Chirls: Reach out to Immigrants, Improve Family Court Facilities

January 2005 The Monthly Newspaper of the Philadelphia Bar Association Vol. 34, No. 1 Chirls: Reach Out to Immigrants, Dalton to Serve as Improve Family Court Facilities Chancellor in 2007

by Jeff Lyons

Jane L. Dalton, a partner at Duane Morris LLP, will serve as Vice Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association in 2005 after running unopposed in the Dec. 7 election. Dalton Dalton will serve as Chancellor-Elect in 2006 and Chancellor in 2007. The following candidates for Bar offices also ran unopposed and will be serving in their positions on Jan. 1: Secretary, John Photo by Jeff Lyons Chancellor Andrew A. Chirls is applauded before making remarks at the Association’s Dec. 7 Annual Meeting at the Park Hyatt E. Savoth; Treasurer, Mary F. Platt; Assi- Philadelphia at the Bellevue. stant Secretary, Kathleen D. Wilkinson; and Assistant Treasurer, Scott F. Cooper. by Daniel A. Cirucci through attracting outsiders from Bar Association members also elect- More Inside other states but with the help of new- ed five new members to the Board of Telling his colleagues that “thriving The Association presents the prestigious comers from other nations. Governors. The new Board members cities are filled with striving newcom- Wachovia Fidelity Award and Bar Medals. “Immigrants bring an incredible are: Gregory F. Cirillo with 1,110 votes, ers,” incoming Chancellor Andrew A. Page 13. amount of faith, energy, confidence Jeffrey L. Dashevsky (1,086), Joseph A. Chirls called for added opportunities and investment to our communities,” Prim Jr. (1,082), Deborah Weinstein for immigrants and others who strive he said. (1,029) and Melissa A. Schwartz (1,025). to succeed and “still see our great city different.” To encourage continued opportu- continued on page 15 as the cradle of liberty” at the Chirls, a Center City resident and a nity and growth, Chirls proposed Association’s Dec. 7 Annual Meeting. partner with WolfBlock, noted that greater access to the courts and the Chirls, who officially takes the “from 1980 till 2000 the country’s pop- justice system for those who do not helm of the Association on Jan. 1, is ulation grew, but this city lost 10 per- speak English. He said the Association In This Issue ... would work with the courts to make the first openly gay elected leader of cent of its population.” Chirls called 6 Bar Foundation any major bar association in the this a serious loss, but added “there more court interpreters available and United States. Referring to his history- was one bright spot: during the same that the Association would begin to 14 Year-End Events making status, Chirls said it represent- period, the foreign-born population offer its successful public outreach ed continuing social change and he of our city nearly doubled, from programs in Spanish and other for- 19 Feasts to Famine promised to work for even greater about six percent to 11 percent.” eign languages. Likewise, documents 21 VIP Reaches Hawaii inclusion for all those who feel they Chirls said that most cities that about basic real estate issues and use are left out “simply because they are have grown have done so not just continued on page 12 22 People

