Background

David Mandel is the firm’s managing partner and chairman of its Real Estate department. His practice is focused on the areas of Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions, Leasing and Finance, Commercial Transactions and Corporate law.

His real estate practice includes representation of national and regional retail tenants, as well as national, regional and local shopping center owners and developers. He also represents landlords and tenants in office and industrial leasing matters, borrowers and lenders in commercial loan transactions, buyers and sellers of commercial properties and apartment complexes and developers of both traditional and condominium type residential communities and shopping centers.

Mr. Mandel has also recently acted as local counsel for a Pension fund in connection with their acquisition of a portfolio of nine shopping centers. In addition to his real estate representation, he represents non real estate business clients in corporate and transactional matters, advising them on a wide variety of issues including business formations, employment agreements, shareholder and partnership agreements, corporate reorganizations and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Mandel has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Education

• Villanova University, B.S. in Economics, cum laude, 1974
• Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 1977

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Professional Affiliations

• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Philadelphia Bar Association
• International Council of Shopping Centers

Awards

• Pennsylvania Super Lawyer® 2004 – 2015
• Recipient, Villanova University Economics Department Adam Smith Award, 1974

Presentations and Publications

• Mr. Mandel has taught several seminars at conferences for the International Council of Shopping Centers, of which he is a member, including “The Duty to Mitigate Damages–Does it Exist?”, “Common Area Maintenance–What’s Hot, What’s Not”, and “A Half Baked Idea?–Issues Arising from the Purchase, Sale and Financing of a Shopping Center Under Construction”
• Mr. Mandel has also lectured at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Real Estate

Contact

David S. Mandel, Esquire
Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel, LLP
The Bellevue
200 South Broad Street, Suite 600
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215.790.0100
215.790.0509 (fax)
dmandel@astorweiss.com

Background

Dina Ronsayro is a partner in the firm, with her practice focused on the areas of Family law, Personal Injury Litigation, Commercial and Civil Litigation, Landlord-Tenant law, and non-profit organization formation (including obtaining federal tax exempt status).

Ms. Ronsayro began working for the firm as a law clerk while attending law school. While attending Temple University, Ms. Ronsayro was a member of the Political and Civil Rights Law Review and a participant in the Advanced Trial Advocacy Program.

As a mother of young children, Ms. Ronsayro is sensitive to the needs of young families and the unique issues they face.

Education

• Hamilton College, B.A., 1996
• Temple University School of Law, J.D., 1999

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S.District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
• U. S. District Court for New Jersey
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey
• The United States Tax Court

Professional Affiliations

• Former Chair (2016) of the Philadelphia Bar Association Family Law Section
• Philadelphia Bar Association; Co-chair – Support and Alimony Committee, Family Law Section
• Philadelphia Bar Association; Member of the Executive Committee, Family Law Section
• Philadelphia Bar Association; Former member of the Board of Governors
• Philadelphia Bar Association; Former member of the Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention
• Volunteer Arbitrator for the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas

Community Involvement

• Active member of the region’s Filipino community and has provided all types of legal services to that community
• Ms. Ronsayro was the attorney of record for Congregation B’nai Tikvah-Beth Israel located in Gloucester County, N.J.
• Ms. Ronsayro had served as the Vice President of Congregation B’nai Tikvah-Beth Israel located in Gloucester County, N.J. as well as its board.

Awards

• Hamilton College, Levitt Scholar
• Ms. Ronsayro received numerous awards while at Temple University Law School for participation and oral advocacy.
• Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star® 2008, 2010-2012 (Note: There was no Rising Star Publication in 2009)
• Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® 2013-2017

Presentations and Publications

• Ms. Ronsayro has spoken at the Philadelphia Bench Bar Presentation on issues of Support in Family Law.
• She has further spoken at various Bar Association Family Law Section meetings on issues of Support in Family Law

Contact

Dina S. Ronsayro, Esquire
Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel, LLP
The Bellevue
200 South Broad Street, Suite 600
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215.893.4966
215.790.0509 (fax)
dronsayro@astorweiss.com

Background

Alan Molod, Of Counsel, practiced for 35 years at WolfBlock LLP (formerly Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen) where he was a senior partner in that firm’s Corporate Department.

Alan focuses on business transactions, and has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, business reorganization and complex transaction structuring. This involves considerable familiarity with corporation law and LLC law. As a long time active member of the Title 15/Business Associations Committee of the Section on Business Law of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Alan has had a hand in drafting the statutes governing the organization and operation of corporations, partnerships, LLCs, LLPs and other business entities, and is the author and editor of the widely used three volume Pennsylvania Limited Liability Company Forms and Practice Manual, Data Trace Publishing Company (1999), for which he prepares annual supplements. Accordingly, Alan does a considerable amount of work with limited liability companies, from simple start-ups to complex economic arrangements. He also handles shareholder agreements for corporate clients and member agreements for LLC clients. Alan has extensive experience in federal securities law.

