and third-party administrators in workers' compensation matters in central Pennsylvania.

Lucas represents a variety of clients, including multinational package delivery companies, retail corporations, healthcare facilities, and insurance carriers. He is involved in all aspects of litigation, utilization reviews, depositions, mediations, hearings, and testimonies.

Focused on managing risk and exposure, Lucas conducts a thorough review of claims to provide clients with strategies to achieve cost-effective results. He has been instrumental in obtaining favorable decisions for clients before workers’ compensation judges, the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Appeal Board, and the Commonwealth Court.

Central Penn Business Journal recognized Lucas as one of "the most influential people in law" in 2021. Since 2020, Lucas has been recognized by the publisher of the Pennsylvania edition of Super Lawyers Magazine as a "Rising Star," an honor given to the top 2.5 percent of attorneys in the Commonwealth who are 40 years old or younger, or in practice for 10 years or less. In 2015, Lucas was named a "Select Lawyer" of Harrisburg by Susquehanna Style Magazine in workers' compensation law.