®

February 2003 The Monthly Newspaper of the Philadelphia Bar Association Vol. 32, No. 2 Chancellor’s Reception Ci t i z e n s Pro Bono Nom i n e e s Sou g h t

by Daniel A. Cirucci

Chancellor Audrey C. Talley is invit- ing Philadelphia law firms, legal dep- artments and individuals to nominate entries for the inaugural Citizens Pro Bono Award, which will recognize out- standing volunteer efforts to help pro- vide legal services to those in need. According to Talley, the Association, the Philadelphia Bar Foundation and Citizens Bank will present three awards recognizing pro bono publico (for the good of the public) volunteer efforts. The first award will be presented to an Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices (from left) Thomas G. Saylor, J. Michael Eakin and Russell M. Nigro pose with Chancellor Audrey individual attorney at the Association’s C. Talley at the Chancellor ’s Reception on Jan. 7. Hundreds of Association members and well-wishers attended the event at the Park Spring Quarterly Meeting, at noon, on Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue to meet and greet Talley, the Association’s 76th Chancellor. More photos on Page 11. Thursday, April 3, 2003, in the Grand Ballroom of the Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue. Spring Quarterly Meeting Though the awards will contain a monetary component, the monetary portion will take the form of a grant to Presidential Historian a law-related public service agency designated by each honoree. “In this way,” Talley said, “we will recognize the good works of law firms, legal depart- Be s c hloss to Spea k ments and individual lawyers by par- laying that recognition into additional Author Michael Beschloss, “the excerpted in Newsweekand “provides an help for legal service agencies that nation’s leading presidential historian,” incomparable portrait of a president at reach out to those who need but can- will be the keynote speaker at the work,” according to The New York Times not afford such services.” Association’s Spring Quarterly Meeting Book Review. Talley stressed that the awards and Luncheon on Thursday, April 3. Taking Charge: The Johnson White House would recognize truly extraordinary He is a regular commentator on Tapes, 1963-1964 (Simon & Schuster, work in the pro bono area. “With the PBS’s “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” 1997), the first volume of the projected generous help of Citizens Bank these and a contributor to ABC News. News- trilogy, was a national best-seller. A awards are designed to recognize pace- weekhas called him “the nation’s lead- New York Timeseditorial called the book setting pro bono contributions - the ing presidential historian.” “an important event.” In The New York type of volunteer effort that will serve Michael Beschloss In November 2001, Simon & Times Book Review, the historian Alan continued on page 3 Schuster published Reaching for Glory, Brinkley called it “an incomparable the Cold War, as did Thomas Powers in the second volume of Beschloss’ trilogy picture of one of the most remarkable The New York Times Book Review.Called on the President Lyndon B. Johnson personalities ever to inhabit the presi- In This Issue ... “brilliant” by the late historian Stephen tapes, which covers 1964 to 1965, the dency.” The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Ambrose, Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev 4 Bar Foundation most crucial year of Johnson’s presi- Khrushchev, 1960-1963(HarperCollins, and the U-2 Affair(Harper, 1986) was a dency, including the campaign against 1991) won the Ambassador Book Prize main selection of the Book-of-the- 9 YLD Annual Meeting Barry Goldwater, the Selma march, for American Studies and was also a Month Club. Beschloss is currently escalation in Vietnam and passage of national best-seller. In the New Yorker, 12 Bar Leadership working on a history of the assassina- Medicare and other cornerstones of the David Remnick called it the “definitive” 18 Arts & Media Great Society. Reaching for Gloryhas been account of the most dangerous years of continued on page 17 Visit the Philadelphia Bar on the Web at www.philadelphiabar.org • Look for Bar Reporter Online e-newsbrief every Monday morning Voters Need All Facts When Choosing Judges by Audrey C. Talley members of the bench. the Commission is comprised of repre- • Trial or other experience that sentatives from each area of the Bar, Judicial elections are coming up in ensures knowledge of the rules of evi- and has numerous women and minor- the spring and in the fall. “How are you F R O N T L I N E dence and courtroom procedures. ity members. The Commission, there- going to vote?” • A record and reputation for excel- fore, represents a wide cross-section of That’s what I want to ask ordinary lent character and integrity. viewpoints from the Bar and the com- Philadelphians. • Financial responsibility. munity. In fact, one-third of the But I know that the average person • Judicial temperament. Commission and its staff are not even will probably respond with silence and • Mental and physical capacity suffi- attorneys. This means that non-lawyers a puzzled look. Some people may cient to discharge fully the duties of provide their invaluable input into the know that we will be voting for mayor judicial office. Commission’s ratings, and their per- this year. And a few may even know • Record of community involve- ceptions of the candidates are very that there is a primary election in the ment. important. spring and a general election in the Each candidate is reviewed by a five- • Administrative ability. Without these ratings, voters would fall. member team that includes non- • Devotion to improvement of the have no objective guidance at all. But judicial elections? Very few pay lawyers. Investigative division mem- quality of justice. That’s why it makes sense for you to any attention to judicial elections at all. bers interview judicial candidates as • Demonstrated sound judgment in pay attention to the ratings in the This year, we’re out to change that. well as lawyers, judges and others who one’s professional life. spring and the fall and help us inform But we need your help to pass the are knowledgeable about the candi- Only the Judicial Commission eval- your friends and neighbors about the word along to voters and answer some dates. Additional time is also spent uates the candidates this way – in a elections, the evaluation process and key questions, like the ones that follow: reviewing writing samples and other fair, thorough, objective and non-parti- the “Recommended” candidates. Why should I vote for judicial can- factors that bear on a candidate’s qual- san manner. And this is the only way We need your help. didates? What difference does it make, ifications. Every candidate is also given to help foster an independent judiciary. Nothing less than the independence anyway? What do I look for in a candi- up to two hours of consideration by Furthermore, the Commission is of the judiciary is at stake. date? How do I evaluate the candi- the full Commission. clear and concise in its ratings. It finds judicial candidates either “Recomm- Audrey C. aT l l e ,y a partner at Drinker BiddleR e& a t h dates? How do I know which candi- There is no mystery as to what the L L P, is Chancellor of the Philadelphia s Bar s o cA i a t i o n . dates will be good judges – judges who Commission considers. ended” for election or “Not Recomm- Her e-mail addressh is a nc c e l l o r @ p h i l a ba r. o r g . are fair, impartial, well qualified and Here are the factors that the ended.” That’s easy enough for any independent? Commission considers in evaluating voter to understand. The answers to these questions candidates: The Judicial Commission is also would seem to be relatively simple to • Legal ability sufficient to have diverse – comprised of lawyers and you and I. But such answers are not earned the respect of lawyers and non-lawyers alike. Just as important, simple to the average voter. That’s why we need to answer the questions clearly and tell voters about Editor-in-Chief the importance of judicial indepen- Bruce H. Bikin, Esq. dence and the value of our Judicial Commission ratings. Here’s what the Associate Editors voters need to know: Molly Peckman, Esq. Sunah Park, Esq. Judges are important because they Nina Wright-Padilla, Esq. make decisions that affect our every- Daniel J. Anders, Esq. day lives. Depending on the circum- Catherine Pratsinakis, Esq. stances, judges can halt strikes and work stoppages, force companies, pub- Contributing Editor Richard Max Bockol, Esq. lic agencies and individuals to take certain actions, overrule elected offi- Advisory Editors cials and impose checks and balances Merih O. Erhan, Esq. to protect our freedoms. In fact, there is Marc W. Reuben, Esq. hardly an issue of importance to Director of Publications and New Media everyday life that doesn’t land in front Mark A. Tarasiewicz of a judge at one time or another. Managing Editor And voters don’t have to guess or Jeff Lyons take a shot in the dark when they Copy Editor choose judges. They can make an Kate Maxwell informed choice. Associate Executive Director That’s because the Philadelphia Bar for Communications and Public Affairs Association’s 29-member Judicial Daniel A. Cirucci Commission, and its 120-member Executive Director investigative division, complete an Kenneth Shear exhaustive study and investigation of The Philadelphia Bar Report e r (ISSN 0145-3491) is each of the judicial candidates. The published monthly and available by subscription for Commission and its staff spend count- $45 per year by the Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market St., 11th fl., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911. less hours reviewing the candidates’ Periodicals postage paid at Philadelphia, Pa. POST- M A S T E R : Send address changes to Philadelphia Bar backgrounds and experience before R e p o rt e r, c/o Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 reaching conclusions about which can- Market St., 11 fl., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911. Telephone: (215) 238-6300. Association Web site: didates are qualified to be judges. ww w. p h i l a d e l p h i a b a r. o r g. Newspaper e-mail addre s s : Each investigation into a candidate’s re p o rt e r @ p h i l a b a r. o rg. The editorial and other views expressed in the Philadelphia Bar Reporterare not nec- credentials consumes at least 10 hours essarily those of the Association, its officers, or its members. Advertising rates and information are avail- of staff time. The 120-member inves- able from American Lawyer Media, 1617 JFK Blvd., tigative division represents the eyes Suite 1750, Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-9655. Telephone: (215) 557-2300. and ears of the Judicial Commission.

2 FEBRUARY 2003 / BAR REPORTER Federal Courts Committee Judge Giles Repo r t s on State of Court by Mary Ellen O’Laughlin

For the first time in many years, all the authorized judicial positions in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Dist- rict of Pennsylvania are filled, Chief Judge James T. Giles told the Federal Courts Committee at its Jan. 15 meet- Chancellor Audrey C. Talley is joined by Christopher Ritchie (left), senior vice president of the law firm banking group at Citizens Bank, and ing. Citizens Pro Bono Award Committee Chair Alan M. Feldman. Chief Judge Giles gave a state of the court report at the meeting and was CITIZENS quarters are welcomed and encour- needs for legal services or in extending joined by Michael Kunz, clerk of the aged. Those who wish to nominate law services to under-served segments of continued from page 1 court. He also gave the Committee an firms, individuals or legal departments the population; update on matters pertaining to the as a model for others. We want the for the award should send a detailed • Successful litigation of pro bono court, including current use of the awards to signify achievement worthy letter explaining the reason for the cases favorably affecting the provision court’s facilities, possible judicial of emulation.” The other two awards (to nomination (including supporting of services to the indigent; vacancies, the timing of the relocation a law firm and a legal department) will materials) to: Alan M. Feldman, Esq., • Successful support of legislation of the Court of Appeals, a proposed be presented at the Bar Foundation’s Chair, Citizens Pro Bono Award, contributing substantially to the provi- new rule, recently added fees and the annual Andrew Hamilton Ball in Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 sion of legal services to the indigent; next construction project. November. Market St., 11th Fl., Philadelphia, Pa. • Significant pro bono activity; Chief Judge Giles said there are 22 “We are so proud to be supporting 19107. • Length and breadth of pro bono active judges, 10 regularly active senior the Pro Bono awards and the attorneys The criteria for award winners shall commitment and experience; judges and two senior judges who are who have unselfishly devoted their be as follows: • Other significant accomplishments available as needed. Some senior time and expertise for the common • Demonstrated dedication to the or activities that have improved access judges are no longer handling criminal good. Citizens Bank believes volun- development and delivery of pro bono to justice for residents of the Philadel- matters. Judge Lowell A. Reed will no teerism is at the core of our business legal services in and around the City phia area impacted by poverty, abuse longer take cases from the “wheel,” but and is dedicated to helping those in and County of Philadelphia; and/or discrimination. will act as a special settlement master need,” said Stephen D. Steinour, • Significant contributions toward All nominations for the first award and will handle other matters that are Chairman & CEO of Citizens Bank of the development of innovative must be received by the end of the assigned to him from time to time. Pennsylvania. approaches to the delivery of volunteer business day on Feb. 28. For more Giles said within the next year there The 11-member Citizens Pro Bono legal services; information about the awards, contact will be an opportunity for three Award Committee will be chaired by • Participation in an activity that Areetha Carter at (215) 238-6351 or by Alan M. Feldman. Nominations from all results in satisfying previously unmet e-mail at [email protected]. continued on page 11

BAR REPORTER / FEBRUARY 2003 3 Lighting the Way - Morris M. Shuster by Gerald A. McHugh Jr.

