To Address Bar Membership Posthumously

September 2001 The Monthly Newspaper of the Philadelphia Bar Association Vol. 30, No. 9

October Quarterly Meeting O’Connor Award Former ABA President Barnett to Be Presented to Address Bar Membership Posthumously

Martha W. Barnett, immediate-past president of the to Judge Jamison American Bar Association, will be the keynote speaker at the by Daniel A. Cirucci Association’s Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon on Wednesday, Former Philadelphia Oct. 24 at noon at the Park Common Pleas Court Hyatt Philadelphia at the Judge Judith J. Jamison Bellevue. will be awarded the Barnett, a partner in the Philadelphia Bar global law firm of Holland & Association’s 2001 Sandra Knight LLP in Tallahassee, Fla., Day O’Connor Award was the second female president posthumously at the of the American Bar Association. Association’s October She began her one-year term at Quarterly Meeting and the close of the association’s Luncheon on Wednesday, Judge Judith J. Jamison 2000 Annual Meeting in Oct. 24. London. Barnett is immediate- “We will always be inspired by the memory of past chair of the Public Law Judge Jamison’s consummate professionalism, her Department at Holland & trailblazing journey as a woman lawyer, her attentive- Knight and is a member of its ness to everyone whom she encountered along the Directors Committee. way, and the help she gave to so many others. This During her tenure as ABA award stands as a shining reminder of her contribu- president, Barnett brought tions to all of us,” said Association Chancellor Carl S. Primavera. attention to issues ranging from Martha W. Barnett was the second woman to serve as president of the ABA. the death penalty to immigra- The Sandra Day O’Connor Award is given annually tion to substance abuse. But names to the ABA Standing with a much more visible role by the Women in the Profession Committee to a wom- there was one issue that gar- Committee on the Federal in advising the Senate, the pub- an attorney who has demonstrated superior legal tal- nered even more attention: the Judiciary for screening before lic and the President about can- ent, achieved significant legal accomplishments and ABA’s role in vetting potential nominations are announced. didates. furthered the advancement of women in both the federal judicial nominees. The controversy gave Barnett In 1994, Barnett became the profession and the community. According to commit- Earlier this year, President a chance to talk about the eval- first woman to chair the ABA’s tee co-chairs Rochelle M. Fedullo and Carol Nelson Bush ended the half-century uation procedure. Now, she says, policy-making House of Dele- Shepherd, Judge Jamison was told she would be practice of providing candidates’ the ABA may well find itself continued on page 13 receiving this year’s award before she passed away on continued on page 12 In This Issue ... Bar to Broadcast Events Over Internet 4 Bar Foundation by Daniel A. Cirucci Association’s Oct. 24 Quarterly Meeting webcasts, the Association will also gain 6 YLD Update and Luncheon which salutes women added publicity for important programs The Philadelphia Bar Association will lawyers and will feature the presentation featuring prominent guest speakers who 8 First Monday make another technological leap forward of the 2001 Sandra Day O’Connor Award. have something newsworthy to say. this fall when it begins audio webcasts of Members who have live audio capa- In announcing the new service, 9 Judicare Summer selected Association events. bility on their personal computers will Chancellor Carl S. Primavera said “This is Webcasting allows the Association to be able to listen to the program by click- the next logical step in the development 11 Arts & Media broadcast an event over the Internet so ing on a screen box. This innovation will of our tech capability. Our Web site has the event can be heard live or down- be undertaken using existing telephone gained wide acceptance and is increas- 14 Calendar loaded from the Association’s award- lines through a special arrangement with ingly seen by our members and the pub- winning Web site at www.philadelphi- PRNewswire (PRN), the Association’s out- lic as a real service. We want to build on 15 People abar.org. The first webcast is expected to sourced news and information service. include keynote remarks from the Because PRN will actively promote the continued on page 2

Visit the Philadelphia Bar on the Web at www.philadelphiabar.org • Look for Bar Reporter Online e-newsbrief every Monday morning Thriving Region Can Do Even Better by Carl S. Primavera Atlanta, Dallas and even Boston. report calls “spatial suicide,” which is Though we’re doing better, we’re not defined as “the manner in which many Have you been to any of the new doing good enough. American metropolitan areas choose to restaurants in town? Did you get a F R O N T L I N E It should surprise no one to discov- tear themselves apart rather than adapt chance to attend the recent X Games or er that one of the biggest impediments to the idea of an economic region.” The any of the related events? Have you to local economic growth is Philadel- Delaware River Port Authority and checked out the progress on the new phia’s tax burden. The total tax burden other key regional entities have come Visitors Center or National Constitution on a Philadelphia family of four earn- to recognize the importance of truly Center on Independence Mall? Are you ing $50,000 is now the highest among regional reinvestment and the DRPA is looking forward to the NBA All Star major cities in the nation — higher than busy seeding private investment on game in Philadelphia next year? New York, Boston or Washington. The both sides of the river. The results are There are a lot of things happening report bluntly states: “Philadelphia is a obvious and heartening. But other in Philadelphia these days, and there high tax city.” And it adds: “A continued obstacles still remain. When one sees are many reasons for us to feel good strategy of reducing the city’s tax rates the economy as a regional force, one about the city and the region. Recently is likely to enhance the tax base and comes to recognize how ridiculous our Bar leaders heard a report about technology-based knowledge econo- reduce the rate of job erosion in the New Jersey’s bona fide law office rule facts, issues and ideas affecting the my.” Of the 35 benchmark regions City.” This means the city has to hold really is. The rule doesn’t help anyone. region from the Metropolitan selected for analysis, Philadelphia the line on spending, keep working to It’s bad enough that it denies con- Philadelphia Policy Center. The Policy ranked among the top 10 in this attract investment and reduce local sumers a free choice in legal assistance Center is a collaborative effort between important high-tech measurement. taxes all at the same time. It’s not a but it also impedes commerce and sti- the Pennsylvania Economy League and And, the city has the amenities (arts, matter of can it be done or will it be fles growth. It’s particularly hard on the 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania. The culture, diversity, recreation and enter- done. It has to be done if we are to small and mid-size law firms that are idea is to create momentum for change tainment) to attract a young, talent- continue to compete in the new econ- actually small businesses. That’s why in the region that will help stimulate based workforce. On the amenities omy. This challenge means that the old we’re seeking to have this rule over- our economy (even in the face of an measure, Philadelphia again ranked in ways of doing things in Philadelphia turned and why we will continue this economic downturn) and improve our the top 10 among the major metropoli- will have to continue to change and effort. quality of life. tan regions examined. change at a more rapid pace than we For the business of the law, the sage For Philadelphia, there are more Yet, our region still has a long way have been accustomed to. of this report is simple: think regional- than a few bright spots in the report. to go to attract the talent, energy and Every one of us — every economic continued on page 3 For example, Philadelphia is now one private investment that it needs to sector and every county and town and of the major regions in the nation for keep pace with top-tier cities like city in the region — is in this together. what the Policy Center calls “the new Chicago, New York, Washington, We can no longer indulge in what the

Bar Association Elected to ASAE Honor Roll Editor-in-Chief The Philadelphia Bar Association Supreme Court’s recent adoption of a powerful impact on everyday life, they Bruce H. Bikin, Esq. has been elected to the 2001 statewide code of civility. In announc- often go unnoticed by the general pub- Associations Advance America Honor ing the new code, Supreme Court Chief lic. Associate Editors Michael A. Cibik, Esq. Roll, a national awards competition Justice John P. Flaherty commended the This marks the third time the Glenn F. Rosenblum, Esq. sponsored by the American Society of Association for “making the subject of Philadelphia Bar Association has been Association Executives (ASAE) in professionalism a priority.” elected to the ASAE Honor Roll. Contributing Editor Washington, D.C. Now in its 11th year, the “The Philadelphia Bar Association’s Richard Max Bockol, Esq. The Philadelphia Bar Association Associations Advance America Awards program truly embodies the spirit of Advisory Editors received the award for its Principles of program recognizes associations that the Associations Advance America Merih O. Erhan, Esq. Professionalism and Code of Civility propel America forward — with innova- campaign. It is an honor and an inspi- Marc Reuben, Esq. Molly Peckman, Esq. Campaign initiated in 2000 by then- tive projects in education, skills train- ration to showcase this activity as an Chancellor Doreen S. Davis. The cam- ing, standards-setting, business and example of the many contributions Director of Publications and New Media paign, which has also been honored by social innovation, knowledge creation, associations are making to advance Mark A. Tarasiewicz the Pennsylvania Bar Association, was citizenship and community service. American society,” remarked ASAE Managing Editor instrumental in the Pennsylvania Although Association activities have a President Michael S. Olson, CAE. Jeff Lyons

