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June 2006 The Monthly Newspaper of the Philadelphia Bar Association Vol. 35, No. 6 YLD Celebrates Law Week Discussion Boards Now Available at Bar Web Site by Mark A. Tarasiewicz
Philadelphia Bar Association mem- bers have a powerful new tool for exchanging information with their col- leagues on practice-related issues and other topics of interest with the launch of the Association’s new Discussion Forums network at philadelphiabar.org. Discussion Forums have been created for members of every Section and the Young Lawyers Division. Forums will soon be launched for the Association’s
Photo by Jeff Lyons Committees, as well as Committees with- in Sections. Attorneys Edward Goldis (left) and Joel C. Trotter offer legal advice during the Young Lawyers Division’s Law Fair at the Gallery at Market Any Bar Association member who is a East on May 3. The Law Fair was part of the YLD annual Law Week celebration. More coverage of Law Week events, Pages 12 and 13. member in good standing of one of these groups has instant access to the Discussion Forum for that group by log- 2006 Bench-Bar Conference ging in to their personalized homepage at philadelphiabar.org, and clicking “My Discussion Forums” at the bottom of the Media Relations Panel page. Members can also access the For- ums through a link on the right side of Section and YLD homepages. to Explore Viewpoints For example, a member of the Family Law Section can post a topic in the Sub- by Beth Huffman and the media have different needs ject line that might be called, “Satisfact- The viewpoint of the bench, and goals when it comes to high-pub- ion of Debt.” He or she can then write thoughts from two of the area’s top lit- licity cases, they need each other to continued on page 14 igators and the perspective of the me- accomplish those goals. The panel, dia will be considered as the Young which includes Jane L. Dalton, Chan- Lawyers Division presents a media and cellor-Elect of the Association; Hon. In This Issue ... ethics CLE seminar at the 2006 Bench- Frederica A. Massiah-Jackson, the Im- 4 Federal Bench-Bar Doyle to Moderate Seminar Bar Conference, scheduled for Sept. 29- mediate-Past President Judge of the Emmy-winning journalist Lynn Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas; 30 at The Quarter at The Tropicana in 6 Section’s 15th Year Doyle of CN8, the Comcast Network, Atlantic City. and Abraham C. Reich, who served as will moderate a panel on judicial Using a panel discussion, the semi- Chancellor of Association in 1995, will 10 Mfume to Speak June 19 independence at the Association’s nar will examine how to develop good discuss how each faction can get what Bench-Bar Conference on Sept. 29 relationships between lawyers and the they want and need to do their jobs 13 Law Week Wrap-Up in Atlantic City. See Page 19 for media within the bounds of the Rules effectively without setting off any ethi- 20 Bar Night at the Phillies more information. of Professional Conduct. While lawyers cal landmines. continued on page 18
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Chancellor’s Forum Associate Editors Sunah Park, Esq. Lawrence S. Felzer, Esq. Program on Diversity Beyond Large Firms June 5 Heather J. Holloway, Esq. Stacey Z. Jumper, Esq. Top officers from Philadelphia-area general counsel to the Redevelopment Hairston Jr., vice president for Govern- Asima Panigrahi, Esq. law firms that have had success in div- Authority of the City, deputy director ment Affairs and Community Relations ersifying their work force will share for Community Legal Services and city and deputy general counsel for the Contributing Editor Richard Max Bockol, Esq. stories and discuss best practices for solicitor of the City of Philadelphia. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; reaching diversity goals at the Chan- Melissa M. Gomez, Ph.D., a trial con- Deborah R. Willig, the first woman to Advisory Editors cellor’s Forum: “Diversity Beyond the sultant for TrialGraphix, will give a pre- serve as Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bruce H. Bikin, Esq. Large Firms” on Monday, June 5 at the sentation on hiring and retaining min- Bar Association; Louis S. Rulli, a profes- Merih O. Erhan, Esq. Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s CLE Con- ority attorneys as well as the impact sor of law at the University of Pennsyl- Marc W. Reuben, Esq. ference Center located on the 10th diverse counsel has on business devel- vania Law School; and James A.A. Pab- Director of New Media and Publications floor of the Wanamaker Building at 100 opment and during trial proceedings. arue, a Philadelphia attorney with ex- Mark A. Tarasiewicz Penn Square East. Karen Jackson Vaughn, the diversity tensive experience in the areas of em- Managing Editor The forum will focus on helping program manager for Saul Ewing LLP, ployment law, sexual harassment, racial Jeff Lyons mid-sized and small law firms as well will moderate a panel discussion on and gender discrimination, FMLA and Copy Editor as public interest law agencies with at- creating a progressive diversity model. ADA violations and age discrimination. Kate Maxwell torney recruitment and retention ef- Vaughn previously served as assistant Following the course conclusion at 4 Director of Public Affairs forts. This program has been approved dean for Career Planning at Temple p.m., the Philadelphia Bar Association and External Communications by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal University’s Beasley School of Law. The will host a reception for course partici- Beth Huffman Education Board for 3 hours of CLE panel includes Carl G. Cooper, chief pants, members of the Association and Executive Director credit. diversity officer for Kirkpatrick & judges. To register for the program, call Kenneth Shear Charisse R. Lillie, vice-president of Lockhart Nicholson Graham; Roosevelt (800) 247-4724 or visit www.PBI.org. The Philadelphia Bar Reporter (ISSN 1098-5352) is human resources for Comcast Corpor- published monthly and available by subscription for $45 per year by the Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 ation and senior vice-president of Market St., 11th fl., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911. human resources for Comcast Cable, Periodicals postage paid at Philadelphia, Pa. POST- Tell Us What You Think! MASTER: Send address changes to Philadelphia Bar will deliver the keynote address. Lillie, The Philadelphia Bar Reporter welcomes letters to the editors for publication. Reporter, c/o Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 a former partner at the law firm of Market St., 11 fl., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911. Letters should be typed. There is no word limit, but editors reserve the right to Telephone: (215) 238-6300. Association Web site: Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, www.philadelphiabar.org. Newspaper e-mail address: condense for clarity, style and space considerations. Letters must be signed to [email protected]. The editorial and other views LLP, joined Comcast in 2005. Her previ- verify authorship, but names will be withheld upon request. Letters may be expressed in the Philadelphia Bar Reporter are not nec- ous positions include trial attorney for essarily those of the Association, its officers, or its mailed, faxed or e-mailed to: Jeff Lyons, Managing Editor, Philadelphia Bar Reporter, members. Advertising rates and information are avail- the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market St., 11th floor, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107- able from Howard Hyatt at Media Two, 22 W. Rights Division, assistant U.S. attorney Pennsylvania Ave, Suite 305, Towson, Md., 21204. 2911. Phone: (215) 238-6345. Fax: (215) 238-1267. E-mail: [email protected]. Telephone: (410) 902-5797. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,
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BAR REPORTER / JUNE 2006 3 Section/Committee Spotlight: Federal Courts Federal Bench-Bar Conference Set for June 16 by Jeff Lyons pending right now, in a nize as one of the things (Hoffa) and one prosecutor turned de- number of substantive that distinguishes this fense lawyer (Levine) — address the crit- The Federal Courts Committee’s an- areas of the law, and it is District Court from other ically important issue of attorney-client nual Federal Bench-Bar Conference always beneficial to have district courts. So it is privilege waivers. I expect their discus- moves back into the city on Friday, an overview of how important to safeguard sion to be both interesting and lively,” June 16 with a keynote luncheon ad- those cases can and that relationship and I am said Bizar. dress from U.S. Court of Appeals Judge should be handled. optimistic that Judge U.S. District Court Judge Michael M. Marjorie O. Rendell. Hopefully, we will be Robreno and Judge Baylson and U.S. Magistrate Judge Da- The conference will be held at able to have a meaning- Pratter will offer some vid R. Strawbridge and Stephanie Res- Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market ful exchange on these keen observations that nick, a former chair of the Federal St. A total of 3 CLE credits, including .5 issues - something that will be particularly useful Courts Committee, will discuss “Pend- ethics credits, are available. the Federal Bench-Bar to the younger