Many Philadelphia lawyers have B A R F O U N D AT I O N Foundation Seeks Executive Director made great sacrifices in pursuit of the The Philadelphia Bar Foundation ership ability and communications public interest. These include the seeks an executive director respon- skills with demonstrated abilities in lawyers on the front lines, pursuing sible for overall management of the fund-raising/development, financial careers in legal services, and members organization. The Philadelphia Bar planning/management and organi- of the private bar. There is no practical Foundation is a nonprofit charity zational operations. Law degree way to recognize all of these individual dedicated to promoting access to and/or legal experience a plus, but contributions. Occasionally, however, justice for all members of the com- not required. Please send or e-mail there are acts of generosity and com- munity by providing financial and resume and cover letter with salary mitment so extraordinary the story other assistance to organizations requirements to: must be told. One such story is about offering free legal services to indi- Gerald A. McHugh, Jr., Esq. Philadelphia lawyer Morris M. Shuster. the Eastern District in the selection of viduals struggling with poverty, President, Philadelphia Bar Morrie Shuster has been committed candidates for the bench. Within the abuse and discrimination. Foundation to the rights of individuals throughout Bar Association, Morrie has not only This full-time, salaried position Litvin, Blumberg, Matusow & Young his legal career. Since graduating from served on the Board of Governors and calls for a person who is analytical 1339 Chestnut St., 18th Floor Penn in 1954, much of his practice has chaired the Commission on Judicial and creative, and who combines a Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 been devoted to defending the rights Selection and Retention, he has also commitment to social justice, lead- [email protected] of consumers, and much of his time led the Committee on State Civil has been spent in improving the pro- Judicial Procedure. And while doing all can be earned in a successful private gift in its history, for the purpose of fession and the administration of jus- of this, he has never stopped identify- practice goes a long way toward mini- creating a fund to help retire the debt tice. As a president of the Philadelphia ing ways in which he can lend both mizing the pain of repayment. For of young public interest lawyers. His Trial Lawyers Association, Mr. Shuster personal and financial support to the those lawyers who choose a different refusal to allow any public announce- was an advocate for the rights of vic- public interest community. path, and enter public service, such ment of his generosity will soon be tims of injuries. As a class action litiga- This deep involvement in the pro- obligations can be crushing. A great rendered moot, as the Bar Foundation tor, now with Chimicles & Tikellis LLP, fession, and commitment to service, led many young lawyers, after two or three plans, in the spring of 2003, to award he has asserted the rights of individu- him to recognize one of the most years in the legal services community, the first Shuster Grants for loan repay- als in class actions against banks and pressing problems confronting public find that they cannot pursue other life ment assistance to public interest insurance companies, returning mil- interest lawyers. Most members of the goals such as starting a family or pur- lawyers working in Philadelphia. lions of dollars to individual con- bar understand the significant sacrifice chasing a home and still repay student Following in the tradition estab- sumers. As a faculty member at the made by attorneys who do not enter loans on a limited salary. Many talent- lished by Marty Greitzer, with his his- University of Pennsylvania Law School, private practice, but rather accept ed public interest lawyers have been toric Hamilton Circle challenge, Morrie he has worked for years to increase employment in the field of legal ser- chased from the field by this economic Shuster has set a new standard for both the caliber of advocacy and the vices. What many of us fail to compre- reality, and the American Bar commitment to public interest service. level of professionalism among new hend is that the challenge presented by Association has identified this problem Although he has not sought, and will lawyers. As a member of Penn’s Public a lower income is compounded by the as one of the most pressing needs of not welcome, public acclaim for his Service Advisory Committee, he was increasing cost of legal education, and the profession. selflessness, this is a case in which the responsible for creating a model pro the massive debt that many law stu- Given his deep involvement in the facts speak for themselves. As we con- bono project connecting law students dents have upon entering the bar. It is profession and sensitivity to public ser- tinue our work of making equal justice with mentors experienced in public not uncommon for newly admitted vice, it should not be surprising that a reality, the example set by Morris M. service. As an officer of the court, he lawyers to carry debt loads between Morrie Shuster has answered this call Shuster lights the way. has served both the Third Circuit and $50,000 and $100,000. The salary that and, with no public fanfare, donated $100,000 to the Philadelphia Bar Gerald A. McHugh Jr., a partner at Litvin, Blumberg, Matusow & Young, is president of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, one of the single largest Fo u n d a t i o n . Talley, Diaz Honored

Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street (right) poses with Chancellor Audrey C. Talley and City Solicitor Nelson A. Diaz (left) at the Barristers’ Association Martin Luther King Breakfast on Jan. 20. Mayor Street presented Talley with the Barristers’ Woman of Distinction Award. Diaz was presented with the Judge William F. Hall Award for his demonstrated commitment to the values of Martin Luther King Jr.

4 FEBRUARY 2003 / BAR REPORTER Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee

Federal Mediation Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Co-Chairs David B. H a rwi (left) and James A. Pr o p osals Discussed Rosenstein pose before their Committee’s Jan. 9 meeting. by Kathleen L. Daerr-Bannon In Colorado, use of ADR in the courts is mandatory and a prerequisite to trial. The proposed rules for the revised This has increased ADR usage consid- mediation program in the U.S. District continued on page 6 Court for the Eastern District of Penn- sylvania as well as enhancing the cli- mate of ADR in the greater Philadel- phia region were discussed at the Jan. 9 meeting of the Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. Local Rule of Civil Procedure 53.3: Alternative Dispute Resolution has been proposed in the federal court in accordance with the ADR Act of 1998 and includes new Mediation Protocol. The committee encourages comments about these new proposed rules direct- ed to the co-chairs as soon as possible. The court requires all comments from the Bar to be submitted to Michael E. Kunz, clerk of the court, on or before Feb. 28. The committee then focused atten- tion on the issue of promoting ADR, particularly mediation. Committee co- chair David B. Harwi posed the ques- tion: How does Pennsylvania compare to jurisdictions such as California and Florida where ADR is most developed? Harwi said that in a recent issue of Alternatives, a CPR publication, Layne R. Phillips, a former U.S. District Court judge and current partner in a Califor- nia ADR Center, explains that there is so much mediation in California that he must limit his practice. Veteran neu- tral and former Florida state court judge John J. Upchurch, a partner in an ADR practice, described how his firm had to develop a process for mentoring younger associates. This was necessary because in Florida there has been a widespread problem with veteran mediators being overextended. Both practitioners limit their practices to mediation, not arbitration, and are member of practices that are spinoffs from law firms. CPR, a well-established, nonprofit thinktank for ADR matters, is the cre- ation of the largest international corpo- rations and law firms in the country. More than 1,500 corporations and 800 law firms have signed the CPR Pledge, a commitment to the use of ADR. Those executing the CPR Pledge in- clude many of the largest law firms and companies in the Philadelphia region. The list of signatories and a wealth of information, including model ADR clauses and resources, may be accessed on the Web at www.cpradr.org. In the Alternativesarticle, Phillips states that “the mediation business is booming” in California because law firms are concerned about jury trials.

BAR REPORTER / FEBRUARY 2003 5 Employment Discrimination in Television News Discussed Panelists Alan B. Epstein (left) and Vernon L. Francis (right) listen to former Bar-News Media Committee Chair Stephen A. Sheinen during the Committee’s Jan. 17 meeting at the PBI-PBEC Education Center.

ADR continued from page 5 erably. Also cited frequently as a critical factor in the promotion of ADR has been leadership by the business com- munity when CEOs or general counsel decide to incorporate innovative poli- cies into the handling of litigation and fee arrangements with outside counsel. The Toro Company is a prime example of a nationwide company’s successful use of ADR reaping enor- mous benefits to the company, says Miguel A. Olivella Jr., Toro’s national mediation counsel, in the publication. As Olivella explains, loss of control – of money, documents, reputation and time – meant litigation was simply not working for the company. After imple- menting a comprehensive early claims resolution process, as well as fee arr- angements with outside counsel that encouraged early resolution, Toro has not had a single corporate office dep- osed in 11 years and calculates that it has saved $50 million over the past six years. In the area of employment litiga- tion, a similar success story can be seen at Brown & Root and Halliburton com- panies. Since implementing compre- hensive employment ADR programs, more than 4,000 cases have been processed since 1993. Almost all claims have been resolved early and amicably; less than 2 percent have required arbi- tration and only one case has had to be defended in litigation. For a detailed discussion of these two programs and other examples, as well as an excellent discussion of this subject generally, see Haig, Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel(ACCA/- West, 2000), Chapter 58: Alternative Dispute Resolution (Jack Foltz and Bennett G. Picker). These and other models for the sys- temic utilization of ADR appear to be successful because they rely substan- tially upon the use of voluntary settle- ment mechanisms such as negotiation and mediation. Once established, the programs are readily acceptable to counsel and clients.

Kathleen L. Daerr-Bannon, who teaches at Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University, is an arbitrator and mediator with a national practice in com- mercial, class action and employment matters. She is co- chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s ADR Committee and former co-chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s ADR Committee. She may be reached at KDBADR @ a o l . c o m .

6 FEBRUARY 2003 / BAR REPORTER Fre n c h HR Committee Discusses ADA Law ye r s Human Resources Committee Co-Chairs Jane L. Dalton (second from right) and Deborah Weinstein (right) are joined by Wanda Flowers, He a d e d chief counsel for Sunoco (left), and Diane Loebell of Unisys. Flowers presented an analysis of the current state of the Americans with to Phila. Disabilities Act at the Jan. 24 meeting. by Enid H. Adler

The Twinning Program between the Philadelphia Bar Association and the Barreau de Lyon is now in its sixth year. Each year local law firms have hosted two or three Lyon lawyers, most here as part of the French legal system’s requi- red two-year post-law-school gradua- tion’s “stagiere” program. This month, we will welcome Aurelie Dantzikian (who will work at Pepper Hamilton LLP) and Laurence Chevalier. Philadel- phia law firms who have been hosts in the past include Reed Smith LLP, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Duane Morris LLP and Cozen O’Connor. Since July 1997 when Michael Scullin and I first met with the Lyon Bar’s president, Andre Boyer, and Commission Internationale Director Christian Leroy to establish a Twinning Program between our two cities, we have been invited each December to Lyon for the Barreau de Lyon’s Reun- ion, annual law school graduation, grand reception and relevant meetings. Also in attendance are bar associations from other European and foreign cities, who have similar Twinning relation- ships with the Barreau de Lyon. The Philadelphia–Lyon program is the only one involving an American city. These annual meetings in Lyon give us an opportunity to meet with the leaders of the other bars and let us exchange ideas on issues arising from our different legal systems and bar organizations. For example, in France and many civil law countries, the bar associations do not include judges, company legal experts (who function as lawyers but are not considered lawyers), magistrates, government legal personnel and others. The bar associa- tions also serve as the credentialing organization for lawyers to practice. All of the above have the same legal train- ing and requirements under our sys- tem and all legal disciplines can be members of the local bar association. This inclusiveness was a very different concept for the Lyon people. Issues of training, ethics, organization and pur- pose of the bar associations in our dif- ferent countries and credentialing lawyers to practice were on the table. It also gives us the opportunity to meet the new lawyers coming to Philadelphia and see again those who continued on page 18