Copy Editor Kate Maxwell WEBCAST What You’ll Need to Listen to Webcasts Associate Executive Director continued from page 1 for Communications and Public Affairs • To listen to a Bar Association webcast, you’ll need Windows Media Player software, down- Daniel A. Cirucci loadable free from www.microsoft.comand at least a 28.8 kbps connection to the Internet. If that and continue to disseminate Executive Director you experience problems listening to the broadcast, contact [email protected]. important information to everyone Kenneth Shear who is interested in the law and the The Philadelphia Bar Report e r (ISSN 0145-3491) is published monthly and available by subscription for legal community.” $45 per year by the Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Primavera also pointed out that this Noting that the Association saw a able outgrowth of this new capability.” Market St., 11th fl., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911. Periodicals postage paid at Philadelphia, Pa. POST- is “just another way to link to key seg- “very quick and healthy response” to He predicted that the webcasts “will M A S T E R : Send address changes to Philadelphia Bar ments beyond the legal community its recent introduction of list serves for be an ideal companion to next year’s R e p o rt e r, c/o Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market St., 11 fl., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911. including business leaders, educators its various Sections and Young Lawyers many events surrounding the Telephone: (215) 238-6300. Association Web site: ww w. p h i l a d e l p h i a b a r. o r g. Newspaper e-mail addre s s : and public officials. It’s part of our plan Division, Primavera said that “every Association’s bicentennial. That’s why re p o rt e r @ p h i l a b a r. o rg. The editorial and other views to reach out beyond our own profes- day more and more people are access- the celebration is called ‘Century 3.’ ” expressed in the Philadelphia Bar Reporterare not nec- essarily those of the Association, its officers, or its sion. And the nice thing about it is that ing our services online.” The Chancellor He added “we’re always looking to the members. Advertising rates and information are avail- you can listen to the webcast as it’s said that webcast interviews and con- future and we hope to be announcing able from American Lawyer Media, 1617 JFK Blvd., Suite 1750, Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-9655. Telephone: happening or save it and listen to it versations with business, civic and additional online innovations as we (215) 557-2300. later on.” community leaders “will be an inevit- move ahead.”

2 SEPTEMBER 2001 / BAR REPORTER Vote for Your Favorite Writer of Legal Fiction There’s no better way to relax than with a good book. And a lot of those books have to do with the law. The Philadelphia Bar Reporter and Bar Reporter Online want to know: Who is your favorite writer of legal fiction? John Grisham? Scott Turow? Steve Martini? Philadelphia’s own Lisa Scottoline? Perhaps there’s someone else. (That person in your firm who writes lousy briefs doesn’t count.) Let us know by dropping us an e-mail. During September, we’ll be tallying your votes for favorite writer of legal fiction. E-mail them to [email protected]. Please vote for just one author. We’ll have the results for you next month. We’ll also be running the poll in Bar Reporter Online, available in your e-mail Welcoming New Citizens every Monday morning. Not a Bar Reporter Jerel A. Hopkins (left), an associate at Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers, LLP, and member of the YLD Executive Online subscriber? Sign up for this free service Committee, addresses newly naturalized American citizens during a ceremony held Aug. 16 in the Ceremonial Courtroom by contacting us at [email protected] And of the U.S. Courthouse at 6th and Market streets. E-Hsin Foo, (right) who runs the celebrated Susanna Foo restaurant with keep up to date with the latest Bar Association his wife on Walnut Street, also addressed the new citizens. Susanna Foo is a native of Taiwan and is a naturalized news by visiting www.philadelphiabar.org. American citizen. Fifty-two people from 25 different countries participated in the naturalization ceremony.

Joseph M. Manko of Manko, Gold & Katcher, LLP, discusses the findings of the Metropolitan Philadelphia Policy Center during a meeting for Bar leaders at Association offices on July 26. Manko is a member of the Policy Center’s advisory board. FRONTLINE ate because the legal community is one of the most important and one of the continued from page 2 most vibrant parts of the region’s new service economy. ly; build cooperative ventures with For nearly 200 years Philadelphia those in nearby counties throughout lawyers have been a positive force for the region; become a responsible part- change, growth and vitality in the ner with the city to help strengthen the region. We’re not about to back away economy and speak out clearly for now. Indeed, we’re out to build on sound management, careful spending Philadelphia’s strengths and work with Tell Us What You Think! and lower taxes. like-minded groups and individuals so The Philadelphia Bar Reporter welcomes letters to the editors for publication. This is the course that we have set that our city breaks into the top tier in Letters should be typed. There is no word limit, but editors reserve the right to for ourselves here at the Bar Associa- every significant category. Join us! condense for clarity, style and space considerations. Letters must be signed to tion as we continue a dialogue with the verify authorship, but names will be withheld upon request. Letters may be business community and seek to take mailed, faxed or e-mailed to: Jeff Lyons, Managing Editor, Philadelphia Bar Reporter, our place at the table where important Carl S. Primavera, partner in the law firm of Kl e h r, H a rrison, Harvey, Branzburg and Ellers LLP, is Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market St., 11th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107- decisions are made affecting the region. Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association. His e- 2911. Phone: (215) 238-6345. Fax: (215) 238-1267. E-mail: [email protected]. And this approach is entirely appropri- mail address is ch a n c e l l o r @ p h i l a ba r. o r g .

BAR REPORTER / SEPTEMBER 2001 3 Philadelphia Bar Foundation Theme Announced for Hamilton Ball By Heather Bendit annually since Hotel. Since event. The evening will kick off with a 1979, was the then, the lavish cocktail reception beginning at 7 In Omnibus Caritas - Charity in All conception of Andrew Hami- p.m. in the Millennium Ballroom, fol- Things - is the theme of the 2001 former lton Ball has lowed by dinner and dancing in the Andrew Hamilton Ball, event co-chairs Chancellor Paul become a signif- Regency Ballroom. Music will be pro- Marilyn Heffley and Bernard W. Carpenter icant source of vided by the Joe Sudler Orchestra. The Smalley have announced. Dewey, former support for the theme of the Ball, In Omnibus Caritas, is a The Andrew Hamilton Ball is held Chancellor and Bar Found- Latin phrase that echoes the Roman annually by the Philadelphia Bar former Bar ation’s annual theme of the decor, and the distinctly Foundation to help raise money to Foundation Marilyn Heffley Bernard W. Smalley grantmaking Italian flavor of the food and wines. ensure that all Philadelphians have President program. “It has been a pleasure to work access to justice. The Ball will be held Marvin Comisky and Catherine The Philadelphia Bar Foundation is with Gabe Bevilacqua and Bernie Saturday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. at the Loews Apothaker. The Ball was to be a gala one of the few sources of unrestricted Smalley, and an honor to work on an Philadelphia Hotel, 12th and Market fund-raiser, a social gathering for the support for legal services in our com- event that has such an impact on the streets. Philadelphia legal community, and a munity. Each year, the Foundation delivery of legal services to the disad- “I am excited to announce that the forum for the presentation of the Louis awards hundreds of thousands of dol- vantaged in our community,” said Ball will be held this year at one of the D. Apothaker Award. lars to more than 30 organizations pro- Heffley, a partner at Reed Smith LLP. most beautiful of Philadelphia’s new It was Catherine Apothaker who viding free legal and other assistance Invitations to the Ball will be sent hotels,” Bar Foundation President suggested that the Ball be named in to Philadelphians struggling with shortly after Labor Day and space is Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua said. “We have honor of Andrew Hamilton, the attor- poverty, abuse and discrimination. In limited. To secure your reservation, enjoyed our many years at the ney who defended John Peter Zenger this way, the Philadelphia Bar response cards should be returned Bellevue Hotel, but we thought that and endowed the term “Philadelphia Foundation is the embodiment of the promptly. For additional invitations or the kickoff event of the Bar lawyer” with its original and continu- Philadelphia lawyer’s commitment to any other inquiries regarding the Ball, Association’s Century 3 celebration ing luster. equal justice under the law. call Melissa Engler at (215) 238-6347. deserved an exciting new venue.” The first Andrew Hamilton Ball was The planning committee has been held on Dec. 13, 1979 at the Fairmount hard at work organizing a truly gala Heather Bendit is director of the Philadelphia Bar The Andrew Hamilton Ball, held Foundation. Her e-mail address is hbendit@philabar. o r g . Apothaker Award Committee Begins Selection Process by Heather Bendit Foundation in the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. The Bar Foundation’s annual Andrew 1972, and as members of the award committee rep- Hamilton Ball, on Saturday, Nov. 10, The 2001 Louis D. Apothaker Award chair of the resent civic leaders within the commu- 2001. The Award recipient will receive Committee will meet this month to Pennsylvania nity: Hon. Benjamin Lerner; City $5,000 and a commemorative crystal at consider the many impressive nomina- Commission on Solicitor Kenneth J. Trujillo; Catherine a reception held immediately preced- tions submitted for the Apothaker Charitable Apothaker; Rhonda R. Cohen; Bart ing the Ball. Award. Organizations. Colli; Matthew J. Comisky; Andre L. More information about the Justice Felix Frankfurter once Moreover, his Dennis; Katherine Hatton; Charisse R. Apothaker Award may be obtained by remarked that the highest office in a good works Lillie; Avery Rome, and Sister Mary calling the Bar Foundation at (215) 238- democracy is the “office of citizen.” This inspired many Scullion. 6334 or by visiting the Bar’s Web site at Paul A. Tufano principle is celebrated by the Louis D. of his colleagues The 2001 Louis D. Apothaker Award www.philadelphiabar.org/mem- Apothaker Award, which is presented to public service. will be presented at the Philadelphia ber/bar/apothaker.asp. annually to a citizen or organization The Board of Trustees of the that has made an outstanding contri- Philadelphia Bar Foundation estab- bution to the pursuit of justice. lished the Apothaker Award in 1979 to The late Louis D. Apothaker truly honor Apothaker’s many contributions embodied the office of citizen. His civic to his community, and to celebrate the commitment was demonstrated by his power of the committed individual. many good works, including a term as Last year’s recipient was Gloria M. president of the Philadelphia Bar Guard, executive director of the People’s Emergency Center (PEC). She was recognized for her instrumental role in the creation of PEC’s Community Development Corporation and for her long-term commitment and leadership in the provision of services for the homeless. Other past recipients include the Peace Program of the St. Francis De Sales School, Operation Understanding, Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth, Sister Mary Scullion, R.S.M., and Northwest Interfaith Movement. The 2001 Apothaker Committee is chaired by Paul A. Tufano, who serves as vice president and general counsel for Independence Blue Cross and also as a member of the board of trustees of

