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MSNBC's Mike Barnicle at March 28 Quarterly Meeting & Luncheon

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Award-winning print and broadcast journalist Mike Barnicle, a frequent contributor and occasional guest host on MSNBC's popular "Morning Joe" and "Hardball with Chris Matthews," will be the keynote speaker at the Bar Association's Wednesday, March 28 Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon with special guest Edward G. Rendell, 45th Governor of Pennsylvania.

The Bar Association will also present the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Diversity Award at the program. The award publicly acknowledges, recognizes and honors an individual or entity that has demonstrated a strong commitment, and has made a substantial contribution, to diversity and promoting full and equal participation and inclusion in the legal profession.

Also at the event, Immediate-Past Chancellor Rudolph Garcia will be presented with a gold box, an exact replica of the one presented to Andrew Hamilton for his defense of John Peter Zenger in 1735. The gold box is presented annually to the immediate-past Chancellor and is inscribed with the message "acquired not by money, but by character."

The inaugural Justinian Society and Cominsky Family Lifetime Achievement Award in memory of Marvin Comisky and Judge G. Fred DiBona will also be presented to retired Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Edward J. Bradley.

Tickets are $55 for Bar Association members and $70 for non-members. Visit philadelphiabar.org to purchase tickets to the March 28 Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon.

O’Connor Nominees Sought by April 2

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The Women in the Profession Committee is seeking nominations for the 2012 Sandra Day O’Connor Award.

Deadline for nominations is Monday, April 2, 2012.

The award is conferred annually on a woman attorney who has demonstrated superior legal talent, achieved significant legal accomplishments and has furthered the advancement of women in both the profession and the community.

The committee established the award in 1993 to recognize the important contributions that women attorneys in Philadelphia have made to the legal profession.

That year, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor presented the first award to U.S. District Court Senior Judge Norma L. Shapiro. The award has since been presented to the late Juanita Kidd Stout, former justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Deborah R. Willig, first woman Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association; Professor Marina Angel, of the Temple University Beasley School of Law faculty; Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Dolores K. Sloviter (former Chief Judge); U.S. District Court Judge Anita B. Brody; Leslie Anne Miller, first woman president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association; Lila G. Roomberg of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP; the late Judge Judith J. Jamison; Ellen T. Greenlee, chief defender of the Defender Association of Philadelphia; former Chancellor Audrey C. Talley; U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Marjorie O. Rendell; former Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Phyllis W. Beck; Roberta D. Pichini of Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner, Weinstock & Dodig; Lynn A. Marks, executive director of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts; Roberta D. Liebenberg of Fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C.; JoAnne Epps, dean of Temple University Beasley School of Law; Stephanie Resnick of Fox Rothschild LLP and U.S. District Court Judge Cynthia M. Rufe of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Please send nominations to the attention of Dawn Petit, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market Street, 11th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107 by email to dpetit@philabar.org.

Click here to download a nomination form.

Sotomayor Diversity Award Nominees Sought by March 9

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The Philadelphia Bar Association is seeking nominations for the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Diversity Award.

The purpose of the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Diversity Award is to publicly acknowledge, recognize and honor an individual or entity that has demonstrated a strong commitment, and has made a substantial contribution, to diversity and promoting full and equal participation and inclusion in the legal profession. Nominations for the award are accepted from any member of the Philadelphia Bar Association.

The award shall be granted to an attorney, jurist, law firm, law department, legal services organization or law school in Philadelphia, or an individual or entity that has made a substantial impact upon the Philadelphia legal community. Nominees should demonstrate a sustained and continuous contribution, or a single outstanding contribution, to diversity and full and equal participation and inclusion in the legal profession in furtherance of the Philadelphia Bar Association's Statement of Diversity Principles. Nominations of individuals should be based upon their personal contributions to diversity, and nominations of entities should be based upon programmatic activity.

Complete and return the nomination form by 5 p.m., Friday, March 9 to Naomi K. McLaurin, Esq., Director of Diversity, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market Street, 11th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2955, phone (215) 238-6340, fax (215) 238-1159, nmclaurin@philabar.org. Nominations will be reviewed by the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Diversity Award Committee, and the recipient will be notified shortly thereafter. The award will be presented at the Quarterly Meeting on March 28 at the Hyatt at the Bellevue at noon.

