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The Monthly Newspaper of the Philadelphia Bar Association Vol. 36, No. 11 November 2007 Nominating Marks Accepts Committee O’Connor Award Selects 8 for n By Molly Peckman Bar Offices Passion and pride were resounding themes at the Association’s Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon on Oct. The Philadelphia Bar Association’s 16 when Lynn A. Marks accepted the 2007 Sandra Day Nominating Committee nominated the O’Connor Award and shared her four guiding principles following candidates for Bar Associa- and Ann Weaver Hart, the first woman president of tion offices on Oct. 11: Vice Chancellor, Temple University, gave the keynote speech and traced the Scott F. Cooper; Secretary, Kathleen D. impact of the university on the audience and community. Wilkinson; Assistant Secretary, Sophia Marks, the executive director of Pennsylvanians for Mod- Lee; Treasurer, Jeffrey M. Lindy; Assistant ern Courts and a champion for court reform in Pennsylva- Treasurer, Joseph A. Prim Jr. nia, demonstrated the mentoring skills she was honored for The Committee also made the fol- by reminding the audience members to follow their passions lowing nominations for three-year terms and dreams. Marks talked about her own deep commit- (three of five positions) on the Board of ment to social change as evidenced by her work for legal Governors: Michael J. Berkowitz, Karen reform and equality of justice at PMC since 1990. Marks Detamore and Maria A. Feeley. also served as the executive director of Women Organized Notice is hereby given that the Philadel- Against Rape and board chair of the Women’s Law Project phia Bar Association is accepting addi- and the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered tional nominations for candidates for Bar Women. Photo by Jeff Lyons offices to be elected by the membership Lynn A. Marks, executive director of Pennsylvanians Marks told the audience to follow their passions by at the Association’s Annual Meeting and for Modern Courts, spoke of forging common ground continued on page 17 and living with a sense of urgency. Election on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. continued on page 21 Reich to Receive Wachovia Fidelity Award Dec. 4 In This Issue n By Jeff Lyons recipient,” said Wachovia Fidelity Award Meeting Luncheon, which begins at 12 4 Morr to Speak Committee Chair Mary A. Platt. “Abe is p.m. at the Park Hyatt Philadelphia, Abraham C. Reich, former Chan- a consummate professional and beloved Broad and Walnut streets. 5 Focus on Crime cellor of the Philadelphia Bar Associa- member of our Bar. He has worked Reich, who served as Chancellor tion and a partner with Fox Rothschild tirelessly to improve our legal profes- in 1995, is a member of the board of 9 Press Freedom LLP, has been selected as the recipient sion and our judicial system, to increase directors of Jenkins Law Library and of the Association’s Wachovia Fidelity legal services to those who cannot afford the Continuing Legal 13 2007 Bench-Bar Award. The presentation will be made them, and to promote the highest ethi- Education Board. He is a member of the 16 YLD at Aquarium at the Annual Meeting Luncheon on cal standards for all lawyers. He is the House of Delegates of both the Ameri- Tuesday, Dec. 4. lawyer that we should all strive to be.” can Bar Association and Pennsylvania 21 Bar Foundation “I am very pleased that the Com- Chancellor-Elect A. Michael Pratt will Bar Association. mittee selected Abe Reich to be the outline his plans for 2008 at the Annual continued on page 4

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2 Philadelphia Bar Reporter November 2007 philadelphiabar.org Frontline Pennsylvania Needs to Improve Editor-in-Chief Sunah Park, Esq. Fairness of Death Penalty System Associate Editors Heather J. Holloway, Esq. Asima Panigrahi, Esq. Last month, the American Bar several law student research assistants. in Philadelphia and elsewhere, that the Stacey Z. Jumper, Esq. Association issued a lengthy analy- The report highlights, with great detail, death penalty continues to be imposed in Brian K. Sims, Esq. sis of Pennsylvania’s death penalty numerous deficiencies in the current an arbitrary, capricious and discrimina- Kathryn C. Harr, Esq. system. Based upon the principle that system - deficiencies that demand critical tory manner.” Ria C. Momblanco, Esq. fairness and accuracy form the founda- action. The Philadelphia Bar Association The report from the ABA identifies a Regina Parker, Esq. tion of the American criminal justice has recognized these number of specific areas Contributing Editor system, the sweeping report concludes significant concerns for By Jane Dalton for reform, including: Richard Max Bockol, Esq. that Pennsylvania’s death penalty has many years in numerous inadequate procedures many significant shortcomings. Most section- and committee- to protect the innocent; Advisory Editors capital jurisdictions in the United States sponsored resolutions failure to protect against Bruce H. Bikin, Esq. have not had such a comprehensive adopted by our Board poor defense lawyer- Molly Peckman, Esq. Marc W. Reuben, Esq. examination conducted of their death of Governors. We have ing; no state funding of penalty systems. conveyed these concerns capital indigent defense Director of Communications We commend the report, which was through correspondence services, resulting in a Mark A. Tarasiewicz the result of a thorough two-year exami- with state officials and failure to afford uniform, Senior Managing Editor nation by the Pennsylvania Death Penalty legislators, testimony, quality representation to Jeff Lyons Assessment Team of the ABA’s Death editorials and forums. many capital defendants; Penalty Moratorium Implementation For nearly a decade, inadequate access to Copy Editor Project. We applaud the contributions of our Association has experts and investigators; Adrienne Cornwall the Philadelphia-based members of the supported a moratorium on executions lack of statewide data on death-eligible Executive Director ABA’s Assessment Team, including Profes- in Pennsylvania until such time as the cases; significant limitations on post- Kenneth Shear sor Anne Bowen Poulin of the Villanova fair and impartial administration of the conviction relief; significant capital juror University School of Law (chair); Profes- death penalty can be ensured and the risk confusion; and racial and geographi- The Philadelphia Bar Reporter (ISSN 1098-5352) is published monthly and available by subscription for $45 sor David Rudovsky, senior fellow at the that innocent persons may be executed is cal disparities in Pennsylvania’s capital per year by the Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Mar- University of Pennsylvania Law School; minimized. In November 1997, the Phil- sentencing. ket St., 11th floor, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911. Period- and Gregory P. Miller, founding share- adelphia Bar Association joined the ABA The report also includes a detailed icals postage paid at Philadelphia, Pa. POSTMASTER: holder of the law firm of Miller, Alfano & and the Pennsylvania Bar Association in series of recommendations to improve Send address changes to Philadelphia Bar Reporter, c/o Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market St., 11th Raspanti, P.C. The team also included a calling for a nationwide moratorium on Pennsylvania’s death penalty proceedings floor, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911. Telephone: (215) Delaware County Common Pleas Court executions until policies and procedures to ensure fairness at all stages. They in- 238-6300. Association Web site: philadelphiabar.org. judge and an assistant district attorney are implemented to ensure due process. clude requiring all law enforcement agen- Newspaper e-mail address: [email protected]. The editorial and other views expressed in the Phila- from Montgomery County as well as The resolution cited “a substantial risk, continued on page 12 delphia Bar Reporter are not necessarily those of the Association, its officers or its members. Advertising rates and information are available from Howard Hyatt at MediaTwo, 1014 W. 36th St., Baltimore, MD, 21211. Telephone: (410) 902-5797. Sections, YLD Schedule Holiday Events Page 1 skyline photo by Edward Savaria, Jr./PCVB Th e Pr o b a t e a n d Tr u s t La w Se c t i o n For more information or to purchase kicks off the holiday season with its tickets to any of these events, visit Annual Reception on Tuesday, Nov. 27 WebCheck philadelphiabar.org Tell Us at the Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel beginning at 5 p.m. What You Think! The State Civil Litigation Section will Award and Harris Steinberg of Penn and public interest attorneys. A special The Philadelphia Bar Reporter hold its Annual Meeting and Reception Praxis will present the keynote remarks. package including a ticket to the event welcomes letters to the editors for on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at the National Tickets are $40. and a contribution to the Higginbotham publication. Letters should be typed. Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut St., The Young Lawyers Division will Scholarship is also available for $100. The There is no word limit, but editors beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $45. hold its Annual Holiday Party on Thurs- Section will present its annual Andrew reserve the right to condense for The Family Law Section will hold its day, Nov. 29 at Triumph Brewing Com- Hamilton Award at the program. clarity, style and space consider- Annual Dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 28 pany, 117 Chestnut St., from 6 to 9 p.m. The Criminal Justice Section Annual ations. Letters must be signed to at Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse, The Workers’ Compensation Section Reception and Awards event will be held verify authorship, but names will be 111 S. 17th St. Tickets are $60 for em- Holiday Party will be Tuesday, Dec. 4 Dec. 6 at 5:30 p.m. at Loews Philadelphia withheld upon request. Letters may ployees of the First Judicial District; $65 at the Pyramid Club, 1735 Market St., Hotel, 1200 Market St. Court of Com- be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to: Jeff for members of the Family Law Section where the Martha Hampton Award will mon Pleas President Judge C. Darnell Lyons, Senior Managing Editor, Phila- delphia Bar Reporter, Philadelphia and $70 for non-members. There is no be presented. Tickets are $40. Jones II will receive the Section’s Thur- Bar Association, 1101 Market St., charge for Family Court judges to attend. The Public Interest Section Annual good Marshall Award. Tickets are $45. 11th floor, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107- The Real Property Section Annual Reception and Awards Ceremony will be The Tax Section will hold its Annual 2911. Phone: (215) 238-6345. Fax: Meeting will be held at Loews Philadel- Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 5 p.m. at Loews Meeting and CLE on Wednesday, Dec. (215) 238-1159. E-mail: reporter@ phia Hotel, 1200 Market St., on Thurs- Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market St. 12 at the Rittenhouse Hotel, 210 W. Rit- philabar.org. day, Nov. 29 at 12 p.m. Karen Black of Tickets are $50 for members of the Public tenhouse Square. For more information BIA will receive the Section’s Good Deed Interest Section and $35 for government about the CLE, please visit pbi.org. philadelphiabar.org November 2007 Philadelphia Bar Reporter 3 Reich Select Greater Phila.’s Morr continued from page 1 to Speak at Nov. 26 Program Previous winners of the Wachovia Fidelity Award are William R. Klaus (1966); Frank Zal (1967); Sidney Schul- Thomas G. Morr, presi- with the firm of Michael F. man (1968); Fairfax Leary Jr. (1969); dent and CEO of Select Colley and Associates of Co- Herman I. Pollock (1970); Leon J. Greater Philadelphia, will lumbus, Ohio. Obermayer (1971); Robert D. Abrahams discuss the organization’s ef- Morr serves as a member (1972); Elwood S. Levy and Edward forts and successes in attract- of the National Air and Space W. Madeira Jr. (1973); Henry T. Reath ing companies nationally and Museum Board at the Smith- (1974); Edwin D. Wolf (1975); Marjorie internationally to this region sonian Institution, and is a Greenfield and James R. Redeker (1976); and how the Bar Association member emeritus of the Board Judge Nochem S. Winnet (1977); Mor- can assist with those efforts on and Executive Committee of Morr ris L. Forer (1978); William E. Zeiter Monday, Nov. 26. the Washington Airports Task (1979); Lewis H. VanDusen Jr. (1980); Select Greater Philadelphia Force and of the Washington John Rogers Carroll (1981); Robert W. is a regional economic development Dulles Foreign Trade Zone. He is a past Abraham C. Reich Sayre (1982); Frank J. Benasutti and marketing organization created to pro- chairman of the Board of Directors of the Michael A. Bloom (1983); Seymour I. er and Bruce A. Franzel (1996); Gerald mote the Greater Philadelphia region as a Virginia Tourism Corporation, an affiliate Toll (1984); Henry W. Sawyer III (1985); A. McHugh and Joseph A. Torregrossa premier business location. The program is of the Virginia Economic Development Carl Oxholm III (1987); Francis P. (1997); André L. Dennis (1998); Wil- sponsored by the Real Property Section, Partnership. He has also co-chaired the Devine III (1988); Robert B. Wolf and liam H. Ewing (1999); David T. Sykes Business Law Section and International Governor’s Commission on Develop- Maureen McCullough (1989); William (2000); Robert C. Heim (2001); Barbara Law Committee. ment of the Virginia Travel and Tourism H. Brown III (1990); Alba Martinez- Sicalides (2002); Larry Fox (2003); Frank Prior to joining Select Greater Phila- Industry. He is the former chairman of Velez (1991); Richard N. Weiner (1992); J. Montemuro (2004); Lawrence J. Beaser delphia in June 2005, Morr served as the World Cities Alliance. Thomas B. Rutter (1993); David N. (2005); Stephen D. Brown and Samuel the managing partner of the Greater The program begins at 12 p.m. and Hofstein and Mary Gay Scanlon (1994); W. Silver (2006). The award was not Washington Initiative, an organiza- will be held in the 11th floor Conference David Unkovic (1995); Suzanne E. Turn- presented in 1986. tion that markets the National Capital Center of Bar Association headquarters, area. He earned his Juris Doctor degree 1101 Market St. Lunch is available for To order tickets for the Annual from American University in Washing- $7.50 for those members who register Meeting Luncheon on Tuesday, Dec. ton, D.C. and a Bachelor of Arts degree in advance. Visit philadelphiabar.org to WebCheck 4, visit philadelphiabar.org. from Ohio University. He practiced law RSVP for this program.

4 Philadelphia Bar Reporter November 2007 philadelphiabar.org CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECTION City Needs Better Focus to Fight Crime, Nutter Says n By Heather J. Holloway “Only a minority of Philadelphia residents are committing a majority of Philadelphia suffers from a lack of the crimes with illegal weapons and those focus, discipline and initiative in its battle who are not carrying illegal weapons have against crimes, especially those commit- nothing to fear from the initiative,” he ted with illegal weapons, Democratic said. The initiative will be further devel- mayoral candidate Michael Nutter told oped and implemented with the oversight members of the Criminal Justice Section, of an advisory committee; police officers adding he intends to use as a will be retrained and will have extensive model for improvement if elected. supervision; issues and problems will be Nutter said New York is expected to tracked and addressed; and the public report its lowest homicide figure since will be kept informed through educa- 1962. On the other hand, Philadelphia, tional campaigns. Nutter’s goal is not to which has a population that is five times have officers spend the majority of their smaller than New York, surpassed its time stopping, questioning, and frisking northern neighbor in the number of people; rather, the goal is to change the homicides reported for the year based on culture and mindset of the community

March/April 2007 statistics. The former about carrying illegal weapons. Photo by Jeff Lyons city councilman ad- Recalling a recent Michael Nutter dressed the section at discussion with to ensure that they are employing ex-of- paths to pursue public service roles. its Sept. 25 meeting. Podcast inmates at Grater- fenders who are in need of employment. He addressed the ford Prison, Nutter Calling on community action, Nutter Heather J. Holloway, an associate at Thorp Family Law Section Spotlight noted concerns encouraged those in attendance to con- Reed & Armstrong, LLP, is an associate editor on Oct. 1. Nutter’s Visit philadelphiabar.org to listen to that younger adults sider a temporary detour from their career of the Philadelphia Bar Reporter. Republican oppo- the podcast from this meeting. have no idea of the nent, Al Taubenberg- consequences of their er, addressed the Section on Oct. 30. actions (e.g., that a life sentence is indeed Nutter intends to focus on building re- life). Studies show that grades 6 through EAST FALLS • MANAYUNK lationships with legislators in Harrisburg, 8 represent a turning point for most leaders in the five surrounding counties, young adults who grow up to become of- as well as relationships with leaders across fenders. Therefore, it is important to give NOW the state. He cautioned that Philadelphia young adults proper role models; begin LEASING! cannot wait for Harrisburg to act but conflict resolution training at an early age; instead needs to coordinate the resources and invest in educational, vocational and that it already has and stop complaining after-school programs. “We must also about that which it does not have. Nutter remember that college is not for everyone is prepared to make short, medium and and resist efforts to cut non-academic long-term investments to have long-term courses and programs when faced with positive results but stressed the impor- budget problems. A trade class, art class tance of having a plan to deal with the or music class may be the one thing that homicide problems that exist in Philadel- keeps some students coming to school phia today. every day,” he said. Noting that almost all homicides Nutter also seeks to address the prob- committed within the city are committed lem of ex-offenders who become repeat with illegal handguns, Nutter defended offenders. Nutter favors alternative sen- his “Stop-Question-Frisk” initiative, an tencing and is exploring ways to address aggressive pursuit of illegal weapons that prison overcrowding on a case-by-case ba- Nutter also characterizes as “Stop-Think- sis. Upon release, however, ex-offenders Don’t Carry.” Nutter acknowledged are returning to the same neighborhoods civil rights concerns but stated that his with the same substance abuse problems program will be pursued within the para- and without education or jobs. Employ- Luxury Apartment Homes mters of the constitution. “Philadelphians ment opportunities are key to resolving New Construction also have a right to be free from being the repeat offender problem. The city shot,” he said. Nutter defended the initia- must be the first employer to reexamine • Direct access garage • Coffered ceilings & wood flooring tive against concerns of racial profiling, its hiring practices, followed by those • 10’ ceiling with bay windows • Wine racks & plant shelves stating that the initiative is about crime, vendors that contract with the city, setting • Business center • Pool/Fitness center not race. If you are carrying an illegal examples for other employers, he said. If weapon, Nutter said he is coming after elected, Nutter also intends to work with 4055 Ridge Avenue • (215) 438-4888 • www.dobsonmillsapartments.com you, regardless of your race. employers like the construction industry philadelphiabar.org November 2007 Philadelphia Bar Reporter 5 Bar Announces Ratings for Judicial Election

Chancellor Jane Dalton and Shel- complete “Voters Guide to the Judicial involvement. The complete criteria are betically, were found NOT RECOM- ley R. Smith, Chair of the Association’s Elections.” Dalton said the Association available from the Bar Association. MENDED for retention to the Munici- Commission on Judicial Selection and wants voters to know “not just who to The following judges, listed alphabeti- pal Court: Retention, have announced the results of vote for but why the judicial elections are cally, were found RECOMMENDED Georganne V. Daher the Commission’s investigation into the so important and why we invest so much for retention to the Court of Common Deborah S. Griffin qualifications of candidates for Phila- time and energy in reviewing and rating Pleas: The Commission reiterated its ratings delphia’s Court of Common Pleas and these candidates. This is the one place for Mark I. Bernstein of the following candidates who have Municipal Court in the Nov. 6 general voters to find thorough, non-partisan, Gary DiVito been found RECOMMENDED for election. objective ratings of the candidates.” John W. Herron election to the Court of Common Pleas: In addition, the Judicial Commis- The Commission on Judicial Selec- C. Darnell Jones II Linda Carpenter sion also released the results of a poll of tion and Retention is independent and Barbara A. Joseph Alice Beck Dubow all Philadelphia lawyers conducted for non-partisan. It includes lawyers and Shelley Robins New Michael Erdos the Bar Association earlier this year by non-lawyers. Among the members of Rosalyn K. Robinson Joyce Eubanks Votenet. The poll invited respondents the Commission are the chief public de- Peter F. Rogers Ellen Green-Ceisler to rate specific aspects of the judicial fender, the president judges of the Com- M. Teresa Sarmina The Commission reiterated its rating performance of each of the retention mon Pleas and Municipal Courts, and Edward R. Summers of the following candidate who has been judges. Under the bylaws of the Associa- representatives from the Asian, Hispanic The following judges, listed alphabeti- found RECOMMENDED for election tion, the poll is not binding upon the and African American legal groups. cally, were found RECOMMENDED to the Municipal Court: Commission’s deliberations, although it The ratings by the 30-member Judicial for retention to Municipal Court: Joseph J. O’Neill must be published with the Commission’s Commission follow extensive study and Teresa Carr Deni The Commission reiterated its rating findings. The complete poll results are investigation by five-member panels of Ronald B. Merriweather of the following candidate who has been available from the Bar Association. the Commission’s own 120-member Wendy L. Pew found NOT RECOMMENDED for Dalton pointed out that the Associa- investigative division, which includes Louis J. Presenza election to the Municipal Court: tion’s Campaign for Qualified Judges has 40 non-lawyer members. Those found The following judges, listed alpha- Jacquelyn Frazier-Lyde launched a pop-up window that appears Recommended satisfied a cumulative re- whenever anyone visits the Association’s view of criteria including legal ability and Web site. The window lists ratings that training, trial experience, character and For a complete guide to the Judicial can be printed out and taken to the polls integrity, judicial temperament, mental WebCheck Elections, visit philadelphiabar.org. on Nov. 6. The Web site also features a and physical capacity and community

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philadelphiabar.org November 2007 Philadelphia Bar Reporter 7 Professor: Judge Temin to Receive Kennedy Beccaria Award Nov. 14 is Most Philadelphia Court of Common Court of Common Pleas from 1991 to Pleas Senior Judge Carolyn Engel Temin the present and, since 1994, has served as will receive the 14th Annual the homicide calendar judge, Influential Beccaria Award in a ceremo- bearing the responsibility of ny presented by the Criminal scheduling the entire homi- Justice Section and The cide docket. n By Brian K. Sims Justinian Society of Philadel- Judge Temin chairs the phia on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at Trial Division Education Photo by Jeff Lyons Even though John Roberts serves Prof. Rand E. Rosenblatt City Hall. Committee and co-chairs the as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme The Beccaria Award is Jury Selection Strategic Plan Court, Justice Anthony Kennedy has calls the “reformation of interpretation” presented annually to a judge, Committee. As education become not just the most influential that the court is currently undergoing, scholar or practitioner for chair, she organizes the special justice on the nation’s highest court but explaining that rather than simply over- outstanding contributions to new judges’ orientation pro- perhaps the most influential justice of ruling precedential decisions, the court the cause of justice and the Temin gram and other educational the modern era, a constitutional scholar is allowing them to stand, but drastically advancement of legal educa- programs. told members of the Women’s Rights and changing their existing interpretation. tion. Cesare Beccaria was an 18th century Judge Temin served as an assistant dis- Civil Rights Committee. “Roberts was asked whether he would Italian scholar whose writings presaged trict attorney for seven years and assistant Rutgers University Camden Law respect precedent and he said he would the dawn of the modern penal system. defender with the Defender Association School Professor Rand E. Rosenblatt also not overrule a past decision unless it had This year’s award recognizes Judge Temin’s for six years. She is a 1958 graduate of the criticized Chief Justice Roberts for failing proven unworkable, or its basis in law distinguished achievements in the field of University of Pennsylvania Law School. to live up to the testimony he gave during had been eroded by other Supreme Court criminal justice. The ceremony begins at 5 p.m. in his confirmation hearings. decisions,” said Rosenblatt. Judge Temin was initially elected to a Room 202 of City Hall with a reception “When Chief Justice John Roberts was As a formal matter, Rosenblatt ex- 10-year term to the Court of Common afterward. being considered for the court, he said plained that the court only overturned Pleas in 1984 and was retained for a The program is open to all members of that he hoped he could lead the court to three earlier precedents in 2007 but second term beginning in 1994. She has the bench and bar and to area university more unanimous and instead had made served in the Homicide Division of the law students. less fractured deci- changes to “interpre- sions. A sharply di- Podcast tation” of precedential vided court suggested decisions in areas of to the public that the Spotlight school segregation, court was politicized Visit philadelphiabar.org to listen to equal pay for mi- the podcast from this meeting. and cast doubts on norities, freedom of its legitimacy as a speech, the separation court of law,” Rosenblatt said at the Oct. of church and state, and others. 1 program. “One obvious example,” said Rosenb- Instead, said Rosenblatt, there has latt, “is the change to the court’s interpre- not been any decline in the number of tation of existing abortion laws.” Rather 5-4 decisions so far this year and in fact, than overrule the precedent set by Casey the 33 percent of Supreme Court cases v. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern decided this year by a 5-4 margin is the Pennsylvania, Rosenblatt discussed how highest in recent history. the court effectively removed many of “Of those 24, 5-4 decisions, 19 of the protections established by Casey by them were decided on ideological lines reinterpreting the standard by which the between liberal and conservative ideolo- state can challenge abortion procedures. gies,” of which the conservative view- In banning partial-birth abortion, he OVER 90% OF LAW FIRMS point prevailed in 13 of the 19 decisions said, the court opened up the existing REPORTED TAPES BREAKING “because they were joined by Justice precedent to allow future challenges to DOWN OCCASIONALLY OR FREQUENTLY, IMPACTING Kennedy,” Rosenblatt said. other abortion laws based not on medical THE PRODUCTIVITY OF THEIR He was quick to note that Justice necessity and proven science but instead ATTORNEYS AND SECRETARIES* Kennedy was in the majority 100 percent on gray definitions of “public sensibility” 60,000 attorneys worldwide no longer of the time in those cases and that he dis- and “societal values.” have this problem. 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8 Philadelphia Bar Reporter November 2007 philadelphiabar.org bar-news media committee Press Freedom, Sources, Shield Law Debated n By Asima Panigrahi

The phrase “freedom of the press” needs to be constantly reexamined because the term “press” is always in flux and “freedom is defined by whoever is in power, or who has the power to enforce those freedoms,” a panelist told members of the Bar-News Media Committee and a group from the Philadelphia Public Relations Association on Oct. 3. “People get their information in a lot of different ways, and it is not up to us as a society to say what is legitimate,” added David Brown, president of BrownPart- ners, a public relations firm. Brown was joined on the panel by Michael Berry of Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, L.L.P.; Photo by Jeff Lyons Panelists for the Oct. 3 program on freedom of the press included (from left) Michael Berry, Adam Bonin, David Brown, Prof. Jan Ting of Temple University Beas- Don Polig and Prof. Jan Ting. The panel was moderated by Anne Gordon. ley School of Law; Don Polig, a producer at WHYY and Adam Bonin, a partner at considerations. against the use of shield legislation that is currently before Cozen O’Connor. Anne Gordon, former Gordon said anonymous sources, Congress. Bonin addressed the problem- managing editor of The Philadelphia shield laws have re- Podcast but that “the interests atic issues arising from the government Inquirer and current partner at Dubilier ceived negative press Spotlight of justice override the defining the concept of “journalism” and & Co., served as moderator. due to several rare, yet non-constitutional, noted that freedom of the press cannot Gordon opened the discussion by ask- high-profile cases. She Visit philadelphiabar.org to listen to selfish and lazy be limited to “press that the government the podcast from this meeting. ing each panelist if freedom of the press further noted that interests of journalists decides is responsible press.” Ting argued was in jeopardy, and proposed lack of many local Philadel- who don’t want to do that “all shield laws are bad; they have civic engagement, financial, judicial and/ phia stories, such as the corruption in the investigative work it takes to establish nothing to do with freedom of the press or political factors as potential reasons. City Hall and the Philadelphia Police De- a story.” and they have nothing to do with the Ting adamantly denied that freedom partment, would have not been revealed In discussing WHYY’s partnership First Amendment.” of the press is in jeopardy and argued but for anonymous sources. Berry further with the Philadelphia Daily News in The “Journalists make mistakes, they are that shield laws are an “attempt to reach a reinforced this argument by pointing out Next Mayor project, Polig, the only jour- human, and when they make big mis- corrupt bargain between lazy government that the majority of stories on the cover nalist on the panel, noted that “people takes, they get sued,” said Berry. officials and lazy and corrupt journalists.” of the Oct. 3 Philadelphia Inquirer came have less time, ironically, to find the The panel also discussed the impact that from anonymous sources. Polig said that source of their struggles, which they could Asima Panigrahi, an associate at White and high profile cases such as Wen Ho Lee most sources would not want to talk with a healthy and engaged press.” Williams LLP, is an associate editor of the and Valerie Plame have had on free press without anonymity. Ting said he is not The panel then discussed the federal Philadelphia Bar Reporter.

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10 Philadelphia Bar Reporter November 2007 philadelphiabar.org minorities in the profession committee Plaintiffs’ Firms Targeting Diversity n By Kathryn C. Harr Podcast Plaintiffs’ firms need to expand the ways in which they seek out and Spotlight retain diverse attorneys, panelists from Visit philadelphiabar.org to listen to the plaintiffs’ bar explained at a recent the podcast from this meeting. meeting of the Minorities in the Profes- sion Committee. usual hiring process happens after a firm “I was horrified by the article in The is in urgent need to hire and reaches out Legal Intelligencer several months ago … to someone already within its profes- to read that five lawyers out of 300 [or so] Photo by Jeff Lyons sional or social network. Plaintiffs’ firms Panelists for the Sept. 27 Minorities in the Profession program included (from are African American. It’s just embar- left) Mark W. Tanner, Bernard Smalley, Laura A. Feldman, Nadeem A. Bezar and often do not have or use human resources rassing and humiliating and very, very Shanin Specter. Ruben Honik (not pictured) also participated. departments, summer associate programs bad,” Shanin Specter, a partner at Kline or advertising when hiring. & Specter and co-chair of the Philadel- them is an online job bank that plaintiffs’ the PTLA Diversity Committee; Nadeem “One of the reasons why we’re here phia Trial Lawyers Association’s Diversity firms looking to hire can use to search A. Bezar, a partner at Kolsby, Gordon, is because we in the plaintiffs’ bar have Committee, commented. resumes of diverse candidates. PTLA has Robin, Shore & Bezar and president of not been able or have not done a good “When the article was published, it also appointed liaisons to minority bar the South Asian Bar Association of Phila- job of communicating with law students was a wake-up call for all of us,” added associations and reached out to minor- delphia; Bernard Smalley, a shareholder particularly through career planning and Mark W. Tanner, a partner at Feldman, ity organizations within the five area law at Anapol Schwartz and past president of not made ourselves available through that Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner and schools. Further, advertising for open jobs PTLA; and Ruben Honik, a partner at process,” Specter noted. The majority Weinstock and president of PTLA, will be e-mailed to law schools, minority Golomb & Honik and past president of of the panelists described how personal added. bar associations and other contacts. PTLA. or professional connections, rather than In response, PTLA’s Diversity Com- Other panelists at the luncheon “We need to expand the networks their law school career services depart- mittee has embarked on a number of included Laura A. Feldman, a partner that are relied upon by plaintiffs’ firms in ment, enabled them to obtain their first initiatives to address the problem. Among with Feldman & Pinto and co-chair of hiring,” Tanner explained, noting that the continued on page 19

philadelphiabar.org November 2007 Philadelphia Bar Reporter 11 public interest section 6 CLE Credits Available at Public Interest Law Day n By Cindy Rosenthal and cussion titled, “Tips from the Bench for nia Interpreters Act.” To register for this a strong commitment to public interest Ourania Papademetriou the Public Interest Practitioner,” featuring program, contact the Pennsylvania Bar work. The award was established by the the Judge Stephen Bosch, administrative Institute at (800) 932-4637 or register Section’s Law School Outreach Commit- The Association’s Public Interest law judge for the Social Security Admin- online at www.pbi.org. tee, which provides educational programs, Section will host its most ambitious Pub- istration; Judge M. Faith Angell, U.S. Public Interest Law Day will be fol- pro bono opportunities and networking lic Interest Law Day yet on Wednesday, Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District lowed by the Section’s Annual Recep- events for law students to encourage Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The of Pennsylvania; and Judge Flora Wolf tion and Awards Ceremony at Loews them to consider public service as a career CLE Conference Center. of the Philadelphia Court of Common Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market St. The choice. “We designed this program for public Pleas, Family Division. awards ceremony, which starts at 5 p.m., The Section is now seeking sponsors interest, pro bono and private practitio- Public Interest Law Day also will offer celebrates the activities of public interest for the Public Interest Section Annual Re- ners who are interested in learning more a workshop on recent Supreme Court attorneys and features the presentation ception and Awards Ceremony. Proceeds about public interest law and other timely decisions and a panel discussion that of the 2007 Andrew Hamilton Award from this event fund the Higginbotham issues affecting the pro bono commu- explores the changing nature of public for distinguished public service advo- Scholarship program. For more informa- nity,” said Catherine C. Carr, chair of the interest law practice. Several nuts-and- cacy. The Section also will continue its tion about becoming a sponsor, please Delivery of Legal Services Committee bolts sessions will be offered that provide tradition of selecting the agency that will contact Abbie DuFrayne at (215) 686- CLE Planning Committee and executive an overview of specific substantive areas receive its Judge A. Leon Higginbotham 4057 or at Albertine.DuFrayne@courts. director of Community Legal Services. of the law, including municipal court Scholarship during the awards ceremony. phila.gov. Public Interest Law Day features a practice; consumer law for the non-prac- This $4,000 scholarship is awarded to a We hope that you will join us at these distinguished faculty of judges and public titioners (including predatory lending; public interest organization to enable it events and help celebrate the work of our interest law experts and offers participants identity theft; mortgage foreclosures; and to hire a law student for the following public interest attorneys and the activities the choice of attending 11 different CLE fair debt collection practices); veterans summer. The Section also will present of the Public Interest Section! sessions, for a total of 6 CLE credits. In benefits; and health law. The program will its second annual Law Student Awards. all, seven substantive sessions and four conclude with an ethics session, “Ethical These awards recognize a third-year law Cindy Rosenthal is chair of the Public Interest ethics sessions will be offered. Obligations of Working with Interpreters: student from each of the five Philadelphia Section. Ourania Papademetriou is co-chair of The program opens with a panel dis- Implementation of the New Pennsylva- area law schools who has demonstrated the Delivery of Legal Services Committee.

NABE Workshop Mike Lee (from left), a law student at Drexel University, Mau- reen Olives, director of public interest programs at Temple University Beasley School of Law; and Carl Oxholm III, vice president and general counsel of Drexel University, discuss getting future bar association members from law schools at an Oct. 12 session at the National Association of Bar Execu- tives Communications Section Workshop at the Doubletree Hotel. The conference featured more than 100 bar association communications executives from across the country. Mark A. Tarasiewicz, the Association’s director of communications, chaired the workshop and Adrienne Cornwall, managing editor of The Philadelphia Lawyer magazine, served as local spon- sorship liaison. Photo by Mark A. Tarasiewicz

death penalty system is preliminary. It ing any reduction in federal funding for the creation of a commission to study the Frontline calls on Pennsylvania to conduct a com- capital case resource centers or post-con- death penalty. continued from page 3 prehensive study to determine whether viction defender organizations. We urge the Commonwealth of there are disparities, whether racial, Additionally, we are on record against Pennsylvania to devote all necessary cies to videotape or audiotape the entirety socio-economic, geographic or otherwise, the imposition of capital punishment on resources to address the recommendations of custodial interrogations in potential in its death penalty system and to develop juveniles and the mentally disabled, and contained in the ABA’s report without capital cases; implementing mandatory and implement proposals to address such have opposed the automatic issuance of delay. The critical need for improvements lineup procedures that protect against disparities. execution warrants by the governor if he is clear. false eyewitness identifications; preserv- Your Bar Association has long advo- fails to act once a sentence of death has ing all biological evidence for as long as cated for expert advice and assistance to been upheld by the Supreme Court of Jane Dalton, a partner at Duane Morris LLP, the defendant remains incarcerated; and counsel in death penalty matters. We Pennsylvania. is Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar As- statewide funding of capital indigent have adopted a resolution supporting the Our leaders have also testified before sociation. Her e-mail address is Chancellor@ defense services. creation of a Pennsylvania Capital Case the Senate Judiciary Committee in sup- philabar.org. The ABA’s review of Pennsylvania’s Resource Center, and a resolution oppos- port of a death penalty moratorium and

12 Philadelphia Bar Reporter November 2007 philadelphiabar.org 2007 bench-bar conference Judge Henderson’s Life, Decisions Recounted n By Jeff Lyons

When Thelton Henderson was a young lawyer working for the Justice Department in the early 1960s, he made a deci- sion that changed his life. He decided to loan his government car to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Andrew Young because he feared for their safety. That decision ultimately cost him his job. Henderson survived that decision, and eventually was appointed to the federal bench by President Jimmy Carter. Henderson’s story has been chronicled by filmmaker Abby Ginsberg in the documen- Judge Louis H. Pollak Judge Theodore McKee tary “Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson’s American Journey,” which was shown at the opening session of the 2007 Bench-Bar Conference at Bally’s Atlantic City on Sept. 28. The screening was follow- ed by a panel discussion fea- turing U.S. District Court Senior Judge Louis H. Pollak, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Theodore McKee, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judges Frederica A. Massiah-Jackson, Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro and M. Teresa Sarmina, along Photos by Jeff Lyons with Philadelphia Daily News Judges Frederica A. Massiah-Jackson (left) and Nitza I. Quin- Judge M. Teresa Sarmina and Philadelphia Daily News colum- columnist Jill Porter. Court of ones Alejandro. nist Jill Porter. Common Pleas President Judge C. Darnell Jones served as mod- “I think it’s a measure of the the car is the car. a couple of dollars? Is that OK? erator for the session. judge that even at this point, he the grand Personally, How far can you go to protect In a specially recorded wel- doesn’t believe he did something dragon of Podcast I probably or assist or help that client?” come to Bench-Bar Conference wrong,” said Porter. “It’s dif- the Ku Klux Spotlight wouldn’t A former government attor- attendees, Judge Henderson said ficult to think of that moment Klan, the lend the car ney, Judge Quinones Alejandro if he had the chance to do it all because it’s Dr. Martin Luther answer we Visit philadelphiabar.org to listen to to the grand said she was surprised Judge the podcast from this program. over again, he’d still lend the car King. Think if it was someone just heard dragon. Henderson didn’t contact his to King and Young. else at risk, someone who had would say But if King supervisors in Washington for Judge Pollak provided the a nefarious purpose. Would ‘you’ve got to give the person the were to ask me for the car, I like guidance. “Although we’re given context about the young lawyer it be appropriate under that car because you’re talking about to think I would have done the the liberty of making decisions, who was to become a judge. circumstance to lend him or her a human life. The easy answer same thing as Judge Hender- there are some decisions you run “The role he plays in Missis- that car? He did the right thing, is to say our ultimate obliga- son,” Judge McKee said. by your supervisor.” sippi, Louisiana and Alabama is morally for him,” she said. tion as a human being is to do Judge Massiah-Jackson said it “When you’re given the keys a unique one because he is the “If your client is the Kennedy what we have to do to further was a question of ethics. “When to the institutions of power one black lawyer representing administration or the people human life. It’s not all that easy you have a client, how close can that we have been entrusted the government at that crucial of the United States, then your because the principle we all you get to that client? Where do with, there is an obligation to time. I find it very difficult to obligation is to not do anything agree on gets a little funky when you cross the line in represent- use those keys wisely and do say, even in retrospect, that that is inconsistent with your we start applying it to different ing your client and taking care what we can to try and share he made the wrong decision,” duty to all of the people of circumstances. If that is really of your client? We know you the access that everybody is Judge Pollak said. “What I was the United States,” said Judge the principle, then the answer can’t lend them money, but entitled to. Because those people unprepared for was to hear how McKee. ought to be the same if it’s King maybe you have a client who without access may be victims devastating that event was for “And if you flip the facts and borrowing the car or the grand is really going through some of those with access,” said Judge Judge Henderson.” the person who wants to borrow dragon of the Klan borrowing hard times. Can you give them McKee. philadelphiabar.org November 2007 Philadelphia Bar Reporter 13 2007 bench-bar conference Electronic Presentations Can Help Sway Jurors n By Adrienne Cornwall which the opening was prepared, most of them said they had their minds made up Despite being one of the closing after the opening, he said. sessions, Robert J. Mongeluzzi’s “Elec- After delivering the opening statement tronic Trial Advocacy” CLE presentation to a standing-room-only crowd com- delivered the most persuasive of open- prised of several judges as well as attor- ing statements of the 2007 Bench-Bar neys, Mongeluzzi explained the benefits Conference. of using electronic presentations, but he Using a version of a real opening state- also cautioned that they are not appropri- ment he prepared for a liability lawsuit, ate in every situation. Also, he indicated Mongeluzzi demonstrated how electronic that some courts may be hesitant to presentations can persuade jurors in ways allow such presentations. He argued that that traditional evidence presentation they are a more reliable way to present cannot. an opening than allowing an attorney to Photo by Jeff Lyons Mongeluzzi’s opening statement about quote the evidence. Robert J. Mongeluzzi used a combination of clips of videotaped depositions, and diagrams and photographs to illustrate how persuasive electronic presentations a worker who died after falling from “Certainly if there’s something that’s can be to jurors. an unsafe landing into a pit of boiling inadmissible at trial, you’re not going to water and metal was accompanied by an be able to play it at opening. But if you’re particularly if their presence in court with before trial and judges aren’t caught electronic presentation that combined talking about competent, admissible differs significantly from the deposition. off guard. outlines, clips of videotaped depositions, evidence, I believe that the way that it’s Compared with presenting a witness with In a Delaware case Mongeluzzi tried, and diagrams and photographs of the going,” Mongeluzzi said, “you’re going to a transcript of the deposition, the video a judge approved the use of an electronic work site, all of which punctuated weak- be able to play it.” clip paints a more visible difference that presentation, reminding the defendants nesses in the defense’s position. Mongeluzzi recommended consistently can be difficult for a juror to ignore. that they are in a new century. “Juries are used to watching “CSI” and videotaping depositions in case of a pos- In order to get these types of video In fact, of the eight requests he has all that other stuff. When you give them sible need for a portion of the proceed- presentations admitted at opening, Mon- submitted to use such an electronic pre- evidence, unbiased evidence that they can ing, which may offer a more powerful geluzzi suggested keeping defendants and sentation at trial - arguing that if he can look at with their own eyes,” Monge- look at the witness’ responses. He also judges involved by sending advance cop- tell them what the facts are, he should be luzzi said, “it is hugely powerful.” When demonstrated the effect video evidence ies of the presentation to each. This step allowed to show them - seven have been he spoke to the jurors after the trial for can have when cross-examining witnesses, can ensure that any objections are dealt permitted. Web’s Growth Increases CDA Scrutiny, Panel Says n By Brett Schaeffer Anthony DiMeo alleges Web site opera- tor Tucker Max stepped outside his role Consider an old playground axiom as merely a Web site operator by actively when examining defamation on the soliciting visitors to the Web site to post Internet: Sticks and stones can break defamatory comments about DiMeo. your bones but names can never hurt you Papianou said the Eastern District dis- – especially if you’re a Web site operator missed DiMeo’s complaint, but DiMeo protected under the Communications has appealed. Decency Act. “The distinction between merely pub- Enacted in 1996, the CDA offers lishing information provided by a third protection to Web site operators against party as an interactive computer service charges of defamation. The law was Photo by Jeff Lyons and actually being responsible for creating Panelists for the Bench-Bar Conference program on Internet defamation in- established to “promote the continued cluded (from left) Natalie Klyashtorny, Jennifer Kronstain, John G. Papianou and or developing any of the information development of the Internet” with a Judge Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro. posted as an information content pro- minimum of government regulation, and vider was and continues to be critical to to “encourage service providers to self- tion. Jennifer Kronstain, principal of claims, said Papianou. He likened it to a the determination of whether the CDA regulate the dissemination of offensive KMG Worldwide, a public relations and newsstand operator being immune from provides a safe haven for defendants such material over their service,” according to media services firm, joined Philadelphia defamation claims against a newspaper or as Max,” wrote Papianou and Klyash- a paper presented at the Bar Association’s Court of Common Pleas Judge Nitza I. magazine sold at the newsstand. torny. 2007 Bench-Bar Conference. Quinones Alejandro as the other speakers The law has held up against several All panelists agreed that with the Natalie Klyashtorny of Nochumson for the session. challenges for more than decade, but Pa- continued growth of the Internet, the PC, and John G. Papianou of Mont- Owners and operators of Web sites pianou and Klyashtorny see some “chinks CDA is likely to come under increasing gomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, who publish potentially defamatory in the CDA armor.” scrutiny. “It’s only a matter of time before LLP, authored the paper and hosted the statements authored by third parties are Papianou cited a case currently before it goes before the Supreme Court,” said discussion on the Internet and Defama- generally protected against defamation the Third Circuit. In DiMeo v. Tucker, Klyashtorny.

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Court of Common Pleas Judge Joseph D. O’Keefe and Chancel- lor Jane Leslie Dalton (left photo) chat at the Grand Recep- tion at the Bench-Bar Conference on Sept. 28 at Bally’s Atlantic City. Court of Com- Superior Court Judge Correale F. Stevens (left) and mon Pleas Judge D. Commonwealth Court Judge Robin Simpson served Webster Keogh (right) as panelists for the Sept. 28 program on appellate shows off his cowboy advocacy. hat and boots at the Grand Reception. The theme of the confer- ence was “Saddle Up to a Bench-Bar Bonanza.”

Vice Chancellor Sayde J. Ladov gets a look at the Municipal Court and Court of Common Pleas’ new electronic filing system at the Bench-Bar Confer- ence.

Heather Herrington For more photos from the 2007 (from left), Jennifer Bench-Bar Conference in Atlantic Coatsworth, Judges City, visit philadelphiabar.org. Matthew Carrafiello and PhotoGallery

Annette Rizzo and Scott Photos by Jeff Lyons W. Reid were panelists for the Sept. 29 program on procedures for motion practice in the Philadelphia Court Conference Co-Chairs Laura A. Feldman and Mi- of Common Pleas. The program was presented by the Young Lawyers Division. chael B. Hayes offer a welcome to Atlantic City.

The Philadelphia Bar Association would like to thank the following individuals and Darryl Levine, USClaims groups for contributing scholarships so public interest and government attorneys could at- Joseph L. Messa, Jr. Messa & Associates tend the 2007 Bench-Bar Conference. S. Stacy Mogul, Heiligman & Mogul, P.C. Samuel H. Pond, Martin, Banks, Pond, Lehocky & Wilson Scholarship Donors A. Michael Pratt, Pepper Hamilton LLP (two) Michael F. Barrett, Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky, P.C. Stephanie Resnick, Fox Rothschild LLP Michael J. Berkowitz, Brandeis Law Society Elaine M. Rinaldi, Cozen O’Connor Thomas A. Brophy, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin Seidel, Weitz, Garfinkle, & Datz, LLC Robert J. Coleman, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin Alison F. Soloff, Soloff & Zervanos Scott F. Cooper, Blank Rome LLP Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky, P.C. Jane Leslie Dalton, Duane Morris LLP Richard K. Washington Jr. First Judicial District (two) Rhonda Hill Wilson, Law Offices of Rhonda Hill Wilson Thomas J. Duffy, Duffy & Keenan Young Lawyers Division of the Philadelphia Bar Association (two) Stewart J. Eisenberg, Eisenberg Rothweiler Winkler Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C. Dan Fee, Echo Group, LLC Conference Sponsors Alan M. Feldman, Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner & Weinstock USI Colburn Insurance Service Laura A. Feldman, Feldman & Pinto, P.C. PNC Wealth Management Stephen M. Feldman LexisNexis Rudolph Garcia, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Trial Technologies Inc. Alexander Kerr, McCarter & English, LLP JAMS Ronald A. Kovler, Kovler & Rush, P.C. Veritext Sayde J. Ladov, Abrahams, Loewenstein & Bushman, P.C. (two) Kroll

philadelphiabar.org November 2007 Philadelphia Bar Reporter 15 YLD Update As Working Parent, You’re Always Learning It is five o’clock in the morning and torneys do to raise a fam- By Alan Nochumson is not and adapting to of night meetings, I am now relegated I am trying to make another deadline ily and practice law. The your lifestyle are also to breakfast, lunch, and coffee meetings. to hand in this article for publication. answer is not so simple. important. I used to have I get the same result, but in a way that As I do this, I realize how difficult it is There is a world of dif- the liberty to do what accommodates my life. sometimes to balance it all: work, life, ference between being an I wanted and when I By no means am I an expert in all of family, etc. attorney with and without wanted. I do not have this. If I was, I would not be completing As a single parent, the owner of two child. For instance, this that luxury anymore. My this article at 5:30 a.m. when the deadline dogs, with an hour commute, I have had past Columbus Day, my weekends are now packed is at noon today. This is just another step to become efficient enough to run a law son’s day care was closed. I with running errands for in the learning process. firm, practice law, raise my son and dogs, had no choice but to take the week and, most of maintain my household, fulfill my duties the day off from work. I all, spending quality time Alan Nochumson, the sole shareholder of No- as chair of this fine organization, have work for myself, so I have with my son. I thus have chumson P.C., is chair of the Young Lawyers some semblance of a social life, and, most the most accommodating to sneak in work when- Division. His e-mail address is anochumson@ of all, maintain my sanity in the process. boss in the world, so taking the day off ever I can to catch up on those loose ends nochumson.com. My daily life is really no different than is not that big of a deal, but, in the same that remain from my workweek. Many really any parent who also happens to be vein, I am fully responsible for the needs times, that means I work really REALLY a working professional. Many households of my clients. I had to figure a way to get early, like now, or really REALLY late. nowadays have both parents working. As work done that day regardless. That is To illustrate, I also used to be a man such, in these households, both parents the beauty of the cell phone. I dedicated about town, going from one network- must balance it all as well. The only dif- part of the day on the phone to do what I ing event to another. I cannot do that BlogLink ference is that I, as other single parents, could on my client files while I was not in anymore due to my life responsibilities. do not have that spouse to share these the office. The rest of the day I was able I am running a firm though and thus I Visit philawdelphia.wordpress.com to see what the Association’s young “life” responsibilities. to enjoy with my son. “eat what I kill.” In order to make “rain,” lawyers are saying. The obvious question is what must at- Knowing what is important and what I still need to meet with people. Instead YLD A-Scare-Ium at the Aquarium

David Oldham (above) and son Patrick Streeper enjoy the Young Lawyers Division’s A-Scare-Ium at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, N.J. on Oct. 20. Mindy Levin (top left) enjoys the day with daugthers Emma (left) and Alexandra Solnick. Anabelle LaVan (left) gets help decorating

a pumpkin from mom Julia. More Photos by Jeff Lyons than 125 people attended. Shawane Lee with daughters Mirabelle (left) and Anais.

16 Philadelphia Bar Reporter November 2007 philadelphiabar.org Quarterly Meeting Nov. 29 Forum continued from page 1 Podcast Spotlight to Aid Minority treating their law degrees as passports for Visit philadelphiabar.org to listen to Businesses change, seeking satisfaction and making the podcast from this program. time for outside passions too, like Marks’ The Association will host a fo- own involvement with a dragon boat team rum “The Legal Edge: What You and commitment to her family. elected in May 2006 and started her re- Need to Know About the Law to Marks’ other pointers were to forge com- marks by congratulating Marks. Hart took Ensure the Success of Your Small mon ground, to not give up and to live with pride in Temple’s role in developing many Business” for Philadelphia minor- a sense of urgency. Marks, a breast cancer women lawyers, including half of the prior ity business owners on Nov. 29. survivor who also is president of the board O’Connor recipients who have a connec- Volunteer attorneys will be on of Living Beyond Breast Cancer, reminded tion to Temple’s Beasley School of Law. hand to provide practical legal the luncheon attendees not to wait until Hart also proudly described how 13 associa- tips and answers to tough legal they had a life-threatening disease to take tion chancellors, 22 federal court judges Chancellor Jane Leslie Dalton meets questions about employment, with Temple University President Ann action. and 100 state court judges were Temple Weaver Hart before the Oct. 16 Quar- contracts, workers’ compensation, Marks was presented with the award graduates. Hart discussed the law school’s terly Meeting and Luncheon at the Mar- taxes, zoning and maintaining by Women in the Profession Committee accomplishments, including the Legal Edu- riott Downtown. compliance with city regulations. Co-Chairs Maria A. Feeley and Roberta cation and Participation Program founded Sponsors of the program to D. Liebenberg, who described how Marks by the late U.S. District Court Judge Clif- diture of “one out of every 50 dollars spent date include the African Ameri- exemplified the award criteria. Quoting ford Scott Green. The Young Lawyers Divi- in the city.” can Chamber of Commerce, the from Marks’ nominations, Liebenberg sion of the Association annually sponsors Hart said Temple was committed to the Greater Philadelphia Hispanic called Marks “the best kind of mentor” and and coordinates the high school mock trial Philadelphia community and its greatest Chamber of Commerce, Asian someone who “has devoted her professional competition with LEAP and Hart boasted contribution was through its graduates. To American Chamber of Com- career to the most important issues” and about high school mock trial alumni who illustrate the wide reach of Temple, she merece of Greater Philadelphia, “worked tirelessly” on them. became Temple Law students. asked everyone with a connection to Temple the Global Indian Chamber of The O’Connor Award is conferred an- “Great cities need great universities,” to stand which ended up being many of Commerce and the Minority nually upon a woman attorney who has Hart said, and described Temple as “hot.” those present. The event was sponsored by Business Enterprise Council as demonstrated superior legal talent, achieved She took bragging rights for Temple having PNC Wealth Management. well as several local minority bar significant legal accomplishments and has more full-time students than ever before associations. furthered the advancement of women in with 77 percent being full-time; the largest Molly Peckman, director of associate develop- The program begins at 8 a.m. in both the profession and the community. first-year class ever; her students’ 35,000 ment at Dechert LLP, is an advisory editor of the the 11th floor Conference Center Hart, Temple’s ninth president, was hours of community service; and the expen- Philadelphia Bar Reporter. of Bar Association headquarters.

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philadelphiabar.org November 2007 Philadelphia Bar Reporter 17 In Their Own Words A Career of Helping Others and Building Bridges

Like most folks of my generation, By Judge C. Darnell Jones be like him.” director at a charter school, and twins who are sopho- I remember a song from my law school Its ending is predictable. When the mores in college. days: “Cats in the Cradle,” by Harry son grows up and the father retires, the In my quest not to be like Harry’s father, I made it to Chapin. Its theme was the regrettable father reaches out to his son for compan- countless events and games. life of a hardworking father of a new- ionship. The son’s response: “I’d love to, I praise my spouse for making time when it wasn’t born son who was totally committed dad, if I could find the time.” The father there. I revere the single parent who manages family and to making a living for his family (“I’ve then laments: “And as I hung up the work. got planes to catch and bills to pay, he phone, it occurred to me, he’d grown up I am a judge and a parent. I ponder - if only I could learned to walk while I was away”). It just like me.” have spent the endless hours with my children that I’ve traced the life of the father as the son Like most of my classmates, I swore spent representing and judging the children of others. My grew up, signaling the lack of a relation- I’d never be that kind of parent. I would prayer is that we have helped our village’s children, and ship. The story is one of “sorry son, I be the kind of parent who would bal- built meaningful bridges with our own. just don’t have the time.” (Sadly, I find ance everything, and keep it all “under that line hauntingly familiar.) control.” The Hon. C. Darnell Jones II is president judge of the Philadel- As time marches on, the saga continues but through it Fast forward 32 years and five children later - I’m the phia Court of Common Pleas. all, the boy’s smile never dims and he avows, “I’m gonna proud father of a physician, a TV news anchor, a music VIP Honors Volunteers Fisher, Whitehorn

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18 Philadelphia Bar Reporter November 2007 philadelphiabar.org First Judicial District to Honor Pro Bono Service

The First Judicial District of Penn- ing the 2007 calendar year. or client group that does not have the of Honor is Friday, Nov. 16, 2007. The sylvania will present the FJD Pro Bono • The attorney must not be employed resources to employ compensated coun- form should be sent to the attention of Publico Award to members of the bar by an organization that has, as its primary sel, or the attorney must have worked to Deborah Dailey, Office of the Court who have provided exceptional pro bono purpose, the provision of free legal ser- facilitate such effort by other attorneys. Administrator, First Judicial District of service to the underprivileged in Philadel- vices to the underprivileged. The self-nominating form is available Pennsylvania, by e-mail at debbie.dailey@ phia in cases before the FJD. • The attorney must have provided at courts.phila.gov and philadelphiabar. courts.phila.gov, by fax 215-686-7485, The judges of the FJD nominate can- direct delivery of legal services with no org. The deadline for submitting nomina- or by mail addressed to Room 336 City didates and a committee of judges selects expectation of receiving a fee, to a client tion forms for the 2007 Pro Bono Roll Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., 19107. the recipients of the Pro Bono Publico Award. The awards ceremony to honor these recipients will be held on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. At the ceremony, the First Judicial District will also recognize all attorneys on the Pro Bono Roll of Honor who have provided pro bono services to litigants in NOVEMBER the Philadelphia Courts in 2007. Attorneys may become members of the Roll of Honor through a self-nominating process whereby attorneys submit their CLE COURSES names along with a log of their pro bono Nov. 1 Domestic Violence and Child Custody: A Practitioner’s Guide The CLE services. The criteria for eligibility are as The CLE Conference Center Conference Center follows: Wanamaker Building • The attorney must practice in Phila- Nov. 2 Litigating Tractor Trailer Accidents • The CLE Conference Center 10th Floor, Ste.1010 delphia County and must have provided Tax Consequences in Family Law: Avoiding the Pitfalls • The CLE Conference Center services to a client or client group for a Nov. 5 Anatomy of a Qualified Domestic Relation Order • The CLE Conference Center case before the First Judicial District dur- Philadelphia Bar Tax Dilemmas in Divorce and Domestic Discord – Unscrambling the Marital Egg Association Philadelphia Bar Association 11th Floor Diversity Nov. 6 India and China: The Next Ten Years • The CLE Conference Center Conference Center continued from page 11 Surgery 101 • 1101 Market St. jobs practicing in the plaintiffs’ bar. The CLE Conference Center “I was not shocked. I wasn’t surprised. I Nov. 7 How to Handle A Child Abuse Case • The CLE Conference Center knew that’s the way it was,” said Smalley, Maxims, Monarch and Sir Thomas Moore • The CLE Conference Center Pennsylvania adding jokingly, “there’s always been an Convention Center affirmative action policy within my own Nov. 8 Terrorism: Law, Policy and National Security • The CLE Conference Center 12th & Arch Streets firm … if you are a son or daughter of But Wait...There’s More? The Ever Evolving Changes to the Mechanics’ Liens Law of a partner at the firm and you graduated Pennsylvania • The CLE Conference Center from law school and pass the bar, you af- Nov. 12 Outsourcing • The CLE Conference Center firmatively have a job at the firm.” The panelists all espoused plaintiffs’ Nov. 13 Elder Law Update • The CLE Conference Center work, emphasizing their ability to affect Media Madness: What to Do When Your Client IS the News • The CLE Conference Center change in people’s lives. Smalley and Nov. 14 SEC Investigations and Enforcement: A Practitioners Guide • The CLE Conference Center Feldman spoke of receiving birthday and holiday cards from clients they represent- Nov. 15 Conflicts and the Courts in Condominiums and Homeowner Associations Call PBI ed years ago. Although firms may vary, The CLE Conference Center Customer Service at “there was an opportunity for a little more E-Discovery • The CLE Conference Center thinking outside of the box almost right 800-247-4724 Intersection of Divorce and Bankruptcy • The CLE Conference Center away” in plaintiffs’ practice, Bezar said, to register for a adding he was responsible for more deci- Nov. 16 Bridge the Gap • The CLE Conference Center course or for more sion-making as a young lawyer than he Nov. 27 Speaker Skills Training (working) • The CLE Conference Center would typically be at a large defense firm. information. Privacy and Security • The CLE Conference Center “I think that plaintiffs’ firms want to be Register online at diverse, that’s not what the problem is,” Nov. 28 14th Annual Estate Law Institute • Pennsylvania Convention Center Feldman added, noting that the initia- www.pbi.org Elder Law Update (via satellite) • The CLE Conference Center tives will be part of a long-term project The Pennsylvania Bar of reform. In addition to the initiatives, Nov. 29 14th Annual Estate Law Institute • Pennsylvania Convention Center Institute is an “I think we’ve got to do things that are Criminal Law Update • The CLE Conference Center smaller and more nuanced to change accredited CLE Election Law in Pennsylvania • The CLE Conference Center the culture of the way we think,” Honik provider. noted. Nov. 30 Thinking Inside the Box: Building Strong Relationships with Jurors and Judges The CLE Conference Center Kathryn C. Harr, an associated with Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards, LLC, is an associate editor of the Philadelphia Bar Reporter. philadelphiabar.org November 2007 Philadelphia Bar Reporter 19 Sunah in the City Move Over Simon, She’s in Love with the Law

It is amazing to reflect on how cer- Bar Association’s annual conference will and put up a good front on behalf of defying the Japanese internment); Brian tain aspects of myself have changed since be held in Las Vegas in mid-November my firm and AABADV. The conference Sun (lead counsel for former Los Alamos I became a lawyer. My friend recently and promises to be the most well-at- was mind-blowing, eye-opening and nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee); Judge invited me to attend the tended conference in lip-smackingly good - I had never seen so (the first Asian American concert for the launch of By Sunah Park its history, surpassing many Asian American lawyers in all my appointed as a U.S. District Judge outside Duran Duran’s newest even last year’s record- life! I was in awe, proud and humbled all of the Ninth Circuit); and so many other album. Back in high breaking attendance in at the same time. I was so impressed by legal rock stars. I felt like a groupie every school, Duran Duran Philadelphia. Having the caliber of attorneys I met that year time I attended the conference. was my favorite band been a small part of the that I came home inspired, with stars in Of course, I do not have to travel (the lead singer, Simon planning committee that my eyes, and vowed to return the next far to have that same “30 (something) LeBon, my future organized Philadelphia’s year. With the support of my firm, I have going on 13” feeling I get when I meet intended) and theirs was first hosting of the con- been able to attend the NAPABA confer- legal legends. I felt the same giddiness the first concert I ever ference, I am looking ence every year since then (except when meeting U.S. District Court Judge Louis attended. My friend’s forward to just attending it was held in Hawaii – I had no desire to Pollak and the late U.S. District Court invitation (which I this year’s event and see- wear a bathing suit in front of any of my Judge Clifford Scott Green when I was a had to decline due to a ing fellow Asian Ameri- idols or colleagues). speaker at a naturalization ceremony at scheduling conflict) had can lawyers who have Growing up, I did not know one single the federal courthouse here in Philadel- me thinking about the gradual morphing become friends throughout the years. lawyer, much less an Asian American phia. Does this mean I have abandoned of the objects of my idolatry from mem- I went to my first NAPABA conference lawyer. But through my participation in my first love Simon LeBon? Not really. I bers of Duran Duran to members of the in Los Angeles in 2000, because I was to AABADV and NAPABA, I have been know they say, “Law is a jealous mistress,” bar. If it had been 20, even 10 years ago, become president of the Asian American fortunate to meet stellar Asian Ameri- but I am sure there is an exception for I would have gone to the concert without Bar Association of the Delaware Valley in can attorneys and judges such as Dale Simon LeBon. missing a John Taylor beat. But instead, 2001. It was intimidating, to say the least, Minami (who led the legal team of pro I find myself looking forward to another to attend a national conference by myself bono attorneys who reopened Korematsu Sunah Park, a partner at Thorp Reed & type of event altogether. without knowing barely a soul, but I v. United States, resulting in the erasure of Armstrong, LLP, is editor-in-chief of the Phila- The National Asian Pacific American felt duty-bound to quell any insecurity Fred Korematsu’s criminal conviction for delphia Bar Reporter.

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20 Philadelphia Bar Reporter November 2007 philadelphiabar.org Bar Foundation PLA Collaborates With Others for Justice Imagine you are an immigrant tempt. He soon fled to By Elaine Rinaldi The Andrew Ham- ated stocks. And also remember, the Bar woman, with no support system here in Poland to escape crimi- ilton Gala will be held Foundation’s United Way Donor Option the United States. You don’t speak Eng- nal prosecution. PLA at- Saturday, Nov. 17 at Number is 1578. lish. You and your children are totally torneys then represented Sherman Mills. If you The upcoming holiday season is a dependent on your husband to provide the client in obtaining haven’t already signed on perfect time to reflect on all the blessings food, shelter, and the very basis of your a final order of custody as a sponsor or bought that have been bestowed on us. It is a immigration status. He is your lifeline, for her son and HIAS your tickets, please con- time to be grateful but also to demon- your one thread to financial security, helped the client obtain tact Maureen Mingey at strate that gratitude by experiencing the health care, and the hope of a promising a visa. A good result for 215-238-6334 and sign joy of giving! Make access to justice a future for you and your children. someone who, without up today. If your firm reality by giving to the Philadelphia Bar That in itself would be a precarious PLA and HIAS, would has not yet fulfilled its Foundation. situation. have had no recourse but pledge for the “Rais- As Walt Whitman once said, “Charity Now imagine that your husband is also to suffer continued abuse ing the Bar” campaign, and personal force are the only invest- prone to domestic violence, abusing both and worse. please send a check today to the Phila- ments worth anything.” you and your children. Your sole source Each year, PLA’s 12 full-time attorneys delphia Bar Foundation in satisfaction of I hope to see you at the Andrew Ham- of support and a dream for the future is and 19 paralegals see 5,000 new clients. your remaining commitment! As you are ilton Gala! also your nightmare, threatening (and Over the years, these cases have become making end-of-the-year decisions about delivering) both physical and emotional more labor intensive, both in terms of charitable donations, please remember Elaine Rinaldi, a partner at Cozen O’Connor, damage on a regular basis. the complexity of the case and the time the Bar Foundation, both in terms of out- is president of the Philadelphia Bar Founda- What do you do? You can’t afford a it takes for the cases to wind their way right donations (by check or credit card) tion. private attorney. You’re afraid that the im- through the legal system. or in terms of the donation of appreci- migration officials will send you back to Anita Santos Singh, the executive the country from which you fled because director of PLA, says “Our doors are To contribute to the Bar Foundation of religious persecution. You’re afraid of open for any low-income individual with or to purchase tickets to the Hamil- filing a police report, since putting your any kind of legal problem. While the WebCheck ton Gala, visit philadelphiabar.org. husband in jail will leave you and your sheer volume of cases has remained fairly children without any means of financial constant in recent years, the complexity support. Where do you turn? of the issues has changed.” Philadelphia Legal Assistance, founded Take for example, housing. In the past, INCORPORATION in 1995, is working on dozens of cases Philadelphia always had some level of af- just like this. PLA attorneys, working fordable housing for low-income people. AND in collaboration with Women Against Changes in the real estate market and in Abuse, HIAS, Council Migration and the lending practices have combined to form LIMITED LIABILITY Nationalities Service Center, are tackling a kind of “perfect storm.” As a result, PLA these legal issues on a daily basis. PLA attorneys are dealing with ever-increasing COMPANY FORMATION and Women Against Abuse address the myriad complex housing-related cases, domestic violence issues, getting pro- trying to find their way through the legal CONVENIENT, COURTEOUS SAME DAY SERVICE tection from abuse orders and helping system in order to prevent foreclosure victims find shelter and safety from their and bankruptcy. Just one of these cases abusers. requires hours of discovery and thousands PREPARATION AND FILING SERVICES IN ALL STATES Simultaneously, PLA attorneys partner of dollars of litigation expenses, often CORPORATION OUTFITS AND with immigration specialists at HIAS and involving areas of new law. 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The Philadelphia SERVING THE LEGAL PROFESSION SINCE 1931 ously obtained in New Jersey. PLA then Bar Foundation provides critically needed represented her in obtaining emergency general operating grants to allow each custody of her son. organization to fund its daily operations. 2021 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 Unfortunately, the client’s partner The Bar Foundation funds PLA and PHONE: (215) 563-8113 continued to violate the protection from 29 other similar organizations. Last year FAX: (215) 977-9386 abuse order. PLA attorneys assisted in the Bar Foundation gave more than WWW.MBURRKEIM.COM having the abuser arrested and charged $500,000 to these worthy groups. They with terroristic threats and criminal con- depend on us, and we depend on you! philadelphiabar.org November 2007 Philadelphia Bar Reporter 21 Philadelphia Bar Association and the Friends of the National Association of Women Judges Invite You to Attend The 29th Annual NAWJ Conference Luncheon Friday, November 9, 2007 at 12:00 p.m. Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue

Keynote Speaker: Judith Rodin, Ph.D. President, The Rockefeller Foundation

NAWJ was founded in 1979 and is com- with that conference, there will be a lun- sylvania. It will be attended by hundreds prised of over 1,200 federal, state, mu- cheon held on Friday, Nov. 9 at the Park of leading federal and state women judges nicipal, administrative, military and tribal Hyatt at the Bellevue, open to the public. from across the United States. Also in at- women judges at both the appellate and This year’s luncheon will feature keynote tendance will be a number of distinguished trial levels from every state in the nation. speaker Judith Rodin, Ph.D., current presi- women judges from foreign countries. NAWJ’s 29th Annual Conference will be dent of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Please join us for what is sure to be an ex- held in Philadelphia, and in connection past president of the University of Penn- citing event.

To register for the Friday, Nov. 9 luncheon, please complete the registration form below and send with a check or credit card information to: National Association of Women Judges, 1341 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 4.2, Washington, D.C. 20036

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22 Philadelphia Bar Reporter November 2007 philadelphiabar.org Arts & Media Pinza’s Performances Lit Up Stage for Years n By Marc W. Reuben and filled for decades. with brown curly hair, muscular with ol- fering of the soprano, albeit for a short Born the seventh child of Italian par- ive skin and chiseled features and a grand while.) He was a charmer. He was the When the relatively young Salz- ents (his father was a carpenter) in 1892, smile. And yes, he could sing. most celebrated Don Giovanni of his age burg Music Festival engaged the great he was the first of the children to survive In an age when operatic perform- since everyone could easily imagine him conductor Bruno Walter in 1930 to birth. His father did not expect him to ers tended to be soft and round, Pinza seducing woman after woman and the conduct Mozart opera, his assignment live long and the child was named only was tall and muscular. His penetrating sharp glint in his eye made the saga of the included performances of “Don Giovan- after it appeared he would survive. He voice rose above the orchestra and made world’s most famous lover his own. ni” (Don Juan) and the lead was to be was named for the brother of a co-worker, the floorboards rumble, and could be He was more than a singer had a right the immensely popular Italian bass-bari- who suggested the name because the reduced to a silken murmur when called to be. He was charm itself, partly due tone Ezio Pinza. brother was off studying music and per- for. The combination of physical and to his imposing stature and often to his Pinza was known as a troubadour and haps the child would become a musician. musical beauty he represented was irresist- rapport with the audience. He enjoyed a ladies man and his skill at reading music Instead, the young boy took an interest ible to audiences, who treasured both the what he did and it almost seems a shame was often questioned. Walter wished to in bicycle racing and became an athlete seeing and the hearing. His persona lit up that someone who leaves such an indel- meet him prior to rehearsals to see what in the belief that musicians didn’t make every performance he ever gave, and the ible impression should also possess one of all the fuss was about, and, early one a good enough living. Pinza was known personal charm he exuded while sing- the lion voices of the century. During a morning, Walter’s maid interrupted him to sing after competition victories and his ing often turned minor tasks into major performance of “Marriage of Figaro,” an- at breakfast with the breathless announce- father talked him into various auditions triumphs. (He sang the “Coat Aria” in other of his triumphs, he sang the comic ment “Maestro, the most handsome man for teachers, who guided him in placing a 1937 performance of “Boehme” in aria “Non Piu Andrai” so casually that he is standing at the door!” It was always his voice. He made his operatic debut in which lovely Grace Moore lay dying stage put his foot up on the prompter’s box, to be that way and the public embraced 1914 in Italy. His career was sidetracked left, and he sang it with such vulnerable Pinza as a heartthrob, a title he enjoyed by service in the Great War. He was 6-1, charm that the audience forgot the suf- continued on page 24

NAWJ 29th Conference Field Portrait Unveiled in Philadelphia; Rodin Will Deliver Keynote

The Philadelphia Bar Association who have paved the way for many, they welcomes the 2007 National Association are invaluable role models who continue of Women Judges’ 29th Annual Confer- to inspire us always,” said Chancellor ence to Philadelphia Nov. 7 – 11 at the Dalton. “Likewise, we congratulate the Four Seasons Hotel. Honorable Brenda Stith Loftin, NAWJ “We are honored to welcome mem- President, and Honorable Fernande R.V. bers of the NAWJ to Philadelphia, and Duffly, President-Elect, for their accom- salute them for their dedication to pre- plished leadership and vision.” serving judicial independence, ensuring In connection with the annual confer- equal justice and access to the courts for ence, there will be a luncheon held on women, minorities and other historically Friday, Nov. 9 at the Park Hyatt Philadel- disfavored groups, providing education, phia at the Bellevue, open to the public. and increasing the numbers and advance- For ticket information, visit nawj.org. ment of women judges at all levels,” said This year’s luncheon will feature Bar Association Chancellor Jane Leslie keynote speaker Judith Rodin, Ph.D., Dalton. president of the Rockefeller Foundation Senior Judge Norma L. Shapiro, U.S. and the past president of the University of District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. It will be attended by hun- Pennsylvania, and Senior Judge Carolyn dreds of leading federal and state women Engel Temin, Philadelphia Court of judges from across the United States. Common Pleas, are co-chairs of the 29th Also in attendance will be a number of Annual Conference. distinguished women judges from foreign E. Harris Baum stands next to a portrait of his late wife, Philadelphia “We extend our congratulations to the countries. Court of Common Pleas Judge Myrna Field. The portrait, commissioned Honorable Norma L. Shapiro and the NAWJ was founded in 1979 and is by Baum, was unveiled Oct. 3 at Family Court where Judge Field presided Honorable Carolyn Engel Temin, and comprised of more than 1,200 federal, and where the portrait will be installed. Presiding at the ceremony were thank them for their outstanding con- state, municipal, administrative, military Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice James J. Fitzgerald; Justice Sandra tributions to our profession and tireless and tribal women judges at both the ap- Schultz Newman; and Judge Kevin Dougherty of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Family Court Division. dedication to ensuring fairness and gen- pellate and trial levels from every state in der equality in our courts. As trailblazers the nation. philadelphiabar.org November 2007 Philadelphia Bar Reporter 23 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Note: While the following listings have been verified prior to press time, any scheduled mittee: meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Monday, Nov. 26 event may be subject to change by the committee or section chairs. Committee Room South. Young Lawyers Division Executive Com- Environmental Law Committee: meet- mittee: meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Thursday, Nov. 1 Room South. Lunch: $7.50. ing, 12:30 p.m., 10th floor Board Board Room. Civil Rights Committee: meeting, 12 Room. Lunch: $7.50. Monday, Nov. 12 Tuesday, Nov. 27 p.m., 11th floor Conference Center. Business Law Section Executive Com- Friday, Nov. 16 Women in the Profession Committee: Lunch: $7.50. mittee: meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Social Security Disability Benefits Com- meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Health Care Law Committee: meet- Board Room. mittee: meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Room. Lunch: $7.50. ing, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Conference Center. Lunch: $7.50. Criminal Justice Section: meeting, 12 Lunch: $8.50. Tuesday, Nov. 13 Philadelphia Lawyer magazine Editorial Criminal Justice Section Executive Com- p.m., 11th floor Conference Center. Friday, Nov. 2 Board: meeting, 12:30 p.m., 11th floor mittee: meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Lunch: $7.50. Investment Companies Committee: Committee Room South. Probate and Trust Law Section: Board Room. Annual meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Confer- Compulsory Arbitration Committee: Saturday, Nov. 17 Reception: 5 p.m., Radisson Plaza War- ence Center. Lunch: $8.50. wick Hotel, 1701 Locust St. meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Commit- Andrew Hamilton Gala: 7 p.m., Sherman Monday, Nov. 5 tee Room South. Lunch: $7.50. Mills. Tickets: philadelphiabar.org. Wednesday, Nov. 28 Family Law Section: meeting, 12 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14 Monday, Nov. 19 Medical Legal Committee: meeting, 12 10th floor Board Room. Workers’ Compensation Section Execu- Public Interest Section Executive Com- p.m., 11th floor Conference Center: Lunch: $7.50. Tuesday, Nov. 6 tive Committee: meeting, 10:30 a.m., mittee: meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Civil Litigation Section: Annual Meeting Committee on the Legal Rights of Per- 11th floor Conference Center. Board Room. and Reception, 5:30 p.m., National sons with Disabilities: meeting, 12 p.m., Workers’ Compensation Section: meet- Young Lawyers Division Cabinet: meet- Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut St. 11th floor Committee Room. ing, 12 p.m., 11th floor Conference ing, 12 p.m., 10th floor Cabinet Room. Tickets: $45. Center. Lunch: $7.50. Small Business Committee: Wednesday, Nov. 7 meeting, Appellate Courts Committee: meet- 12 p.m., 11th floor Committee Room Thursday, Nov. 29 Delivery of Legal Services Committee: ing, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. South. Real Property Section: Annual Meet- meeting, 8:30 a.m., 10th floor Board Lunch: $7.50. ing, 12 p.m., Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Room. Tuesday, Nov. 20 1200 Market St. Tickets: $40. State Civil Litigation Section: meeting, Thursday, Nov. 15 Section Chairs: meeting, 8:30 a.m., Minorities in the Profession Committee: 12 p.m., 11th floor Conference Center. Law Practice Management Division 10th floor Board Room. meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Confer- Executive Committee: meeting, 11:30 Cabinet: meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Thursday, Nov. 8 ence Center. Lunch: $7.50. a.m., 11th floor Conference Center. Board Room. Solo and Small Firm Committee: Elder Law Committee: meet- Law Practice Management Division meeting, 1 p.m., ing, 12 pm., 111th floor Conference Wednesday, Nov. 21 Technology Committee: 12 p.m., 11th 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: $7.50. Center. Lunch: $7.50. LegalLine: 5 p.m., 11th floor LRIS floor Conference Center: Lunch: $7.50. Board of Governors: meeting, 4 p.m., Legislative Liaison Committee: meet- Family Law Section Executive Com- offices. 10th floor Board Room. ing, 12:30 p.m., 11th floor Committee Thursday, Nov. 22 Friday, Nov. 30 Register online for most events at philadelphiabar.org. Unless otherwise specified, all checks Thanksgiving: Bar Association offices Human Resources Committee: meet- for luncheons and programs should be made payable to the Philadelphia Bar Association and closed. ing, 8:30 a.m., 11th floor Conference mailed to Bar Headquarters, 1101 Market St., 11th fl., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911. Send Friday, Nov. 23 Center. Bar Association-related calendar items 30 days in advance to Managing Editor, Philadelphia Women’s Rights Committee: meet- Thanksgiving Friday: Bar Association Bar Reporter, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911. ing, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. offices closed. Fax: (215) 238-1159. E-mail: [email protected]. Lunch: $7.50.

Licia Albanese was doing a scene with song held a special place in the American us echoes of a voice that embraced the Arts & Media him she did not feel the little pinch dur- psyche. (“Once you have found her, never virile life and pleasures of manhood. Very continued from page 23 ing the scene and wanted to know what let her go....”) He was in his 50s when many of his performances in celebrated was wrong with her. he played the older lover Emile to Mary roles have been captured from radio so he could lean closer to the audience Pinza was briefly detained at the start Martin’s Nelly, and he was older still performances, where his love of life and as he effortlessly tossed-off that charm- of the Second War until Bruno Walter, when he went to Hollywood to mix it up music make the experience of listening to ing song. Cast members marveled at his who was then at the Met, placed a call with the likes of Lana Turner in a number him even more pleasurable. This comes audacity, and more than one of them to first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and that of forgettable films. He was always in out in everything he sang. Critics may ar- thought the man could sing the phone was that. He entertained troops for the demand and a great star on the radio, gue over the particulars of his technique, book and make a show of it. He added duration in addition to his duties at the and many of his performances have been although few would deny his superb voice a degree of personal warmth to what he Metropolitan Opera. And he left the saved. Pinza died of a stroke in 1957, and his ability to infuse music with his sang that came from a familiarity with Met in 1948 after 22 seasons to pursue a the father of several young sons by his personal insights that absorbed audiences the music. Roles he did not fit into too career on Broadway, where he introduced new young wife who, from all accounts, the world over. But lovers of life and song well still benefited from his talents, but a minor number “Some Enchanted Eve- adored him. Throughout the film version can never forget him. the overwhelming effect he had on even ning” and won a Tony Award. The actor of “South Pacific” released after his death minor music sometimes was lost. Still Harrison Ford does a charming imitation the voice of Gorgio Tozzi, no slouch by Marc W. Reuben, a sole practitioner, is an hearing him sing was an experience, no of Pinza singing that song in “American any measure, tries hard to capture the advisory editor to the Philadelphia Bar Re- matter what the role. Performers loved Graffiti” in the 1970s. Until people lost life Pinza so effortlessly injected into the porter. He has been writing about the Arts and him and he was known as an inveterate the concept of music as a lyrical way work. Media since 1973. pincher on stage at the Met. Once when of storytelling, Pinza’s rendition of that Of the recorded legacy, Pinza has left

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It would result in the displacement of Nominating cellor, which shall be signed by a least one hundreds of residents, many of whom have been living in these continued from page 1 hundred (100) members who are entitled facilities for decades. ” to vote. Offices to be filled are Vice - Sharmil McKee The deadline for filing these additional Chancellor, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, nominations is Friday, Nov. 2, 2007, at Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer, as well 5 p.m. as five (5) positions on the Board of Gov- “I’d address the crime rate and specifically the murder rate. It’s Nominations must be in writing and ernors for a term of three years. taking its toll on tourism and the economy. The stop-and-frisk may take the form of a letter to the Secre- Candidates also are asked to provide program they have in Baltimore and New York has worked. It tary, c/o Susan Knight, Philadelphia Bar a photograph and statement of no more Association, 1101 Market St., Philadel- than 150 words, demonstrating their seems like a good idea for Philadelphia, too.” phia, PA 19107-2911. Letters must state qualifications to serve as a member of the - Thomas C. Kelly the office the individual is seeking and Board of Governors. Photos and state- must include the names and signatures ments will be published in the Philadel- “I’d eliminate the city wage tax.” of at least twenty-five (25) members of phia Bar Reporter and must be received the Association who are entitled to vote, no later than Friday, Nov. 2, 2007, at 5 - Kristina Smith except for the nomination of Vice Chan- p.m. philadelphiabar.org November 2007 Philadelphia Bar Reporter 25 and Taking the Class Action to Trial: Lawyers Association - Canada Chapter Navigating Largely Uncharted Waters” meeting on Sept. 7 in Montreal, Quebec. People at the American Conference Institute’s Positioning the Class Action Defense for Valli Baldassano, Early Success Conference on Sept. 26-27 a partner with Fox Arthur N. Read, Roberta D. Lieben- in Phoenix. Rothschild LLP, was general counsel of berg, a partner at a panelist for “Pre- Friends of Farm- Fine, Kaplan and Julie B. Negovan, a paring for Launch: workers, will be Black, was honored member of Cozen An Overview of presented with the as one of “The 50 O’Connor, lec- Essential Legal and 2007 Morris Dees Most Influential tured on “The New Regulatory Require- Justice Award in Women Lawyers Electronic Discovery ments for Marketing and Selling Prescrip- New York on Nov. in America” by the Rules and How They tion Drugs in the U.S.” at the Biotech 15. The Award was created in 2006 by National Law Journal at a dinner in New Affect Your Business” 2007 symposium Oct. 8-9 at Loews Skadden Arps and The University of York on Sept. 10. at the Sept. 18 meet- Philadelphia Hotel. Alabama School of Law to honor Dees, ing of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the an Alabama graduate, for his lifelong Josh M. Greenbaum, Construction Management Association Joseph Hetrick, a partner at Dechert LLP, devotion to public service. a member of Cozen of America. presented “Minimizing Litigation Risks O’Connor, spoke for U.S. Entities Conducting Interna- Gaetan J. Alfano, on “Documenta- Cynthia M. Philo, tional Clinical Trials” at the American a shareholder with tion and How to executive director Conference Institute’s International Miller, Alfano & Assess Risk at Your of the Old City Clinical Trials Conference on Sept. 27 in Raspanti, was elected Establishment” at District, has been Boston. as the vice chairman the 2007 Annual named secretary of of the Delaware Alcohol Responsibility Conference in the Citizens Crime Robert N. Hunn, a partner with Kolsby, River Joint Toll Baltimore. Commission of the Gordon, Robin, Shore & Bezar, has been Bridge Commission Delaware Valley. She elected vice chair of the Board of Direc- on Sept. 24. Gary Schildhorn, a member of Eckert has also been appointed to be Chair of tors of Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC, re- the Pennsylvania Downtown Center. Education Foundation. Lynda L. Calderone and Michael D. cently participated in the panel discussion Homans, shareholders with Flaster/Green- sponsored by the American Bankruptcy Douglas N. Candeub, Stephanie J. Mensing and David Wis- berg, were speakers at the Pennsylvania Institute “Anything But Bankruptcy, senior counsel with niewski, partners at Wisniewski & Bar Institute’s 13th annual Business Revisited: A NON Bankruptcy Case Morris James LLP, Mensing, LLP, were recently elected to Lawyers’ Institute, being held on Oct. 17 Study.” He was recently named to serve has been elected vice the Board of Directors of The Digital and 18. on the executive committee of the Board president/secretary Stone Project, a Hamilton, N.J. nonprofit of Directors of A Better Chance of Lower on the Executive organization that provides state-of-the-art George E. Martin, managing attorney Merion. Committee of the stone fabrication and expert consultation of Martin, Banks, Pond, Lehocky & Philadelphia/South- for artists, architects and designers. Wilson, has been elected president-elect Dennis R. Suplee, a partner with Schnad- ern New Jersey Chapter of the American of the American Association of Justice’s er Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, has been Jewish Committee. He has been elected Robert C. Price, a sole practitioner, was workers’ compensation section. re-appointed co-chair of the Access to to the Executive Committee of the board recently named to the Honors Gala Justice Committee of the American Col- of Temple Beth Zion Beth Israel in Committee of the Delaware Chapter of Lisa A. Duda, a lege of Trial Lawyers for 2007- 2008. Center City. the American Liver Foundation. partner with Stradley Ronon Stevens & Rhonda Hill Wilson, a sole practitioner, Bradley D. Remick, a shareholder with Jeffrey H. Nicholas, Young, LLP, has been has been named the Pennsylvania Ambas- Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman a partner with Fox appointed to the “e- sador for the United Negro College Fund & Goggin, recently took and passed the Rothschild LLP, Treasury Pennsylva- “A Mind Is” Annual Giving Society. Pennsylvania State Firefighter and the moderated “Valu- nia” Advisory Com- National PROBOARD Firefighter I ation of an Early mission on Financial Jay Meadway of Ballard Spahr Andrews examinations. This consisted of a written Stage Company,” Asset Management by Pennsylvania State & Ingersoll, LLP was a member of the exam and 12 practical exams, including which explored Treasurer Robin L. Wiessmann. U.S. delegation to Argentina of the Inter- cause and origin investigation. Remick is early-stage company national Judicial Academy. The delegation a firefighter with the Penn Wynne/Over- valuation and the range of potential exits J. Denny Shupe, a of federal judges and private attorneys brook Hills Fire Company and treasurer at the Biotech 2007 symposium Oct. 8-9 partner with Schnad- presented seminars on intellectual prop- of the Penn Wynne Fireman’s Club. at Loews Philadelphia Hotel. er Harrison Segal & erty issues and issues of scientific evidence Lewis LLP, has been to Argentine judges, bar members and Steven Miano, a partner with WolfBlock, n re-appointed as chair corporate executives in Buenos Aires, La spoke at the ALI-ABA Sixth Annual Names ARE NEWS of the Aerospace Law Plata and Bariloche. Clean Water Act Law and Regulation “People” highlights news of members’ Committee for the Conference on Oct. 24-26 in Washing- awards, honors or appointments of a Defense Research Anne M. Madonia, a member of Cozen ton D.C. He also moderated a panel on community or civic nature. Information Institute. O’Connor, has been named chair of the “Emerging Brownfields Issues” at the may be sent to Jeff Lyons, Senior Manag- board of directors of the Young Profes- 2007 Pennsylvania Brownfields Confer- ing Editor, Philadelphia Bar Reporter, Jerry M. Lehocky, a partner with Martin, sionals Network of the Greater Philadel- ence on Oct. 2 and 3 in Harrisburg. Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market Banks, Pond, Lehocky & Wilson, has phia Chamber of Commerce. St., 11th fl., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911. been elected chair of the Workers’ Com- Ronald Klasko, a partner with Klasko, Fax: (215) 238-1159. E-mail: reporter@ pensation Law Section of the Pennsylva- Andrew Gaddes, a partner at Dechert Rulon, Stock & Seltzer LLP, was the lead- philabar.org. Color photos are also nia Trial Lawyers’ Association. LLP, presented “Forgoing Settlement off speaker at the American Immigration welcome.

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