4 SEPTEMBER 2001 / BAR REPORTER Delivery of Legal Services Committee Miller-Wilson Named Coordinator Cathryn Miller-Wilson has been and third-party standing in custody until February 1999 and she has been a appointed as coordinator of the Bar cases in Pennsylvania. member of the Executive Committee of Association’s Delivery of Legal Services She was chair of the Dependency the Family Law Section since January Committee. Committee of the Family Law Section 1997. Miller-Wilson was also a mem- Miller-Wilson will assist member of the Philadelphia Bar Association ber of the Philadelphia Task Force on organizations in serving the indigent from March 1995 until February 1999, Kinship Care and is a founding mem- and otherwise under-served popula- chair of the Court-appointed Task ber of Grand Central, a Philadelphia- tions in the city. She will also under- Force on the Custody Information based Kinship Caregiver Resource take projects beneficial to the legal ser- Gathering Process from December 1997 Center. Cathryn Miller-Wilson vices committee, including conducting surveys and interviews, planning events and researching and reporting on various topics. Before joining the Bar Association, she was a custody/support master with the Court of Common Pleas, Family Court Division in Philadelphia County. In that capacity she held record hear- ings and adjudicated partial custody, visitation, child support, spousal support, alimony and alimony pendente lite matters. In addition, she held set- tlement conferences for parties litigat- ing primary custody matters. Prior to arriving at the Court, Miller-Wilson was the director of the Family Program of the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania. While at the AIDS Law Project, she was the primary author of Pennsylvania’s Standby Guardianship Act, which became law during her tenure at the Law Project. Miller-Wilson also served as a staff attorney with Community Legal Services’ Dependency Project (now called the Family Advocacy Unit). She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School where she was a founding member of the Custody and Support Assistance Clinic, a law-student-run family law clinic for low-income families. She is a recipient of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ Award for Excellence in Family Law and the Dean Jefferson B. Fordham Human Rights Award. Miller-Wilson has lectured national- ly on permanency planning for the HIV-infected parent, discrimination in child custody law and on Pennsylvan- ia’s Standby Guardianship Law. She has also lectured on abuse and neglect law

Orientation Program Set for HAP Volunteers Members of the legal community are invited to attend the Homeless Advocacy Project’s volunteer orientation program on Thursday, Sept. 20 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the offices of Reed Smith LLP, 2500 One Liberty Place, 1650 Market St. Lunch will be provided. For more information, contact James G. Newman, HAP’s senior staff attorney at (215) 523- 9580 or at [email protected].

BAR REPORTER / SEPTEMBER 2001 5 Volunteering Your Time Career Corner Offers Many Benefits Money Isn’t Always by James E. Elam IV Behind a Job Switch Time. There is seemingly not enough of it in the day. Therefore, it is by James LaRosa and Gary Mintz Association for Law Placement YLD UPDAT E (NALP) report revealed, just under of the essence to maximize the benefits of every minute spent. Outside the In recent issues, we have written half (41.9 percent) of attorneys leav- hours spent practicing law and with about the salary wars and the rapid ing law firms took jobs with anoth- your family, getting involved with pub- escalation of associate salaries. er law firm. lic interest groups can be a very bene- Undeniably, the recent rise in So why do attorneys switch jobs? ficial part of your personal and profes- salaries, for the most part limited to A recent study by the NALP of 2,200 sional life. large firms, has caused many other- lateral lawyers titled “The Lateral Public interest groups range from wise satisfied associates to explore Lawyer: Why They Leave and What those doing legal services to other new opportunities. However, from May Make Them Stay” found five forms of community service such as our experience, while some lateral primary factors in an associate’s working with children or rebuilding moves are motivated solely by decision to switch jobs. These five vation for philanthropy, it is a benefit communities. There are many benefits money, this is not the primary rea- factors, in order of importance, are: nonetheless. to being involved in these activities, son. professional development; practice The Young Lawyers Division is the including the opportunity to broaden Although it may be the percep- interests; financial incentives; work- community service arm of the Bar your circle of contacts. tion that most associates change place environment; and work/life Association. As such, we are responsi- Very often, public interest groups jobs for a salary increase, both our balance. ble for the vast majority of communi- have boards of advisors under various unscientific observations and recent As you will notice, financial ty-related service projects for the Bar titles that add prestige to membership studies have shown this is not the incentives is third on this list, Association. Getting involved with YLD of that particular group. Organizations case. Salary is just one of many fac- behind professional development programming can serve as a means for such as those that benefit institutions tors in an associate’s decision to and practice interests. The reasons a lawyer to become involved in a num- like the Philadelphia Art Museum and make a move. In fact, it is not we hear in our daily discussions ber of different ways to give back to organizations like Big Brothers/Big uncommon for individuals to take a with associates exploring new Philadelphia. In light of the time con- Sisters offer the dual benefit of allow- substantial salary decrease for a opportunities confirm the results of straints placed on young lawyers by ing you to give back to the city as well position they find to be more pro- the above-cited study. The issues we their practices, having you and your as market yourself among other profes- fessionally or personally rewarding. hear raised most often are the firm receive news coverage is a great sionals in the city and possibly around According to a recent report in desire for more mentoring; the way to justify time spent out of the the country. the New York Law Journal, one of desire for more challenging work; office. Participation in Bar Association every seven associates changes jobs the desire for professional growth; As I stated previously, there is news activities likewise offers such opportu- within a given year. Among associ- the ability to learn new practice coverage for a great number of YLD nities. The Philadelphia Bar Reporter, for ates leaving their law firms in 1999, areas; the desire to get out of an activities. Participants are often example, covers most of the service- as data compiled in a 2000 National acknowledged by having photographs continued on page 7 oriented events sponsored by Philadel- of their activities published both before phia legal organizations. While personal kudos should not be the sole moti- continued on page 7 Career Planning and Placement Arden Theatre Offering from Discount to Young Lawyers

Members of the Young Lawyers the Lindbergh kidnapping. Division are invited to take a break, • “Stinkin’ Rich” (April 5, 2002), a leave their desks and enjoy a great hilarious new adaptation of Moliere’s night on the town by joining the Arden classic The Miser, updated to 1920s New Theatre Company’s Young Professionals York. Circle. For $85, you’ll get to see perfor- • “James Joyce’s The Dead” (June 7, Career counseling and résumé review services mances of three different productions. 2002), the Philadelphia premiere of the by appointment, The Arden Theatre Company in Old Tony Award-winning musical version Mondays from 9 to 11 a.m. and Fridays from 1:30 to 4 p.m. City (40 N. 2nd St.) is pleased to offer of the classic short story. at Bar Headquarters. For an appointment, call Cindy Towers at you and your friends and colleagues in In addition, you’ll be able to attend (215) 751-9100, extension 301 the legal community a great way to see a Meet & Greet Reception at each per- some of the best theater in Philadel- formance where you can network and phia on one of the city’s most exciting make valuable contacts. and fun nights, First Friday. You’ll also enjoy parking and dining JuriStaff, the only legal staffing agency endorsed by the Philadelphia Bar For $85 ($5 off the regular price) discounts at some of Old City’s hippest Association, provides temporary, temporary-to-permanent and direct-hire you’ll become a member of the Young restaurants. placements of attorneys, paralegals and support staff. Professionals Circle. Your membership To join the Young Professionals includes a ticket to the First Friday per- Circle, please call the Arden Box Office formance of three exciting 2001-2002 at (215) 922-1122. Be sure to mention Learn more at productions. Here’s what you’ll see: the Bar Association’s Young Lawyers www.juristaff.com or www.philadelphiabar.org • “Baby Case” (Nov. 2), a world-pre- Division to get your $5 discount. For miere musical about one of the 20th more information, visit the Arden or call JuriStaff at (215) 751-9100, ext. 301. century’s most fascinating legal cases, online at www.ardentheatre.org.