To download materials, please click here.

Chancellor's Forum on Strauss-Kahn Case March 15

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The Chancellor's Forum "The Arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn: A Comparative Study of French and U.S. Law and the Media" will be presented on Thursday, March 15.

The arrest and release of Dominique Strauss-Kahn will provide the nexus for a comparative discussion regarding U.S. and French law, cultural and political norms, and the role of the news media in both countries. Strauss-Kahn was the director of the International Monetary Fund when he was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a hotel maid in New York City in May 2011. The charges were eventually dismissed against Strauss-Kahn but he still faces a civil suit.

The discussion is presented in partnership with IHEJ - Institut des Hautes Études sur la Justice, Paris; the International Law Committee; and International Law Society of Villanova University School of Law. Panelists for the program include Professor Irène Théry, a sociologist with École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Michelle Madden Dempsey, associate professor of law, Villanova University School of Law; and reporter Emilie Lounsberry of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Chancellor John E. Savoth will present welcoming remarks.

The program begins at 4:30 p.m. in the 11th floor Conference Center of Bar Association headquarters, 1101 Market St. A wine and cheese reception will follow at 6 p.m. There is no charge to attend this program, but reservations are required. to register for this event, please click here.

ABA New Partner/In-House Counsel Conference March 2-3

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The Philadelphia Bar Association is proud to sponsor the American Bar Association's 2012 New Partner and In-House Counsel Conference at the Four Seasons in Philadelphia on March 2-3.

Lawyers who have made partner or have gone in-house in the last three years are encouraged. You do not have to be an ABA member or qualify as a young lawyer in the ABA to attend. Rewards of partnership or transitioning to in-house counsel come with a host of new opportunities, responsibilities, and challenges. This conference is specifically designed to help prepare lawyers for their new role and ultimately their long-term success.

Structured over two days, the conference provides learning and networking opportunities to help individuals:

• Understand expectations and anticipate needs
• Build or expand their referral network
• Handle internal firm/company dynamics, ethical issues and risks
• Mitigate the cost of managing electronic discovery
• Engage with top national practitioners including General Counsel

The early bird registration rate of $415 has been extended for all Philadelphia Bar Association members. Please note that we are also offering daily rates and group rates: $250/day; a 30 percent discount for all attendees for law firms or corporations that send three or more individuals; and a 30 percent discount for all attendees when a law firm registrant brings a corporate counsel registrant. More information is available at ambar.org/newpartner.

Protecting Our Children All-Day CLE Feb. 27

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

In the past few years, numerous high profile stories have arisen concerning allegations of sexual abuse of children within well-respected institutions and organizations.

The myriad of legal issues created by such allegations and the ways in which the system might need to change in the future to better protect our nation's children are the subject of a new two-part CLE seminar "Protecting Our Children - The Responsibility of Organizations, being offered Monday, Feb. 27 at The CLE Conference Center on the 10th floor of the Wanamaker Building, Market and Juniper streets.

The morning session, "Protecting Children from Abuse," begins at 8:30 a.m. The afternoon session, "Corporate and Nonprofit Management," features guest speaker Dr. Richard James Gelles of School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania.

Other panelists for the program include Frank P. Cervone, executive director, Support Center for Child Advocates; Thomas G. Wilkinson Jr., Cozen O'Connor; Judge Kim Berkeley Clark, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Family Division; Ellen C. Brotman, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP; Larry Ceisler, Ceisler Media & Issue Advocacy; Anthony L. Crisci, Crisci Associates; Michael Exler, general counsel, Drexel University; Lawrence J. Fox, Drinkler Biddle & Reath LLP; Deirdre D. Fruh, legislative aide to U.S. Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr.; Leslie M. Gomez, Ballard Spahr LLP; Valerie I. Harrison, associate university counsel, Temple University; Kelly B. Hodge, Philadelphia Safe Schools Advocate, PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency; Walt Hunter, CBS3 News; Sarah A. Kelly, Cozen O'Connor; Jeffrey Lindy, Lindy Law Firm; Natalye Paquin, CEO, Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania; Charles E. Schmidt Jr., Schmidt Kramer, PC; Theodore Simon, Law Offices of Theodore Simon; Gina M. Smith, Ballard Spahr, LLP; Vicki J. Wilken, staff counsel, state Sen. Kim Ward (Chair, Senate Aging and Youth); Dr. Barbara E. Ziv, forensic psychiatrist; and Barry Zakireh, PhD, director of the Adult and Forensic Program, The Joseph J. Peters Institute.

