Deardorff honored for strategic marketing

Deardorff, an internationally recognized brand agency, has been honored for its strategic marketing excellence by four leading organizations.

Deardorff received the following awards from the Gramercy Institute, the Financial Communications Society, the Plan Sponsor Council of America and the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts:

• Gramercy Institute’s Financial Marketing Strategy Award for content marketing domestic for Planet DC magazine
• FCS Silver Portfolio Award for Planet DC magazine – Collateral (Business-to-Business)
• FCS Bronze Award for the Brave Conversations integrated media campaign, which launched under the theme of “Liberate Your Thinking on Retirement.”
• PSCA First Place Signature Award for Planet DC for plan publications for plan sponsors or advisors
• Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts Gold Communicators Award of Excellence as an industry magazine for Planet DC

Citizens Financial Group named to Fortune 500

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. has been named to the Fortune 500, Fortune Magazine’s annual ranking of America’s leading corporation. Citizens Financial Group became a fully independent, publicly traded company in November 2015. This is the first time Citizens has been named to the Fortune 500.

Citizens Banks offers retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions. It operates through its subsidiaries Citizens Bank, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania.

Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell earns industry distinction

Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP has been ranked as a Band 1 law firm in the Delaware categories for Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Chancery, Corporate M&A & Alternative Entities, and Intellectual Property in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2016 edition.

The edition recognized 25 Morris Nichols attorneys as leaders in their fields in Delaware.

Partner Jack B. Blumeneld earned special recognition as a “star individual,” a distinction given to attorneys with exceptional recommendations.

Polsinelli earns high marks for health care practice

Polsinelli earned high placements in state, practice, and attorney rankings in Chambers USA 2016 rankings for lawyers and practices, with 10 practices and 57 attorneys receiving recognition.

Chambers rankings are based on several factors, including information obtained from client interviews, submissions from law firms, and Chambers’ own database resources.

For the second year in a row, Chambers ranked Polsinelli’s Health Care Practice at the national level. The firm’s National Health Care Practice was ranked number 1 by Modern Healthcare last year. For the first time, Polsinelli’s Product Liability and Mass Torts Practice were ranked at the national level by Chambers.

Aleasa Hogate receives historical leadership award

Aleasa Jay Hogate, vice president and education director of the New Sweden Centre, received a Leadership in History Award from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH). AASLH gives Leadership in History Awards to create and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of state and local history. Hogate was nominated for her dedication and commitment to the collection, preservation, and interpretation of the 17th-century New Sweden Colony in the Delaware Valley.