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PHILADELPHIA ® March 2007 The Monthly Newspaper of the Philadelphia Bar Association Vol. 36, No. 3 Dreyfuss Bally’s in Atlantic City to Speak at to Host 2007 Bench-Bar March 26 by Jeff Lyons Quarterly The Association’s Annual Bench-Bar by Jeff Lyons Conference is moving to Atlantic City’s most famous address – Boardwalk and Oscar-winning Park Place at Bally’s Park Place Casino actor and social activ- Resort on Sept. 28 and 29. ist Richard Dreyfuss This will be the fourth straight year will be the keynote the Bench-Bar Conference has been speaker at the As- held in Atlantic City. The 2005 and sociation’s March 26 2006 events were held at the Tropicana Quarterly Meeting and while the 2004 event was staged at The Luncheon at the Park Richard Dreyfuss Borgata. Hyatt Philadelphia at “This year’s Bench-Bar Conference the Bellevue. will be another fantastic event, pro- Dreyfuss won the Academy Award viding the opportunity for our mem- for best actor in 1977 for his perfor- bers to network with each other and mance in “The Goodbye Girl.” He was with the bench and, at the same time, nominated for Best Actor in 1996 for providing continuing legal education his role in “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” He has courses in a relaxed setting. I invite appeared in dozens of films, including everyone to attend and look forward to Stephen Spielberg classics “Jaws” and seeing you there,” said Chancellor Jane “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” L. Dalton. Three of his films were recently included This year’s Conference will feature in the American Film Institute’s list of a “wild west” theme and is co-chaired the greatest 100 films. by Laura A. Feldman and Michael B. continued on page 16 Hayes. “This year’s Bench-Bar Conference promises to be the best ever. We have an exciting new venue with fabulous In This Issue ... rooms and meeting space and many interesting CLE courses. I think ev- 4 Lyon Exchange eryone will be very happy with the choices this year,” said Feldman. 5 Manage Publicity “We are confident that the various divisions, sections and committees of 7 VIP’s Little Miracles the Bar Association will, as they have done since the Bench-Bar Conference 11 Curse of Billy Penn was re-established, prepare and present continued on Page 10 15 Snubbed by Oscar Celebrating KNIPES-COHEN COURT REPORTING 40 Years of Service to the Legal 215-928-9300 uCommunity. ROBERT COHEN, PRESIDENT COURT REPORTING • VIDEOGRAPHY • VIDEOCONFERENCING 400 Market St., 11th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (P) 800-544-9800 • www.knipescohen.com • (F) 215-627-0555 A-BENT JayRoberts (9.625x12.5) 8/10/06 9:54 AM Page 1 PRESTIGE AND PERFORMANCE. 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Dedicated to the automobile world, they incorporate several exclusive technical characteristics, including a variable tachometer, and are propelled by high-performance “motors” patiently assembled by watchmakers at the peak of their art.Time is the ultimate luxury. 2 MARCH 2007 / BAR REPORTER Program Targets Disaster, Pandemic Planning by Jane L. Dalton office or the courts were closed? knowledge. The Bar Association will hold a The second portion of the CLE will Are you ready? FRONTLINE pandemic and disaster planning CLE focus on employment issues related to A few weeks ago upstate New on Wednesday, March 14 from 9 a.m. a pandemic. Issues to be considered York was digging out from under to 12:15 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Bar are employer and employee rights. more than 100 inches of snow – a Institute’s facilities on the 10th floor of Can an employer force employees to storm paralyzed those communities the Wanamaker Building. stay home when the environment is for a prolonged period of time. More I will be joined on the faculty at unsafe or force employees to come to than a month ago acres of Florida near the CLE by Jacqueline Segal, a recently work when there has been a traumatic Orlando were flattened by tornados. elected member of the Association’s event or facilities are sub-par? Other Last summer devastating floods from Board of Governors, the 2006 chair of issues to be discussed include: union the Susquehanna River shut down the Family Law Section and the new contracts, worker’s compensation, sal- town after town along its banks for chair of the Association’s ad hoc com- ary and benefits continuation, travel