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he, worked for two summers in the Office of Policy Development for the Department of Public Welfare, and helped "kick off" the "Governor's Disability Agenda." In 1997, he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
After graduating Duane decided to pursue his goal of becoming an attorney. He chose to go to the Syracuse University College of Law, where he received a Dean's Scholar Scholarship. In his first year he was part of a select group that not only learned the basics of U.S. law, but international law as well. While in law school he decided he wanted to help people create and establish businesses, and to protect their hard earned assets. In his first law school summer he clerked for a local attorney working with Wills and Trusts. During his second year Duane was selected, through a writing competition, to be on The Digest, the Journal of the National Italian American Bar Association, as an Associate Editor. The following year he became the Assistant Managing Editor. In addition, Duane clerked full time for a firm that specialized in civil litigation. During Duane's third year he became a judicial extern for the Honorable Thomas J. McAvoy, Federal District Judge for the Northern District of New York. While there he worked on habeas corpus petitions, social security petitions, civil suits and election law.
After graduating Duane moved home to South Central Pennsylvania, passed the Pennsylvania bar exam and worked a few years for a local law firm where he gained valuable practical experience in arbitration, business, corporate and non-profit law, contract drafting, nursing home law, collections and estate planning. Duane also began teaching Business Law for Elizabethtown College (where he still teaches business and constitutional law courses). After practicing law at a firm, Duane decided he needed practical business experience from the perspective of a major corporation for use in advising future clients, so he became an in house counsel for Synertech Health System Solutions, LLC and AMISYS, LLC. There Duane learned the intricacies and balance between law and business. His tasks included drafting and negotiating contracts with Fortune 500 companies and local vendors, and giving advice on proposed business decisions and legal liability.
In 2003, Duane decided to open his law practice dedicated to assisting his clients in reaching their business potential and in preserving the assets they have worked so hard to obtain. His client base spans all of the United States. You can usually find him in restaurants and at historic sites throughout Central Pennsylvania. He makes house call in towns and villages throughout Central Pa, including but not limited to: Camp Hill, Carlisle, Shippensburg, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lemoyne, Mechanicsburg, New Cumberland, Hanover, Gettysburg, and York.
Recipient, Military Medals, Ribbons and Awards 1989-1994. Adjunct Faculty, Elizabethtown College, Courses: Business Law and Constitutional Law, 2001-2010. Judicial Extern, Chief Judge Thomas J. McAvoy, Federal District Court, Northern District of New York, 1999-2000. Assistant Managing Editor, The Digest, The National Italian American Bar Association Journal, 1998-2000. Finnegan Fellowship, George I. Bloom Award, 1995.