practition- ing Rules Changes on Discovery of The conference begins with opening Conference is known for ers in attendance,” Bizar Electronic Documents.” remarks from U.S. District Court Chief - and that everybody said. Chief Judge Bartle, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Harvey Bartle III and committee will benefit,” Bizar said. Following a short Court Chief Judge Diane W. Sigmund Chair Steven E. Bizar and Vice Chair U.S. District Court Judge Marjorie O. Rendell will be break, Linda Dale Hoffa, and Clerk of Court Michael E. Kunz Edward G. Biester III. Judges Eduardo C. the keynote speaker at a lun- assistant chief of the will follow with reports. “We have an outstanding group of Robreno and Gene E.K. cheon following the June 16 Criminal Division of the The program wraps up with closing judges and practitioners who have ag- Pratter, along with Ellen Federal Bench-Bar Conference. U.S. Attorney’s Office, and remarks by Bizar and a reception and reed to participate in the event and Merriwether and Dennis Ronald H. Levine will luncheon with Judge Rendell providing their perspectives on the topics they R. Suplee, are the panelists for the sec- present “Addressing Requests to Waive keynote remarks. will be addressing are sure to provide a ond program, “How Focus on Ethics Attorney-Client Privilege in Criminal “The Bench-Bar has always been a wealth of useful information for atten- and Professionalism Improves the Matters.” great way to collect 3 CLE credits while dees,” said Bizar. Relationship Between the Bench and “Last year we tried to broaden the hobnobbing with judges and distin- The first program, “Managing Multi- Bar.” program’s appeal and to find ways to guished practitioners,” Bizar said. District Litigation,” includes panelists “All of us who practice in this dis- reach criminal practitioners with our Tuition, which includes breakfast, a U.S. District Court Judges James T. Giles, trict recognize the special nature of the discussion of the impact of recent Su- course book and lunch, is $175 for Jan E. DuBois and Mary A. McLaughlin relationship between the bench and preme Court cases on sentencing members of the bar admitted before along with Michael D. Donovan, Mich- the bar. It is a coin of rare value and guidelines. This year we are continuing Jan. 1, 2002 and $155 for members ael D. Fishbein and Alexander Kerr. something that those who practice in that effort by having two prominent admitted after Jan. 1, 2002. Registration “There are quite a few MDL cases other courts regularly, as I do, recog- criminal lawyers — one a prosecutor and breakfast begin at 7:45 a.m.
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4 JUNE 2006 / BAR REPORTER Chancellor’s Forum Merit Selection Debate Eyes ‘Level Playing Field’ by Brian K. Sims lobbied for eliminat- The debate on merit selection of ing judicial judges and leveling the playing field elections for candidates drew scores of people to for years. a recent Chancellor’s Forum. “I’m not Panelists for the April 28 program speaking included Philadelphia Court of Com- out against mon Pleas Judge George Overton, state current Sen. Anthony Williams, state Rep. Mark judges,” Cohen and Lynn A. Marks, executive said director of Pennsylvanians for Modern Marks, “I blame the system.” She stress- Courts. ed that a premium needs to be placed Chancellor Alan M. Feldman’s on candidates’ qualifications and opening remarks focused on a bill pro- believes removing money from the posed in the state Senate by Williams system will not only improve the level that would amend the city’s constitu- Photo by Jeff Lyons of candidates but also will “remove the Lynn A. Marks (from left), Judge George Overton and state Sen. Anthony Williams were tion to provide for “merit based” selec- perception that justice is for sale.” among the panelists at an April 28 Chancellor’s Forum on judicial selection. State Rep. Mark tion of judges. Speaking on behalf of the current Cohen was also on the panel, which was moderated by Chancellor Alan M. Feldman. As Chancellor Feldman explained, election system were Judge Overton judges in Philadelphia County are Philadelphia and Delaware Counties, that indicate that the cost of running and Rep. Cohen. As Cohen explained, elected by voters. Recent debate has introduced Senate Bill 100 last summer, for judge in Philadelphia has risen over “the right people are making the deci- centered on the question of whether which calls for the creation of a 19- the last 20 years from less than $10,000 sion as to who the judges should be in such a system is racially and economi- member panel to oversee the screening to upwards of $100,000 today. Philadelphia. This right people are the cally biased. Merit based selection, on and appointment of Philadelphia Marks agreed. Her organization, electorate.” the other hand, would allow for a kind judges. Williams serves as the minority founded in 1987, is a statewide, non- Cohen, a Democrat representing the of appointment process in which a chair of the Senate’s State Government profit, nonpartisan organization found- 202nd District, was quick to point out bipartisan commission would screen Committee. ed for the purpose of eliminating parti- that the current election system avoids and evaluate candidates before they As Williams explained, “this is about san politics from the judicial system. the perception of cronyism and elitism are recommended for appointment. leveling the playing field” both racially Called “the mother of merit selection” in Philadelphia’s judicial system. Williams, a Democrat representing and economically. He cited statistics by Chan-cellor Feld-man, Marks has continued on page 20
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BAR REPORTER / JUNE 2006 5 15th Anniversary of the Public Interest Section Spend Day BAR FOUNDATION On Links, Aid Committee Expands Access Foundation to Justice for Disabled By Karen Detamore, Tom Prettyman to provide sign language interpreters. by Robert D. Lane Jr. and Jeffrey Campolongo Recognizing that the barrier exists and can be overcome, the U.S. Department The Philadelphia Bar Foundation’s The Bar Association’s Public Interest of Justice has interpreted the Americans 18th Annual Golf Classic will take place Section established the Legal Rights of With Disabilities Act as requiring that at the Philadelphia Cricket Club on Persons with Disabilities Committee to attorneys provide sign language inter- vices. In recent years, Philadelphia law Monday, June 26. expand access to justice for people with preters for their deaf clients at no addi- firms have been posting record profits. This is a great opportunity to have disabilities. tional charge to the clients in certain Salaries at major firms have skyrocket- fun while raising money for a very Compared to the community as a situations. Interpreters are expensive – ed. worthy cause. whole, people who are disabled tend to generally about $150 per appointment At the same time, there is a crisis in Think about it – it’s almost like get- have fewer resources, yet they have a – and the expense discourages attor- providing legal services to the poor ting a hall pass to play hooky for the greater need for legal services. The neys from complying with the ADA. and the disadvantaged. A recent study day: committee raises awareness among the To increase the deaf community’s reports that only one in five poor peo- • You’ll spend an afternoon out- bar and the community about legal access to legal services, LRPD proposed ple get the help they need in address- doors on a beautiful course (golfers of issues affecting people with disabilities creating a fund to offset some of the ing non-criminal legal issues. all levels and skills are welcome) and advocates for changes in the law costs for providing sign language inter- The Philadelphia Bar Foundation • You’ll have a chance to catch up and enforcement of existing laws to preters. On April 24, the Association’s provides funding to the organizations with friends and colleagues you don’t enhance the lives of this underserved Board of Governors approved a resolu- that work to provide this needed legal otherwise get to see population. Committee members come tion allocating $5,000 to reimburse help. We provide grants to organiza- • You can do some schmoozing if from government, private and public members for sign language interpreter tions like the Support Center for Child you choose interest practice. fees. The Association will reimburse up Advocates, or the Homeless Advocacy • You’ll have a great barbecue lunch, One of the priorities for the LRPD to $100 for sign language interpreter Project, or the SeniorLAW Center, and then an afternoon of golf, then enjoy a Committee in 2006 is increasing the fees per interpreter appointment. While 26 other worthy groups. Proceeds from delicious dinner and cocktail reception deaf community’s access to legal ser- reimbursement is available to all mem- the golf outing go to the Bar Founda- on the beautiful patio overlooking the vices. An enormous and obvious com- bers, it is intended primarily to benefit tion’s grantmaking funds. course. munication barrier prevents deaf peo- clients of solo practitioners, small firms, The golf outing is one of the biggest And it’s all for a great cause. How ple from accessing legal services. Often- public interest firms and pro bono vol- components of the Bar Foundation’s does it get any better than that? times deaf people cannot read lips or unteers. fund-raising plan. As attorneys, many of us make a cannot read or write. One of the ways “This resolution of the Bar Associa- very good living providing legal ser- continued on page 8 attorneys can overcome this barrier is continued on page 19
