Elected and Appointed

Barley Snyder announced that partner Paul W. Minnich has been officially elected as a judge of the York County Court of Common Pleas in the general election on Nov. 4. Minnich's election was secured following his primary victory where he won both the Democratic and Republican nominations. The general election officially confirms his transition from a career in private practice to public service on the bench. Minnich has been a valued partner in Barley Snyder’s litigation practice group, where he built a reputation in complex commercial, real estate, and fiduciary litigation across state and federal courts in Pennsylvania and Maryland. During the course of his 31-year career at the firm, Minnich served on the firm’s management committee and chaired the firm’s litigation practice group. A York native, Minnich’s commitment to the region extends beyond his legal practice, as evidenced by his service as a board member of WellSpan Health and his past leadership roles with organizations including TrueNorth Wellness Services, Crossroads Counseling and Education Services Inc., and the York County Bar Foundation. Minnich is to be sworn into office and officially begin his 10-year term on the first Monday of January 2026. Events Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young partner Jan M. Folena, co-chair, securities & regulatory enforcement, is set to participate on a panel on Thursday during the 2025 PACDL White Collar Practice Seminar in Philadelphia. Folena’s panel discussion, “The New Landscape for SEC Enforcement,” is designed to outline the current SEC enforcement environment, highlighting how the commission’s priorities have evolved and what practitioners and clients can expect the SEC to focus on during the second Trump administration. As a former supervisory assistant chief litigation counsel in the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Folena has led and litigated many of the financial service industry’s most complex and high-profile cases. She has appeared in federal courts across the U.S. as lead trial counsel, handling issues at the forefront of the securities industry, including in one of only a few financial fraud jury trials, a highly publicized insider trading trial, and an enforcement action against the Big Four accounting firms. As co-chair of Stradley Ronon’s securities and regulatory enforcement practice, Folena focuses her practice on assisting firms and individuals in navigating internal investigations, regulatory enforcement matters, commercial disputes and, when necessary, arbitration, mediation and trial. She regularly advises asset managers, broker-dealers, registered and private funds, public companies, officers, directors, principals and auditors on complex matters involving enforcement of federal and state securities laws, including regulatory examinations, internal investigations and litigation. She also represents clients in congressional inquiries, before state regulators, and in third-party litigation.