BAR REPORTER / FEBRUARY 2003 7 Career Corner Ask Right Questions Before Taking New Job by James LaRosa and Gary Mintz port those activities, and it is important many candidates do not adequately Other important questions to con- to understand the specifics of how you take this expense into consideration sider when contemplating a new job As with the start of an exercise pro- will be compensated for the work that when considering a job offer. Does offer include: gram and a new diet, a new job is you generate. If you see yourself more your present and/or future firm fully • Career growth: Are you often a popular New Year’s resolution as someone who is an excellent attor- cover your dependants or do you/will improving or hampering your chances for many attorneys. The New Year is ney, but are not likely to generate you need to contribute? You should at partnership, or other similar oppor- the time when many attorneys have much business, you want to feel secure not only look at the cost of the plans, tunities to grow professionally? received their job review, raises and that your potential new firm will sup- but also the amount and type of cover- • Billable hours: Although on bonuses and been told if they will port attorneys in that role while pro- age you will be receiving. Is one plan the surface the billable hour require- become partners. If these variables viding opportunities to grow profes- an HMO and the other a PPO? You ment may seem comparable, you want have not been met to the attorney’s sionally. should educate yourself on the benefits to make certain of some important satisfaction, it will often be the impetus For many attorneys, personal of the different types of plans and how issues. Does pro bono work count to the start of a job search. If you have lifestyle issues will play an enormous they will affect your particular situa- toward your billable hour require- received or are about to receive a job role in whether your potential new job tion. ment? How about business develop- offer, or even if you are just starting is the right opportunity. Today, many Also, do not forget to take into con- ment and marketing? If there is a sig- your job search, there are some impor- attorneys do not want to, or cannot, sideration your 401K and other pen- nificant amount of travel involved, tant questions you should get work a significant amount of evening sion plans. How does your potential does travel time count toward your answered before making the decision or weekend hours. Obviously, if this or employer’s plan stack up against your billable requirement? Depending upon to accept a job offer. other issues are important to you, they present employer’s? Does one plan the firm and the particular client, you If you are presently working and need to be addressed in the interview match contributions while the other may not be able to bill all or even part your job is secure, you should be very or offer process. As hard as it is to does not? If there is a match when of your travel time. Also, you need to cautions before accepting a job offer. believe, many candidates think (or does vesting occur? be certain that there is enough work in You do not want to go from the “pan hope) that these issues will take care of Another important monetary con- your department to reach your billable to the fire.” You therefore must be cer- themselves after they start and thus do sideration is raises/future earning hour mark. tain that you have adequately not address them before they start. potential. Although the offer may • Firm/partner reputation: researched your potential future Another reason for seeking new result in a temporary increase in pay, What is the reputation of your new employer and have taken into consid- employment is to increase one’s salary. you want to be certain that your future firm? Is it known as a “sweat shop,” or eration the factors that are precipitat- When considering a new job offer, earning potential at the new firm will does it have a good reputation for ing your move. Basically, you need to make sure you are considering apples also increase. Try to find out about the associate development? Remember, not be certain that your reasons for leaving with apples. Although you may be firm’s standard raises and bonuses. Are all reputations are accurate. Some firms will be satisfied by this new opportuni- receiving a raise in your base salary, they tied to billable hours? If so, make with great reputations can be very dif- ty. you want to make certain that you will sure these goals are attainable. continued on page 11 While compensation is a very not incur additional expenses and that important part of the equation when the benefits of your new firm are com- considering a job offer, it is also impor- parable to your old firm. Some things tant, to the extent possible, to evaluate to compare and contrast include insur- how this potential new employer fits ance plans, bar licensing fees, Bar your career and/or personal goals. For Association fees, bonuses, commuting instance, if you feel that you have the costs, city wage tax, expense reim- potential to generate business now or bursement, 401K plans and raise/future in the future, it is important to deter- earning potential. mine whether your new firm will sup- Insurance is a major expense, and

Career Planning and Placement from

Career counseling and résumé review services by appointment, Mondays from 9 to 11 a.m. and Fridays from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at Bar Headquarters. For an appointment, call Cindy Towers at (215) 751-9100, extension 301

JuriStaff, the only legal staffing agency endorsed by the Philadelphia Bar Association, provides temporary, temporary-to-permanent and direct-hire placements of attorneys, paralegals and support staff.

Learn more at www.juristaff.com or www.philadelphiabar.org or call JuriStaff at (215) 751-9100, ext. 301.

8 FEBRUARY 2003 / BAR REPORTER She Thought ‘Small’ and Hasn’t Looked Back by Melissa A. Schwartz action between associates and their will not be the first time I observe a clients. At my firm, it is encouraged to change in economies during my career Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - develop relationships with existing as an attorney, I am glad that for now I I took the one less traveled by, YLD UPDAT E clients and foster relationships with am secure in my position with the And that has made all the difference. future clients. This means that I have firm. I cannot predict what lies ahead the opportunity to use the firm’s sea- in my future as an attorney, but I can I never thought that I would some- son tickets for a sporting event or meet tell you that so far my experience with day reflect on how Robert Frost’s poem a client for lunch. Because I have been the firm has made a difference in who influenced my life as a lawyer. But each able to deal directly with many clients I am - professionally and personally. time I read the words aloud, I realize over a long period of time, I now have I would not be truthful if I attempt- how much these words define who I clients requesting that I handle their ed to suggest that I was not envious am as an attorney. As a fifth-year asso- files and now have my own caseload. when I read about the rising salaries in ciate at Naulty, Scaricamazza & Of course, there are many chal- the larger firms. It was tempting to McDevitt, a medium-size defense firm lenges that attorneys in a small firm leave my small firm behind and pursue in Philadelphia, I made the decision face. For instance, in addition to lower a big-firm life with a big salary. For me, during my job search to take the road five years, I can honestly say that I salaries, small firms often do not pay it would equate to paying off my stu- less traveled. My classmates and I were have never had a regret. I have gained fully for items such as bar dues, CLE dent loans faster and moving to my faced with a strong economy that a tremendous amount of experience credits and other perquisites that most dream house. It was at that time that I embraced the record number of that I know I would have never often are paid by the large firms. Large realized the value of working for a lawyers that were graduating from law achieved at a larger firm. The associates firms can afford to be more supportive smaller firm. If I left the small firm, I school. We also witnessed the salary at my firm are fortunate enough to of non-billable activities, such as Bar would be sacrificing what I felt were wars that took over the front page of have extensive training from a partner Association work, while small firms, of the things I loved most about being an the paper. The large firms in in their department. It means that necessity, take a more “bottom-line” attorney. Once I made that realization, Philadelphia were significantly increas- whenever I have a question or need approach. I can honestly say that when I saw the ing salaries for first-year associates to advice, I have the luxury of walking Now that I am approaching my fifth articles regarding the salary wars, I prevent them from traveling to New into the office of the partner for whom year with the firm, I am observing the read the article and then turned the York or Washington, D.C. I had the I work and discussing the case and downturn of the economy. The stock page without looking back. option to compete in the large firm developing a strategy for litigation. market has not been stable and many market, but I recognized that I wanted As an associate in a smaller firm, I dot coms are going belly-up. Instead of have also been able to deal directly reading about the salary wars in the M e l i sa s A. Schwartz, chair of the Young Lawyers to join a firm where I could build my Division, is an associate with Naulty, Scaricamazza & career and practice for the duration. with the firm’s clients. At many firms, paper, I am learning about firms McDevitt, Ltd. Her e-mail address is After practicing at a smaller firm for the partners are strict about the inter- downsizing. While I recognize that this [email protected] YL D Presents Three Awards at Annual Meeting by Jeff Lyons plishments for which we are here serves the community. today to honor her. Kim played a piv- “I can’t think of a better award that I The Young Lawyers Division pre- otal role in the reinvigoration and could ever get in my life,” Kurland said, sented three awards at its Jan. 10 revitalization of the Philadelphia “than to get an award from the young Annual Meeting to recognize attorneys Volunteers for the Indigent Program. lawyers and not the senior lawyers. The and law firms for their public service Kim has been a very active, very effec- young lawyers out there are my pos- work. Kimberly M. Dolan, an associate tive member of the VIP Board. She was terity. You’re what I have left and I’m at White & Williams LLP, received the the chair of our fund-raising commit- very proud of you. I think you’re much Craig M. Perry Service Award. Former tee and she is also an extremely effec- better than the young lawyers of my Chancellor Seymour Kurland, a partner tive pro bono coordinator at White & generation.” at Dechert, was presented with the F. Williams and she never says no to a Marla A. Joseph, immediate-past Sean Peretta Service Award. Post & Philadelphia VIP request. chair of the YLD, reflected on her year Schell, P.C. received the inaugural YLD “Without Kim, VIP would not have at the helm of the group. She credited Vision Award. been able to accomplish the marvelous a strong foundation, passion, flexibility Monica Malpass, Channel 6 Action recovery that it had,” Sicalides said and hard work for the YLD’s success in News anchor, was the featured speaker before presenting the award. 2002. and explained the inner workings of Kurland was co-chair of the Bar “I know that you’re in good hands the television news business. Malpass, Association’s Pro Bono Task Force with with Melissa [Schwartz] and she will who holds a master’s degree in politi- Aretha Delight Davis, who presented get the job done. It’s been a pleasure Channel 6 Action News anchor Monica cal science from Villanova University, the Peretta Award. Davis said she was and privilege to serve you,” Joseph Malpass addresses members of the Young also offered her opinions on Iraq and initially intimidated to be working said. Lawyers Division at their Jan. 10 Annual North Korea. with Kurland, a former Chancellor and She said the YLD Vision Award was Meeting. Barbara Sicalides, former president city solicitor. created to honor law firms for promot- of the Board of the Philadelphia “It has been said that vision is the ing young lawyers. “We wanted to Association as a whole and particularly Volunteers for the Indigent Program, art of seeing the impossible, seeing the reward firms that support you and the young lawyers. presented the Perry Award to Dolan. invisible. Sy took the Task Force’s support leadership opportunities for “We take great pride in the steps The award is presented annually to a enthusiasm, he backed it up with per- you. In order to win this award, a law we’ve taken to improve the training young Philadelphia lawyer who has sistence and he led us with his vision,” firm must present the ideal environ- and mentoring of our associates. I’ve devoted substantial time and energy to Davis said. ment for young lawyers to flourish.” been a trial lawyer for 23 years and I community-oriented activities includ- The Peretta Award is presented to In accepting the award, Post & tell people I learned my style and my ing, but not limited to, pro bono ser- an individual who has spent a sub- Schell’s John R. Sparks said it had been craft the old-fashioned way – I stole vices. stantial amount of time with an innov- a privilege to spend time deepening things from people, the people I tried “It is not her many legal accom- ative and non-traditional program that the firm’s commitment with the Bar continued on page 10

BAR REPORTER / FEBRUARY 2003 9 YL D He a r s Call for More Pro Bono Wor k by Catherine Pratsinakis strive harder to help others and to appreciate life to the fullest in the Anyone expecting politics as usual process. Bookler described her as a at the Young Lawyers Division Annual “quiet, funny, sweet, somewhat shy, but Meeting was sadly disappointed. surprisingly self-assured young Melissa Schwartz’s up-close-and-per- woman” who “wanted more than any- sonal style was felt throughout the thing else to become a lawyer.” entire Rose Garden Room at the Jan. 10 Most central to Schwartz’s agenda is Annual Meeting, where she was for- her recognition that the pro bono mally introduced as chair of the Young commitment of lawyers in Philadelphia Lawyers Division. Fondly introducing must increase. In fact, this is the only Schwartz was her brother-in-law and goal she has set so far for the year and good friend, Michael Kane, and will likely remain her top priority mentor and supporter Wendy Bookler throughout her tenure. Her first step of Blank Rome LLP. toward this goal of wider pro bono Schwartz’s track record is impressive participation is to set up a Chancellor’s and has not gone unnoticed - loving Forum to be composed of partners, wife, caring mother, supportive daugh- associates, members of the Pro Bono ter, successful young lawyer and pro- Task Force set up by the Bar YLD Chair Melissa A. Schwartz (left) and Immediate-Past Chair Marla A. Joseph pose after moter of giving back to the communi- Association and legal clinics. The forum the YLD Annual Meeting on Jan. 10. ty. will brainstorm ideas about how to bar and her efforts would help to a part of each of us,” she said. The family pride in Schwartz’s increase the overall lawyer commit- increase pro bono participation and accomplishment was readily apparent, ment to those in need and assist commitment throughout the city. “I and the recent loss of her father has Schwartz in laying out a plan to do just want to leave my mark on the YLD by C a t h eine r Pratsinakis, an associate at Montgomery, only made her more determined to that. She expressed optimism that the M c C r aken, c Walker & Rhoads, LLP, is a member of the ensuring pro bono work becomes Philadelphia Bar Reporter editorialo a r db .