6 JUNE 2006 / BAR REPORTER Reporter Explains YLD’s June 9 Ethics Panel Health News Coverage Features Specter, Nutter by Jeff Lyons Brikman’s reports are aired U.S. Sen. Arlen twice a day. She does a Specter and Phil- The public’s mistrust of “Health Check” segment at 5 adelphia City lawyers and journalists is due p.m. and a roundup of the Councilman Mi- to some people having a bad day’s health news during the chael Nutter will experience with either or 11 p.m. newscast. be among the both, and it’s up to the media Brikman has done several panelists as the and the bar to dispel those stories where the law and Young Lawyers images, 6ABC medical repor- health issues have come to- Division presents ter Anita Brikman told a joint gether. “We have done a num- “Ethics in Gov- meeting of Bar Association ber of Health Check stories on Photo by Jeff Lyons ernment and Pol- Anita Brikman has worked at Specter Nutter committees. hospital errors and ways peo- itics” on Friday, 6ABC since 1994. Brikman, whose husband ple can reduce those risks. June 9. YLD Chair Michael B. Hayes. is a trial lawyer, spoke to a We’ve been following the ups ries that affect women be- The roundtable discussion, “We anticipate an informa- joint meeting of the Medical- and downs of hormone re- cause they’re the ones that part of the YLD’s 2020 lunch- tive and lively discussion of Legal and Bar-News Media placement and some of the tend to watch more news and time seminar series for young timely issues involving ethics Committees on April 21 about lawsuits that have followed,” respond to health news. Issues lawyers, will be held at the and government,” he said. her work as a medical she said. But her work gener- with back pain are always Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Hayes will moderate the reporter. ally focuses on the health very well received. A lot of CLE Conference Center on the event, along with YLD Exec- “It’s all of our jobs to dispel benefits or side effects of a people are also interested in 10th floor of the Wanamaker utive Committee member Joc- those images and to let the particular drug. stories on alternative medi- Building. Lunch will be served elyn Gabrynowicz. The event public know that the common She said a decision was cine,” she said. at 11:30 a.m. and the panel is open to all members of the good is really at the forefront made at Action News to keep Brikeman joined 6ABC in discussion will begin prompt- Philadelphia Bar Association. of what we do,” she said. Brikman out of the coverage October 1994, as “Action ly at 12 p.m. and will conc- The first 50 members of the “For me, covering medical of the medical malpractice cri- News” medical reporter. lude at 1 p.m. A third panelist YLD to register for the event science and family issues, it’s a sis in Pennsylvania so it didn’t She came to Philadelphia will be named in the future. at philadelphiabar.org will great way to touch people’s appear as if the station were from WKEF-TV in Dayton, “The YLD is very excited to receive a free lunch. All YLD lives all the time. I feel very taking sides on the issue. Ohio, where she was the co- be able to present this round members after the first 50 and blessed that I’m not a general Brikman said the health anchor at 6 and 11 p.m. Before table discussion among prom- all general members of the assignment reporter, quite coverage is geared toward the that, she worked at various inent elected officials who Association who wish to pur- frankly, and covering fires and makeup of the audience. television and radio stations represent Philadelphia at a lo- chase lunch can do so for murders and things like that.” “We tend to focus on sto- in Indiana and Ohio. cal and national level,” said $7.50.
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8 JUNE 2006 / BAR REPORTER More Than 800 Hit the Road in Annual Bar Run
Runners race down Martin Luther King Jr. Drive during the May 21 Charity Run. The event raised more than $100,000 for the Support Center for Child Advocates. For more photos from the event, visit philadelphiabar.org. Neill Clark raises his hand after finishing first in the 5K run.
Chancellor Alan M. Feldman (1) is joined by former Photos by Jeff Lyons Chancellors Andrew A. Chirls (1267) and Abraham C. Reich Amy Miller (left) and Emily Hajjar were fired up for their Stacy Creamer (172) was the first woman to finish the 5K. (2) before the May 21 Charity Run. first-ever 5K race.
BAR REPORTER / JUNE 2006 9 Judge A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Public Interest Lecture Mfume to Speak at June 19 Quarterly Meeting by Beth Huffman
Kweisi Mfume, former president and Honors for Year Club Members chief executive officer of the NAACP and candidate for U.S. Senate in Mary- The Association will honor the E. Levy; Alfeo P. Libetti; Joseph R. land, will deliver the annual Judge A. new members of the its 50-, 55-, 60-, Livesey; Hyman Lovitz; John D. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Pub- 65- and 70-Year Clubs at the June 19 Lucey Jr.; Joseph Lurie; Paul Matzko; lic Interest Lecture at the Bar Associa- Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon. Erwin Miller; Paul N. Minkoff; Tom tion’s Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon Paul N. Minkoff, a former mem- P. Monteverde; Arthur H. Moss; An- on Monday, June 19 at the Park Hyatt ber of the Board of Governors and thony W. Novasitis; Sheldon Rappa- Philadelphia at the Bellevue. Assistant Secretary of the Associat- port; Edward Reif; Robert S. Robb- “We are delighted that Kweisi Mfu- ion, will speak on behalf of the hon- ins; Judge David N. Savitt; Arthur H. me, a five-term Congressman and for- orees. The following is a list of the Seidel; James L. Shea; Philip M. mer President of the NAACP, has ag- honorees for the June 19 event: Shiekman; Herbert Smolen; Joseph reed to be the keynote speaker for our 50-Year Club Smukler; George S. Stewart III; Sey- June Quarterly Luncheon,” said Chan- Paul C. Astor; Barton M. Banks; mour I. Toll; Roger M. Whiteman; cellor Alan M. Feldman. “He brings a Albert Bartolomeo; Philip E. Berens; William A. Whiteside Jr.; and Joan P. unique and important perspective to Judge Edward G. Biester; William H. Wohl. Kweisi Mfume the ongoing national debate about the Brown III; Meyer A. Bushman; Rud- 60-Year Club After serving five terms in Congress, preservation of civil liberties and indi- olph A. Chillemi; K. Robert Conrad; Donald Bean; Isadore H. Bellis; Mfume resigned in 1996 to take over as vidual rights in an era of heightened Judge Anthony J. DeFino; Carpenter Judge Curtis C. Carson Jr.; H. Myron the leader of the National Association concern about national security issues.” Dewey; Samuel Diamond; Russell C. Cohen; Harold Diamond; Austin M. for the Advancement of Colored A lifelong champion of individual Dilks; John C. Dorfman; William B. Lee; Michael C. Rainone; and Ronald People, a post he held for nine years. rights, Judge Higginbotham had a legal Eagan; Edward L. Edelstein; John S. Souser. He is credited with restoring respect to career that spanned nearly half a cen- Estey; Albert J. Feldman; Milton A. 65-Year Club the Association as well as instituting tury. Since Marian Wright Edelman, Feldman; Benjamin Fogel; Alvin H. Francis DeLone; Albert Konef- management and financial structures founder and president of the Children’s Freiberg; Jeremy E. Goldstein; Judge sky; Daniel Mungall Jr.; and George that led to an increase in endowment Defense Fund, delivered the first Hig- Bernard J. Goodheart; Bernard G. Ovington III. funds as well as a budget surplus. ginbotham lecture in 1999, notables Heinzen; David Kittner; Jan Z. Kras- 70-Year Club In March 2005, Mfume announced such as Juan Williams, Charles J. Ogle- nowiecki; Martin M. Krimsky; Louis Elwood S. Levy. his candidacy for the Senate seat cur- tree, Chaka Fattah and Cornel West rently held by Paul Sarbanes, who will have spoken. government of South Africa. Elected to of the Small Business Committee and retire this year after serving in the Mfume began his public service the U.S. House of Representatives for the Ethics Committee. He later chaired Senate since 1977. Mfume, a member of career in 1979 when he was elected to Maryland’s 7th District in 1986, Mfume the Joint Economic Committee of the the Democratic Party, seeks to become Baltimore City Council. During his served on the Banking and Financial House and Senate and during his final the first African American to represent seven years in local government, he led Services Committee, and held the term, he was the vice-chairman for Maryland in the Senate. the efforts to diversify city government, ranking seat on the General Oversight Communications. Mfume also served Tickets to the luncheon are $50 for improve community safety, enhance and Investigations Subcommittee. He as chairman of the Congressional Black Association members and $55 for non- minority business development and served as a member of the Committee Caucus, and as the Caucus’ chair of the members and can be purchased online divest city funds from the apartheid on Education and as a senior member Task Force on Affirmative Action. at philadelphiabar.org.