6 SEPTEMBER 2001 / BAR REPORTER YLD UPDATE Philanthropy for philanthropy’s sake should be your motivation to partici- continued from page 6 YLD Celebrates Summer in the City pate in public interest activities. However, you should recognize that M a rtin N. Lisman, an and after the event. The YLD is com- there are other benefits as well. associate with Naulty, prised of a number of committees that Research the activities that are in place Scaricamazza & McDevitt, focus on any one of a number of to benefit the community. In the mean- Ltd., lines up a shot on the events, none of which are an over- time, participate in YLD activities to pool table at Dave & whelming time commitment. give yourself a good first step toward Buster’s during the Young Further, YLD events are often service-oriented projects that can ben- Lawyers Division’s Sum- attended by members of the senior bar efit both you and the community. mer in the City party on and provide good networking oppor- July 26. Nearly 100 peo- James E. Elam IV, an associate in the law firm of ple attended the event. tunities for all involved. Participants in Dilworth Paxson LLP, is chair of the Young Lawyers YLD events have included both federal Division. His e-mail address is elamje@dilworthlaw. c o m . and state judges as well as partners in some of Philadelphia’s most prestigious firms. The opportunity to network with someone in a venue where the discussions and atmosphere are less formal and rigid can be far greater than meeting that same person otherwise.

CAREER CORNER continued from page 6 unpleasant workplace; and the ability to spend more time with family. While it may be hard to quantify the most prevalent reasons associates seek new positions, it is not hard to quantify which reason causes candidates to express the most urgency. Associates that complain of a poor working environment generally express the most urgency in their job search. Meanwhile, attorneys that are looking for more money, better professional development or the opportunity to learn a new practice area often proceed with greater caution in their job search. One interesting result from the NALP study was the finding that associates who do switch positions have a relatively high level of satisfaction with their new jobs. Almost 50 percent of the respondents reported that their law firm employers exceeded expectations for collegiality, strategic business planning, leadership of practice groups and overall firm leadership. More than 70 percent of the respondents expected to stay with their new employer for an indefinite or undetermined length of time. By better understanding the motives behind the lateral attorney’s decision, a law firm will be better able to attract new talent and at the same time retain the associates they present- ly have. From the associate’s perspec- tive, by understanding the different motivations behind a colleague’s job choice, the associate will be better pre- pared to ask the type of questions of a prospective employer necessary for them to be able to determine whether the opportunity is what they are truly looking for.

James LaRosa and Gary Mintz are recruiters with J u ri S t a f f, Inc., the exclusively endorsed legal staffing agency of the Philadelphia Bar Association. LaRosa can be reached at (215) 751 - 9100 extension 302 or by e-mail at jlarosa @ j u ri s t a f f.com; Mintz can be reached at (215 ) 751 - 9100 extension 315 or by e-mail at g m i n t z @ j u ri s t a f f. c o m .

BAR REPORTER / SEPTEMBER 2001 7 Understanding Memory ‘Sins’ Can Give Lawy ers an Edge

The Seven Sins of of memory. We all experience some of probably not worth the trouble. Good, them, such as the blocking of names or old-fashioned attentiveness and re- Memory: How the Mind the kind of absentmindedness that liance on simple things like contempo- Forgets and Remembers makes us forget our keys or misplace a raneous notes and learning by repeti- business card. Similarly, we are all tion are the best crutches. It’s all very by Daniel L. Schacter “guilty” of reconstructing some events reassuring to those of us who struggle to fit with what we think should have to remember which phone calls to (Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, happened, and we forget details of return. 272 pages, $25, Copyright 2001.) events that seem vivid and relatively Schacter’s examples of common unforgettable when they are happen- memory failures are backed by scien- Reviewed by Andrew A. Chirls ing. Schacter also describes the work- tific explanations — he tells us the loca- ings of memories that are too effective, tions of the brain where particular A book on how the brain works or such as when we are unable to forget memory functions are carried out — summaries of studies about how juries fails to work is of interest to anyone traumatic events, or to put them aside and by references to research papers assess the credibility of witnesses. who would like his or her brain to so we can focus on daily tasks. This and projects that may be useful to Many lawyers make a living, in the work better. Of particular interest to condition, which at its worst is known many lawyers. A growing number of civil and criminal arenas, assessing the lawyers, though, “The Seven Sins of as post-traumatic stress syndrome, is courts are allowing experts to opine on reliability of conflicting or selective Memory: How the Mind Forgets and fortunately far less common than for- the reliability of eyewitness testimony, memories. We are called upon to argue Remembers” helps us to deal with getfulness. and some are allowing scientific about why one person’s recollection of questions such as: How can I bring into Schacter is a doctor whose writing inquiry into the wisdom of common an accident, an assault or a business question the reliability of an eyewit- betrays what must be an awfully good investigative techniques like photo meeting is better than another per- ness account? Did — or can — an inter- bedside manner. His strength is that he arrays and lineups. The research cited son’s. As we assimilate the facts of a view of a witness change the percep- is reassuring. His thesis is that we may help lawyers and judges who case into our minds, we have to train tions of that witness? The book also would be overloaded if we remem- need to understand the neurological ourselves to remember chronologies, to helps us to understand more mundane bered everything, so the mind must basis for the imperfection of memory. focus on facts that are important or questions like: As my level of responsi- develop ways of forgetting what is And the author cites real cases — in- that form patterns, and recall details of bility grows, why do I have to rely on likely to be unimportant. Forgetting cluding those involving former what people said and wrote. This book notes and other supplements to my names? Don’t worry, it’s normal. It President Clinton and, uh, “that gives us engaging and memorable thoughts to remember what my doesn’t mean you are contracting woman” — to help us assess how wit- descriptions of how we do it. responsibilities are? Alzheimer’s disease. And the effort of nesses and parties may credibly

Daniel Schacter, a Harvard neu- indulging in memory tricks, mental remember some things that seem Andrew A. Chirls is a partner in the business litigation ropsychologist, gives us sensible and gymnastics and mnemonic games to unimportant but not remember others department at Wo l f, Block, Sch o rr and Solis-Cohen LLP. He is immediate-past chair of the Board of Go v e rnors of readable descriptions of seven failures overcome normal failures, he tells us, is that seem important. He also gives us the Philadelphia Bar As s o c i a t i o n .

First Monday 2001 Annual Celebration to Focus on Rebuilding Cities

The Public Interest Section’s Law clients, the communities in which they School Outreach Committee will be work and the bar. Mail reply form to Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market hosting the 10th Annual First Monday Participants will include Gloria St., 11th floor, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 Attention: First Celebration and Public Interest Guard, executive director of People’s Monday. You may also fax your registration to (215) 238-1159. Reception on Oct. 1, 2001 from 4 to 7 Emergency Center and former recipient Return this form by Monday, Sept. 24, 2001. p.m. at the PBI-PBEC Education Center, of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation’s Wanamaker Building, 10th Floor. First Louis D. Apothaker Award; Dina _____ YES, I will attend the First Monday Reception on Oct. 1, 2001. Monday, symbolically planned to occur Schlossberg, lecturer and clinical on the opening day of the United supervisor, University of Pennsylvania States Supreme Court term, is a nation- Law School; Susan Bennett, professor Name: ______al event designed to bring together the of Law, American University, Washing- public interest community in celebra- ton College of Law; and Brian Glick, Address: ______tion of law as a collective force for associate clinical professor of Law, social justice. Fordham University Law School. The First Monday 2001 will focus on the program will be moderated by Wendell ______growing field of Community Economic Pritchett, visiting assistant professor, Development (CED) and the impact University of Pennsylvania Law School Phone: ______that law schools and lawyers can have and assistant professor of history at in their communities. The program will Baruch College of the City University of E-mail: ______feature seasoned CED lawyers from New York. New York City, Philadelphia and The formal program will be fol- Washington, D.C., who will share their lowed by a cocktail reception. This is a thoughts on the history and future of free event open to all who are interest- at (215) 898-0459. Temple University Beasley School of rebuilding cities and revitalizing com- ed. To register, fill out and return the The Law School Outreach Commit- Law, University of Pennsylvania School munities through CED work. In partic- reply form by Monday, Sept. 24. For tee is composed of representatives of Law, Villanova Univ-ersity School of ular, the program will examine the role more information about the program from Dickinson School of Law, Rutgers Law and Widener University School of of CED lawyers in relation to their and reception, contact Susan Feathers University School of Law - Camden, Law.