YLD MEETING continued from page 9 cases with and against over the years,” Sparks said. “What it does take to train young lawyers and to do it with a warmth and appropri- ateness is a commitment from management of both money and time. I’m proud of our partnership for coming up with a program that allowed us to spend time with our young lawyers to recognize the professionalism that needs to be developed throughout the firm,” he said. Malpass said the main tar- get of the newscast is the 18- Barbara T. Sicalides (left) presents the Perry Award to Kimberly A. Dolan. to-49 age group, and the majority of the news stories broadcast are selected to appeal to that group. She said more energy goes into the newscasts in February, May Former Chancellor Seymour Kurland and Aretha Delight Davis pose after and November because that’s Kurland received the YLD’s Peretta Award. when the television ratings and advertising rates are snowstorm, Malpass said you than Iraq because of the determined. “There will be can expect about 16 minutes unknowns surrounding its extra stories, more (helicopter) of storm coverage in a 23- nuclear weapons program. shots, more live reports and minute news slot. “The problem with North things like that. You might “Unfortunately, the news Korea is they want to sell think that’s a little corny, but hole for what you need is these nuclear weapons. And that’s what sells shows. You pretty small. We don’t get to guess who they want to sell get rated and paid based on do as much coverage as a them to? All these third-world how many eyeballs are tuned newspaper or CNN, which is countries that are so desper- in to your news.” on 24 hours a day, seven days ate to be able to threaten the Malpass would like to see a week. We try to be of ser- U.S.” more international events vice to everyone and give She said the standoff with covered, but said that’s not people a little bit of every- Iraq is a personal one for the nature of a local newscast. thing. It’s really more of a President Bush because his She also said the major local headline service.” father wasn’t able to remove events can double the news Malpass said North Korea Saddam Hussein from power Post & Schell’s John R. Sparks accepts the new YLD Vision Award from viewership. If there’s a major is a much bigger problem in the Gulf War. Marla A. Joseph, immediate-past chair of the YLD.

10 FEBRUARY 2003 / BAR REPORTER FEDERAL COURT Hundreds Gather to Meet Chancellorcontinued from page 3 presently active judges to opt for senior judge status, which will then create three judicial vacancies. If three judges are added, Chief Judge Giles said working conditions could get a little more difficult as there is not additional space in the court- house available to house more judges. The court is currently using floors 1 through 17; floors 18 through 22 are reserved for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. There is now suf- ficient space in the courthouse to house all the judges and there are enough courtrooms to house the cur- rent complement of judicial officers. He said the Third Circuit has promised to move out of the court- house at some point, but because it has not been determined where it will move or how such a move will be funded, that move will probably be eight to 10 years away. The funding issue is a problem because it was recently decided that construction monies allocated for federal courthouse projects will not be included in the President’s budget, but will be included in Congress’s budget for the judiciary. There is already a commitment for a new federal courthouse in Los Angeles and the monies allocated for that account for most of the budget. In addition, once a new location for the Third Circuit is selected, plans have to be designed and then submitted to Congress for approval, a time-consum- ing process. Chief Judge Giles stated that he believes that the current seven- year timetable for the submission and Chancellor Audrey C. Talley (top) approval of such plans is an aggressive g reets Association members at the one. C h a n c e l l o r ’s Reception on Jan. 7. Although the caseload in the court Among the well-wishers was Steven is small compared to other courts, all R. Sher (top), and Chief Judge the judges are very busy. Chief Judge James T. Giles (above) of the U.S. Giles commented that the court is District Court for the Eastern District always looking for ways to handle of Pennsylvania. At a dinner follow - things more efficiently, while at the ing the reception, Talley was intr o- same time taking into consideration the duced by longtime friend Deborah lifestyle interests of attorneys in dealing Weinstein (above right). At right, with the court’s scheduling orders. Talley jokes with Immediate-Past Chief Judge Giles noted that the Chancellor Allan H. Gordon and magistrate judges are doing a great job Sunah Park while a news crew cov - in reviewing habeas corpus cases and ers the event. More than 500 people commented that these are difficult attended. cases to process, and that even obtain- ing the complete file is often difficult. He said that the court has not been in agreement with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on equitable tolling fired/quit or is your hiring the result of offer. Remember, it is very common to CAREER CORNER issues, where the federal court reviews firm expansion? If the firm has a high think “the grass is greener” on the oth- continued from page 8 state court procedures in death penalty associate turnover, there is probably a er side. Although the grass may be cases. He said that the Jan. 14 ruling by ficult places to work, and some firms reason for this, and the firm’s reputa- greener on the front lawn, be sure you the Third Circuit reaffirming its 2001 with poor reputations can be wonder- tion regarding associate retention take a good, long look at the back decision to overturn the murder con- ful places to work. A lot often depends should be taken into serious considera- lawn. viction of a Pennsylvania man and upon the partner with whom you will tion. directing the retroactive application of be working. Be certain to adequately • Firm stability: It should go James LaRosa, Esq. and Gary Mintz, Esq. are recruiters with Juri S t a f, fInc., the exclusively endorsed legal staffingthe case law relied upon, will have to research both the firm’s and the part- without saying, you want to make cer- agency of the Philadelphia Bar Association. LaRosa can be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court ner’s reputation. tain your new firm is on stable ground. be reached at (215) 175 - 9100, extension 302 or via e- mail at jlarosa @ j u ri s t a.com; f f Mintz can be reached at and that it will provide the court with • Associate retention: Are you Try to keep the above issues in ( 215) 751 - 9100, extension 315 or via e-mail at continued on page 17 replacing an associate that was recently mind when contemplating a new job g m i n t z @ j u ri s t a f f. c o m .

BAR REPORTER / FEBRUARY 2003 11 Board, Sections, Committees Reorganize Association Officers Audrey C. Talley Chancellor Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP One Logan Square 18th & Cherry Streets Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Phone: (215) 988-2719 Fax: (215) 988-2757 [email protected]

Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua Chancellor-Elect Saul Ewing LLP Centre Square West 1500 Market St., 38th Floor Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Phone: (215) 972-8448 Fax: (215) 972-1823 Chancellor Audrey C. Talley poses with Chancellor-Elect Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua, Vice Chancellor Andrew A. Chirls and Board Chair [email protected] Jane L. Dalton at the Board of Governors’ Jan. 17 retreat.

Andrew A. Chirls Vice Chancellor Dalton to Serve as Chair, Kovler Vice Chair Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis Cohen LLP Jane L. Dalton, a partner at Duane Morris LLP, has been Business Law Section, the Public Interest Section and 1650 Arch St., 22nd Floor elected chair of the Board of Governors for 2003. Ronald A. Federal Courts, Legislative Liaison, Women’s Rights and Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Kovler, a partner with Kovler & Rush, P.C., has been elect- Professional Responsibility Committees. She is a graduate Phone: (215) 977-2472 ed vice chair. of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Kovler has Fax: (215) 405-2572 Dalton has served as chair of the Large Firm Manage- served as chair of the Association’s Compulsory Arbitration [email protected] ment Committee and co-chair of the Women in the Prof- Committee and is a member of the Nomination, State Civil, ession Committee, and is currently chair of the Personnel Professional Responsibility and Solo and Small Firm Sayde J. Ladov Committee and co-chair of the Business Law Section’s Committees and the Workers’ Compensation Section. He is Secretary Human Resources Committee. She is a member of the a graduate of Temple University Beasley School of Law. Abrahams Loewenstein & Bushman, P.C. 1650 Market St., Suite 3100 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Phone: (215) 979-1830 Cheryl L. Gaston Fax: (215) 670-6907 Phone: (215) 587-0840 Fax: (215) 979-1020 City of Philadelphia Law Department [email protected] Fax: (215) 587-0888 [email protected] 1515 Arch St., 16th Floor [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19102-1595 Robert W. Meek Ronald A. Kovler Phone: (215) 683-5118 Disabilities Law Project John E. Savoth Vice Chair Fax: (215) 683-5097 1315 Walnut St., Suite 400 Assistant Secretary Kovler & Rush, P.C. [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 1528 Walnut St., Suite 1900 225 S. 15th St., 12th Floor Phone: (215) 238-8070 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Alexander B. Giacobetti Fax: (215) 772-3126 Phone: (215) 735-8780 Phone: (215) 735-5476 117 S. 17th St., Suite 1600 [email protected] Fax: (215) 735-5126 Fax: (215) 735-9057 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 [email protected] [email protected] Phone: (215) 563-6800 Richard Negrin Fax: (215) 563-6807 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Mary F. Platt Board Members [email protected] 1701 Market St. Treasurer Jane L. Dalton Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-2921 Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Duane Morris LLP Ronald A. Kovler Phone: (215) 963-5000 Rhoads, LLP One Liberty Place, Suite 4200 Kovler & Rush, P.C. Fax: (215) 963-5299 123 S. Broad St., 28th Floor Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 225 S. 15th St., 12th Floor [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19109 Phone: (215) 979-1830 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Phone: (215) 772-7280 Fax: (215) 979-1020 Phone: (215) 735-5476 Molly Peckman Fax: (215) 772-7620 [email protected] Fax: (215) 735-9057 Pepper Hamilton LLP [email protected] [email protected] 18th & Arch Streets, Suite 3000 Albert S. Dandridge III Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Scott F. Cooper Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP Stephen A. Madva Phone: (215) 981-4265 Assistant Treasurer 1600 Market St., Suite 3600 Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Fax: (215) 981-4750 Blank Rome LLP Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Rhoads, LLP [email protected] One Logan Square Phone: (215) 751-2000 123 S. Broad St., 28th Floor Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-6998 Fax: (215) 751-2205 Philadelphia, Pa 19109 Linda F. Rosen Phone: (215) 569-5487 [email protected] Phone: (215) 772-7600 M. Mark Mendel, Ltd. Fax: (215) 832-5487 Fax: (215) 772-7620 1620 Locust St. [email protected] Richard F. Furia [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Furia & Turner Phone: (215) 732-7200 Jane L. Dalton 1717 Rittenhouse Square Gregory H. Mathews Fax: (215) 546-3277 Chair Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Wachovia Corp. [email protected] Duane Morris LLP Phone: (215) 985-4500 123 S. Broad St., 17th Floor One Liberty Place, Suite 4200 Fax: (215) 985-2824 Philadelphia, Pa. 19109 Joseph A. Sullivan continued on page 13 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 [email protected] Phone: (215) 670-6888