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10 JUNE 2006 / BAR REPORTER In Their Own Words Veteran Lawyer CLS Breakfast of Champions is ‘Still Around’ by Paul N. Minkoff
At a recent reception, I was greeted with “Oh! Are you still around?” It was a friendly, casual greeting and, as a matter of fact, is one that I had heard before and I didn’t think much about it. But when Chancellor Alan Feldman invited me to
respond on behalf of our Photos by Jeff Lyons members who have Chancellor Alan M. Feldman (left photo, from left) and Catherine C. Carr, executive director of Community Legal Services, pre- been at the Bar for more sent CLS’ Champion of Justice Award to Barbara T. Sicalides at the CLS’ Breakfast of Champions on May 10. Philadelphia Court than 50 years, that greet- of Common Pleas Judge C. Darnell Jones II (right photo) was the keynote speaker at the event. CLS presented Equal Justice Paul N. Minkoff ing took on a different Awards to Deborah L. Freedman, managing attorney of the Family Advocacy Unit at CLS; Langer & Grogan P.C. attorneys Howard perspective and offered me an opportunity I. Langer, John J. Grogan and Edward Diver; Thomas Burke, intake paralegal at Philadelphia Legal Assistance; and Renee to reflect on our profession over these past Reese, intake paralegal at CLS. 50 years. There have been significant and dramatic changes in the practice of law since 1956. The “mega law” firms of 50 or more lawyers Attorney Aids in Kosovo Democracy of that era have been replaced by firms of by Asima Panigrahi partners from other lating and drafting the 500-plus lawyers with substantial support Piper offices. law on the prosecutor to services. Not only are these firms practicing While much news coverage has After the NATO provide for effective law, but they have adjunct business activity been devoted to the fight to instill bombing campaign organization and over- that enhances their presence in a broad democracy in Iraq, Philadelphia drove the Serbs out of sight, training, and dis- array of business and civic activity. attorney Eric M. Henry of DLA Piper Kosovo in 1999, the gov- cipline of the prosecu- My personal experience has been with a Rudnick Gray Cary has been involv- ernment transitioned to tors. The idea was that small personal injury firm these past 50 ed in a similar mission in Kosovo the control of the DLA Piper could gather years and it is difficult for me to perceive that has not received as much atten- “United Nations Interim direction from local how to structure a practice that has the tion. Administration Mission advisory groups and magnitude that we see in the profession When Piper Rudnick merged with in Kosovo.” In accor- draft these new laws in today. DLA and the Gray Cary firm in dance with one aspect conjunction with inter- I suppose the most substantial change January 2005, the firm’s greater inter- of the United Nations’ national standards from has been in the technology area and its national brought with it a desire for goal of facilitating func- an unbiased perspec- impact on the nature and method of main- increased international pro bono tional autonomy for the tive. Henry worked pri- taining a practice. It is a long way from The Eric M. Henry efforts. The firm formed a new non- war-ravaged province, marily on the law of the Decennial Digest and the Index of Legal profit organization called the “New the establishment of an effective jus- prosecutor. Periodicals that one took off the library shelf Perimeter” and elected to donate tice system in Kosovo was made a During this process, Henry, along and turned page after page looking for the $13,000 worth of billable time solely top priority. with several other DLA Piper attor- supporting case on a point at issue. Today, a to international pro bono projects. DLA Piper began their involve- neys, traveled to Kosovo during 2005 few keywords, a computer and the response There was a selection process where- ment with this project in January and met with representatives from seems to be almost immediate. I often won- by attorneys interested in working 2005, working in conjunction with the United Nations, the European der whether the touch on a keyboard is as on three specific projects had to sub- the National Center for State Courts Union, the U.S. Department of Justice, satisfying as reading and turning pages. mit an application, and an advisory and U.S. Agency for International the Prosecutor’s Office, the Assembly, Our Association has made considerable committee would then decide how to Development. Their undertaking the court system and members of advancements from 624 City Hall Annex to staff each project. Henry submitted involved two major projects: first, several “non-government organiza- our present location at 1101 Market St. This an application for the “Kosovo Law assisting in drafting a law on the tions,” including the U.S. Agency for has afforded the Bar the opportunity to Reform Project” and was chosen courts in cooperation with a local International Development and the become a major force in the economic, along with three associates and four advisory group and second, formu- continued on page 21 political and social structure of this now vibrant city. And for this we owe our thanks to the leadership of the Association these PERSPECTIVES meetings where guest speakers have We must maintain our traditional past 50 years. I had the privilege of serving been invited and quarterly meetings. leadership position, utilizing the continued from page 8 as a member of our Board of Governors for Our “Hot Interviews With Very Cool most modern and efficient technolo- three years as well as Assistant Secretary and have already noticed that our Bar People™” provides an opportunity to gy tools at our disposal. You, as our Secretary for an additional six years. I can Reporter Online expanded from Mon- listen to popular individuals having lifeblood, deserve nothing less than attest to the challenges that our leadership days to now include Thursdays as a conversation with the Association. an Association that remains at the faced and the support by the professional well. With that expansion, the Bar We hope by the end of this fall to cutting edge in delivering services staff of the Association that provided the Reporter Online works completely in bring up another new section that and benefits that aid you in being a resources that have made this an outstand- tandem with our Web site in promp- would provide up-to-the-minute full Philadelphia lawyer. We will ing Bar Association. ting you to simply register for any information about legislation that the continue to expand this Web site and In responding on behalf of the Class of event that you might find appealing. Association, or any of its compon- we look to you for your comments 50 and beyond, being “still around” is the We have just come online with ents, is following. Moreover, we hope and criticisms as we continue to take type of recognition that we sincerely appre- the new podcast section of our Web to provide you with the ability to advantage of this new and expanded ciate. site. This area will give you the op- communicate instantaneously with communications format. portunity to download at your con- our representatives at either the fed- Paul N. Minkoff is a partner with Klovsky, Kuby and Harris. eral, state or city levels. Kenneth Shear is the executive director of the venience committee and section Philadelphia Bar Association.