8 SEPTEMBER 2001 / BAR REPORTER Summer Associ a t e s Aid Judicare Clients, Get Real Exper i e n c e by Jeff Lyons For more information It was the perfect match: a backlog • To become a Judicare volunteer, visit of clients looking for services and a www.scjudicare.orgor contact Judicare’s group of summer associates looking for director, Karen Buck, at (215) 238-6390. experience. “Judicare had a big backlog of supervised by licensed attorneys while clients. I read an article somewhere they worked. Amy Ducoff and Shara Abraham, summer associates at Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley about another firm getting summer “The summer associates got to meet LLP, look on as Fullerd and Nancy Isaac execute their wills. associates to do pro bono work. And with clients and draft a document that we said ‘how about if we do that,’ ” they might not be able to do without afford it. I could tell she really appreci- one’s life,” she said. said Wendy E. Bookler, senior counsel this program. It was good for every- ated what I did,” said Julie Rosenfeld, a “Our clients, particularly because at Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley body. It really worked well,” said summer associate at Blank Rome, who they are elderly and so many live in LLP and a member of Judicare’s board Bookler, who organized and supervised helped a Judicare client with a will. isolation as well as poverty, need and of directors. a group of about nine summer associ- “Our elderly clients seem to have greatly appreciate the efforts of all our The Senior Citizen Judicare Project ates from her firm. really enjoyed working with the sum- volunteers. With the rising number of is a nonprofit organization that pro- “I thought it went great. Most summer associates, who brought a won- senior citizens in our community, we tects the rights and interests of older mer associates with big firms don’t get derful energy to their pro bono work,” are greatly in need of new volunteers, Philadelphians in need, providing free much client contact during their sum- said Buck. and we welcome them all, whether legal services, community legal educa- mer experience. Meeting with a “This project also reminded these they be young associates, corporate tion, professional training, advice, Judicare client is a great way to get future lawyers that many, many people counsel, or seasoned partners. We information and referral services and experience with a client from start to in our community continue to suffer in have clients in their 70s, 80s and 90s advocacy. finish,” said Odenheimer of Cozen poverty, and that with just a few hours with litigation as well as many non-lit- “This is the first time we’ve worked O’Connor. of work, they can use their skills as igation matters that desperately need with summer associates and we’d like “For us, it’s a way of building a rela- lawyers to have a real impact on some- their attention,” Buck said. to do it every summer,” said Karen C. tionship with newest members of the Buck, Judicare’s executive director. legal community and get them inter- Judicare supervising attorney Angel ested in working with Judicare after Recchia and Judicare board chair Shari they pass the bar exam,” said Oden- J. Odenheimer held a training session heimer. for summer associates and attorneys. “They’re so enthusiastic,” she said of “Twenty-five people were trained the summer associates. “They loved it. during one session on interviewing It was a chance to do a project in estate clients, drafting simple wills and other planning they might otherwise not get directives over the course of several an opportunity to do.” hours,” said Bookler. She added that all “I thought it was good experience to of the summer associates were being help someone out that couldn’t really

Election Nominating Committee Formed The Nominating Committee of the Oct. 9 at 4 p.m.; and Wednesday, Oct. Philadelphia Bar Association, which 10 at 4 p.m. evaulates candidates who are seeking Offices for which candidates are elected positions within the Associa- being solicited are vice chancellor, section, has been formed. retary, assistant secretary, treasurer, Committee members are Doreen S. assistant treasurer, and five seats on the Davis (chair), Edward F. Chacker, Jeffrey Board of Governors, three of which are L. Dashevsky, Norman E. Donoghue II, to be nominated by the Nominating Rudolph Garcia, Allan H. Gordon, Kim Committee. Each Board seat carries a R. Jessum, Margaret Klaw, Tsiwen M. three-year term. Law, Carolyn H. Nichols, Matthew Individuals who wish to be consid- Perks, Ralph S. Pinkus, Carl S. Prima- ered for any of the above offices should vera, Linda F. Rosen, Richard S. Seidel, submit a resume of their background Kathleen M. Shay, Hon. Michael Snyder, and indicate the position for which Jonathan D. Sokoloff, Joseph A. Sulli- they wish to run. van, Audrey C. Talley, Joe Vignola, and Materials should be submitted to Kathleen D. Wilkinson. the chair of the Nominating Association Secretary Carl Tobey Committee, Doreen S. Davis, c/o Mary Oxholm serves as a non-voting mem- Kate Szalwinski, Philadelphia Bar ber of the committee. Association, 1101 Market St., 11th Floor, The committee has scheduled dates Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911, no later for its next meetings. They are: than the close of the business day, Monday, Sept. 10 at 12 p.m.; Tuesday, Friday, Oct. 5.

BAR REPORTER / SEPTEMBER 2001 9 Prescription for Change: Legislate Greed by Bruce H. Bikin lawyers is the solution. I do not under- about whether there was malpractice or stand how frivolous claims make insur- not. Rather, they are about the doctors’ Lawyers, particularly trial lawyers, ance premiums rise. (I never was much and hospitals’ refusal to openly are frequently the designated miscre- C O M M E N T A R Y good at math.) If the claims are frivo- acknowledge, to their patients and ants of politicians searching for a ratio- lous, it seems to me, courts and juries themselves, when they make an error. It nale to oppose legislation that empow- ought to be dismissing them. should be noted that perhaps the rea- ers the average citizen in his daily bat- Dismissed claims, especially medical son St. Agnes’ recent conduct in notify- tle with bureaucracy and red tape. With malpractice claims, are expensive to ing patients of potential health prob- one of the biggest issues buzzing in bring. That ought to be incentive lems as a result of improperly done Washington, D.C., these days being the enough not to bring frivolous claims. I tests is so newsworthy, at least in part, “Patients’ Bill of Rights,” is it any sur- would expect the same to hold true is because of St. Agnes’ open admission prise that lawyers are the target in the with claims made against HMOs. I have of their error. middle of the controversy? Lawyers, never yet seen a lawyer who could file I am not sure that my views pro- particularly trial lawyers, seem to be a lawsuit and then have the option of vide any concrete answers to the prob- the best reason most Republicans can A similar fight has been raging in awarding his own client money. Juries lem at hand. Maybe that is because I find for not permitting people to sue Pennsylvania recently as the legislature make awards, sometimes judges. Never have a hard time understanding how a when they end up dead or disabled searches for a solution to our own ver- lawyers. lawyer performing his or her job com- because they have been told by their sion of malpractice roulette. Doctors Three potential reasons quickly petently and professionally is ever a HMOs that they do not need a certain claim lawyers expect every outcome to come to mind why doctors would be problem. Shortsighted people seem to treatment or medication, regardless of be positive and if one is not, the argu- losing those so-called frivolous claims. think that by legislating lawyers out of what their treating physician says. ment goes, lawyers assume there must First, doctors and their insurance carri- the equation they will solve the prob- We have had our tort system in this have been malpractice. Doctors say ers are too cheap to hire lawyers as lem. country longer than we have had our more and more frivolous lawsuits are good as the plaintiffs’. (I have to admit Instead, how about legislating med- independence. It comes to us from the being filed and that their malpractice this rationale appeals to me on many ical errors and bad judgment out of the English Common Law. I guess the prob- insurance premiums are driving them levels. However, I do want to make it equation? How about legislating greed, lem with people being able to sue is out of the practice of medicine in clear that the competency of the arrogance and insensitivity out of the that an injured person might actually Pennsylvania. defense bar is definitely not the issue equation? Wouldn’t that get more to do it. Given the nature of bureaucracies Without minimizing the significance here.) Second, the doctors are kidding the heart of the matter? these days, it is probably a fair assump- or reality of a very big problem facing themselves about just how frivolous these claims are. Third, many, if not Bruce H. Bikin, a partner at Montgomery, McCrack e n , tion someone would. Why that would the medical profession in Pennsylvania, Walker & Rhoads LLP, is editor of the Philadelphia Bar be such a disaster is unclear to me. I don’t understand why eliminating most, of the lawsuits are not really R e p o r t e r.