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PHILADELPHIA 2 JANUARY 2005 / BAR REPORTER Immigrants Are Vital to Philadelphia’s Future by Andrew A. Chirls Chancellor’s Reception Jan. 6 at Bellevue Immigration. FRONTLINE The word itself is intertwined with All members of the legal com- the Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the the history, the spirit and the building munity are invited to attend a free Bellevue, Broad and Walnut streets. of America. As President John F. Kenn- reception on Thursday, Jan. 6 from 5 No reservations are necessary. edy once observed: “The contribution to 7 p.m. in honor of Andrew A. This is the event at which even of immigrants can be seen in every as- Chirls, 78th Chancellor of the the city’s busiest and most success- pect of our national life.” And he add- Philadelphia Bar Association. ful legal luminaries patiently wait in ed: “There is no part of our nation that The Chancellor's Reception will line to wish their leader and each has not been touched by our immi- be held in the Grand Ballroom at other good luck in the year ahead. grant background.” These statements remain as true today as they were sus, we rank 14th overall among the 50 immigrants go where the jobs are, and more than 40 years ago. ment by people from Indonesia and states and the District of Columbia — that it isn’t as useful to set up immi- Indeed, America’s most current other Asian countries on Washington even though we have the seventh-lar- grant service programs as it is to spend wave of immigration began in earnest Avenue around Broad Street in an area gest population. resources on having lots of jobs. So in the 1960s, speeded up in the 1980s that was on the decline before these This is one of many signs that why, they ask, don’t we just rely on our and will continue to accelerate. Acc- people moved in. Parts of the North- Pennsylvania is not adequately attract- business organizations and our gov- ording to the Migration Policy Institute east continue to flourish thanks to ing either foreign or domestic new- ernment to work on improving our in Washington: “Never before has the newcomers from Eastern Europe and comers. Our population is the most economy, so that productive people Statue of Liberty, long the symbol of Russia. If you are a small practitioner “stable” of any state. This is to say that will follow the jobs that are created? America’s rich immigrant heritage, lift- in a neighborhood — and about a third the percentage of our residents who They have a point, and they are ex- ed her torch over so many foreign- of our lawyers are small praciticioners are born in this state is higher than is pressing what is a classic “chicken-and- born individuals and families.” — the people I am talking about are the case in any other state. Yes, it’s egg” problem. The answer is that we are About half of our foreign-born citi- your next wave of clients. This is important to attract newcomers to our doing our part. Helping newcomers int- zens are from Latin America and a because many of these immigrants city from other parts of the nation. egrate into our legal and economic quarter from Asia. Since the 1960s, the establish small businesses and other And we’ve got to work to attract new, system helps the economy and helps number of foreign-born people in the budding enterprises. young talent from all over America. continued on page 9 United States has increased. It is now, But the opportunities that we see But if our region is going to grow — in terms of absolute numbers, at its are not simply limited to small busi- and if our legal community is going to highest point in history. As of the year nesses. Look at the 10 largest computer thrive by serving the people who make 2000, 28.4 million foreign-born people companies founded in whole or in part it grow — we’re going to have to do lived in the United States, representing by immigrants, and you’ll find Intel, more. We’re going to have to attract more than 10 percent of the entire Sun Microsystems and Wang Laborat- the best, brightest, most diverse and Editor-in-Chief Molly Peckman, Esq. population. ories. So it isn’t just in the rowhouses hardest-working people from beyond We have seen the positive effects of where you will find your next wave of our 50 states. Immigrants. Associate Editors present-day immigration here in Phila- immigrant clients. It is in the office That is part of why this year, in a Sunah Park, Esq. delphia. Whole neighborhoods have parks, the highrises and on the Internet variety of ways, we intend to reach out Lawrence S. Felzer, Esq. been transformed. Ask anyone in Fish- that our bigger firms will find their to immigrants and to all those who Heather J. Holloway, Esq. Stacey Z. Jumper, Esq. town, and they will tell you that there work, thriving on international invest- have felt marginalized or beyond the Asima Panigrahi, Esq. was a period when immigrants from ment and trade. scope of the promise of equal opportu- the Balkans — particularly Albania — Where is Pennsylvania in Amer- nity and justice. With that in mind, I’ve Contributing Editor created a mini-housing boom that ica’s immigrant picture? With a little announced a whole new set of initia- Richard Max Bockol, Esq. revitalized several neighborhoods. more than a half-million foreign-born tives for the Bar Association. Advisory Editors Similarly, there is a pocket of develop- residents counted in the 2000 U.S. Cen- Some people have observed that Bruce H. Bikin, Esq. Merih O. Erhan, Esq. long that I did not remember how or The odds are good that I was looking Marc W. Reuben, Esq. when I met some of them but there at future leaders of our profession and Director of Publications and New Media LETTERS they were – Nelson Diaz, Midge our community, just as the 1976 slate of Mark A. Tarasiewicz Rendell, Mark Sonnenfeld and John candidates produced political, judicial Managing Editor Street among others. Those were good and professional leaders. However, the Jeff Lyons years and, working together, we 1976 field of candidates guaranteed the Looking Back, Ahead Copy Editor accomplished a lot and formed rela- election of a lawyer of color. It appears Kate Maxwell tionships that still exist. that the field of candidates for office in To the Editor: Associate Executive Director I was cleaning out the basement With my discovery fresh in my 2005 guarantees that no attorney of for Communications and Public Policy recently and found the June 4, 1976 mind, I saw the December 2004 article color will be elected to a Bar office. Daniel A. Cirucci copy of The Retainer (now the Philadelphia with the bios and pictures of the candi- And we are all poorer for it. Executive Director Bar Reporter). I had completely forgotten dates for the YLD Executive Committee. 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PHILADELPHIA BAR REPORTER / JANUARY 2005 3 National Report Praises Philadelphia Courts by Gregg W. Mackuse, Robert T. Szostak established best practices. The NCSC and Kathleen D. Wilkinson also made more than 40 recommendations, some of which would require A Section is Born Our city’s civil court division is “one substantial funding. of the finest and most successful urban Judge Fitzgerald appointed a com- trial courts in the country,” Philadel- mittee, chaired by Trial Division Super- phia Court of Common Pleas Admin- vising Judge William J. Manfredi, to re- istrative Judge James J. Fitzgerald III view the recommendations and hopes told members of the State Civil Liti- to have a report within six to eight gation Section at its Dec. 1 meeting. months. Judge Fitzgerald quoted the Nation- The NCSC recommended that medi- al Center for State Courts’ Final Report, ation and early settlement opportuni- issued in September 2004, and noted ties be explored, Judge Fitzgerald said. that Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief The NCSC also suggested that the court Justice Ralph J. Cappy was pleased with try to achieve earlier settlement oppor- the report. tunities and mediation in major injury