BAR REPORTER / JUNE 2006 11 Volunteers Make Law Week a Success by Michael B. Hayes
This article is dedicated to the doz- ens of young Philadelphia lawyers, YLD UPDATE from every walk of the practice, who came together during the first week of May to give something back to the community and our profession. Nearly 50 active members of the YLD volun- teered their time, energy, legal acumen and enthusiasm to help make Law
Week 2006 a resounding success. Photo by Agatha Lambris As many of you know, the first Brian Chacker of the YLD Executive Committee is joined by comedians Christian Finnegan week of May is Law Week in Philadel- (left) and Anton Shuford (right) at YLD Comedy Night on May 6. The event, held at the Academy of Natural Sciences, raised more than $21,000 for the Philadelphia Bar phia. During Law Week, the YLD coor- lications, list serve e-mails, handshakes Foundation. For a photo gallery from YLD Comedy Night, visit philadelphiabar.org. dinates and runs a series of community and telephone calls – to get the word outreach and service programs design- out and solicit volunteers. And respond On May, the winner of the annual offer free legal advice to the public at ed to bring the law to the people by our membership did – with some Edward F. Chacker Essay Contest – the May 3 Law Fair. As our volunteers educating the public about our profes- young lawyers volunteering to take Bernice Jean-Louis of Northeast High can surely attest, the Law Fair was very sion. part in not just one, but two, three or School – read her winning essay on the well received by the public, with scores During the past several months, four of our community outreach pro- topic of kids mentoring kids to a rapt of people sitting down with a young YLD Executive Committee members grams throughout Law Week. audience at a naturalization ceremony lawyer to discuss their legal problems and the Bar Association staff have Young lawyers trekked out in in U.S. District Court. That same day, and receive free legal advice and assis- spent countless hours coordinating groups of three or four to elementary the YLD announced the winners of the tance. Law Week programs and events. All of and secondary schools all over the city “My World, My Freedoms, and My Re- The annual Lawyer for a Day pro- you deserve credit for your hard work as part of our Lawyer in the Classroom sponsibilities” poster contest. Winners gram was held May 5, during which and dedication. Without your efforts, program. Volunteers gave up their time of the essay and poster contests recei- young lawyers escorted small groups of there would have been no Law Week. to speak with young people in the ved significant monetary awards to as- high school students from the city’s Once our Law Week events were schools, answer their questions about sist in furthering their education. public, private and charter schools to selected, developed and coordinated, the practice of law and, in the process, More than two dozen young attor- observe real, live courtroom proceed- the YLD Executive Committee reached inspire the next generation of young neys descended on the atrium at the ings in the Court of Common Pleas and out to the membership – through pub- Philadelphia lawyers. Gallery at Market East in Center City to continued on page 18
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BAR REPORTER / JUNE 2006 15 A View of Two Courts Brandeis Society to Mark Jewish Law Day June 7 All members of the legal commu- on the high court, nity are invited to join The Louis D. proved to be an Brandeis Law Society when it kicks extraordinary justice off a yearlong observance of the by employing the 150th birthday of Justice Brandeis by skills that made him welcoming Virginia Commonwealth renowned as an attor- University Prof. Melvin I. Urofsky for ney: he mastered Urofsky its 24th Annual Jewish Law Day on procedural details, Wednesday, June 7 at 4:30 p.m. at the researched the facts and the law, and Jewish Community Services Building, went to great lengths to fashion opin- 2100 Arch St. ions that were clear and logical. Prof. Urofsky will discuss “Louis D. Prof. Urofsky received his under- Brandeis: Educator Extraordinaire” at graduate degree from Columbia Uni- the free session, which includes one versity in 1961, and his doctorate in substantive CLE credit. Philadelphia history from Columbia in 1968; he Court of Common Pleas President also holds a juris doctor degree from Judge C. Darnell Jones II and Judge the University of Virginia, which he Frederica A. Massiah-Jackson, imme- completed in 1983. He has written ex- diate past president judge, will be tensively on Brandeis, including A honored at the event. Mind of One Piece: Brandeis and American Complimentary valet parking will Reform (1971), Louis D. Brandeis and the be provided on-site and the event Progressive Tradition (1980), and in 1995 will be preceded by a Mincha service edited a new edition of Brandeis’ and followed by a reception. Dietary Other People’s Money. laws will be observed. Visit brandeis- Jewish Law Day is sponsored by lawsociety.org to make reservaations. the Brandeis Society, the Committee U.S. District Court Judges (from left) R. Barclay Surrick, Petrese B. Tucker and Lawrence F. Brandeis, the son of Jewish immi- of Lawyers and Judges and VAAD, the Stengel, discussed practice differences between state and federal courts at the May 17 grants, came to the U.S. Supreme Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadel- meeting of the Federal Courts Committee. The podcast of the meeting is available at Court in 1916 with extraordinary cre- phia. The event is co-chaired by Har- philadelphiabar.org. dentials as a lawyer and public figure. ris T. Bock, Judge Abraham J. Gafni Brandeis, the first Jew ever to serve and Rabbi David L. Gutterman.
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16 JUNE 2006 / BAR REPORTER Bar Forms Commerce Court Reception Business Litigation Committee Vice Chair Marc J. Zucker (from Nominating left) and Chair Lee Applebaum join Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judges Albert W. Sheppard Committee Jr., William J. Manfredi and Mark Bernstein at the committee’s The Nominating Committee of the reception for Commerce Court Philadelphia Bar Association has been judges on May 11 at the Westin formed. Committee members are And- Philadelphia. More than 200 peo- rew A. Chirls, Chair, Judy F. Berkman, Photo by Jeff Lyons ple attended the event. Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua, Kevin H. Bur- aks, Kimberly Boyer-Cohen, Jane L. Dalton, Judith Drasin, William P. Fed- ullo, Alan M. Feldman, Kenneth J. Flei- sher, Sidney L. Gold, Kim R. Jessum, Dennis J. Lawler, Barbara A. Mason, Matthew Perks, A. Michael Pratt, Lee A. CLE COURSES Rosengard, Cindy Rosenthal, Scott P. JUNE Sigman, Stacy A. Tees, Nancy Winkel- man. Association Assistant Secretary Kathleen D. Wilkinson serves as a non- voting member of the committee. The committee has scheduled dates June 2 Your First Auto Case • The CLE Conference Center for its next meetings. They are Thurs- June 5 Ethics in Family Law • Philadelphia Bar Association day, Sept. 7 at 12 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. The CLE 11 at 3:30 p.m. and Thursday, Oct. 12 at June 6 Fiduciary Law in the First State • The CLE Conference Center Conference Center 3:30 p.m. Review of the Supreme Court’s 2005-2006 Term Offices for which candidates are be- June 7 • The CLE Conference Center Wanamaker Building ing solicited are vice chancellor, secre- June 8 How to Win Your Next Trial Using the Power Trial Method 10th Floor, Ste.1010 tary, assistant secretary, treasurer, assis- The CLE Conference Center tant treasurer, and five seats on the Winning Zoning Cases in Philadelphia • The CLE Conference Center Franklin Institute Board of Governors, three of which are Science Museum to be nominated by the Nominating June 9 Trying Cases in Federal District Court • The CLE Conference Center th Committee. Each Board seat carries a 222 N. 20 Street June 12 Legal Issues in Advertising • The CLE Conference Center three-year term. 5th Floor Individuals who wish to be consid- Social Security Disability the Basics • The CLE Conference Center ered for any of the above offices should June 13 Anatomy for Lawyers: A Primer • The CLE Conference Center submit a resume of their background Philadelphia Bar and indicate the position for which Handling Business Litigation in the Philadelphia Commerce Case Association they wish to run. Managment Program • The CLE Conference Center 1101 Market St. Materials should be submitted to th June 14 General Practitioners’ Update 2006 • The CLE Conference Center 11 Floor the Chair of the Nominating Commit- Conference Center tee, Andrew A. Chirls, c/o Susan June 15 Business Valuation • The CLE Conference Center Knight, Philadelphia Bar Association, Representing the Senior Housing Industry • The CLE