Ms. Dery's areas of practice include lending, banking, real estate, contracts, commercial and corporate law. She has a strong background in contract and corporate law which she regularly applies to her commercial lending practice. Ms. Dery acts as a closing attorney for several commercial lenders located throughout the United States, including PNC Bank, Bank of America, Susquehanna Bank, Eagle National Bank, American Business Lending, Inc. and DelVal Business Finance Corp.  As a closing attorney, Ms. Dery reviews SBA guaranteed and conventional loan files, confers with loan processors and in-house counsel, drafts, analyzes and negotiates loan documents, and advises on due diligence documentation.In her corporate law practice, Ms. Dery advises on corporate governance and assists clients in all aspects of corporate transactional law, including the formation/incorporation of businesses and drafting, reviewing and negotiating various documents for business entities, which documents include interest-holder agreements, resolutions, corporate minutes, purchase agreements, and leases. Ms. Dery is a graduate of both the State University College of New York at Oneonta, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree, and of Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware, where she received a Juris Doctor degree. Ms. Dery is admitted to practice before both the Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association. In 2007 and 2008, Ms. Dery was honored by being named a Pennsylvania "Rising Star" by Philadelphia Magazine.