Judge Fitzgerald recounted how the cases. In the discovery area, the NCSC Photo by Jeff Lyons court overhauled its case management reported that the standard interrogato- The newly elected leadership of the new State Civil Litigation Section gathers at the system more than a decade ago to ries needed to be updated. Section’s Dec. 1 meeting. Pictured from left are Co-Chair Ronald A. Kovler, Treasurer shorten the time it took for a case to go Judge Fitzgerald noted that the Richard S. Seidel, Secretary Kathleen D. Wilkinson and Co-Chair Rudolph Garcia. to trial. Before the program, it took six report also proposed increased staffing to seven years for a case to go to trial. and a second jury assembly room. management conferences more mean- review the report and possible Cases now go to trial in one to two Some of the NCSC’s recommendations ingful; identifying opportunities for changes. years, he said. may not be able to be implemented, earlier settlement of cases; limiting Judges Manfredi and Fitzgerald said When he assumed his role as Judge Fitzgerald said, because the city unnecessary continuances; adding the court would seek input from the administrative judge more than three has reduced the court’s funding. resources for non-trial depositions; civil bar regarding additional recom- years ago, Judge Fitzgerald asked the Judge Manfredi said one of the changing discovery practices; using mendations. Judge Fitzgerald also stat- NCSC to examine Philadelphia’s court interesting aspects of the report is that masters; and establishing an alternative ed that the court would consider hav- system and offer recommendations. it repeatedly recommends that the dispute resolution process. ing a liaison between the court and the Judge Fitzgerald said the NCSC court work with the civil trial bar. Judge Manfredi noted that some of State Civil Litigation Section. examined every aspect of the Civil Many of the areas of the report the recommendations in the NCSC Section for efficiency and compared have been discussed by the State Civil report already have been tried by the Gregg W. Mackuse, Robert T. Szostak and Kathleen D. Wilkinson are immediate-past chairs of the State Civil the practices of the Civil Section with Committee, including making case court. Nevertheless, the court will Committee.

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PHILADELPHIA 4 JANUARY 2005 / BAR REPORTER Panel Explains How to Get Message to Media by Jeff Lyons need to hear voices,” said Greenbaum from “Radio Times.” “Don’t send us pic- When trying to get a newspaper or tures. They do us no good. It’s all radio or television station to cover about how a guest sounds.” your event or interview you or your Phillips said callers should have a client, make sure of two things: That specific idea of the story they want the you know exactly what your story is reporter to cover. “Have an outline in and that you know which reporter or your head of the outcome that you editor to whom you should speak. want,” she said. These were some of the guidelines A lot of times, media outlets won’t offered by a panel of experts at a Dec. run a story that’s pitched. “I tell my 14 discussion “Accessing the Media: clients what they think is important How to Get Your Message Out.” The isn’t [always] important to anyone else program was sponsored by the Public in the world,” said Lessy. Interest Section and co-sponsored by “A lot of people don’t know what the Bar-News Media Committee. The Photo by Jeff Lyons news is,” added Chernekoff. “Does your panelists included Harriet Lessy, princi- Julia Haines (seated at left), 2005 Public Interest Section Chair, was the moderator for the story have consequence? You have to pal of BuzzCommunications LLC and Dec. 14 program on accessing the media. Panelists included (seated, from second left) Jill ask yourself ‘who cares’ about your former Philadelphia Daily News reporter; Chernekoff, Karin Phillips, Harriet Lessy; (top row, from left) Bar-News Media Committee story.” Susan Greenbaum, producer for WHYY Chair Arline Jolles Lotman, Yvonne Dennis, Julie Stoiber and Susan Greenbaum. Phillips said the good stories are the 91 FM’s “Radio Times”; Yvonne Dennis, volved, the panel said. “E-mail works. tion. ones “that make you go ‘hmmm…They city desk editor at the Philadelphia Daily Phone calls are not preferred. And fax- Chernekoff said people looking to have to pique your interest.” News; Jill Chernekoff, CEO of Cherne- es can be tedious because we get 7,000 get stories on TV news shouldn’t both- “We try to get our listeners to think koff Communications and former Fox of them in three hours. But e-mail is er with e-mail. “Call the newsroom and about things they normally wouldn’t “Ten O’Clock News” anchor; Julie Stoi- preferred,” said Dennis. ask for the assignment editor. Pitch think of. We want to challenge people ber, a reporter with The Philadelphia In- Stoiber said she doesn’t mind your story in the first 30 seconds of intellectually,” said Greenbaum. quirer; and Karin Phillips, community phone calls, but to call early in the day. your call,” she said. According to Stoiber, a human face affairs reporter for KYW Newsradio “Never call late in the afternoon be- “Research the station and know who is also important for a story, whether 1060. The program was moderated by cause we’re on deadline,” she said. If you should talk to. Find out what re- it’s hard news or a feature. “Get me a Public Interest Section Chair Julia you’re going to send an e-mail, make porter covers the beat relating to your real person to make the story come to Haines. the message short and include as much story. Know who does what,” added life. A complex issue is too hard to The preferred method of contact information about your story or event KYW’s Phillips. communicate without a real person,” varies and depends on the people in- as possible, including contact informa- “Phone calls work well with us. We said Stoiber. Superior Information is Your Premier Public Record Information Source. Superior Information, a ChoicePoint® service, has been providing quality public record information to the legal, insurance, investigative and banking industries for years. We perform fast and efﬁcient searches of multiple public record sources to provide the information you need through our intuitive online interface.