Conference Center 1101 Market Street, 11th Floor, The Loews Hotel Philadelphia, PA 19107-2911, no later June 16 2006 Federal Bench Bar Conference • The Loews Hotel 12th & Market Sts. than 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6. June 20 A View From the U.S. Trustees Office • The CLE Conference Center June 21 Judges’ Panel: 5 County Discussion • Philadelphia Bar Association Partnership Interests Issued in Exchange for Services Bike-a-Thon The CLE Conference Center Set for July 9 June 23 Essential Accounting and Finance for Lawyers • The CLE Conference Center June 26 A Practical Guide to International Business • The CLE Conference Center The Association’s Bike-a-Thon team is looking for riders for this year’s June 27 Finding Facts Online • The CLE Conference Center Call PBI event, scheduled for Sunday, July 9. Race to Incarcerate: An Examination of the Role of Race in the Criminal Customer Service at The ride begins at 7 a.m. at the Ben Justice System • Philadelphia Bar Association 800-247-4724 Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia and to register for a stretches 62.5 miles to Lenape Park in Solving Driver’s Licensing Problems • The CLE Conference Center course or for more Mays Landing, N.J. There are also start- June 28 General Practitioners’ Update 2006 (via satellite) information. ing points at Cherry Hill High School Franklin Institute Science Museum Register online at East on Kresson Road in Cherry Hill, www.pbi.org N.J. and Mazzas Furniture on 12th Intellectual Property: Supreme Court Updates • The CLE Conference Center Street in Hammonton, N.J. June 29 Nursing Home Negligence Litigation • The CLE Conference Center The Pennsylvania Bar The ACS Bike-a-Thon Expo is set for Institute is an accredited Representing Start-up Businesses and the Role of Business Incubators Friday, July 8 at Dave & Busters on CLE provider. Columbus Boulevard. The CLE Conference Center For more information, contact Jeffrey Abramowitz at (215) 568-4980 or visit www.acsbike.org.
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Issues regarding media coverage during trials are often difficult for jud- to Create ges, who have their own set of rules governing their ability to comment publicly about their work. The seminar Bench-Bar will also scrutinize the frustrations and challenges of navigating these relation- ships as well as the positive outcomes Scholarships to be achieved when this is done suc- cessfully. Dalton Massiah-Jackson Reich The 2006 Annual Bench-Bar Confer- Dalton heads the Employment Liti- Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, ence, “The Greatest Show On Earth,” gation Practice within the Employment the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Asso- affords attorneys and judges the op- Benefits and Immigration Practice ciation and the American Trial Lawyers Web portunity to join together to foster a Group at Duane Morris LLP. She has Association. strong working relationship while also defended law firms, educational insti- The media panel will be led by vet- check addessing issues of importance to the tutions and businesses in individual eran Philadelphia Inquirer crime reporter √ Philadelphia legal community. Visit philadelphiabar.org for and class actions in federal and state George Anastasia and also includes For your donation of $500, a Phila- updates and registration infor- courts, defending various employment Hank Grezlak, associate publisher and delphia Bar Association member who mation about the 2006 Bench- matters, including claims of discrimina- editor-in-chief of The Legal Intelligencer in is an attorney for a governmental or Bar Conference. tion, harassment and retaliation based Philadelphia, and Michelle Durham, a public service agency will have the on age, race, sex, disability, religion and reporter and news anchor for KYW opportunity to attend the conference national origin. 1060-AM, who will lend her views as a Shira J. Goodman, associate director free of charge. Judge Massiah-Jackson was elected broadcast journalist. of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts Your generous donation will pay for to the Philadelphia Court of Common Anastasia has covered dozens of and a member of the Young Lawyers one night’s stay at The Tropicana, con- Pleas in 1983 after working in private criminal trials, including high-profile Division Executive Committee, will ference fees and CLE credit costs. practice specializing in corporate and organized crime proceedings. Nomin- serve as moderator for the panel. Our goal is to offer 50 scholarships civil litigation with Blank Rome LLP. ated for two Pulitzer Prizes for his work The 2006 Bench-Bar Conference af- to these groups with allocation She served as the president judge of as a reporter for the Inquirer, he won fords attorneys and judges the oppor- through a lottery. 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Award for investigative reporting and a A partner in the litigation depart- 1997 Keystone Press Award for news ment of Fox Rothschild LLP, Reich cur- beat reporting while working as man- INCORPORATION rently serves as the Association’s repre- aging editor of The Legal Intelligencer’s sis- sentative to the American Bar Associa- ter publication Pennsylvania Law Weekly. AND tion’s House of Delegates, where he sits Prior to joining the KYW staff, Dur- on the Legal Ethics and Professional ham worked in the news departments LIMITED LIABILITY Responsibility Committee. He is a fel- of other radio stations. She began her low of the American College of Trial career as a journalist in Philadelphia COMPANY FORMATION Lawyers. Reich is also a member of the working for KYW-TV 3 in 1985. CONVENIENT, COURTEOUS SAME DAY SERVICE LAW WEEK next year for more. Capping off Law Week 2006 was the continued from page 12 YLD’s annual fund-raising event for the PREPARATION AND FILING SERVICES IN ALL STATES Municipal Court. More than 100 stu- Philadelphia Bar Foundation. This year, CORPORATION OUTFITS AND dents participated. More than 20 judges for the first time in many years, the LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OUTFITS from every division of the Court of YLD hosted a Comedy Night to raise Common Pleas and Municipal Court money for the Foundation. The YLD opened up their courtrooms to our Executive Committee worked tirelessly SAME DAY SHIPMENT OF YOUR ORDER very special “lawyers” for the day. to coordinate this event, solicit spon- As part of our Lawyer for a Day pro- sorships and donations, and secure CORPORATE STATUS REPORTS gram, we provided a full luncheon for some first-rate comedic talent. 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18 JUNE 2006 / BAR REPORTER Judicial Independence Panel to Open Conference by Beth Huffman ney for Northampton County. again in 2005. In November 2006, School of Law’s Trial Advocacy Institute The annual two-day conference, Justice Nigro became the first appellate for practicing lawyers. He won the Am- The opening luncheon of the Asso- which will be held at the Tropicana in judge to lose a retention vote since erican Trial Lawyers Roscoe Pound Aw- ciation’s 2006 Bench-Bar Conference Atlantic City, begins with the luncheon Pennsylvania in-stituted the yes-no ard in 1998. He is a 1971 graduate of will be highlighted by a panel discus- at 12 p.m. on Sept. 29. vote in 1969. A 1973 graduate of Rut- Ohio State Law School. sion on judicial independence. Emmy-winning journalist Lynn gers University School of Law, Justice Morganelli, a four-term district at- Philadelphia Court of Common Doyle, host of “It’s Your Call with Lynn Nigro served eight years in Common torney, graduated from Villanova Law Pleas Judge John Milton Younge, who Doyle” on CN8, will moderate the pan- Pleas Court before being elected to the School in 1980. Known for his tough is now in his second term, will be join- el on judicial independence. Doyle’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1996. stand on crime, Morganelli has been a ed on the panel by Justice Russell M. debate-style show focuses on the is- A litigator with more than 30 years critic of the judicial pay raise. The past- Nigro, formerly of the Pennsylvania sues of the day and has featured such of experience, Haines is active in both president of the Pennsylvania District Supreme Court. Other panelists include nationally known attorneys as the late the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Attorneys Association, he has appeared Clifford E. Haines, who served as Chan- Johnnie Cochran. Associations. He is a member of the on national news programs such as cellor of the Association in 1997, and Judge Younge was elected to the American College of Trial Lawyers and CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” and “The John M. Morganelli, the district attor- Court of Common Pleas in 1995 and he directs Temple University Beasley O’Reilly Factor” on FoxNews.
