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Daniel McKenrick
Name

Daniel Mckenrick

Director

Student Legal Services

Office

204 E. Calder Square, Suite 200
State College, PA 16801

Bio

Dan joined the Office of the Student Legal Services in the fall of 2014. Before joining, Dan served as an Assistant District Attorney in Centre County for over three years. Handling cases from beginning to end, Dan gained extensive experience in the area of criminal law. Dan also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Margherita Patti Worthington in Monroe County after graduating from law school.

Dan is active in the legal community, serving on the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Conference of County Bar Leaders, former delegate on the PBA House of Delegates, PBA Young Lawyers Division Zone 11 Chair, Centre County Bar Association Board of Governors, and is a former President of the Centre County Bar Association.

Certifications/Credentials

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania; J.D., Widener University Commonwealth Law School, 2010, cum laude; B.A., Crime, Law, and Justice, The Pennsylvania State University, 2006, high distinction; B.A., Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 2006, high distinction.

Lear, Shana
Name

Shana Lear

Part-Time Administrative Support

Student Legal Services

Office

204 E. Calder Square, Suite 200
State College, PA 16802

Tracy Ortega
Name

Tracy Ortega

Staff Attorney

Student Legal Services

Office

204 E. Calder Square, Suite 200
State College, PA 16801

Bio

Tracy joined the Office of Student Legal Services in 2022 from the Penn State Law, Family Law Clinic, where she was supervising attorney for four years. Prior to this, Tracy practiced in Kansas and in California, as a registered legal services attorney. She has extensive experience in civil litigation and has represented individuals in a variety of legal issues. Tracy is an active member of the Family Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and she serves as a Mentor in the Minority Mentor Program at Penn State Law. She also teaches Children & the Law as an adjunct professor at Penn State Law.
 

Certifications/Credentials

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Kansas; J.D., Ohio Northern University, Claude W. Pettit College of Law, 2012; B.A. in Political Science with Minors in English and International Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, 2009. 

Sarah Stoltz
Name

Sarah Stoltz

Staff Attorney

Student Legal Services

Office

204 E. Calder Square, Suite 200
State College, PA 16801

Bio

Sarah joined Student Legal Services in 2014.  She graduated magna cum laude from Mount Aloysius College in 2005 and earned her Juris Doctor in 2009 from Penn State, The Dickinson School of Law.  Sarah served as a law clerk to the Honorable Pamela A. Ruest at the Centre County Court of Common Pleas before becoming an instructor at South Hills School of Business in State College in 2011.  She continues to teach law and English courses at South Hills while practicing law as a part-time Student Legal Services attorney.

Certifications/Credentials

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania; J.D., Penn State, The Dickinson School of Law, 2009; B.S. Professional Legal Studies, Mount Aloysius College, 2005, magna cum laude; A.S. Accounting, Mount Aloysius College, 2005, magna cum laude.