MILESTONES

MILESTONES

HONORS

Fellowship program

Andrea Harless of Poland has been selected to participate in the 2015 Ohio Legislative Service Commission Legislative Fellowship Program.

The highly competitive program takes place at the Statehouse and the Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts in Columbus, and provides participants the opportunity to gain firsthand experience in state government.

In addition to working with members of the Ohio General Assembly, fellows take part in monthly educational seminars that examine different aspects of public policy.

Harless is a 2008 graduate of Springfield Local High School. She received a bachelor’s degree in political science and certificate in Global Leadership in 2012, as well as a master’s in public administration in 2014, both from Ohio University. She is one of the 24 fellows selected from the 2015 program. LSC fellowships are professional, paid, full-time positions. Harless will begin the 13-month program in December.

LAWYERS

Law license

Philip E. Beshara, formerly of Boardman, passed the Virginia Bar Examination and has been licensed to practice law by the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners.

Atty. Beshara joined the Washington, D.C., office of Dickstein Shapiro LLP in September and works in the firm’s Government Contracts and Business Litigation groups.

Beshara graduated cum laude with his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in May. He earned a bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Ohio University in 2010 and is a 2006 Boardman High School graduate.

In law school, Beshara represented a national sentencing reform group as part of Georgetown Law’s Federal Legislation and Administrative Law Clinic. He also served two years as a delegate in the Student Bar Association, taking a leading role in Georgetown’s Day of Service. Before and during law school, Beshara served on the Capitol Hill staff of U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, D-13th.

Beshara lives in Washington, where he is a junior board member of StreetWise Partners, a charitable organization providing career mentoring to low-income individuals in the New York City and Washington areas. He also is an Ambassador of the William J. Clinton Foundation.

He is the son of Linda Beshara of Boardman and Philip M. Beshara of Howland, and the grandson of Frank E. Boros of Canfield.

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