LRPD Four Added to Bar Association Staff continued from page 6 by Jeff Lyons tion will provide a positive benefit by increasing access to justice for the The support staff of the Philadelphia hearing-impaired, while also subsidiz- Bar Association has grown by four. ing those attorneys who incur inter- Tracey N. Blevins, Brett Schaeffer, Dawn preter expenses in their representation Burger and Svetlana Yazovskikh all of these clients,” said Chancellor Alan began work in May. M. Feldman. “We’re confident that these individu- Blevins Schaeffer Burger Yazovskikh LRPD’s next project, a Continuing als will continue to provide the quality Legal Education program to promote that our members have become accus- will oversee all content on the Associa- responsible for the day-to-day manage- accessibility of schools for parents and tomed to from our Bar Association,” tion’s Web site. Before joining the Bar ment of the internal conference facili- students with sensory and mobility said Association Executive Director Association, Schaeffer served as the ties. She works closely with the sections impairments, will take place in the Kenneth Shear. online editor for the Journal Register and committees to schedule internal fall. Blevins is the Association’s new dir- Company, which owns more than 50 meetings and activities as well as pro- The committee meets on the first ector of meetings and special events. newspapers in the Philadelphia region. ducing and disseminating their meeting Tuesday of every month at Associa- She worked as a sales manager at Lo- His duties there included managing the notices She holds a B.A. in communica- tion headquarters, 1101 Market St., ews Philadelphia Hotel where she orga- Web sites for those newspapers and tions from Rowan University and lives 11th Floor. Refreshments are provided nized group meetings and events. developing new online initiatives. in Runnemede, N.J. and new members are always invited. She also worked as customer event Schaeffer is the former managing editor Yazovskikh is a senior student at Best of all, the meetings are free. For manager for CertainTeed Corporation in of the Main Line Times. Temple University majoring in Strategic more information, contact Karen Det- Valley Forge, where she planned, orga- He also spent four years as a free- and Organizational Communication. amore at [email protected] or nized, directed and coordinated key lance journalist, writing for various She specializes in public relations and Tom Prettyman at tprettyman@- business meetings and customer events. newspapers, magazines and online is currently holding a public relations mageerehab.org. She also worked as a travel counselor news organization. He graduated from internship with the Bar Association. Or- for American Express. She has certifica- New York University with a Bachelor of iginally from Yekaterinburg, Russia, Karen Detamore and Tom Prettyman are co-chairs of tion in travel and meeting planning Arts degree in journalism. He lives in Yazovskikh arrived in the U.S. in 2002 the Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities Committee. Detamore is executive director of Friends of and lives in Voorhees, N.J. Queen Village with his wife and twin to pursue her undergraduate degree. Farmworkers; Prettyman is executive director of the Schaeffer is filling a new position for boys. She will continue her studies at the Legal Clinic for the Disabled. Campolongo is chair of the Pubic Interest Section and a sole practitioner specializ- the Bar Association as Web editor. He As meetings coordinator, Burger is graduate level. ing in employment and disability law.
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The thought and debate that National Center for State Courts, to dis- took place in the working groups cuss their initial thoughts. The team between members of the various returned to Kosovo in November to branches of government, and the com- receive feedback on the law that they promises made by all parties involved, had drafted. They made several revi- was a testament to the legislative sions to the draft and resubmitted it in process.” early December 2005 for approval by “It was very refreshing to see such the interim government and ultimately, enthusiasm for the democratic process by the Kosovo Assembly. that we here often take for granted,” Henry, who has also spent time in Henry said, adding that the involve- Iraq with the U.S. Marine Corps (about ment with the project was a tremen- eight months during 2003 as a sergeant dous experience that afforded him the with the 6th Engineering Support invaluable opportunity to “help a Photo by Mark A. 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Law School Outreach Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Monday, June 19 Public Interest Section Executive Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Committee Room CALENDAR OF EVENTS South. Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon – 12 p.m., Park Hyatt at the Bellevue, Broad and Walnut Note: While the following listings have been verified prior to press time, any scheduled event streets. Tickets: $50, philadelphiabar.org. may be subject to change by the committee or section chairs. Tuesday, June 20 Thursday, June 1 Section Chairs – meeting, 8:30 a.m., 10th floor Board Room. Health Care Law Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: $7.50. Board of Governors Cabinet – meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Civil Rights Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Committee Room. Lunch: $7.50. Wednesday, June 21 Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee – meeting, 12:15 p.m., 11th floor Committee Room Workers’ Compensation Section Executive Committee – meeting, 10:30 a.m., 11th floor South. Lunch: $7.50. Committee Room. Philadelphia Bar Reporter Editorial Board – meeting, 12:30 p.m., 10th floor Cabinet Room. Workers’ Compensation Section – meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Conference Center. Lunch: Monday, June 5 $7.50. Family Law Section – meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Adoption Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Cabinet Room. Tuesday, June 6 Federal Courts Committee – meeting, 12:30 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: $7.50. LegalLine – 5 p.m., 11th floor LRIS offices. Delivery of Legal Services Committee – meeting, 8:30 a.m., 10th floor Board Room. Philadelphia Bar Foundation Board of Trustees – meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Thursday, June 22 Committee on the Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities – meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Lawyer Referral and Information Service Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Committee Room. Committee Room South. Wednesday, June 7 Labor and Employment Law Committee – meeting, 12:15 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: $7.50. Appellate Courts Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: $7.50. Committee on the Legal Rights of Lesbians and Gay Men – meeting, 12:30 p.m., 11th floor State Civil Litigation Section – quarterly meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Conference Center. Committee Room South. Lunch: $7.50. Friday, June 23 Thursday, June 8 Law School Outreach Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Conference Center. Legislative Liaison Committee – meeting, 11th floor Committee Room South. Lunch: $7.50. Women’s Rights Committee – meeting, 12:15 p.m., 11th floor Committee Room South. Lunch: Friday, June 9 $7.50. Law School Outreach Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Philadelphia Lawyer magazine Editorial Board – meeting, 12:30 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Monday, June 12 Monday, June 26 Business Law Section Executive Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee – meeting, 10th floor Board Room. Tuesday, June 13 Tuesday, June 27 Criminal Justice Section Executive Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Criminal Justice Section – meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Conference Center. Lunch: $7.50. Compulsory Arbitration Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Committee Room South. Women in the Profession Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: Lunch: $7.50. $7.50. Wednesday, June 14 Thursday, June 29 Bar Association Night at the Phillies – 7:05 p.m., Citizens Bank Park. Ticket information: Minorities in the Profession Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Conference Center. philadelphiabar.org. Lunch: $7.50. Thursday, June 15 Elder Law Committee – meeting, 1 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: $7.50. Board of Governors – meeting, 4 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Family Law Section Executive Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Committee Room South. Friday, June 30 Environmental Law Committee – meeting, 12:30 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: $7.50. Law School Outreach Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Friday, June 16 Federal Bench-Bar Conference – 7:45 a.m., Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market St. Unless otherwise specified, all checks for luncheons and programs should be made payable to the Philadelphia Bar Association and mailed to Bar Headquarters, 1101 Market St., 11th fl., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911. Send Bar Association-related cal- Young Lawyers Division Cabinet – meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Cabinet Room. endar items 30 days in advance to Managing Editor, Philadelphia Bar Reporter, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market Social Security and Disability Benefits Committee – meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Conference St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911. Fax: (215) 238-1267. E-mail: [email protected]. Center. Lunch: $7.50.