12 FEBRUARY 2003 / BAR REPORTER LEADERSHIP Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 [email protected] 260 S. Broad St. Phone: (215) 568-5116 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 continued from page 12 Fax: (215) 568-2077 Workers’ Compensation Section Phone: (215) 569-2297 Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP [email protected] Joseph A. Prim Jr. Fax: (215) 568-6603 1600 Market St., Suite 3600 Duca and Prim [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-7286 Kim R. Jessum 1500 Walnut St., Suite 900 Phone: (215) 751-2353 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 ABA Delegates Fax: (215) 751-2205 1701 Market St. Phone: (215) 735-1155 Abraham C. Reich [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa 19103 Fax: (215) 790-0556 Fox, Rothschild, O’Brien & Frankel, LLP Phone: (215) 963-4753 [email protected] 2000 Market St., 10th Floor Mark W. Tanner Fax: (215) 963-5299 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-3291 Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter & [email protected] Ex-Officio Members Phone: (215) 299-2090 Tanner Kenneth Shear Fax: (215) 299-2150 1845 Walnut St., 25th Floor Section Representatives Executive Director [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Business Law Section Philadelphia Bar Association Phone: (215) 567-8300 Merritt A. Cole 1101 Market St., 11th Floor Andre L. Dennis Fax: (215) 567-8333 Dilworth Paxson LLP Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911 Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP [email protected] 1735 Market St., Suite 3200 Phone: (215) 238-6338 2600 One Commerce Square Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Fax: (215) 238-1267 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Patrice A. Toland Phone: (215) 575-7250 [email protected] Phone: (215) 564-8034 Post & Schell, P.C. Fax: (215) 575-7200 Fax: (215) 564-8120 1800 JFK Blvd., 19th Floor [email protected] Philadelphia Bar Foundation [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Gerald A. McHugh Jr. Phone: (215) 587-1093 Criminal Justice Section President Fax: (215) 587-1444 PBA Zone 1 Governor Daniel-Paul Alva Litvin, Blumberg, Matusow & Young [email protected] Clifford E. Haines Alva & Martin 1339 Chestnut St., 18th Floor Litvin, Blumberg, Matusow & Young 1601 Market St., Suite 690 Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 Kathleen D. Wilkinson 1339 Chestnut St., 18th Floor Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Phone: (215) 557-3309 Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 Phone: (215) 665-1695 Fax: (215) 557-9557 Dicker LLP Phone: (215) 557-3308 Fax: (215) 665-0183 [email protected] Suite 1130 East, Independence Square Fax: (215) 557-9557 Alva1@comcast.net West [email protected] Philadelphia Bar Education Center Philadelphia, Pa. 19106 Family Law Section G. Bradley Rainer Phone: (215) 627-6900 Margaret Klaw President Counsel Fax: (215) 627-2665 Berner & Klaw Eckell, Sparks, Levy, Auerbach, Monte, Lawrence J. Beaser [email protected] 123 S. Broad St., Suite 1710 Rainer & Sloane, P.C. Blank Rome LLP Philadelphia, Pa. 19109 344 W. Front St. One Logan Square Suzanne J. Young Phone: (215) 790-8800 P.O. Box 319 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-6998 Community Legal Services Fax: (215) 790-1421 Media, Pa. 19063 Phone: (215) 569-5510 1424 Chestnut St. [email protected] Phone: (610) 565-3700 Fax: (215) 832-5510 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Fax: (610) 565-1596 [email protected] Phone: (215) 981-3754 Probate and Trust Section [email protected] Fax: (215) 981-0434 Ralph N. Teeters Paliamentarian [email protected] Teeters & Harvey The Philadelphia Lawyer Francis P. Newell 1835 Market St. Richard G. Freeman Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Honorary Members Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Editor-In-Chief Rhoads, LLP Carl S. Primavera Phone: (215) 567-2030 924 Cherry St., 4th Floor 123 S. Broad St., 28th Floor Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Fax: (215) 567-0588 Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 Philadelphia, Pa. 19109 Ellers LLP [email protected] Phone: (215) 574-8818 Phone: (215) 772-7310 260 S. Broad St. Fax: (215) 922-1599 Fax: (215) 772-7620 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Real Property Section [email protected] [email protected] Phone: (215) 569-1663 Glenn F. Hing Fax: (215) 568-6603 Comroe Hing LLP Philadelphia Bar Reporter Section Chairs [email protected] 1608 Walnut St., Suite 300 Bruce H. Bikin Business Law Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Editor-In-Chief Merritt A. Cole Allan H. Gordon Phone: (215) 568-0400 Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Dilworth Paxson LLP Kolsby, Gordon, Robin, Shore & Bezar Fax: (215) 568-5560 Rhoads, LLP 1735 Market St., Suite 3200 One Liberty Place, 22nd Floor [email protected] 123 S. Broad St., 28th Floor Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Philadelphia, Pa. 19109 Phone: (215) 575-7250 Phone: (215) 851-9700 Tax Section Phone: (215) 772-7222 Fax: (215) 575-7200 Fax: (215) 851-9701 Barbara W. Freedman Fax: (215) 772-7620 [email protected] [email protected] Duane Morris LLP [email protected] One Liberty Place, Suite 4200 Criminal Justice Jeffrey M. Lindy Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Philadelphia Association of Paralegals Matthew Perks 1760 Market St., Suite 600 Phone: (215) 979-1965 Robert S. Hrouda District Attorney’s Office Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Fax: (215) 979-1020 1845 Walnut St., 25th Floor 1421 Arch St. Phone: (215) 575-9290 [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Fax: (215) 972-5390 Phone: (215) 567-8300 Phone: (215) 686-9945 [email protected] Public Interest Section Fax: (215) 567-8333 Fax: (215) 868-9651 Tsiwen M. Law [email protected] Young Lawyers Division Hwang & Associates, P.C. Greater Philadelphia Legal Marketing Melissa A. Schwartz 550 Township Line Road, Suite 400 Association Family Law Naulty, Scaricamazza & McDevitt, Ltd. Blue Bell, Pa. 19422 Pamela McCarthy David J. Steerman 1617 JFK Blvd., Suite 1600 Phone: (610) 680-2300 Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Fax: (610) 680-2319 Ellers LLP continued on page 14

BAR REPORTER / FEBRUARY 2003 13 LEADERSHIP Naulty, Scaricamazza & McDevitt, Ltd. Phone: (215) 772-7280 [email protected] 1617 JFK Blvd., Suite 1600 Fax: (215) 772-7620 continued from page 13 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 [email protected] Delivery of Legal Services Dolchin, Slotkin & Todd, P.C. Phone: (215) 568-5116 Catherine C. Carr 2005 Market St., 24th Floor Fax: (215) 568-2077 Charity Run Community Legal Services, Inc. Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 [email protected] Thomas A. Bell 1424 Chestnut St. Phone: (215) 665-3508 Semanoff, Ormsby, Greenberg & Torchia, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Fax: (215) 665-1565 Committee Chairs LLC Phone: (215) 981-3712 [email protected] Alternative Dispute Resolution 610 Old York Road Fax: (215) 981-0435 David B. Harwi Jenkins Court, Suite 200 [email protected] Probate & Trust Law Triage Mediation Services Inc. Jenkintown, Pa. 19046 Howard I. Verbofsky 2042 Mount Vernon St. Phone: (215) 887-0200 x107 Joseph A. Sullivan PNC Bank Philadelphia, Pa. 19130 Fax: (215) 887-5356 Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP 1600 Market St., 28th Floor Phone: (215) 235-7711 [email protected] 1600 Market St., Suite 3600 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-7240 Fax: (215) 235-5541 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-7286 Phone: (215) 585-6814 [email protected] Manny D. Pokotilow Phone: (215) 751-2353 Fax: (215) 585-7260 Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Fax: (215) 751-2205 [email protected] James A. Rosenstein Pokotilow, Ltd. [email protected] Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen LLP 1635 Market St., 12th Floor Public Interest 1650 Arch St., 22nd Floor Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Election Procedures Marsha L. Levick Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-2097 Phone: (215) 567-2010 x126 Henry J. Lunardi Juvenile Law Center Phone: (215) 977-2210 Fax: (215) 751-1142 200 E. State St., Suite 108 1315 Walnut St., 4th Floor Fax: (215) 405-2650 [email protected] Media, Pa. 19063 Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-4719 [email protected] Phone: (610) 566-3131 Phone: (215) 625-0551 Charter & Bylaws Fax: (610) 566-3232 Fax: (215) 625-2808 Appellate Courts Gregory H. Mathews [email protected] [email protected] Howard J. Bashman Wachovia Corp. Buchanan Ingersoll 123 S. Broad St., 17th Floor Environmental Law Real Property 1835 Market St. Philadelphia, Pa. 19109 Christopher W. Boyle Joanne Phillips Eleven Penn Center, 14th Floor Phone: (215) 670-6888 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Fax: (215) 670-6907 One Logan Square 1735 Market St., 51st Floor Phone: (215) 665-3872 [email protected] 18th & Cherry Streets Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-7507 Fax: (215) 665-8760 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Phone: (215) 665-8500 [email protected] City Policy Phone: (215) 988-2962 Fax: (215) 864-8999 Robert D. Lane Jr. Fax: (215) 988-2757 [email protected] Jane Istvan Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP [email protected] City of Philadelphia Law Department 1701 Market St. Tax 1515 Arch St., 17th Floor Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-2921 Federal Courts Stanley J. Kull Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Phone: (215) 963-5174 Stephanie Resnick Saul Ewing LLP Phone: (215) 687-5011 Fax: (215) 963-5299 Fox, Rothschild, O’Brien & Frankel, LLP Centre Square West Fax: (215) 687-5069 [email protected] 2000 Market St., 10th Floor 1500 Market St., 38th Floor [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-3291 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102-2100 Civil Rights Phone: (215) 299-2082 Phone: (215) 972-7105 Bar-News Media Karl Baker Fax: (215) 299-2150 Fax: (215) 972-1857 Michael E. Baughman Defender Association of Philadelphia [email protected] [email protected] Dechert 1441 Sansom St. 4000 Bell Atlantic Tower Philadelphia, Pa. 19102-3004 Fee Disputes Workers’ Compensation 1717 Arch St. Phone: (215) 557-4979 Linda F. Rosen Daniel V. DiLoretto Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Fax: (215) 557-4920 M. Mark Mendel, Ltd. Harvey, Pennington, Cabot, Griffith Phone: (215) 994-2694 [email protected] 1620 Locust St. & Renneisen, Ltd. Fax: (215) 994-2222 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 1835 Market St., 29th Floor [email protected] Robert W. Meek Phone: (215) 732-7200 Philadephia, Pa. 19103-2929 Disabilities Law Project Fax: (215) 546-3277 Phone: (215) 563-4470 Carl A. Solano 1315 Walnut St., Suite 400 [email protected] Fax: (215) 568-1044 Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 [email protected] 1600 Market St., Suite 3600 Phone: (215) 238-8070 Edward A. Pereles Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-7286 Fax: (215) 772-3126 1016 Clinton St., Suite B Christian M. Petrucci Phone: (215) 751-2202 [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-6017 Law Offices of Thomas More Holland Fax: (215) 972-7363 Phone: (215) 627-5678 1522 Locust St. [email protected] Compulsory Arbitration Fax: (215) 829-1081 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102-4443 Jeffrey L. Dashevsky [email protected] Phone: (215) 592-8080 Brennan Award Dashevsky, Horwitz, DiSandro, Kuhn, Fax: (215) 592-8550 Gregory B. Williams Dempsey & Novello, PC Fidelity Award [email protected] Fox, Rothschild, O’Brien & Frankel, LLP 1315 Walnut St., 12th Floor Roslyn G. Pollack 2000 Market St., 10th Floor Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 884 Hollow Road Judge Pamela Santoro Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-3291 Phone: (215) 546-4488 Radnor, Pa. 19087 Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Phone: (215) 299-2792 Fax: (215) 732-6220 Phone: (610) 687-0188 1500 State Office Building Fax: (215) 299-2150 [email protected] [email protected] 1400 Spring Garden St. [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19130 Patrick C. Lamb Government and Public Service Phone: (215) 560-2488 Mary F. Platt Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien & Courtney, P.C. Lawyers [email protected] Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & 1880 JFK Blvd., 12th Floor Cheryl L. Gaston Rhoads LLP Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 City of Philadelphia Law Department Young Lawyers Division 123 S. Broad St., 28th Floor Phone: (215) 564-6688 1515 Arch St., 16th Floor Melissa A. Schwartz Philadelphia, Pa. 19109 Fax: (215) 564-2526 continued on page 15