10 SEPTEMBER 2001 / BAR REPORTER Tcha i k o vsky: Tortured Sou l , Beautiful Music for the Ages by Marc Reuben tured life. There is not another like him. The first thrill I experienced while He disliked his ballets, perhaps listening to the classics came from an ARTS & MEDIA because he thought they were not old 78 recording of Tchaikovsky’s manly enough to assuage his tortured Symphony No. 4 in F, which I found psyche. Most of all, he hated his last among the mementos of my late ballet, a little thing called “Nutcracker,” Layli Miller Bashir grandparents, Benjamin and Ida Welt. which he reduced to a small suite The recording was from a post-World because he thought the entire ballet War II series called “Music for was too awful for audiences to take. Women’s Rights Millions,” which was a marvelous fran- His last symphony, the “Pathetique” chise connected with Sigmund Spaeth, shadows the crushed hopes of a gentle on Agenda for a music lover of the Robin Hood optimist. Havelock Ellis calls the work a school, who kept the flame of the great homosexual tragedy, although all of Sept. 14 Forum classics alive decades before MTV. Tchaikovsky’s work was anchored in Music purists are often critical of divine sorrow. The last symphony was Layli Miller Bashir, executive Tchaikovsky’s oeuvre because his com- ductor of his own music. His fabled not well received. Tchaikovsky died director of the Tahirih Justice positions do not explore the parame- Piano Concerto in B (No. 1) was given within weeks of the 1893 premiere, Center, will address the ters of musical form. Tchaikovsky was a its world premiere by the Boston after he drank unboiled water during a Philadelphia Bar Association and highly formalized writer of music in Orchestra in 1875. Russian critics had cholera epidemic. The abrupt end of his members of the legal community the early post-romantic era. His works dismissed the work, which became part relationship with von Meck and his at a Sept. 14 Chancellor’s Forum tended to be deeply emotional, of Tchaikovsky’s highly successful lonely, terrified life finally caught up at the Bar Association’s 11th Floor extremely rich in harmonic overtones, American tour of 1891. It also became with him — perhaps the most beloved Conference Center from noon to 2 often pessimistic, yet filled with the band leader Freddy Martin’s theme composer of his time. p.m. most endless stream of beautiful music in the 1930s. Of the recordings that exist, my While still a law student at melody ever to come from a compos- Tchaikovsky wrote in a variety of favorite is a recording of “Pathetique” American University, Bashir er’s pen. No one is immune to the forms. His operas and ballets were made in the 1950s with the unlikely etched her name in history as she beauty of his melodies, from “The essentially works devoted to heroic combination of the Vienna Symphony argued before an immigration Nutcracker,” “Swan Lake” and “Sleeping women. He loved women in every (a bastion of German tradition) and judge and assisted in the appeal Beauty” ballets to “Romeo and Juliet” respect except one, and he wrote works French conductor Jean Martinon, a sur- of a high-profile case involving a and the six symphonies, the “Serenade for them that had more breadth and vivor of the concentration camps. So woman’s right to receive refuge in for Strings,” “Marche Slave,” the ubiqui- meat than the earlier classic works of overwhelming is the emotional playing the United States from a tribal tous “1812 Overture” and many, many Donizetti or Rossini. Of the operas, that I can only listen to the recording practice called female genital more. “Eugene Onegin” is the most famous. once every decade, or be ruined by the mutilation. The case, involving a Tchaikovsky was born in Kamsko- The work does not contain the over- sorrowful, almost organic message of young woman from Togo named Votkinsk, Russia, in 1840, the son of a whelming conceit of a Wagner opus, the work. Fauziya Kassindja, made legal his- middle-class merchant family. He had nor the rabble-rousing of Verdi. The Fourth Symphony, from that tory when it became the first in some slight interest in music, although The melodies of his music are early shellac set, was recorded — so I which the Board of Immigration his childhood was spent learning omnipresent. They are, as Stravinsky suspect — by some imitator of Appeals recognized female genital numerous languages (he read and wrote, not copies of Russian folk music, Toscanini, he of the brisk tempo and mutilation as a basis for asylum. spoke four languages by the age of 7). yet they are Russian to the core. They clear articulation. The same symphony In 1997, one year after graduat- He did try his hand at musical compo- speak of the yearning and the suffering has been given excellent readings by ing from law school, Bashir sition at the age of 14, but attended the of tortured souls who are too gentle to Bernstein and Ormandy (now all on founded the Tahirih Justice Center Imperial School of Jurisprudence and do anything but suffer for love. The budget labels). The last three sym- in response to the overwhelming secured a job at the Ministry of Justice harmonies seem taken from Orthodox phonies (4 through 6) were interpreted need for legal services of immi- in 1859. liturgical traditions, yet there is little to numerous times by the legendary grant and refugee women who Much has been written of his tragic suggest that any religious music was Leopold Stokowski, and two of his have come to the United States to life. He was a terrified homosexual, ever used by him. One can hear the readings of the Fifth Symphony (with escape human rights abuses. The trusting and most innocent. He tried to moaning of Mussorgsky’s masses in the the Philadelphia and London orches- Tahirih Justice Center provides reconcile his life with conventional rich harmonies of Tchaikovsky’s music. tras, in the 1930s and 60s, respectively) pro bono legal assistance and myths and even tried marriage to a The link to Russia is abundant and yet are the gold standard. It is unlikely that auxiliary medical and social ser- woman who worshiped him as an idol. unidiomatic. He is able to communi- any well-intentioned listener will be vice referrals to women seeking They separated after just nine weeks, cate every emotion with jarring a sin- unimpressed by the sheer beauty and protection from gender-based and she eventually died in a mental gle note. This, despite the critics, is a emotional content of this glorious persecution. hospital. He eventually settled into a truly remarkable musical accomplish- music. The center is funded by the platonic relationship with Countess ment, showing one can be as energized The recent controversy over proceeds of the book that Bashir Nadja von Meck, who subsidized him by beauty as by dissonance. whether Tchaikovsky’s death was a sui- co-authored with Kassindja, “Do with a comfortable income for 14 years Tchaikovsky found the essence of cide due to his sexual orientation being They Hear You When You Cry.” until she thought she was going bank- Russia in his melodies and recreated discovered in the reactionary court of Bashir is now an accomplished rupt. Her abrupt exit from his life (she from his own imagination the very Alexander III may never be known. author and speaker on the subject also refused to answer his letters) soul of his native land. He was not What is clear is that the secrecy of his of female genital mutilation and caused him deep sorrow and depres- really an innovator. Mozart was his lonely life and the enduring beauty violence against women. She has sion — to which he was disposed idol. He was distrustful of Brahms and that he alone brought to music were a spoken out about the topic on throughout his lifetime. could not comprehend his musical product of misery that, for all its savage CNN, BBC, ABC’s “Nightline,” PBS, Tchaikovsky is reflected in the deep contemporaries. Yet, in the honied effect upon him, provided a glorious CNBC, NPR, “Fresh Air with Terri and personal nature of his music. Often melodies that seem almost heavy, gift to mankind. Gross,” The New York Times and The describing himself as weak and teary, Tchaikovsky creates the joy of pure Washington Post. beauty amidst the sorrows of a tor- Marc Reuben is a sole practitioner and has been wri t i n g he was in constant demand as a con- a bout the arts and media since 1973 .

BAR REPORTER / SEPTEMBER 2001 11 Real Property Section LegalLine Honored With NABE Award Nomination Deadline is Sept. 15 for Annual Good Deed Award The Real Property Section is accept- McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, 123 S. ing nominations through Friday, Sept. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19109 or by 14 for its third annual Good Deed e-mail to [email protected]. Award, presented to an individual who The award will be presented during has made a meaningful contribution to the Real Property Section’s annual lun- the practice of real property law. cheon on Thursday, Nov. 8 at Loews The nominee can be a currently or Philadelphia Hotel, 12th and Market formerly practicing attorney in private streets. A contribution will be made to practice, public service, corporate or the Philadelphia Bar Foundation in government law, the judiciary or the honor of the award winner. academic profession. Attorneys Harris Ominsky and Charles J. Klitsch (center), the Philadelphia Bar Association’s assistant director of The nominations must be accompa- Mitchell Panzer won the first two public and legal services, holds a NABE 2001 LexisNexis Community & Educational nied by brief supporting statements awards. Outreach Award. The award was presented for the Association’s LegalLine program on and should be sent to Good Deed For more information, contact Nina Aug. 2 during the NABE Annual Meeting in Chicago. Klitsch is joined by Association Award, c/o Nina Segre, Montgomery, Segre at (215) 772-7631. Executive Director Ken Shear and Brenda Castello of LexisNexis.

