Sean is a member of Stevens & Lee’s ESOP Group and works with its affiliated business SES ESOP Strategies. He advises private funds, independent sponsors, 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 and advises clients on general corporate matters and mergers and acquisitions. Sean is a frequent guest speaker on a range of employee ownership topics.
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 serves on the board of directors of Empowered Ventures, an ESOP-owned holding company headquartered in Indiana, and is the Vice Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Business Law Section.
In addition to his professional work, Sean serves on the board of trustees of Mercy Career and Technical High School, a Catholic career and technical education high school in 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, Vice Chair
- Closely-Held Business Committee
- Business Law Section, Vice Chair
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Association for Corporate Growth
- Exit Planning Exchange, Philadelphia Chapter
- Nutritional Development Services of the Archdioceses of Philadelphia, Director and Vice President
- Mercy Career and Technical High School, Trustee
- Our Mother of Consolation Parish School, Advancement Committee
- 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 private funds, independent sponsors, 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 and advises clients on general corporate matters and mergers and acquisitions. Sean is a frequent guest speaker on a range of employee ownership topics.
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 serves on the board of directors of Empowered Ventures, an ESOP-owned holding company headquartered in Indiana, and is the Vice Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Business Law Section.
In addition to his professional work, Sean serves on the board of trustees of Mercy Career and Technical High School, a Catholic career and technical education high school in 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, Vice Chair
- Closely-Held Business Committee
- Business Law Section, Vice Chair
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Association for Corporate Growth
- Exit Planning Exchange, Philadelphia Chapter
- Nutritional Development Services of the Archdioceses of Philadelphia, Director and Vice President
- Mercy Career and Technical High School, Trustee
- Our Mother of Consolation Parish School, Advancement Committee
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