14 FEBRUARY 2003 / BAR REPORTER LEADERSHIP Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-7098 One Liberty Place, Suite 4200 [email protected] Phone: (215) 564-8056 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-7396 continued from page 14 Fax: (215) 564-8120 Phone: (215) 979-1567 Military Affairs Philadelphia, Pa. 19102-1595 [email protected] Fax: (215) 979-1020 Dale W. Miller Phone: (215) 683-5118 [email protected] Cotter & Miller Fax: (215) 683-5097 Law Firm Pro Bono 2541 S. Broad St. [email protected] Amy B. Ginensky Legal Rights of Persons with Philadelphia, Pa. 19148-4309 Dechert Disabilities Phone: (215) 336-0343 Milton Velez 4000 Bell Atlantic Tower Jeffrey Campolongo City of Philadelphia Law Department 1717 Arch St. 1420 Walnut St., 5th Floor Minorities in the Profession 1515 Arch St., 15th Floor Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Monique Y. DeLapenha Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Phone: (215) 994-2935 Phone: (215) 545-6841 Duane Morris LLP Phone: (215) 683-5259 Fax: (215) 994-2222 Fax: (215) 545-6839 One Liberty Place, Suite 4200 Fax: (215) 683-5099 [email protected] [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-7396 [email protected] Phone: (215) 979-1228 Philip J. Katauskas Lorrie McKinley Fax: (215) 979-1020 Insurance Programs Pepper Hamilton LLP McKinley & Vonier [email protected] Carl (Hank) Delacato Jr. 3000 Two Logan Square 1520 Locust St., 10th Floor Hecker Brown Sherry and Johnson LLP Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 John Encarnacion 1700 Two Logan Square Phone: (215) 981-4314 Phone: (215) 731-0231 White and Williams LLP Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Fax: (215) 981-4750 Fax: (215) 731-0180 1800 One Liberty Place Phone: (215) 665-0400 [email protected] [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-7395 Fax: (215) 636-0366 Phone: (215) 864-6354 [email protected] Law Week Legislative Liaison Fax: (215) 789-7655 Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua Lynn A. Marks [email protected] International Law Saul Ewing LLP Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts Michael O’S. Floyd Centre Square West 100 N. 17th St., Suite 700 Municipal Court Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 1500 Market St., 38th Floor Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 David Denenberg One Logan Square Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Phone: (215) 569-1150 Abramson & Denenberg, PC 18th & Cherry Streets Phone: (215) 972-8448 Fax: (215) 569-9153 1200 Walnut St., 6th Floor Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Fax: (215) 972-1823 [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 Phone: (215) 988-2941 [email protected] Phone: (215) 546-1345 Fax: (215) 988-2757 Joseph C. Vignola Fax: (215) 546-5355 [email protected] Lawyer Referral & Information PA Intergovernmental Cooperation Service Authority Linda W. Johnson Judicial Independence Milton S. Savage Jr. 1429 Walnut St., 14th Floor 1424 Chestnut St. Abraham C. Reich 1616 Walnut St., Suite 1910 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Fox, Rothschild, O’Brien & Frankel, LLP Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Phone: (215) 561-9160 Phone: (215) 981-3727 2000 Market St., 10th Floor Phone: (215) 732-5077 Fax: (215) 563-2570 Fax: (215) 981-0436 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-3291 Fax: (215) 732-5076 [email protected] [email protected] Phone: (215) 299-2090 [email protected] Fax: (215) 299-2150 Medico-Legal Music & Theater Wing [email protected] Lawyers’ & Judges’ Assistance Robert T. Szostak Robert J. Simmons John Rogers Carroll M. Mark Mendel, Ltd. Fiergang & Simmons M. Norman Goldberger Carroll & Carroll 1620 Locust St. 540 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 202 Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis Cohen LLP The Curtis Center Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Fort Washington, Pa. 19034 1650 Arch St., 22nd Floor 601 Walnut St., Suite 1150 Phone: (215) 732-7200 Phone: (215) 628-2700 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Philadelphia, Pa. 19106 Fax: (215) 546-3277 Fax: (215) 542-8496 Phone: (215) 977-2532 Phone: (215) 925-4100 [email protected] [email protected] Fax: (215) 405-2532 Fax: (215) 925-1596 [email protected] [email protected] J. Scott Kramer A. Taylor Williams Duane Morris LLP 1515 Market St., Suite 1414 Labor and Employment Law Legal Rights of Children One Liberty Place, Suite 4200 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Diane Siegel Danoff Laval Miller-Wilson Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-7396 Phone: (215) 560-6300 Dechert Juvenile Law Center Phone: (215) 979-1122 Fax: (215) 560-6315 4000 Bell Atlantic Tower The Philadelphia Building Fax: (215) 979-1020 [email protected] 1717 Arch St. 1315 Walnut St., 4th Floor [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 Nominating Phone: (215) 994-2179 Phone: (215) 625-0551 Membership/Bar Placement Allan H. Gordon Fax: (215) 994-2222 Fax: (215) 625-2808 Thomas G. Kessler Kolsby, Gordon, Robin, Shore & Bezar [email protected] [email protected] Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP One Liberty Place 1701 Market St. 1650 Market St., 22nd Floor Wanda E. Flowers Legal Rights of Lesbians & Gay Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-2921 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Sunoco, Inc. Men Phone: (215) 963-5290 Phone: (215) 851-9700 10 Penn Center, 17th Floor Leonore F. Carpenter Fax: (215) 963-5299 Fax: (215) 851-9701 1801 Market St. The Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil [email protected] [email protected] Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-1699 Rights Phone: (215) 977-6148 1211 Chestnut St., 6th Floor Mid-Size Law Firm Pension Fax: (215) 246-8296 Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 Management Paul S. Kimbol [email protected] Phone: (215) 731-1447 ext. 16 John S. Summers Dechert Fax: (215) 731-1544 Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin 4000 Bell Atlantic Tower Large Firm Management [email protected] One Logan Square, 27th Floor 1717 Arch St. Jane L. Foster Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP Kevin P. Ray Phone: (215) 496-7007 Phone: (215) 994-2603 2600 One Commerce Square Duane Morris LLP Fax: (215) 568-0300 continued on page 16

BAR REPORTER / FEBRUARY 2003 15 LEADERSHIP Karen K. Weisbord Weisbord & Weisbord, P.C. continued from page 15 128 Chestnut St., 2nd Floor Philadelphia, Pa. 19106 Fax: (215) 994-2222 Phone: (215) 592-1111 CALENDAR OF EVENTS [email protected] Fax: (215) 592-0160 [email protected] Note: While the following listings have been verified prior to press time, any scheduled event may be subject to change Personnel by the committee or section chairs. Jane L. Dalton Sole & Small Firm Monday, Feb. 3 Duane Morris LLP Management Law Works – meeting, 8:30 a.m., 10th floor Board Room. One Liberty Place, Suite 4200 Ralph S. Pinkus Public Interest Section Executive Committee – meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-7396 1515 Market St., Suite 1000 Family Law Section – meeting, 4 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Phone: (215) 979-1830 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 Tuesday, Feb. 4 Fax: (215) 979-1020 Phone: (215) 523-5320 [email protected] Fax: (215) 523-5339 Philadelphia Bar Foundation Board of Trustees – meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. [email protected] Wednesday, Feb. 5 Problems of the Homeless Delivery of Legal Services Committee – meeting, 8:30 a.m., 10th floor Board Room. Michael D. LiPuma Joseph S. Mitchell III State Civil Committee – meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: $7.50. Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen 21 S. 12th St., 9th Floor Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee – meeting, noon, 11th floor Conference Center. LLP Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 Legal Rights of Children Committee – meeting, 3:30 p.m., 10th floor Cabinet Room. 1650 Arch St., 22nd Floor Phone: (215) 557-7111 Thursday, Feb. 6 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-2097 Fax: (215) 751-0658 Phone: (215) 977-2565 [email protected] Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee – meeting, 12:15 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: $7.50. Fax: (215) 405-2565 Civil Rights Committee – meeting, 12:15 p.m., 11th floor Committee Room. [email protected] State Civil Philadelphia Bar Reporter Editorial Board – meeting, 12:30 p.m., 10th floor Cabinet Room. Lois M. Shenk Friday, Feb. 7 Professional Guidance Post & Schell, P.C. Judicial Commission – meeting, 11:45 a.m., 10th floor Board Room. Wilber Bourne Ruthrauff 1800 JFK Blvd., 19th Floor Monday, Feb. 10 Ruthrauff & Armbrust, P.C. Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 1601 Market St., 16th Floor Phone: (215) 587-1138 Business Law Section Executive Committee – meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Fax: (215) 587-1444 Tuesday, Feb. 11 Phone: (215) 567-2883 [email protected] Criminal Justice Section Executive Committee – meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Fax: (215) 561-6661 Thursday, Feb. 13 [email protected] Joseph H. Tucker, Jr. Booth & Tucker, LLP Committee on Legal Rights of Lesbians and Gay Men – meeting, 12:30 p.m., 11th floor Committee Room. Professional Responsibility 230 S. Broad St., 2nd Floor Legislative Liaison Committee – meeting, 12:30 p.m., 11th floor Conference Center. Lunch: $7.50. Judge Denis P. Cohen Philadelphia, Pa. 19102-4101 Friday, Feb. 14 27 S. 12th St., Suite 406 Phone: (215) 875-0609 Philadelphia Lawyer magazine Editorial Board – meeting, 12:30 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 Fax: (215) 875-3464 Monday, Feb. 17 Phone: (215) 686-2650 [email protected] Fax: (215) 686-9298 Presidents’ Day – Bar Association offices closed. [email protected] Women in the Profession Tuesday, Feb. 18 Nicole D. Galli Chancellor’s Meeting with Cabinet – noon, 10th floor Board Room. Evelyn Boss Cogan Pepper Hamilton LLP Wednesday, Feb. 19 1640 Oakwood Drive, # W-312 3000 Two Logan Square Narberth, Pa. 19072 18th & Arch Streets Section Chairs meeting with Chancellor – 8:30 a.m., 10th floor Board Room. Phone: (215) 951-1063 Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-2799 Workers’ Compensation Section Executive Committee – meeting, 10:30 a.m., 11th floor Committee Fax: (215) 951-1488 Phone: (215) 981-4496 Room. [email protected] Fax: (215) 981-4750 Workers’ Compensation Section – meeting, noon, 11th floor Conference Center. Lunch: $7.50. [email protected] Adoption Committee – meeting, noon, 10th floor Cabinet Room. Senior Lawyers Women’s Rights Committee – meeting, 4 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Judge Paul L. Jaffe Roberta D. Pichini Thursday, Feb. 20 Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis Litvin, Blumberg, Matusow & Family Law Section Executive Committee – meeting, noon, 11th floor Committee Room. LLP Young Elder Law Committee – meeting, noon, 10th floor Cabinet Room. 1600 Market St., Suite 3600 1339 Chestnut St., 18th Floor Investment Companies Committee – meeting, noon, 11th floor Conference Center. Lunch: $8.50. Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 Women in the Profession Committee – meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: $7.50. Phone: (215) 751-2100 Phone: (215) 557-3312 Friday, Feb. 21 Fax: (215) 751-2205 Fax: (215) 557-9557 [email protected] [email protected] Judicial Commission – meeting, 11:45 a.m., 10th floor Board Room. Social Security Disability Benefits Committee – meeting, noon, 11th floor Conference Center. Lunch: Richard E. Rosin Women’s Rights $7.50. 8336 High School Road Judy F. Berkman Tuesday, Feb. 25 Elkins Park, Pa. 19027 Regional Housing Legal Services Criminal Justice Section – meeting, noon, 11th floor Conference Center. Lunch: $7.50. Phone: (215) 629-1500 2 S. Easton Road Young Lawyers Division Cabinet – meeting, noon, 10th floor Cabinet Room. Fax: (215) 629-1512 Glenside, Pa. 19038 Wednesday, Feb. 26 Phone: (215) 572-7300 Social Security Disability Fax: (215) 572-0262 Lawyer Referral and Information Service Committee – meeting, 11th floor Committee Room. Benefits [email protected] Federal Courts Committee – meeting, 12:30 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: $7.50. Meyer Silver Board of Governors – meeting, 4 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Silver & Silver Lynda M. Henry Friday, Feb. 28 42 W. Lancaster Ave., 3rd Floor 1216 Criminal Justice Center Philadelphia Bar Foundation Finance Committee – meeting, 8:30 a.m., 10th floor Board Room. Ardmore, Pa. 19003 1301 Filbert St. Phone: (610) 658-1900 Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 Unless otherwise specified,h alle cks c for luncheons and programs should be made payable to the Philadelphia Bar Association and mailed Fax: (610) 658-0668 Phone: (215) 683-7065 to Bar Headquarters,1 01 Market St., 11th fl., Philadelphia, Pa.1 0 197- 2 911. Send Bar Association-related calendar items 30 days in [email protected] advance to Managing Editor, Philadelphia Bar Reporter, Philadelphia Bar Association,1 01 Market 1 St., Philadelphia, Pa.1 0197- 2 911. Fa x : Fax: (215) 683-7067 ( 215) 23 8 - 12 67. E-mail:r e p o r t e r @ p h i l a ba r. o r g .