To register for this 7 substantive, 1 ethics CLE credit program, click here.

Get Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court May 14

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The Philadelphia Bar Association will move up to 50 of our members for admission to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court on Monday, May 14. The admission ceremony will be made to the full court sitting in Washington, D.C.

The court's requirements for a group admission ceremony are very comprehensive. To review these requirements and to download the forms for admission please visit the Supreme Court's web site at supremecourtus.gov. Select the Bar Admissions tab on the left-hand side and this will bring you to the link for the Bar Admissions Form and Bar Admissions Instructions. Please read the instructions carefully. Once you have determined that you are eligible for admission, please print out and complete the Admission Form. The instructions and guidelines are very specific and must be followed scrupulously. Do not fold the application or use staples. Use paper clips only.

Once you have successfully completed the Admission Form, please mail it along with a check made payable to the Philadelphia Bar Association. The cost to attend the ceremony is $225 which includes your application fee and a continental breakfast. Please include an additional $25 if you plan to bring a guest. Per the Supreme Court’s rule, each inductee is permitted to bring only one guest. Please send payment to: Attn: Dawn Petit, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market Street, 11th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
Do not send the application directly to the Supreme Court.

The event will be on a first-come, first-served basis and all applications must be received by 5 p.m. on Monday, March 26, 2012.

If you have any questions regarding this event, please do not hesitate to contact Dawn Petit at 215-238-6367 or dpetit@philabar.org.

Inaugural Address of John E. Savoth, 85th Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association

Wed, 7 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Thank you, Rudy for your kind words and for all you have done for the Philadelphia Bar Association – not just during the past year, but throughout your career.

Ladies and gentleman, Rudy Garcia's time at the Philadelphia Bar Association and his leadership are worthy of emulation. You have given us a rich model to follow Rudy – and we are all indebted to you, and we thank you.

And not only am I happy and proud to have been part of Rudy's team this year but I'm also honored and delighted to have soon-to-be Chancellor-Elect Kathleen Wilkinson and soon-to-be Vice-Chancellor Bill Fedullo as part of our team. I so look forward to working with both of them.

Now, I'd like to take a moment to pause and reflect a bit.

I am so proud to be here leading the oldest association of lawyers in America. As a boy from Neptune City, growing up along the North Jersey shore, within earshot of the soul of Asbury Park, it is an honor to be heir to the legacy of Andrew Hamilton.

This is all quite humbling. And I ask myself: "What was it that made the difference for me?" I've been fortunate, that's for sure.

But beyond that, the answer is obvious.

The answer is right here in this room.

It was People… People made the difference.

People like my parents who taught me the value of hard work, determination and perseverance. While our Dad worked the family business, our Mom, who lost her arm to cancer when I was 2 years old, ensured that our childhood was filled with the care, concern and love that enabled me to flourish. The point is, they didn't simply teach it – they lived it. It is because of you and Dad that I stand here today.

It was my brothers, whose love, support, and, yes, brotherhood, fortified and nurtured by our parents, continue to provide me with strength and pride everyday.

It was people like school teachers and college professors who helped to open my mind to a larger world – a world of places, events, ideas and aspirations.

People like my junior high school classmate who staggered me the first moment I saw her and I subtly suggested to her continuously over the years that I was a gentleman worthy of her affections (didn't quite put it like that). I finally succeeded and now my wife, Nancy, continues to challenge, encourage and strengthen me with her love and support.

And our three boys, Alex, Nate and Evan, who we are so proud of and who so enrich our lives.

And people like so many professional colleagues who have reached out to me, most notably Bill Keller, who generously and daringly guided me in my career as a Philadelphia lawyer.

And the late Justice James T. McDermott, who taught me that our profession does not operate in a vacuum and that the lessons of great literature are equally applicable to the human condition today as they were centuries ago.

