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Practice Areas
Christopher E. Rice clerked for the firm in 2002 and joined the firm as an attorney in 2003. He became a shareholder in 2009. He focuses his practice on real estate and commercial transactions (including representing individuals in residential transactions, drafting loan documents, and litigating land use disputes), business and estate planning, estate administration, civil litigation, personal injury and collections (including mortgage foreclosure actions).

Professional Activities
Mr. Rice is the member of the Cumberland County Young Lawyers' Division of the Cumberland County Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in all courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Cumberland County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations.

Mr. Rice serves as board member for Cumberland County Young Professionals and served as co-chair of the United Way Young Leaders Society from 2004-2006. Mr. Rice is also a Rotarian with the Carlisle - Sunrise Rotary Club and a graduate of the 2004 Leadership Cumberland Class. Mr. Rice serves as a member of the Carlisle Planning Commission and the College/Community Connections Committee. He sits as a member of the board for the Greater Carlisle Area Chamber of Commerce.

Education
Mr. Rice is a graduate of Villanova University and received his law degree in 2003 from The Dickinson School of Law. While attending Dickinson, Mr. Rice served as a law clerk for the Honorable William W. Caldwell, United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and under Governor Tom Ridge as an intern in the Governor's Office of General Council.

Publications and Presentations
Mr. Rice is the author of "Success Runs Wild: Pennsylvania Game Commission, and Balancing Between Management and Survival of an Overpopulated Deer Herd that Poses a Potential Threat." His comment was published in the Penn State Environmental Law Review, Winter 2002, Volume 11.

     


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