16 FEBRUARY 2003/ BAR REPORTER FEDERAL COURT very involved in mediation and settle- ment. continued from page 11 Chief Judge Giles reported that the Electronic Filing Gains in Popularity direction on the equitable tolling issue. Court recently established a $40 fee for Eight courtrooms at the Federal Courthouse have been equipped with elec- Chief Judge Giles then addressed pro hac vice admissions in the court tronic capabilities while electronic case filing is growing in popularity, Clerk of the proposed new mediation rule. The and for adversary proceedings in the Court Michael E. Kunz told the Federal Courts Committee. proposed Local Rule of Civil Procedure Bankruptcy Court. It is not yet known Electronic Case Filing (ECF) was implemented last May and had 30 electron- 53.3 is not designed to amend or modi- if this will generate much income for ic case filings the first month. By December, that number jumped to 300. There fy the existing compulsory and volun- the court, but whatever is received will is a full range of documents available for review on the system, Kunz said, tary arbitration program, Local Rule be used by the court in various ways adding the court processes about 85,000 orders a year, including 350 to 400 53.2, nor is it designed compete with to enhance the practice in the court. opinions. Approximately 70 percent of the notification of those orders is now present “for hire” ADR programs. If The courthouse lobby construction done in electronic format. Although nearly 700 attorneys have registered to be adopted, the current mediation rule, project, designed to reconfigure and ECF filers, only about 140 have done electronic case filing. Local Rule 53.2.1, will be repealed. The enhance the lobby, will begin in April The Court conducts ECF training sessions every Tuesday and Thursday, and major change to the mediation proce- and should be completed by October. the bar is being strongly urged to use ECF. Kunz said attorneys seem comfort- dure in the proposed rule is that the During the project, the Market Street able with providing the court with the disc when, or after, they file the docu- parties will be sent to participate in the entrance will be closed and the 6th ments. The court’s next step will be to make mandatory the filing of the disc voluntary mediation process only if all Street entrance will be used. Lighting with the documents. The court’s objective is to have everyone become an ECF parties consent and only after comple- will be improved on 6th Street and filer. In the interim, if a disc is provided with the documents being filed, the tion of discovery, or substantial com- other measures taken to ensure that clerk will prepare the docket entry and put the document in the system. pletion of discovery. The timing of the the 6th Street entrance works well as Kunz reminded everyone that Judge Anita B. Brody is the chair of the participation in the voluntary media- the main entrance during the course of court’s Automation and Technology Committee and that questions and com- tion program will be in sync with the construction. ments on ECF may be directed to that committee. Anyone wishing to request trial scheduling order. Copies of the Chief Judge Giles then introduced the use of an electronic courtroom or training on the use of an electronic proposed new mediation rule can be Kunz, who encouraged everyone to courtroom should telephone Michael Hearn or Ed Morrissy at (267) 299-7039. obtained from the Clerk’s Office. join The Historical Society of the U.S. Comments on the proposed rule may District Court for the Eastern District of - Mary Ellen O’Laughlin be forwarded in writing to Michael E. Pennsylvania. Chief Judge Giles com- Kunz, Clerk of Court, U.S. Courthouse, mented that the Historical Society’s 601 Market St., Room 2609, calendar is sent, under his signature, to Society and their Web sites now a “jewel to hang onto,” as it enhances Philadelphia, Pa. 19106, no later than the chief judge of every district court include information about the history one’s practice and improves the chance Feb. 28. Chief Judge Giles commented and to the justices of the U.S. Supreme of their district. Judge Lowell A. Reed of civility in the practice of law. that voluntary mediation is only one of Court and that the court has received also encouraged everyone to become a several programs available to parties many letters praising the work of The member of The Historical Society. Historical Society. Many district courts Judge Reed stated that in his opinion, Mary Ellen O’Laughlin, of counsel l e at h , r K Harri s o n , who want ADR options and that the H a r v e, yBranzburg & Ellers LLP, is a member of the magistrate judges will continue to be have now started their own Historical knowledge of the history of the court is Federal Courts Committee.

QUARTERLY graduate senior honor thesis, and Eisen- ate member at St. Anthony’s College, He lives in Washington, D.C., with his hower: A Centennial Life(HarperCollins, University of Oxford, England. From wife, Afsaneh, and their two sons. continued from page 1 1990). He was co-author (with Strobe 1987 until 1996, he was a senior fellow The Quarterly Meeting and tion of Abraham Lincoln. Talbott) of At the Highest Levels: The Inside of the Annenberg Foundation in Lunecheon begins at noon at the Park As literary executor for the late Story of the End of the Cold(Little, War Washington, D.C. Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue, Washington Postand Newsweekcolum- Brown, 1993). Beschloss is a member of the Am- Broad and Walnut streets. nist-editor Meg Greenfield, Beschloss Born in Chicago on Nov. 30, 1955, erican Historical Association and a fel- Tickets are $40 for Association edited her posthumously published Beschloss is an alumnus of Eaglebrook low of the Society of American Hist- members and $45 for non-members book Washington(Public Affairs, 2001), School, Andover, Williams College and orians and sits on boards of the White and can be purchased by clipping the which was a national best-seller. Harvard University. From 1982 until House Historical Association, the Nat- coupon below and sending it to the Beschloss is also the author of Kennedy 1986, he was an historian on the staff ional Archives Foundation, the Thom- Bar Association or by visiting the and Roosevelt: The Uneasy Alliance(Norton, of the Smithsonian Institution. From as Jefferson Memorial Foundation Association’s Web site, 1980), which originated as his under- 1985 until 1987, he was a senior associ- (Monticello) and the Urban Institute. www.philadelphiabar.org.

Philadelphia Bar Association Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon Thursday, April 3 at Noon at the Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue • Featuring Keynote Speaker Michael Beschloss • Presentation of the inaugual Citizens Pro Bono Award

Re t u r n to: Please make reservations for the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Quarterly Meeting Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon. Tickets are $40 for members and $45 for non-members. Checks should be Philadelphia Bar Association made payable to the Philadelphia Bar Association. 1101 Market St., 11th fl. Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911 Name: Credit Cardholder: Firm/Employer: Visa MasterCard American Express Address: Card number:

Expiration date: Phone: Fax: Signature:

E-Mail: Cr edit card payments should be faxed to Bar Headquarters at (215) 238-1267.

BAR REPORTER / FEBRUARY 2003 17 Three Films Worth Wat ch i n g : ARTS & MEDIA ‘I g b y,’ ‘Schmidt,’ ‘Ada p t a t i o n ’ by Marc Reuben influenced by the comedies of Woody ed unbroken perspective, and acted by Allen. Nicholas Cage, a wonderful actor, a superior ensemble cast. In addition to “About Schmidt” is the new film in gives the performance of a lifetime in young Mr. Culkin, who really had a which Jack Nicholson, playing the part this semi-autobiographical movie that presence, there was Susan Sarandon as of a 66-year-old retiree, plants himself features Meryl Streep as a writer who the exquisitely bitchy mother, Ryan center stage and does not relinquish becomes addicted to sniffing dried Phillippe as the jaded older son, and prominence unless upstaged by other orchids. Chris Cooper, a haggle-toothed Jeff Goldblum, whose situation in this actors. This upstaging is hard to do, actor who wears a baseball cap and film changed from scene to scene. when the film itself is a rather unex- hunts endangered flowers, provides Nothing was wasted here. The entire “Adaptation” is the story of a writer ceptional tale of an older man trying to what turns out to be the sole measure film was weirdly fascinating and very who imagines himself as his own break up a questionable romance. Sort of sanity in a film touched as much by well handled. brother and who invents an entire of like the doppelganger of “Hello neurosis as genius. Both “About More than the vacuous pages of an world to fit the parameters of a dull Dolly,” but without the music. Schmidt” and “Adaptation” are films overrated coming-of-age novel, “Igby” story about flowers. It is a brilliant The fact that this little film is excep- about the decision-making process, as was able to convey a degree of vulner- essay on comedy and the creative tional indeed (it is very uncinematic for applied to eccentrics. It is interesting to ability, intelligence and humanity the process with wonderful acting. the big screen) is due to the extraordi- watch Nicholson and Cage thread their book lacked. The additional dimension “Igby” is Upstairs with Evelyn nary acting of its cast. Not only is way through the minefields of the cre- of “Igby” was conveyed despite the Waugh and I didn’t find the film dull Nicholson in the best form since “Five ative process in bringing their charac- excessive wit, which, if you wanted to for one moment. The excellence of the Easy Pieces,” but his clever wickedness ters along with their scripts, and the laugh, could easily have overpowered writing was such that not a single shines through the entire film and viewer is left with the feeling that great the rest of the film. word was wasted. It is true that lower offers a glow when the script does not. performances, even in the face of great As conventional as was “Schmidt,” classes may find arrogance an una- Kathy Bates, who is a wonderful writing, are what remain in the memo- the remaining films were as unusual as musing way to deal with ennui, but actress, upstages Nicholson in every ry when the lights come up. they come during the holiday season, the cast was so good at being nasty scene they share, and the wonder of it My favorite recent film was an and a very welcome change from the that it is hard to imagine rich, spoiled all is the sheer joy of watching two adventure called “Igby Goes Down,” Wagnerian fantasy and inept movies people acting any other way. Culkin pros wade into the thick of a difficult which was a high-class soap opera about idiot newlyweds. provided a fresh contrast to the rest of scene and waltz through it with an with so many witty twists that it The differences between these films the performances and Amanda Peet ease that would make Olivier jealous. became impossible to laugh and look are a pronounced view of how success- provided him with a dissolute love The film’s best surprise is Dermot at the same time. Igby is played by yet ful comedy can be made to work, even interest that moved the whole film Mulroney, who plays the nitwit fiancé another wonderful actor, Kieran Culkin among idiot audiences. “About from scene to scene. with such expertise that one had to (Macaulay’s younger brother), who Schmidt” was certainly the least diffi- The comedy in “Igby” was harder to wait for the credits before realizing that managed at the age of 17 to carry cult film to comprehend, in terms of its see, especially when the film ends in this handsome actor had actually man- almost the entire film. The movie was a comedic weight. Nicholson portrayed a an hysterical murder. But what makes aged to make his body shrink and variation of “The Catcher in the Rye,” man who sets off on a tour in his trail- excellent film so wonderful is the fun sway to the form of a flunky. I still but with some actual substance to it. er, and who confines his learning of finding the next hidden treasure. don’t believe it was him. One can argue that the book was actu- processes to the mundane. It is the This was more evident in the three “Adaptation,” a wonderful, dark ally a worthy piece of writing. I dis- excellent and perceptive quality of the films, each of which is worth the view- comedy of manners, was written by agree. But this film, with its excellent acting that fills out what would other- ing. Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike script (on the order of “All About Eve,” wise be a thoroughly ordinary story Jonze. The twists and surprises it pro- if not quite as wonderful), was excel- about a man who learns a few things lently directed, wonderfully pho- while on the road. Nicholson’s comic vides are worthy of Waugh, although Marc Reuben is an advisory editor to the Philadelphia the words themselves are heavily tographed in rolling shots that provid- timing was worthy of Jack Benny. Bar Reporter. He has been writing about the arts since 1973 . FRENCH LAWYERS continued from page 7 have been here. By going to Lyon a few days prior to the official meetings, I had the opportunity not Business only to meet individually with Chevalier and Dantzikian but also with their parents. They now are “sold” on the city of Philadelphia. This personal Section contact is an important aspect of the success of this program. Later Michael and I both got to discuss with both women the details of the Philadelphia Honors exchange and develop a rapport with them. The noted Philadelphia law firms find the John B. Wright II, immediate-past chair of exchange beneficial as exemplified by their contin- the Business Law Section, holds the ued participation. To share the wealth and growth S e c t i o n ’ s Dennis H. Replansky A w a rd , of the Twinning experience, we always are looking which was presented to Leon Forman (left) for more host firms. This also is a most important at the Section’s Annual Reception on Jan. invitation to Philadelphia lawyers who would like 14 at the Pyramid Club. The Section also to spend six months in a law firm in Lyon to send h o n o red Sandra A. Jeskie as Committee their applications to Michael Scullin by Feb. 15. He Chair of the Year and the Pro Bono can be reached by phone at (215) 546-0491 or by e- Committee as the Committee of the Year. mail at [email protected].