And Bob Mongeluzzi, whose passionate and relentless pursuit of justice serves as a guiding light every day. In fact, all my colleagues at Saltz, Mongeluzzi, including Larry Bendesky, Michael Barrett and the Trial Lawyers they've brought together to practice this honorable profession.

So let's be sure of it: People make the difference.

Every single one of you: You are the Philadelphia Bar Association. You make this profession what it is and you are a vital determining factor in the life of this city, this region, and yes – even our world.

I know this is true. Because when I came to this city to practice law I barely knew one center-city street corner from another, let alone one neighborhood from another. I didn't have a clue. Pat's, Geno's, Jim's? And what about Dalessandro's?

But whatever awkwardness I felt at not having a Philly neighborhood or street corner to call my own quickly vanished.

Why?

Because Philadelphians are proud of their cherished roots, and so accepting of many who travel here to make a life. It's the rhythm, the soul, the love, the brotherly and sisterly love that embraces us. It's the feel, and dare I say, The Sound of Philadelphia.

You've welcomed me just as you have welcomed so many others. Including: Andrew Hamilton, Ben Franklin, John Coltrane, Chase Utley, Charisse Lillie, Richardson Dilworth, Justice Juanita Kidd Stout, Ed Rendell, Rich Negrin and Chief Justice Castille, just to name a few.

And that's part of the magic of this town and that magic is what has contributed to the vibrancy of center-city in recent years.

So many people (especially young folks) are here now, not simply because this is where they've always been but because they've clearly decided this is where they always want to be. They're here by choice.

And the best choice I ever made when I first arrived was to join the Philadelphia Bar Association.

That's how I met people. That's how I made connections. That's how I learned about this town and its unique culture. That's how I developed lasting, cherished friendships.

And yes, it helped my career. And yes, I was able to network and gain business from it. And these are no small matters.

But here's the important thing: The bar association enriches not just your work but your life. It makes your life more meaningful.

That's because all of our real, live members are right here. In fact, most of them are within a dozen blocks of this ballroom.

You know that. You understand it. You see it.

You need only to walk out of your office onto the pulse of Market or Walnut or Chestnut or Broad and your fellow Philadelphia Bar Association members are right there. Often they're on their way, if not from court, then to or from a committee or section event at bar headquarters or the education center or Jenkins law library or at an event at a nearby hotel or other facility. And hopefully, you're joining them.

Yes, the Bar Association is on Facebook and Twitter and we have an impressive web presence but this Association lives with you and your real, live interactions with your colleagues in this relatively intimate community.

I point this out because it's easy to forget it or take it for granted.

It's easy to become so well-connected one way that you're disconnected in more important ways.

It's easy to become so seemingly informed, that you're jaded; so absolutely certain, that you're cynical; and so busy, that you're actually bored and eventually burnt out.

But the people you meet and the things that you accomplish through Our Great Association will make a difference in your life.

I know. I've experienced it.

So now We must ask ourselves: How can We make a difference this year? Together, what can We do for ourselves and others?

I'd like to offer up three suggestions – three important initiatives – for the year.

In late October, we heard the incredible news. President Obama announced that America's war in Iraq is finally coming to an end. Nearly 40,000 U.S. troops will be home for the holidays. In addition, the president announced earlier this year that 33,000 U.S. troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September of 2012.

For these military personnel and their families, resuming a normal, everyday life won't be easy. For many, it will be a constant struggle.

As Philadelphia lawyers, who are distinguished by our pro bono service, we have a duty – an inherited responsibility – to help ease their burden.

And so next year, we will launch a major volunteer recruitment initiative through our Military Assistance Program, which we've named "MAP."

We will help ease the burden of re-entry for our service men and women and their families. We will provide them with pro bono legal assistance in areas that impact their daily lives, including consumer credit, bankruptcy, employment, housing, family law, wills and estates, and special issues such as eligibility for veterans benefits and compensation for service-related disabilities.
Clients will contact MAP through a new hotline at the offices of the Bar Association. Callers will be matched with volunteer attorneys who have registered with MAP.

I have asked Michael Taub, Staff Attorney for the Homeless Advocacy Project, and Wes Payne, our assistant treasurer and a partner at White and Williams, to co-chair this important new initiative. Michael's knowledge in this area is rooted in his deep commitment to veterans' issues through HAP's Veteran's Project, a 10-year-old program that serves the complex legal needs of homeless veterans. Wes, a veteran himself, has worked tirelessly on veterans issues for years now.

