Montgomery McCracken Welcomes Summer Associate Class

May 22, 2017

Categories : Diversity

Types : Press Releases

PHILADELPHIA – Montgomery McCracken is pleased to welcome the addition of six summer associates to the firm. Molly Dolinger, Allyce Estremera, Brandon Matsnev, Kimberly L. Sachs, Bianca Angilleta Valcarce, and Brianna Vinci will be based in the firm’s Philadelphia office.

Molly recently completed her second year as a law student at Temple University Beasley School of Law. She graduated cum laude from Davidson College in May 2013 with a B.A. in English and Concentration in International Studies.

Allyce recently completed her first year as a law student at Temple University Beasley School of Law. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences in 2013 with a B.A. in International Relations and a Minor in Hispanic Studies. Allyce is joining the firm through the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group (PDLG) Fellows Program, of which the firm is a founding member.  Montgomery McCracken supports the organization’s commitment to fostering participation of a more diverse group of lawyers in the Greater Philadelphia Region in order to make our legal profession stronger, more productive and better equipped to address the challenges of the 21st century.

Brandon recently completed his second year as a law student at Temple University Beasley School of Law. He graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in May 2015 with a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in Political Science.

Kimberly recently completed her second year as a law student at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May 2011 with a B.A., with distinction, in Communications Arts.

Bianca is rejoining the firm for a second summer term after completing her second year as a law student at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She is also currently attending the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine with a focus on Bioethics. Bianca graduated from Reed College in May 2015 with a B.A. in Psychology.

Brianna recently completed her second year as a law student at Temple University Beasley School of Law. She graduated summa cum laude from Muhlenberg College in 2015 with a B.A. degree, and majored in Psychology and Spanish.

The Summer Associate Program at Montgomery McCracken offers a wide range of opportunities for accomplished law students to work on active cases that parallel their interests in varied business and litigation practices. Montgomery McCracken prides itself on providing a realistic foray into the legal world and includes its summer associates in a client meetings, depositions, and hearings of all kind. In addition to providing summer associates with opportunities to work on complex legal issues and matters, Montgomery McCracken has partnered with Judges Restrepo and Rice of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to coordinate for its summer associates to participate in the Re-Entry Court Program, a pro bono initiative dedicated to representing indigent federal probationers.

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