{"id":40522,"date":"2023-01-16T08:41:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T13:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=40522"},"modified":"2023-01-16T08:41:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T13:41:14","slug":"frens-appointed-county-solicitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=40522","title":{"rendered":"Frens appointed County Solicitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17454\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17454\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17454\" src=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Colleen-Frens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colleen Frens<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chester County Commissioners approved this week the appointment of Colleen Frens as Solicitor for the County of Chester.\u00a0 Frens, the former Deputy County Solicitor, has served as Acting Solicitor since July 2022, following the appointment of former Solicitor, Nicole Forzato, to the bench of the Chester County Court of Common Pleas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cColleen is an excellent lawyer who will serve the County well in handling our legal matters,\u201d said Chester County Commissioners\u2019 Chair Marian Moskowitz. \u201cWe are fortunate to have someone who is not only personable, but who understands how County government operates, as well as the mission, purpose and responsibilities of all our departments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Solicitor for Chester County, Frens will provide legal counsel and opinions relative to County government operational and administrative matters, and will oversee the County\u2019s team of lawyers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commissioner Josh Maxwell said, \u201cThe County Solicitor position requires someone who knows how to navigate the legal world and the business and government worlds. Colleen\u2019s resume dovetails perfectly with those needs, which makes me confident that she is the right person for this critical job.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frens joined the County as Assistant County Solicitor in April 2021 and was named Deputy County Solicitor in July 2022. Prior to that, she worked as a Chester County Public Defender, and as an Associate for Lamb McErlane PC.\u00a0 Frens also gained legal experience in the Office of the Solicitor for the U.S. Department of Labor. She is a graduate of Temple University Beasley School of Law and has coached Temple\u2019s School of Law National Trial Team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commissioner Michelle Kichline noted, \u201cAs a fellow graduate of Temple\u2019s Beasley School of Law, I couldn\u2019t be more pleased that Colleen is Chester County\u2019s new County Solicitor. She has extensive credentials essential to being the top legal counsel for the County. The County is in good hands under her legal stewardship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frens lives in West Chester with her family. She enjoys cooking, hiking, and photography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chester County Commissioners approved this week the appointment of Colleen Frens as Solicitor for the County of Chester.\u00a0 Frens, the former Deputy County Solicitor, has served as Acting Solicitor since July 2022, following the appointment of former Solicitor, Nicole Forzato, to the bench of the Chester County Court of Common Pleas. \u201cColleen is an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[15,14023,12291],"class_list":["post-40522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chester-county","tag-colleen-frens","tag-solicitor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40523,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40522\/revisions\/40523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}