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PHILADELPHIA BAR REPORTER / JANUARY 2005 5 Philadelphia Bar Foundation Grants Plenty of Choices AIDS Law Project...... $12,000 ACLU...... $3,500 Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights...... $7,000 Community Legal Services...... $100,000 to Aid Foundation Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project...... $10,000 Custody and Support Assistance Clinic...... $2,250 by Robert D. Lane Jr. Disabilities Law Project...... $7,500 Education Law Center of Pennsylvania...... $12,500 It doesn’t matter whether you’re a BAR FOUNDATION Friends of Farmworkers...... $7,000 trial lawyer, transactional lawyer, big- HIAS and Council Migration...... $9,500 firm lawyer or small-firm lawyer. Homeless Advocacy Project...... $15,500 At one time or another, you’ve proba- Juvenile Law Center...... $5,000 bly asked yourself: Am I really making Legal Clinic for the Disabled, Inc...... $5,500 a difference? Am I making a difference Nationalities Service Center, Inc...... $6,000 in someone else’s life? Pennsylvania Health Law Project...... $10,000 Although many of us have an occa- Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center...... $3,000 sional opportunity to win a great victo- Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project...... $5,250 ry for a client, those opportunities are Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts...... $1,500 very few and far between. There are many ways for you to partic- Philadelphia Legal Assistance...... $10,000 We probably have a greater chance ipate. You can take your choice: Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program...... $45,000 to make a difference professionally • Join the Andrew Hamilton Circle – Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts...... $5,000 when it comes to our broader respon- a 10-year commitment, at $1,000 per Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia...... $2,500 sibility to society as a whole. year. Regional Housing Legal Services...... $2,500 Certainly, those lawyers in public • Become a general Member of the SCRUB...... $1,000 service have that opportunity to make Bar Foundation – for just $100 per year. SeniorLAW Center...... $21,000 that kind of difference every day – and • Include the Bar Foundation in Support Center for Child Advocates...... $24,000 they need our support. By helping your estate planning. Women Against Abuse Legal Center...... $3,000 them, we too can really make a differ- • Designate the Bar Foundation The Women’s Law Project...... $18,000 ence in the lives of those much less (donor option number 1578) when Subtotal...... $355,000 fortunate than us. making your United Way contribution. Special Predatory Lending Project 2004 - CLS...... $20,000 The Philadelphia Bar Foundation • When celebrating an anniversary, raises money to help support 28 non- or retirement, or other major milestone, profit agencies delivering legal services consider making a gift to the Bar to the many needy segments of our Foundation as part of the celebration. Bar Foundation Distributes community. As the Bar Association’s • Make a payroll deduction to the charitable arm, the Foundation is the Bar Foundation – an easy way to con- best way for the great majority of us to tribute! $375,000 in Grant Funds help make a difference. • Encourage your firm to sponsor The Bar Foundation’s major ambi- Bar Foundation activities like the Golf Twenty eight groups that provide of abuse and neglect and others who tion over these past several years has Outing or the Andrew Hamilton Ball, law-related services to the community need but cannot afford legal services. been to build an endowment that will and attend these events. got an early holiday gift from the Phil- “These are the people who most ensure the availability of significant No matter your area of specialty or adelphia Bar Foundation in December need our help in accessing and maneu- funding for these agencies in the long the size of your firm or organization, as the Foundation distributed $375,000 vering through the justice system. Were run. This is in addition to the year-to- you can make a difference through the — an increase of more than 12 percent it not for the work of the agencies we year fund-raising that we do on a con- Philadelphia Bar Foundation. And you in funding over last year’s grants. Most fund, these people would have no- stant basis. can begin making that difference right of the grant money is raised from or where else to turn,” said outgoing Bar As I start my term as president of now, today. through Philadelphia lawyers. The Foundation President Edward F. Chack- the Bar Foundation, I am dedicated to I look forward to working, with you, Foundation is the charitable arm of the er. He noted that the boost in grant helping to build that endowment, and to continue to build the Bar Found- Philadelphia Bar Association. funding represents the second consecu- thus securing funding of these organi- ation and advance its mission of pro- The grants, which range in size from tive annual increase. In 2003, funding zations. To that end, I am calling on viding equal access to justice for all. $1,000 to $100,000, support attorneys increased by 19 percent over 2002. every member of the Bar Association – providing direct legal services to the Unlike many other sources of fund- Robert D. Lane Jr., a partner at Morgan Lewis LLP, is each and every one of you – to help in president of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. poor, the disabled, the elderly, victims continued on page 16 this incredibly worthwhile endeavor.

