Sean is a member of Stevens & Lee’s ESOP Group and works with its affiliated business SES ESOP Strategies. He advises companies, business owners, boards of directors and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) trustees on transactional, corporate governance and formation matters related to the design and implementation of ESOPs. Sean is a frequent speaker on a range of ESOP-related issues.
Sean is a Kellogg Fellow at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations. He coordinates the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing’s W.K. Kellogg Foundation program, which helps minority and female business owners, and their advisors, learn about employee ownership transitions.
He also serves on the board of directors of Empowered Ventures, an ESOP-owned holding company headquartered in Indiana, on the advisory board of Talley Management Group, an employee-owned company based in New Jersey, and he is the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Business Law Section.
In addition to his professional work, Sean serves on the board of directors of Independence Mission Schools, a network of 14 independent Catholic schools providing a transformative education to children of all faiths across Philadelphia, and Nutritional Development Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, an organization dedicated to alleviating food insecurity in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
- The ESOP Association
- National Center for Employee Ownership
- Barristers Association of Philadelphia
- The African-American Chamber of Commerce of PA, NJ and DE
- Pennsylvania Bar Association,
- Business Law Section Council and Member
- Title 15 Committee
- Closely-Held Business Committee
- Business Law Section Council and Member
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Business Law Section, Small Business Committee
- Talley Management Group, Advisory Board
- Association for Corporate Growth, Cleveland and New Jersey Chapters
- Exit Planning Exchange, Philadelphia Chapter
- Nutritional Development Services of the Archdioceses of Philadelphia, Director and Vice President
- Independence Mission Schools, Director
- Our Mother of Consolation Parish School, Advancement Committee
- Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance and the ICA Group, Pro Bono Attorney
- Recognized among the “Ones to Watch” by Best Lawyers in America, Bala Cynwyd, PA, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, 2023-Present
- Recognized as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, Pennsylvania, 2024
- Named among the “40 Under 40” by the Philadelphia Business Journal, 2021
Education
- Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D.
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., Political Science
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
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Sean is a member of Stevens & Lee’s ESOP Group and works with its affiliated business SES ESOP Strategies. He advises companies, business owners, boards of directors and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) trustees on transactional, corporate governance and formation matters related to the design and implementation of ESOPs. Sean is a frequent speaker on a range of ESOP-related issues.
Sean is a Kellogg Fellow at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations. He coordinates the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing’s W.K. Kellogg Foundation program, which helps minority and female business owners, and their advisors, learn about employee ownership transitions.
He also serves on the board of directors of Empowered Ventures, an ESOP-owned holding company headquartered in Indiana, on the advisory board of Talley Management Group, an employee-owned company based in New Jersey, and he is the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Business Law Section.
In addition to his professional work, Sean serves on the board of directors of Independence Mission Schools, a network of 14 independent Catholic schools providing a transformative education to children of all faiths across Philadelphia, and Nutritional Development Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, an organization dedicated to alleviating food insecurity in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Affiliations
- The ESOP Association
- National Center for Employee Ownership
- Barristers Association of Philadelphia
- The African-American Chamber of Commerce of PA, NJ and DE
- Pennsylvania Bar Association,
- Business Law Section Council and Member
- Title 15 Committee
- Closely-Held Business Committee
- Business Law Section Council and Member
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Business Law Section, Small Business Committee
- Talley Management Group, Advisory Board
- Association for Corporate Growth, Cleveland and New Jersey Chapters
- Exit Planning Exchange, Philadelphia Chapter
- Nutritional Development Services of the Archdioceses of Philadelphia, Director and Vice President
- Independence Mission Schools, Director
- Our Mother of Consolation Parish School, Advancement Committee
- Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance and the ICA Group, Pro Bono Attorney
Recognition
- Recognized among the “Ones to Watch” by Best Lawyers in America, Bala Cynwyd, PA, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, 2023-Present
- Recognized as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, Pennsylvania, 2024
- Named among the “40 Under 40” by the Philadelphia Business Journal, 2021
Education
- Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D.
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., Political Science
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey