Judge Stengel is the chair of Saxton Stump’s Internal Investigations Group and CEO of Optimal Dispute Resolutions, an ADR practice providing mediation and arbitration services in a wide variety of cases. Since joining the firm, Judge Stengel has been appointed to several high-profile matters, including as the special investigator for the National Football League (NFL) concussion settlement program and as a member of the Independent Oversight Committee for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Independent Reconciliation and Reparations Program (IRRP). Judge Stengel began his career as a judge on the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas in 1990. ln 2004, he was appointed to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by President George W. Bush. He became chief judge on August 1, 2017. Judge Stengel has received various awards and been appointed to several boards. One of those awards includes the President’s Award from the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges for preparing and presenting a panel on racial disparity in sentencing at a statewide conference. While serving as a state court judge, Judge Stengel served on the Executive Committee and Education Committee for the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges and as the President of the Lancaster Bar Association. As bar president, he formed the Diversity Task Force and Lancaster Bar Association Foundation. At the federal level, he was appointed to the Judicial Conference Committee on Judicial Resources and was subsequently named chair of the committee by Chief Justice John Roberts. He also served on the Third Circuit Judicial Council and various committees and working groups in the federal judiciary. Prior to his career as a judge, Judge Stengel was in private practice first with Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. He then began his own practice in Lancaster with his father, Lawrence E. Stengel, Esq. Judge Stengel received his Bachelor of Arts from Saint Joseph’s University and his Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He previously taught at Lancaster Catholic High School, Millersville University, Franklin and Marshall College and the Beasley School of Law at Temple University.

Ms. Conrad is a partner in the Commercial Litigation Department and Chair of the Higher Education Practice Group with White and Williams LLP, resident in Center Valley. She practices in the area of employment law and litigation with a focus on representing businesses, educational institutions and non-profit organizations in all aspects of workplace disputes. In addition to representing management in employee relations matters, Ms. Conrad’s practice includes the defense of federal and state discrimination claims, wrongful discharge claims, whistleblower claims, employment contract matters and restrictive covenant cases. Ms. Conrad’s practice includes representing colleges and universities in employment and education law matters with an emphasis on tenure related disputes and student discipline proceedings. Ms. Conrad also conducts investigations related to compliance, personnel and misconduct. Ms. Conrad received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Lycoming College and her M.Ed., summa cum laude, from The Pennsylvania State University and her J.D., cum laude, from Temple University School of Law. Ms. Conrad has been selected in a survey of her peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer and in The Best Lawyers of America. She has received the Athena Award from the Chamber of Commerce, and the Take the Lead Award from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania and has been named by Lehigh Valley Business as a Woman of Influence. In May 2019, Ms. Conrad received the Anne X. Alpern Award from the PBA WIP and in 2022 and 2023, was named on the Lehigh Valley Business Power List in Law. Ms. Conrad is President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and a Past President of the Lehigh County Bar Association. Ms. Conrad is a Past Woman Governor on the PBA Board of Governors and a Past Chair of the PBA DEI Team. She is a Past Chair of the PBA Labor and Employment Law Section and a Past Chair of the PBA Commission on Women in the Legal Profession. Ms. Conrad currently serves as a Vice-Chair of the PBA Federal Practice Committee and serves on the PBA Civil Litigation Section Council and Labor Employment Section Council. Ms. Conrad is a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys. Ms. Conrad is a certified Level 2 Civil Rights Investigator, and Title IX Hearing Officer.