At the end of May each year, Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, LLP (“TTH”) welcomes current law school students to the firm where they will spend their summer break gaining important experience doing substantive legal work.  To kick off the summer, TTH welcomed 9 summer associates at an in-person, two-day orientation where they attend classes on practical topics not taught in law school.

TTH’s 2025 Summer Associates class includes Matthew Banyas, Angel Cox, Aine Daly, Marissa Jason, Maxwell Klenk, Madison Levengood, Valentina Perez, Ali Sayed, and Sajeda Shaikh.

Angel Cox is a student at Widener University Commonwealth Law School in Harrisburg and will be working in the firm’s Camp Hill office this summer.

Also at Widener University Commonwealth Law School in Harrisburg is Madison Levengood.  Madison will join Angel and spend her summer working in TTH’s Camp Hill, PA office.

Matthew Banyas is a student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and will be working in the firm’s Pittsburgh, PA office.

Valentina Perez attends Catholic University Law School and works in the firm’s Washington, DC office.

New York’s Ali Sayed attends Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and will be working in TTH’s New York City office this summer.

Temple University Beasley School of Law student Maxwell Klenk is working in the Philadelphia, PA office of TTH.

Joining Max in the Philadelphia, PA office this summer is Rutgers Law School student Aine Daly.

Marissa Jason attends Penn State University Dickinson School of Law and will be working in TTH’s Wilkes-Barre, PA office.

Sajeda Shaikh, a law student at The George Washington University School of Law, will be working in TTH’s Fairfax, VA office this summer.

When asked about the importance of having current law students work with us during their summer break, TTH attorney Joe Cardile, who, along with attorney Matt Clayberger, leads the firm’s summer associate program said: “As a firm that is continuously growing, we understand that summer associates are part of our future. One constant of our summer associate program is that our summers are involved in all aspects of our law firm and perform real work. We are excited for this year’s group of summer associates to learn and grow here at TTH, both personally and professionally.”

Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, LLP, which was founded in 1977, is a regional civil defense firm with over 110 lawyers in 13 offices throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region.