JUDGE JAMISON as a special deputy attorney general assigned to the Inheritance Tax The first Sandra Day O’Connor and special assistant attorney general Division before moving on to the Award was presented in 1993 to Judge continued from page 1 for the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- Common Pleas Court bench. Norma L. Shapiro. Other award win- Aug. 11. vania. She joined the firm of Cozen Judge Jamison sat on numerous ners have been former Pennsylvania “This year, like every year, there O’Connor in 1997 as Of Counsel in the boards and committees within the pro- Supreme Court Justice Juanita Kidd were many outstanding candidates for Estate Planning and Administration fession and beyond. She was a member Stout; Deborah R. Willig, first female this award. But Judge Jamison was Department. of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar clearly the most worthy recipient of A graduate of Philadelphia High Orphans’ Court Rules Committee, Association; Marina Angel, a member the honor this time,” Fedullo said. “We School for Girls, Antioch College and served on the Board of Directors of of the faculty of Temple University are just so sorry she won’t be able to Temple University Beasley School of City Trusts, was a board member of the Beasley School of Law; Third Circuit be with us on what would have surely Law, Judge Jamison entered the private Fox Chase Cancer Center, a member of Court of Appeals Judge Dolores K. been a very important and happy day practice of law in 1949 at a time when the Womens’ Division Executive Sloviter (former Chief Judge); U.S. Dis- in her life. We know her family and few women were members of the bar. Committee of the Jewish Federation of trict Court Judge Anita B. Brody; Leslie many friends will nonetheless share in She spent several years as a volunteer Greater Philadelphia, and served as Anne Miller, first female president of what will be a very proud moment. We with the Legal Aid Society and concen- vice president of the Jenkins Law the Pennsylvania Bar Association; and are proud to have selected her for this trated her practice on Estate and Library. A member of the National Lila G. Roomberg, Of Counsel at honor.” Domestic Relations law. She served as a Association of Women Judges, she Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP. From 1974 to 1990, Judge Jamison special assistant to the attorney general received awards and honors from The October Quarterly Meeting and sat on the Philadelphia Court of of Pennsylvania before becoming asso- many organizations including the Phil- Luncheon will be held Wednesday, Oct. Common Pleas, where she was the first ciated with the firm of Freedman, adelphia Board of Judges, Children’s 24 at noon, in the Grand Ballroom of woman to serve as an Orphans’ Court Borowsky & Lorry. She then served for Hospital Auxiliary, the Conference of the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue, Broad judge in Pennsylvania. She also served two years as assistant attorney general State Trial Judges, and Hadassah. and Walnut streets in Philadelphia.

Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon Wednesday, October 24 at Noon at the Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue • Featuring keynote speaker Martha W. Barnett, immediate-past president of the American Bar Association • Posthumous presentation of the Sandra Day O’Connor Award to Judge Judith J. Jamison

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12 SEPTEMBER 2001 / BAR REPORTER BARNETT commission that meets every 20 years the Board of Directors of the Florida with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969. to review and propose amendments to Women’s Alliance. She received her Juris Doctor degree continued from page 1 the Florida Constitution. She also Barnett has received numerous from the University of Florida, graduat- gates, of which she had been a mem- served on the Constitutional Taxation awards for her contributions to society ing in 1973. She is a member of Phi ber since 1984. She served on the ABA & Budget Reform Commission (1990- and the legal profession, including the Kappa Phi and Phi Delta Phi, and was Board of Governors from 1986 to 1989, 94), the Governor’s Select Committee 1996 Arabella Babb Mansfield Award an editor of the University of Florida and then again from 1994 to 1996 in on Workforce 2000 (1988-89), and the from the National Association of Law Review. The University of Florida her capacity as chair of the House of Florida Commission on Ethics (1984- Women Lawyers and the 1996 Hillary named Barnett an Alumna of Distinc- Delegates. Since 1997 she has served on 88), serving as chair in 1986-87. Clinton Glass Cutter Award. She was tion in 1997. Barnett has served as a the Executive Board of the Central and Since 1983, Barnett has served on named to The National Law Journal list of trustee of the University of Florida East European Law Initiative, and from the Board of Trustees of Florida Tax- “The 50 Most Influential Women College of Law since 1996, and serves 1990-1996 was on the Board of Editors Watch. She is a founding member and Lawyers in America” in 1998. on the school’s Law Center Advisory of the ABA Journal. past president of the Capital Women’s Barnett graduated from Newcomb Council. Newcomb College selected her Barnett has held leadership posi- Network, and a founding member of College, Tulane University of Louisiana, to be its Outstanding Alumna for 1999. tions in a variety of ABA entities, including as chair of the ABA Assembly Resolutions Committee (1991-94), the Board of Governors Finance Committee (1988-89), the Commission on Public Understanding About the Law (1990- 93), the Consortium on Legal Services and the Public (1996), and chair of the Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities (1984-85). She served on the Executive Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar in 1990-94 and served on the Council from 1996 to 1999. She has also been active in the Florida Bar, the Tallahassee Women Lawyers Association and the Tallahass- ee Bar Association. She has served on the executive councils of the Tax Sec- tion and the Public Interest Law Sec- tion of the Florida Bar, and is a past president and former member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Law- yers Prepaid Legal Services Corp. Barnett has been involved in a number of national organizations, serving on the Board of Directors for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and as a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and member of the American Law Institute. In addition, she has been listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, and Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America. Barnett has been on the Legal Advisory Board for Martindale-Hubbell/LEXIS-NEXIS since 1990, and is a member of the National Association of Women Lawyers. She served on the Board of Directors for the American Judicature Society from 1986-89, and was secretary/treasurer and member of the Board of Directors for the National Institute for Dispute Resolution in 1988-94, and participated in the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. In her firm, Barnett specializes pri- marily in public policy and govern- mental law, including state and local taxes, government contracts, ethics, and campaign finance issues. She has experience in all areas of administrative law, as well as legislative lobbying. In Florida, Barnett has been a Governor’s Appointee to a number of statewide commissions, including the Constitution Revision Commission (1997-98), a constitutionally created

BAR REPORTER / SEPTEMBER 2001 13 Sunoco Counsel to Speak Before HR Committee

Wanda Flowers, chief counsel for more recent experience as an Committee will sponsor The Business Law Section’s HR labor, EEO and employment with in-house employment attor- “Harmonizing Company Committee provides programs for Sunoco, Inc., will be the featured ney at Sunoco, Inc., Flowers Culture and Employment Law,” attorneys who devote a substantial speaker at the Sept. 28 meeting of the will provide practical solutions featuring speakers Laura portion of their practice to advising Human Resources Committee of the to problems that arise in deal- Grossi-Tyson, senior counsel businesses on human resources and Business Law Section. Flowers will ing with the EEOC and other for Independence Blue Cross, employment issues. In-house counsel speak about “How to Build Healthy agencies. Robert Pratter, senior vice and attorneys in firms providing Relationships with the EEOC and “The relationship between Wanda Flowers president and general counsel employment law counsel on the busi- Other Dreaded Agencies.” the EEOC and employers is of PMA Capital Corporation ness side are encouraged to participate Drawing on her nearly 17 years of sometimes tense but it is possible for and business culture expert Lila Booth. in the committee. experience with the U.S. Equal employers to work more effectively Both meetings will be held at 8:30 For more information, contact Employment Opportunity Commission, with the EEOC and other agencies,” a.m. at the law firm of Eckert Seamans committee chairs Jane L. Dalton at (215) including five as regional attorney in said Flowers. Cherin & Mellott, LLC, 1515 Market St., 979-1830 or Deborah Weinstein at (215) the Philadelphia District Office, and her At its Oct. 26 meeting, the HR 9th Floor, Philadelphia. 851-8403.

Legal Rights of Lesbians and Gay Men Committee - meeting, 12:30 p.m., 11th floor Committee Room. Friday, September 14 Judicial Commission - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Women’s Rights Committee - Chancellor’s Forum, noon, 11th floor Conference Center. Philadelphia Lawyer Editorial Board - meeting, 12:30 p.m., 11th floor Committee Room.

