JANUARY---New Trustees Join the Propapa Board;
Ø Ken McCallion, NYC, NY;
Kenneth F. McCallion leads an accomplished team of personal injury attorneys at McCallion & Associates, NYC. He has more than 30 years' experience in a wide range of legal practice areas, including class actions, toxic torts, wrongful death, employment law, insurance law, international law, environmental law, and consumer protection. Mr. McCallion is a graduate of Yale University and Fordham Law School and is an assistant professor at Cardozo Law School.Mr. McCallion has an outstanding record of victories and has handled some of the country's largest, multi-million dollar cases, including the Exxon Valdez oil spill case in Alaska, the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant litigation, the Gulf War case, and the Bhopal Gas disaster litigation. As lead counsel in the federal class action litigation against various French banks, Mr. McCallion successfully represented Holocaust survivors and the families of victims, resulting in the establishment of a substantial settlement fund and claims procedure.

One of Mr. McCallion’s recent initiatives was to represent the Aleutian indigenous Indians in protecting their oil rights. He currently is working with the Ecuadorian indigenous Indians to help them protect their rights.

Additionally, he represented thousands of World War II victims of forced and slave labor in their successful settlement claims against the German government and German industries. This year Mr. McCallion won a major jury verdict against a pesticide company on behalf of a family exposed to Dursban TC, a pesticide manufactured by Dow Chemical Corp. Currently, Mr. McCallion represents families of the victims of the American Airlines crash Flight 587 and veterans of the first Gulf War (in 1991) who were injured after exposure to chemicals sold to the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq by various European chemical companies. Mr. McCallion also represents the families of victims of the 9/11 World Trade Center terrorist attack.

The McCallion & Associates attorneys have handled many high-profile cases, including the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill case, the Gulf War Veterans litigation, the Bhopal Gas Disaster case, the French Bank Holocaust Settlement, the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant Case, and the Bank of India securities litigation…again representing the ‘small guy’.

Firm Profile: Headquartered in New York City with offices in the Hudson Valley of New York State, McCallion & Associates, L.L.P. is an established law firm with a team of personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys that boasts a wide range of legal expertise and an extensive consumer protection track record. They have achieved an extraordinary record of success, always representing the injured party, in cases dealing with personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability, wrongful death, injuries from toxic torts and environmental harms (including chemical, pesticide and mold contamination), aviation liability, consumer protection, and wrongful termination and employment cases. McCallion & Associates, L.L.P is also well established in the class action, mass tort and complex litigation areas, as well as in the fields of international business, human rights and environmental law.
Ø William Behrens, NYC, NY;
Mr. Behrens is an investment banker of some renown. He built up Investec Ernst, an investment banking firm into a very successful entity with broad strengths in various forms of investment banking, brokerage services, and fund management. The firm was recently sold to the international Investec Group of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Bill then focused his talents upon building a multi-line financial services firm serving institutional and individual clients. Northeast Securities Incorporated provides expert service in institutional and retail brokerage, investment banking, asset management, municipal finance, cash management, alternative investments and transition management. The firm also provides execution and clearing solutions for other broker/dealers. Bill is the Vice Chairman of Northeast Securities, Inc.

Once again his financial abilities have built this firm into a well thought of financial securities firm.

In addition, Bill has served on the boards of several not-for-profit’s. Currently his extra-curricular focus has been on birthing a new “green alternative energy” company known as Xethanol Corporation, listed on the American Stock Exchange, where he is Chairman of the Board. In addition, Bill serves on the board of Volumetric Fund, a publicly owned open-end-mutual-fund.

Ø Lisa Pieringer, Latrobe, PA;
Ms. Pieringer has been a loyal friend to ProPapa for years. Lisa and her husband, a Methodist Minister, have been on no less than three Brigades in the past and will join Sister & Benigno later this year, along with their teenage children, for a service endeavor. They have supported PPMA in many other ways. Ms. Pieringer is the co-founder of PRS Pharmacy Services of Latrobe, PA. The firm manages pharmacies, provides operating systems, plus other consultative services.
Lisa keeps her pharmacist license up-to-date, but focuses on being responsible for operations within PRS. She is especially strong in quality tracking and management systems and computer support services.
She drives numerous company operating committees, plus serves on PRS Board committees.
Ms. Pieringer also fulfills a wide ranging role in the organizational life of her husband’s congregation. Yet with all of the above, Lisa has served on several community boards & organizational committees.