I'm honored to have the support and guidance of Chief Justice Ron Castille and Justice Seamus McCaffery to support our launch of this important endeavor.

Through MAP, we'll create opportunities for self-empowerment and sustainability for the hundreds of service men and women in the Philadelphia region who will soon be transitioning back to everyday life.

But our work next year on behalf of the community will not end there. It will also span our city's neighborhoods and extend to the youngest members of our community, who represent our future.

As we know, schools in Pennsylvania offer very little civics education. Most students spend only about two or three weeks reviewing civics in a U.S. history class.

In 2008, Chancellor Michael Pratt created our Association's Advancing Civics Education Program, or ACE.
This nationally recognized partnership with the School District of Philadelphia sends volunteer lawyers and judges into Philadelphia classrooms once a month to teach a curriculum of civics education that complements social studies programs.

More than 150 volunteer attorneys and judges have already participated in ACE, with 14 high schools and 2 elementary schools being touched by the program.

I am proud to announce that in 2012, we'll take ACE even further by expanding the program into even more elementary schools. Nine elementary school lessons have already been developed. To help us in this effort, we are launching an exciting new partnership with the National Constitution Center.

The Constitution Center's office of civics education will provide a new, enhanced level of administrative support for this rapidly growing program.

Our new partnership with the Constitution Center will enable us to increase our ranks of attorney and judicial volunteers, under the dedicated leadership of ACE Program Co-Chairs Jenimae Almquist and Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge John Milton Younge.

ACE also has strong support from many judicial leaders, including Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Marjorie Rendell, who has lent her boundless energy to the program by connecting us with the Constitution Center and helping to recruit talented volunteers.
Next year, we'll strengthen the program's curriculum, launch a new ACE website and plan teacher in-service days.

Engaging students in civics education at an even younger age will help motivate them in their reading and critical thinking during their formative years. They will also gain a deeper understanding of the true meaning of a democracy, the rule of law, dispute resolution and, simply, how to be a good citizen.

And speaking of our partnership with the National Constitution Center, many of you may be aware that in 2012 the Center will host a new exhibition, "From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen" -- the first major retrospective about the American songwriter.

I have a feeling that I'm going to find this exhibit quite fascinating.

Bruce Springsteen inspires us by illuminating the struggles and triumphs of working Americans and the importance of social justice and free expression – the very freedoms on which the legacy of the "Philadelphia lawyer" was born.

The Constitution Center is generously providing free admission to this exciting new exhibition for every person at today's luncheon. Tickets will be distributed as you leave the ballroom today.

Of course our service to the community also transcends the borders of Philadelphia.

Programs such as our highly successful relationship with our sister bar association in Lyon, our seat at the table at the World City Bar Leaders Conferences, and the work of our International Law Committee and our new International Business Initiative Committee demonstrate that our Bar is doing its part to help stimulate new avenues of business in our region.

In the coming year, we'll continue to track global issues that impact our profession, including the eligibility of foreign-trained lawyers for admission to the Pennsylvania Bar, and provide input in the reconstituted Global Philadelphia Association.

Pro bono service and community volunteerism are more than just a professional commitment. They define us as Philadelphia lawyers. Public service strikes at the very heart of who we are as attorneys, and as citizens. And it has been the legacy of our Association for 210 years--- through the many law-related public service agencies that we support and/or helped to create; particularly the work of our Civil Gideon Task Force, which has toiled for several years now to formulate a workable plan to aid those in our society who are threatened with the loss of basic human needs, such as those involving shelter and child custody.

Our legacy also includes service to our members.

Attracting and retaining clients continues to be a challenging prospect for many of our members in this recovering economy. And so I am proud to introduce a new program to help members with their ongoing business development efforts.

Early next year, we will provide new premium advertising opportunities on the Philadelphia Bar Association's website, exclusively to members -- at a fraction of the cost of display ads placed on commercial websites and in printed publications.

We call this new program "Lawyer Profiles." Charter members will be able to upload full online profiles, with a photo and resume of their professional services. Only a limited number of these opportunities will be available through a monthly subscription fee.