weeks - many communities are yet to and services to a screeching halt. mittee on pandemic/disaster planning. restrictions and other areas of employ- be rebuilt. And of course, over the last During 2006, the Association distrib- James A. Matthews III, a partner at ment law. several years, hurricanes, most notably uted disaster recovery surveys to more Fox Rothschild LLP who focuses his Over the next several months the Katrina, have destroyed cities and tak- than 5,000 attorneys. Only 81 sur- practice on employment law, also will Association will conduct other CLEs en countless lives along the Gulf Coast. veys were completed and returned. Of present along with Dr. Steve Alles and that focus on specific legal concerns These are just a few of the recent those 81, only 46 respondents said they Shannon Fitzgerald of the Philadelphia in the time of a disaster. I urge you to natural disasters that have crippled had a disaster plan. Such lack of pre- Department of Health. Fitzgerald is the attend a CLE, but most importantly American towns and cities. paredness does not bode well for our emergency preparedness coordinator to have a disaster/pandemic plan for As we know, not so long ago major legal community. A disaster would im- of the Philadelphia Department of Pub- you and your family and to be sure U.S. cities were tested by acts of ter- pact all areas of legal practice: busi- lic Health, Division of Disease Control that your firm’s disaster plan is in rorism when airplanes were used as ness, criminal, probate and estate, real Emergency Preparedness and Bioter- place. weapons. Also in 2001, we were under estate and certainly family law. rorism Program. attack by biological agents when an- The program will focus on two Jane L. Dalton, a partner at Duane Morris LLP, is Natural disasters, terrorism and Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Her e- thrax was used to target Americans disease – is Philadelphia prepared for areas. First there will be a general mail address is [email protected]. and governmental agencies. such situations? Is your law firm? Are review of various types of disasters And now a prime global worry you? Have you thought about what as well as a primer on a possible flu is that an influenza pandemic could you would need to continue your legal pandemic by Dr. Alles, who will talk PHILADELPHIA kill millions and bring city government practice if you could not get to your on conquering the fear and panic with Disabled Senior Lawyers Can Get Help from Bar by Jeff Lyons tance from former Chancellor Edward just a matter of getting the word out. Editor-in-Chief Sunah Park, Esq. F. Chacker, will review the requests and We’re unaware of the extent of the Senior attorneys who become assign an attorney with the appropri- need. But we’ll be there to fill all ap- Associate Editors disabled or families of disabled or ate experience. If necessary, an attorney propriate requests,” he said. Heather J. Holloway, Esq. deceased attorneys can now receive will be recruited to fill special requests. “Assigned attorneys will be screened Stacey Z. Jumper, Esq. emergency assistance on practice issues The Senior Lawyers Professional & before we make an assignment, to be Asima Panigrahi, Esq. Brian K. Sims, Esq. from the Senior Lawyers Professional Public Service Committee, re-estab- sure the fit is appropriate. If a lawyer and Public Service Committee. lished in 2006 under Chancellor Alan has an area of expertise, we’ll ask an Contributing Editor “Anyone in need of assistance to M. Feldman, sought ideas for initiatives attorney to lend us a hand where a Richard Max Bockol, Esq. handle an emergency in a practice or from its membership. particular specialty is involved,” Fry- to wind down a practice is eligible,” “There is a significant number of man said. Advisory Editors Bruce H. Bikin, Esq. said Louis W. Fryman, chair of the com- senior attorneys with the time, experi- The committee’s mission is to: Molly Peckman, Esq. mittee. ence and expertise,” Fryman said. “We • Provide assistance and service to Marc W. Reuben, Esq. “A widow of a single practitioner, a were looking for ideas on what we the courts, the Bar Association and the partner burdened with his own files, could do with all those skills and talent public, while finding useful outlets for Director of Communications or an attorney who is disabled either in order to serve the profession and the the wisdom and experience of senior Mark A.