Enid H. Adler is former chair of the International Law Committee.

18 FEBRUARY 2003 / BAR REPORTER Television Review CBS Legal Drama Is Far From Supreme by Jennifer Taylor ning suit on a hot day. Judge Kim estranged wife. Johnston is enjoyable “Queens Supreme” is a supreme dis- Vicidomini (Annabella Sciorra) ulti- as the vociferous and intimidating appointment. Unless the storytelling “Queens Supreme” should be added mately decides the case based on some Maude, a lawyer-turned-fashion- and character development improves to CBS’s long list of failed legal dramas, ex partefashion advice from Judge designer. However, it does not bode markedly, its reign on CBS is likely to which includes last season’s short-lived Moran’s wife. well for CBS that the character who last just a few weeks. “First Monday,” “The Court” and The premiere does have one bright makes the biggest impression in the spot — the guest appearance of Kristen first episode is not going to be around Jennifer Taylor is an associate in the Bankruptcy & “Robbery Homicide Division.” Although Reorganization Department at Montgomery, CBS bills the show as a “dramedy” and Johnston as Maude, Judge Moran’s for the rest of the season. M c C r aken, c Walker & Rhoads, LLP. a “seriocomic drama,” it is neither dra- matic nor comedic, unless we’re talking about “throne” humor. Indeed, when viewers first meet the show’s main character, Judge Jack Moran (Oliver Platt), he is sitting on a toilet eaves- dropping on a deliberating jury. Such is the humor of “Queens Supreme.” “Queens Supreme” debuted on CBS on Friday, Jan. 10. The show, starring Oliver Platt (“Bulworth”), Annabella Sciorra (“The Sopranos”), Robert Loggia (“Jagged Edge”) and L. Scott Caldwell (“Waiting to Exhale”), tells legal stories from the perspective of judges at the Queens County Courthouse. The most obvious problem with the show stems from its name. Those who have not suffered through the two-day ordeal of a New York bar exam at the Javits Center, or studied at the likes of Columbia or Touro, are not likely to know that the show takes place in the trial-level court for Queens County. Rather than introduce the viewers to the show’s characters, the series starts off with a harried episode in which a gun-wielding juror takes over a courtroom. This episode, titled “One Angry Man,” centers around the pre- posterous tale of a nicotine-deprived juror fed up with never-ending jury deliberations. Judge Moran forces the hung jury to continue deliberations so he won’t have to deal with his estranged wife when she drops by to get Moran’s signature on their divorce papers. The juror, after being denied a ciga- rette in Judge Moran’s courtroom, overpowers the court officer, grabs his gun, and holds the judge, his law clerk, the court officer and five jurors hostage. Throughout the kidnapping, Judge Moran delivers cringe-inducing, long-winded sermons about life-alter- ing moments and regrets. Predictably, Judge Moran single-handedly con- vinces the angry juror to surrender the gun and set everyone free. Platt, who is somewhat entertaining in the role, tries way too hard to sell his lines — lines that aren’t terribly clever in the first place. The secondary story — a potentially interesting racial-profiling case — comes to a contrived and trivial con- clusion as well. The case boils down to whether an African-American man would run in a predominantly-white neighborhood wearing a velour run-

BAR REPORTER / FEBRUARY 2003 19 O’Connor, was a featured speaker at the Health Care Compliance Association/American Hospital Judge Pollak to Receive ABA P E O P L E Association’s HIPAA Forum in San Diego on Dec. 9. Gabriel L.I. Spirit of Excellence Award Bevilacqua, Dennis R. Suplee, a partner at Judge Louis H. Pollak of the U.S. Chancellor-Elect of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, District Court for the Eastern District the Philadelphia has been included in the 2003 edition of Pennsylvania will receive the Bar Association and of “The International Who’s Who of American Bar Association Comm- a partner at Saul Commercial Litigators.” Ewing LLP, has ission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession’s 2003 Spirit of been named to Glen R. Stuart, a Excellence Award. Gov. Edward G. partner with The award will be presented Feb. Rendell’s transition team committee on Morgan, Lewis & 8 at a luncheon during the 2003 judicial issues. Bockius LLP, has ABA Midyear Meeting in Seattle. been named a Initiated in 1996, Spirit of Excellence Timothy J. Carson and Patrick client service MVP Awards honor lawyers who have T. Beaty, partners at Saul Ewing LLP, by the BTI have been named to Gov. Edward G. made outstanding contributions to Consulting Group. Judge Louis H. Pollak Rendell’s transition team committees the advancement of racial and eth- nic diversity in the legal profession. diverse backgrounds. on transportation and insurance, Marc S. Raspanti, a founding The winners are lawyers who have Judge Pollak is credited with respectively. shareholder with Miller, Alfano & created opportunities for others to writing many of the briefs in the Raspanti, P.C., served as a moderator at succeed as mentors, leaders, path historic Brown v. Board of Education Bernard Smalley, a partner with the Fourth Annual National Institute breakers and role models. The case. He is one of two federal judges, Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, on the Civil False Claims Act and Qui award recognizes the achievements three lawyers in private practice and Feldman and Smalley, P.C., was recently TamEnforcement on the topic of Qui of lawyers who have overcome a bar association affirmative action appointed to the Pennsylvania Medical TamPretrial Procedures in Washington, enormous obstacles to assist in the director who will be honored as Malpractice Liability Insurance Crisis D.C. on Jan. 29. Task Force by Gov. Edward G. Rendell. advancement of lawyers from recipients of the award. Jeffrey L. Dashevsky of Sandra A. Girifalco, a partner with Dashevsky, Horwitz, DiSandro, Kuhn, LLP, presented “Keeping Yourself and dent of the American Association of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, Dempsey and Novello, P.C., was the Your Clients Out of Jail: Representing Attorney-Certified Public Accountants, has been elected to the Board of the course monitor, faculty member and Clients in the New Millennium” on a national association of dual degreed Cradle of Liberty Boy Scouts of featured speaker at the Pennsylvania Nov. 13 at a Montgomery County CPA Attorney-CPAs. America. Bar Institute’s Dec. 6 CLE program Association seminar. Comisky also “Arbitration Practice in Philadelphia spoke at the Florida Bar Continuing Kell M. Kenneth J. Fleisher, recently County: A Survivor’s Guide.” Legal Education Committee and the Damsgaard, a named as one of 14 members of the Out-of-State Practitioners Division partner with Pepper Real Estate Law Advisory Committee of Kevin R. seminar “Expanding Florida Law for Hamilton LLP, has the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, taught Marciano, a part- the Out-of-State Practitioner” in New been named a fel- “Choosing Your Remedy” at PBI’s 6th ner at Anapol, York City on Dec. 14. low with the Annual Real Estate Institute. Schwartz, Weiss, American College of Cohan, Feldman Joseph V. Del Trial Lawyers. Stephen A. Sheller, founding and and Smalley, P.C., Raso, a partner managing partner of Sheller, Ludwig & discussed joint and with Pepper William H. Platt II, an associate Badey, has been named to Gov. several liability law Hamilton LLP, has with Blank Rome LLP, has been named Edward G. Rendell’s transition team on and auto cases at a been elected to the Board of Directors of LaSalle Boards and Commissions. recent Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Chairman of the University’s Explorers Club. The club Association Lunch and Lecture series. Board of Trustees of promotes the interest and welfare of Nicholas J. Lisi, the American LaSalle University and specifically senior and manag- Dorothy K. Phillips, principal of University of Rome. seeks to raise funds for LaSalle’s inter- ing partner of Dorothy K. Phillips & Associates, LLC, collegiate athletics and to maintain and Padova & Lisi, has was a delegate representing the Michael J. Izzo Jr., a member of advance the cause of higher education. been appointed to Pennsylvania Bar Association on the Cozen O’Connor, has been appointed the Board of Ambassador People to People Program to serve on the Board of Directors of Jeffrey I. Pasek, a member of Trustees at LaSalle to China in November. the Sylvan Opera Company, Cozen O’Connor, has been re-elected University. Philadelphia’s only festival opera com- to a two-year term on the Board of the Joseph T. Murphy Jr. of John pany. Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Michael H. Reed, a partner with Gerard Devlin & Associates has been Industry. Pepper Hamilton LLP, has been elected named chairman of Special People in Gerald J. Cohen, a sole practitioner, as a member of The American Law the Northeast, a nonprofit corporation was voted best lawyer of Northwest Institute. serving the needs of mentally and Philadelphia for 2002 and was present- Names Are News ed with a People’s Choice Award by physically handicapped people in the “People” highlights news of Barry L. Cohen of Thorp Reed & the Germantown Courierand Mount Airy Philadelphia area. members’ awards, honors or Armstrong, LLP was a faculty member Times Express. appointments of a civic or com- at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s “E- Margaret A. McCausland, a part- munity nature. Information may Commerce: Legal and Practical Issues” Robert D. Lane Jr., a partner with ner with Blank Rome LLP, participated be sent to Jeff Lyons, Managing seminar on Dec. 2. He also was a guest Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, has in a Lorman Seminar on employment- Editor, Philadelphia Bar Reporter, lecturer at Temple University’s Beasley been named to the Board of Directors related records in Pennsylvania in Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 School of Law, where he discussed of the Center City District. Allentown, Pa., on Nov. 8. Market St., 11th floor, Philadelphia, issues affecting drug and medical Pa. 19107-2911. Fax: (215) 238-1267. device products. Bernard Eizen, a founding share- Ian M. Comisky, David M. E-mail: [email protected]. holder of Eizen Fineburg & McCarthy, Kuchinos and Michael D. Photos are also welcome. John A. Knapp, a member of Cozen Shepard, partners at Blank Rome P.C., has been elected first vice presi-

20 FEBRUARY 2003 / BAR REPORTER