On July 23, 2025, ESSA Bancorp, Inc., Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, the holding company for ESSA Bank & Trust, completed its merger with CNB Financial Corporation, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, the holding company for CNB Bank.

Luse Gorman served as legal counsel to ESSA Bancorp, Inc. in the transaction. The Luse Gorman team consisted of John Gorman, Marc Levy, Max Seltzer and Zachary Davis.

Luse Gorman has acted as counsel on more than 100 bank M&A transactions during the past five years and on more bank M&A transactions than any other law firm in the nation over the past 20 years. To learn more about our mergers and acquisitions practice, please visit our website.