In the Philadelphia Bar Association Alan has served on the executive committee of the Business Law Section and as chairman of its Corporate Law Committee and has served on the Steering Committee of the Association’s Committee on Securities Regulation. In the Pennsylvania Bar Association, in addition to his membership on the Title 15/Business Associations Committee of the Section on Business Law, he serves on the Section on Business Law’s LLC Standard Forms Project Task Force. In the American Bar Association he has served on many committees and was the President and then Chairman of the Board of the Fellows of the Young Lawyers of the American Bar Association.

Education

• Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, B.S. in Economics, Honor Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi; John Marshall Society
• Yale University Law School, LL.B, Editor, Yale Law Journal
• London School of Economics
• New York University Law School, LL.M in Comparative Law
• University of Paris Law School

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania

Professional Affiliations

• Philadelphia Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• American Bar Association

Community Involvements

• Serves on the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
• Served as Secretary, Treasurer and Vice President of the Jewish Federation
• Served as Chairman of the Jewish Federation’s Committee on Allocations and Planning, as Chairman of its Finance Committee and as Chairman of its Committee on National and Overseas Services
• Served as a Vice Chairman of the Jewish Federation’s Allied Jewish Appeal Campaign
• Served as Chairman of the FAJA Passage to Freedom Campaign
• Chaired the Jewish Federation’s population study (1998)
• Served as a trustee and President of Hillel of Greater Philadelphia
• Served as a Board member and a Vice President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Jewish Committee
• Serves as a member of the Permanent Board of Governors of the Golden Slipper Club & Charities
• Served on the Boards of Directors of Congregation Adath Jeshurun, the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Philadelphia, the YM/YWHA, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Philadelphia and its Soviet Jewry Council, the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center and the Anne Frank Institute of Philadelphia
• Served as a member of the Board of Delegates of the Council of Jewish Federations and was Chairman of its Large City Budgeting Conference
• Served as a member of the Board and as a Vice President of HIAS, Inc.
• Served on the Board of CLAL-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
• Served as Chairman of the Board of the North American Jewish Students Appeal
• Served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Publication Society of America
• Served on the National Young Leadership Cabinet of the United Jewish Appeal

Awards

• Recipient of the W. Edward Sell Business Lawyer Award presented by the Pennsylvania Bar Association Business Law Section for his extraordinary contribution to the practice of business law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 2018
• Golden Slipper Club & Charities Gold Medallion Award 2000.
• Jewish Federation’s Young Leadership Award 1972.

Presentations and Publications

• Author, Erie, Bernhardt, and Section 2 of the United States Arbitration Act: A Farrago of Rights, Remedies, and a Right to a Remedy, 69 Yale L.J. 847 (1960).
• Author, chapter on Forms and Paperwork in The Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Company (1987); Second Edition (1994).
• Contributor to Pennsylvania Corporate Practice and Forms: The Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen Manual, Data Trace Publishing Company (1998).
• Editor and Author, Pennsylvania Limited Liability Company Forms and Practice Manual, Data Trace Publishing Company (1999).
• Frequent Continuing Legal Education Lecturer for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute on mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and The Pennsylvania Limited Liability Company Act

Contact

Alan H. Molod, Esquire
Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel, LLP
The Bellevue
200 South Broad Street, Suite 600
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215.790.0100
215.790.0509 (fax)
amolod@astorweiss.com

Background

Therese Allison is an associate in the firm where she focuses her practice in the areas of Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions, Leasing, Commercial Transactions and Corporate Law.

Prior to joining Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel, Ms. Allison was general counsel to a brokerage and development company based in New Jersey where she provided legal counsel on corporate matters and real estate transactions.  Ms. Allison also practiced at a Philadelphia law firm where she advised clients on commercial leasing and acquisitions, corporate matters and business transactions and where she practiced litigation in areas including mortgage foreclosures, real estate and title disputes and torts to land.

Education

• Juris Doctor, Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2012
• Bachelor of Arts in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 2000

Honors

• Dean’s List, Temple University Beasley School of Law
• Journal of Science, Technology and Environmental Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2011

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey

Publications

Price Transparency in Health Care; Report from the HFMA Price Transparency Task Force, Healthcare Financial Management Association (2014)

Contact

Therese Allison, Esquire
Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel, LLP
The Bellevue
200 South Broad Street, Suite 600
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215.790.0100
215.790.0509 (fax)
tallison@astorweiss.com