BAR REPORTER / JUNE 2006 21 teleconference addressed innovative of Cozen O’Connor, recently presented Charles W. Craven, a shareholder issues in divorce valuation, such as at the Property Loss Research Bureau with Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, minority and marketability documents, Annual Claims Conference in Coleman & Goggin, has accepted an PEOPLE personal versus enterprise goodwill, Nashville, Tenn. He spoke on the topic appointment as the Chair Elect of the and how to value intellectual property. of “Intellectual Property Claims and Appellate Advocacy Committee of the Roxanne E. Advertising Injury Coverage.” American Bar Association’s Tort Trial Covington, an Maria L. H. and Insurance Practice Section. associate with Lewis, a share- Cheryl F. Cutrona, executive direc- Zarwin Baum holder at Miller, tor of Good Shepherd Mediation Lee Applebaum, DeVito Kaplan Alfano & Raspanti, Program, recently returned from Guam a partner with Schaer Toddy P.C., spoke to the Wo- where she was a featured presenter at Fineman, Krekstein has been appointed men’s Legal the Inafa’ Maolek 2006 Peacemaker & Harris, was a member of the Alliance at the “Mediation Awareness” Conference and among a national Commission on Georgetown offered two workshops: “Mediation panel at the pro- Human Relations of the City of University Law Advocacy for Attorneys” and “Basic gram “Business Philadelphia by Mayor John F. Street. Center on April 22. Mediation Training.” Courts: Are they working and why?” David J. Catherine M. McFadden, Mark John P. Dogum The program, sponsored by the Steerman, a A. Momjian and Stephen J. of Martin, Banks, American Bar Association’s Business partner with Anderer of Schnader Harrison Segal Pond, Lehocky & and Corporate Litigation Committee, Obermayer & Lewis were course planners for the Wilson attorney was held on April 7 in Tampa, Fla. Rebmann Maxwell Pennsylvania Bar Institute seminar served as faculty for & Hippel LLP, “Child Custody Reform on the Horizon: the Pennsylvania Charles Weiner, recently served as a Practice and Procedure Under Senate Trial Lawyers principal in the Law panelist for the Bill 74.” Association’s pro- Office of Charles Philadelphia Bar gram “Distribution Weiner, was a key- Institute program, “Disasters: Planning Robert W. Hayes, a member of Dilemmas: Subrogation, Liens and note speaker at a Ahead to Avoid the Worst,” on March Cozen O’Connor, presented at the Releases” on April 7. CHADD conference 22. Steerman’s topic was “Family Law Effective Development & Presentation titled, “Attention Questions that Arise Post-Disaster.” of Expert Testimony Conference in Eric Rothschild and Stephen G. Deficit Hyperactiv- Chicago. Hayes spoke on Harvey, partners with Pepper ity Disorder in the Ronald J. “Implementing Appropriate Document Hamilton LLP and lead attorneys for Real World” on April 22. Shaffer, a partner Control and Retention Policies.” the plaintiffs in the landmark “intelli- with Fox Rothschild gent design” case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Andrew B. Cohn and Sandhya LLP, participated in Louis Rulli, a practice professor of Area School District, recently spoke about M. Feltes, principals with Kaplin the Pennsylvania law at the University of Pennsylvania the case at the National Academies in Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, PC, were Trial Lawyers Asso- Law School, has been honored with Washington, D.C. They participated in presenters of a Lorman Education ciation program the university-wide Provost’s Award the National Academies’ meeting of the Services seminar “Mechanics’ Lien Law, “Distribution Dil- for Distinguished Teaching. This honor Committee on Science, Technology and Prompt Payment and Surety Bond Law emmas.” Shaffer is bestowed each year on two Law on April 6. in Pennsylvania” on April 27. discussed attorneys’ liens. He also par- university faculty for teaching excel- ticipated as a panelist for the CLE pro- lence. Alan C. Kessler, a partner at Jennifer A. Brandt, a member of gram sponsored by the Pennsylvania WolfBlock, recently unveiled a new set Cozen O’Connor, recently appeared on Bar Institute called “Impeach Justice Linda S. Kaiser and Richard C. of four first-class stamps in honor of “CN8 Your Morning” on The Comcast Douglas.” Bennett, members of Cozen Benjamin Franklin’s 300th birthday at Network. Brandt provided pointers on O’Connor, recently presented at the the National Constitution Center. handling custody disputes, and dis- Nelson A. Diaz, a partner at Blank Catastrophic Event Insurance Claims Kessler is vice chair of the U.S. Postal cussed a recent case where a woman Rome LLP, has been honored with the Response Management and Resolution Service’s Board of Governors. allegedly lived as a man with her two Lifetime Achievement Award by the conference at The Waldorf Astoria in children in order to avoid sharing cus- Pennsylvania Human Relations Com- New York. Leonard P. tody with her ex–husband. The woman mission. Diaz was presented with the Goldberger, a is now facing kidnapping charges. Award at the PHRC 50th Anniversary Richard J. Bortnick, a member of shareholder with celebration on April 6 at the Wyndham Cozen O’Connor, moderated “What’s Stevens & Lee, pre- H. Ronald Klasko, founding part- Franklin Plaza Hotel in Philadelphia. Happening Across The Pond? The sented to the ner of the immigration law firm Klas- Latest Trends and Likely Effect in Environmental and ko, Rulon, Stock and Seltzer LLP, was a Paul A. Czech of the Law Offices of Europe,” at the ninth Annual D&O Emerging Claims featured speaker on an international Paul A. Czech, PC spoke at the Inter- Liability Insurance Forum, “Strategies Managers program entitled, “Managing Global national Association of Entertainment for Maximising Profitability and Association Mobility: Business Solutions for a Glo- Lawyers conference in Cannes, France. Minimising Risk and Exposures in a Conference held April 5-7 in Sanibel bal Economy” on April 20 in London, He led a panel on the role of manage- Tough and Turbulent Market,” on Island, Fla. England. ment in the recording industry in 2006. March 23 – 24 at the Russell Hotel, London. He also spoke at the European Michael P. McKenna, Glenn A. Neil A. Stein, a principal with Kaplin Insurance Forum 2006, “Insurance Ricketti and Steven H. Eichler of Names Are News Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, PC, was Markets in an Uncertain World,” at the Margolis Edelstein spoke in Harrisburg “People” highlights news of a guest lecturer on April 11 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, to an audience of claims professionals members’ awards, honors or “Planning Policy and Law” course in on March 15-16. and attorneys at the Claims Summit of appointments of a civic or com- the Temple University Department of the Pennsylvania Association of munity nature. Information may Community and Regional Planning. Pennsylvania State Rep. Kathy Mutual Insurance Companies. be sent to Jeff Lyons, Managing Manderino was presented with the Editor, Philadelphia Bar Reporter, Robert D. Feder, a partner with Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Louis Coffey, of counsel to Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, was Excellence Award during a ceremony WolfBlock, led a workshop at the Market St., 11th floor, Philadelphia, a speaker in the teleconference “The held on March 22 at the Harrisburg recent annual meeting of the Dispute Pa. 19107-2911. Fax: (215) 238-1267. Price is Right: Issues in Valuation,” Hilton and Towers. Resolution Section of the American Bar E-mail: [email protected]. sponsored by the Family Law Section Association held in Atlanta, Ga., from Photos are also welcome. of the American Bar Association. The Michael A. Hamilton, a member April 5 to 8.
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