This program adds instant value to your Association membership. You'll be able to proudly display your profile on the website of America's first bar association.

And speaking of these profiles, they only serve to remind us that each one of us is unique.
We each bring special talents, special viewpoints, distinct experiences and a unique set of skills to our jobs and to our lives.

And we owe it to ourselves and to this city and region to share all that we bring – not just with one another but with the larger community beyond.

That's what the profiles and the civics education program and the veterans' legal assistance effort are all about.

These are three vital areas where we can make a difference.

Today we are bigger than most state bar associations and we are looked to nationally as trailblazers. Many of our programs and efforts have served as models for similar initiatives throughout the nation.

We're justifiably proud of all that.

But even though our founders included this nation's first leaders, and even though we trace our origins all the way back to 1802 when a small group of lawyers met in Independence Hall to form a Law Library Company, we must never forget that we were founded by people who had common needs and shared a desire to help one another and those they served.

These first Philadelphia lawyers really weren't much different than you and I.

Yes, they faced different challenges and struggles than we do today, but they faced struggles nonetheless.

And they were – each and every one of them – distinct individuals.

But they recognized that they could accomplish a great deal more by joining together and learning and working to help themselves and others.

Today, our modern mission reminds us of our core principles:

-- To serve the profession and the public by promoting justice, professional excellence and respect for the rule of law, and

-- To ensure that all of our citizens, no matter their economic or social status, have full and unfettered access to our justice system.

Never has this mission been more important than now.

Never have these principles been more relevant.

We are the soul of this profession.

Unless we choose to get involved, to step outside our comfort zones, to act on behalf of a cause greater than ourselves, the prospect of adding richness and meaning to our work and our lives remains just that – a mere prospect.

During the depression years of the last century, John Steinbeck so eloquently detailed the dignity of the human condition, no matter how difficult the circumstances.

It's vital that we, as a community of talented, thoughtful thinkers, do not lose sight of this.

Today, the integrity of so many in our community is under constant assault and we have the talent, knowledge, work ethic and legacy of greatness to combat these problems and, hopefully, raise the hopes of those in need.

I am honored by this position and look forward to working for you in 2012.

Thank you.

William P. Fedullo Elected Vice Chancellor; Five Gain Board of Governors Seats

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500

William P. Fedullo, of counsel to Rosen, Schafer & DiMeo, LLP, will serve as Vice Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association in 2012 after running unopposed in the Association's Tuesday, Dec. 6 Annual Election. Fedullo will serve as Chancellor-Elect in 2013 and Chancellor in 2014.

The following candidates for Bar offices ran unopposed and will begin serving in their positions on Jan. 1: Sophia Lee, Secretary; Joseph A. Prim Jr., Treasurer; Jacqueline G. Segal, Assistant Secretary; and Wesley R. Payne IV, Assistant Treasurer.

The following five candidates for Board of Governors were unopposed on Dec. 6 and will begin their terms on Jan. 1.: Jennifer Segal Coatsworth, Rainy Papademetriou, James A. Rocco III, Eric H. Weitz and Kay Kyungsun Yu.

The following seven candidates for the Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee were elected on Dec. 6 and will begin serving their terms on Jan. 1:
Courtenay R. Dunn, Daniel J. Gillin, Maria E. Harris, Benjamin F. Johns, Erin Lamb, Kaitlin E. Picco and Jeffrey N. Rosenthal.

Business Law Section to Honor Beaser at Feb. 6 Annual Reception

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

The Business Law Section’s Annual Reception will be held Monday, Feb. 6 at the Westin Philadelphia Hotel where former Association Chancellor Lawrence J. Beaser will be presented with the Section’s Dennis H. Replansky Memorial Award.

The Section established the award in recognition of Replansky's career as a lawyer and his contributions to legal, civic, religious and other charitable causes. Replansky was a 51-year-old senior partner at Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley LLP when he died in March 1994. He was a former chair of the Business Law Section.

The section will also recognize Katayun I. Jaffari as Committee Chair of the Year and the Human Resources & Employee Relations Committee as Committee of the Year at the event, which begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Westin, 99 S. 17th St.

Tickets are $50 for members of the Business Law Section and $60 for non-members. Tickets are $70 for those who are not members of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Click here to purchase tickets.