PHILADELPHIA – Stradley Ronon
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Mark Chopko moderated the National Association of Church Personnel Administrators’ webinar, “Must Know HR Information: The Supreme Court’s July 8 Decision on the Ministerial Exception and What it Means for Religious Employers,” on Sept. 30. The panel discussed the meaning and scope of the Court’s decision and its effect on religious employers. To view a replay of the webinar, click
here.
Chopko chairs Stradley Ronon’s
nonprofit and religious organizations practice group and advises clients, including colleges and universities, in matters involving structural, business, governance, regulatory and complex litigation. He specializes in defending religious organizations and also teaches a seminar on church-state law at Georgetown University Law Center and is an adjunct in the School of Foreign Service. A former general counsel for the U.S. Conference on Catholic Bishops, he has participated in more than 30 Supreme Court cases as counsel for religious groups in friend-of-the-Court briefs.
About Stradley Ronon
Counseling clients since 1926, Stradley Ronon has helped private and public companies – from small businesses to Fortune 500 corporations – achieve their goals by providing pragmatic, value-driven legal counsel. With offices in eight strategic locations, our responsive team of more than 200 attorneys seamlessly addresses the full spectrum of our clients’ needs, ranging from sophisticated corporate transactions to complex commercial litigation.