Note: While the following listings have been verified prior to press time, any scheduled event may be sub- Monday, September 17 ject to change by the committee or section chairs. Business Law Section Executive Committee - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Monday, September 3 Business Law Section Pro Bono Committee - meeting, 4:30 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Labor Day - Bar Association offices closed. Wednesday, September 19 Tuesday, September 4 Family Law Section Executive Committee - meeting, noon, 11th floor Committee Room. Professional Responsibility Committee - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Federal Courts Committee - meeting, 12:30 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Young Lawyers Division Cabinet - meeting, noon, 10th floor Cabinet Room. LegalLine - 5 p.m., LRIS Offices, 11th floor. Family Law Section - meeting, 4 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Thursday, September 20 Wednesday, September 5 Solo and Small Firm Practitioners Committee - meeting, noon, 11th floor Conference Center Delivery of Legal Services Committee - meeting, 8:30 a.m., 10th floor Board Room. (back). Lunch: $7. Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Adoption Committee - meeting, noon, 11th floor Committee Room. LegalLine - 5 p.m., LRIS Offices, 11th floor. Legislative Liaison Committee - meeting, 12:30 p.m., 11th floor Conference Center. Workers’ Compensation Section Executive Committee - meeting, 2:30 p.m., 11th floor Thursday, September 6 Committee Room. Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: Family Law Section Domestic Violence Committee - meeting, 3:30 p.m, 10th floor Cabinet $8.50. Room. Public Interest Section Civil Rights Committee - meeting, 12:15 p.m., 11th floor Committee Board of Governors - meeting, 4 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Room. Friday, September 21 Philadelphia Bar Reporter Editorial Board - meeting, 12:30 p.m., 10th floor Cabinet Room. Environmental Law Committee - meeting, 12:30 p.m., 11th floor Conference Center. Judicial Commission - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Social Security Disability Law Benefits Committee - meeting, noon, 11th floor Conference Friday, September 7 Center (front). Lunch: $7. Judicial Commission - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Monday, September 24 Monday, September 10 Antitrust Law Committee - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Public Interest Section Executive Committee - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Tuesday, September 25 Public Interest Section Law School Outreach - noon, 10th floor Cabinet Room. Philadelphia Bar Foundation Grants Committee - meeting, noon, 11th floor Conference Criminal Justice Section - meeting, noon, 11th floor Conference Center. Lunch: $7. Center (front). State Civil Committee - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: $7. Nominating Committee - meeting, noon, 11th floor Conference Center (back). Compulsory Arbitration Committee - meeting, noon, 11th floor Committee Room. Lunch: $7. Tuesday, September 11 Wednesday, September 26 Philadelphia Bar Foundation Fund-raising Committee - meeting, 11 a.m., 11th floor Women in the Profession Committee - meeting, noon, 11th floor Conference Center. Lunch: Committee Room. $7. Board of Governors Cabinet - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Women’s Rights Committee - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: $7. Municipal Court Committee - meeting, noon, 11th floor Conference Center (front). Lunch: $7. Thursday, September 27 Young Lawyers Division Law, Life and Lunch - 12:30 p.m., 11th floor Conference Center Yom Kippur - Bar Association offices closed. (back). Friday, September 28 Wednesday, September 12 Judicial Commission - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Section Chairs Meeting with Chancellor - 8:30 a.m., 10th floor Board Room. Young Lawyers Division Cabinet - meeting, noon, 10th floor Cabinet Room. Criminal Justice Section Executive Committee - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Saturday, September 29 Board of Governors Diversity Committee - meeting, noon, 11th floor Committee Room. Lunch: $7. Mock Trial Competition Planning Committee - meeting, 8 a.m., 10th floor Board Room. Family Law Section - CLE Luncheon Series, noon, 11th floor Conference Center. Philadelphia Bar Foundation Board of Trustees - meeting, 4 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Unless otherwise specified, all ch e cks for luncheons and programs should be made payable to the Philadelphia Bar Association and mailed to Bar Headquarters, 11 01 Market St., 11th fl., Philadelphia, Pa. 191 07- 2 911. Send Bar Thursday, September 13 Association-related calendar items 30 days in advance to Managing Editor, Philadelphia Bar Reporter, Philadelphia Bar Elder Law Committee - meeting, noon, 10th floor Cabinet Room. Association, 11 01 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 191 07- 2 911. Fax: (215) 238 - 12 6 7. e-mail: r e p o r t e r @ p h i l a ba r. o r g .

14 SEPTEMBER 2001 / BAR REPORTER the International Association of Defense Counsel.

P E O P L E Richard H. Lowe, a shareholder of Kenneth A. Jacoby Donner, P.C., Murphy, a share- has been appointed holder in Miller, co-chair of the Alfano & Raspanti, Construction P.C., has been elect- Litigation ed president-elect Committee of the of The Barristers’ Section of Litigation Association of of the American Bar Association. Philadelphia, Inc.

Jerome M. Shestack, a partner with Robert M. Goldich, a partner with Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP, spoke at the American Bar LLP, has been elected to the board of Association’s showcase program directors of Family Services, a non- “Successful Partnering Between Inside profit social services agency in and Outside Counsel” on August 7 Montgomery County. during the ABA’s Annual Meeting in Chicago. United Nations Secre t a ry-General Kofi Annan (left) poses with Bar Association Vi c e Leonard A. Bernstein of Reed Smith Chancellor Audrey C. Talley and Association Executive Director Ken Shear following July 4 LLP has been appointed to the follow- Janet S. Kole has been named chair festivities at Independence Hall. Annan was the 2001 recipient of the Liberty Medal. ing positions: board of the American- of the environmental litigation depart- Israeli Chamber of Commerce; the ment at Cooper Perskie April Management Association for the 2001- director of the United States Selective public and government relations com- Niedelman Wagenheim & Levenson. 2002 program year. Service System to the Region I District mittee of Philabundance; and the capi- Appeal Board for the Eastern Judicial tal campaign committee of the Support Thomas G. Wilkinson, an associate Neal A. Jacobs, principal in the law District of Pennsylvania. In the event of Center for Child Advocates. at Cozen O’Connor, was recently firm of Neal A. Jacobs & Associates, the implementation of a draft for mili- named chair-elect of the Pennsylvania P.C., recently led a seminar on business tary service, the District Appeal Board Stuart J. Agins, a Bar Association’s Civil Litigation divorce, sponsored by the hears appeals of Selective Service reg- partner in the law Section. Pennsylvania Bar Institute. istrants whose claims for exemptions firm of Agins, Haaz from military service have been denied & Seidel, L.L.P., has Kenneth J. Warren, a partner at Wolf, A. Taylor Williams of the by local draft boards. been elected to the Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP, was Administrative Office of Pennsylvania board of directors elected vice-chair of the American Bar Courts was recently profiled in David H. Wice, a partner with of the United Way Association’s Section of Environment, Corporate Board Member magazine. Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, of Southeastern Energy and Resources at the ABA’s has been elected president of the Pennsylvania. Annual Meeting in Chicago. Jonathan S. Ziss, a shareholder at board of the Philadelphia Jewish Silverman Bernheim & Vogel, was Archives Center. The center was estab- Min S. Suh, an Mark I. Rabinowitz has been named invited by the Section of Real Property, lished in 1972 to preserve and collect associate at Reed co-chair of the Financial Services Probate and Trust Law of the American records from the Jewish community in Smith LLP, spoke at Department at Blank Rome Comisky & Bar Association to speak on Aug. 6 at the greater Philadelphia area. the Central Law McCauley LLP. its 2001 Annual Meeting on the subject Training of “Fiduciaries’ Responsibilities With Employment Marc P. Weingarten, a partner in the Regard to Art in Estates and Trusts.” Conference titled law firm of Greitzer and Locks, has Names Are News “Work Permits - been elected co-chair of the Hugh J. Hutchinson, a partner at “People” highlights news of The Relocation International Practice Section of the Leonard, Tillery & Sciolla, LLP, was the members’ awards, honors or Process” on July 10 in London. Association of Trial Lawyers of featured speaker at a recent two-day appointments of a civic or com- America. seminar for state and regional law munity nature. Send information Howard M. Goldsmith, principal in enforcement officers at Indiana to Jeff Lyons, Philadelphia Bar the law firm of Howard M. Goldsmith, Matthew H. Kamens of Wolf, Block, University of Pennsylvania. He dis- Reporter, Philadelphia Bar Asso- P.C., has been voted president-elect of Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP has been cussed “The Law of Law Enforcement - ciation, 1101 Market St., Philadel- the Pennsylvania chapter of the elected to the board of directors of Current Topics.” phia, Pa. 19107-2911. E-mail: American Academy of Matrimonial Jones Apparel Group, Inc. [email protected]. Fax: (215) Lawyers. Marc A. Feller, a partner at Dilworth 238-1267. Photos are welcome. Andrew W. Paxson LLP, has been appointed by the Joseph E. Murphy, principal in the Davitt, a share- law firm of Joseph E. Murphy, recently holder with co-edited the book “Guide to Marshall, Pa. Trial Court Judges Honor Judge Sylvester Professional Development in Dennehey, Warner, Judge Esther R. Sylvester, admin- Philadelphia’s Family Court Division Compliance.” Coleman & istrative judge of the Family Court earned her this year’s “Golden Goggin, gave a pre- Division of the Court of Common Crowbar Award,” an annual honor Carl Anthony sentation on finan- Pleas of Philadelphia, has been hon- bestowed on an individual or court Maio, corporate cial institution and ored by the Pennsylvania for making significant contributions partner for Fox, broker/dealer liablity before AIG Conference of State Trial Judges for to the effective management of cases Rothschild, O’Brien Insurance Company’s Financial her case-management accomplish- within the judicial system. The & Frankel, LLP, was Institution Division. ments within the state’s busiest award was presented Thursday, July recently appointed judicial district. 26 during the 482-member confer- vice chair of articles Robert G. Fryling, a partner with Judge Sylvester’s initiatives in the ence’s annual meeting of elected to the Board of Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley LLP, Dependent, Delinquent and and senior trial court judges in Editors of the has been re-elected president of the Domestic Relations branches of Hershey. Defense Counsel Journal, published by Greater Philadelphia National Contract

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