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PHILADELPHIA 6 JANUARY 2005 / BAR REPORTER Chancellor Andrew A. Chirls (right) and Chancellor-Elect Alan M. Feldman (second from left) meet with officials from the Lyon, France Bar Association on Dec. 10, including Eric Jeantet (second from right), batonnier (chancellor) of the Lyon Bar Association, and Christian Leroy, Chancellor-Elect Alan M. Feldman (from left) and Chancellor Andrew A. Chirls meet with president of the Lyon Bar’s International Commission. The trip was made to expand on the Jean-Michel Daclin, deputy mayor in charge of international relations for Lyon; Michael ongoing relationship between the Lyon and Philadelphia Bars, which are “sister” bar asso- Scullin, co-chair of the International Law Committee; Kenneth Shear, executive director of ciations, and to discuss international lawyering between Philadelphia and European Union the Philadelphia Bar Association; Pamela Vennin, director of international economic rela- nations. tions for Grand Lyon; and Christian Leroy on Dec. 10.

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PHILADELPHIA BAR REPORTER / JANUARY 2005 7 YLD to Work to Keep Law Students in Town by Natalie Klyashtorny year’s incoming first-year class at Tem- receive little guidance in the practical ple Law School, a full 40 percent are skills that are necessary for their suc- Happy New Year 2005! I am proud from out of state. In 2007, when they cess. To meet that need, we will offer a and excited to serve as chair of the YLD UPDATE graduate, will they choose to stay and series of leadership development CLEs Young Lawyers Division this year. build their careers here or will they in those subjects that are not taught in These are exciting times in the lives of leave? For young lawyers to view Phil- law school, but are necessary for a young lawyers. Though the challenges adelphia as an attractive alternative to young lawyer’s professional develop- for young lawyers in 2005 are great, the other cities, more than anything else, ment. YLD Execut-ive Committee future opportunities are immense as they must be able to find satisfactory members will also visit law firms to well. career opportunities here. meet with younger law-yers to listen to Before I lay out my agenda for the Economic development in Philadel- their concerns and ex-plain the bene- year, I’d like to tell you more about phia is presently stagnant and popula- fits of Bar Association involvement. myself. I find it appropriate that I will tion growth is on the decline. As we For greater retention to be truly a be chair the same year as Chancellor are a service profession, these two fac- reality, though, the legal profession Andrew Chirls has decided to focus his ortunities for the resourceful and the tors adversely impact the legal profes- needs to change to become a more agenda on immigrant outreach. I came ambitious. sion’s economic growth and job cre- welcoming place for young lawyers, as to Philadelphia from the Ukraine when During the Chancellor’s address, I ation potential. As young lawyers, we well as women and minorities. I was 8 years old. At the time that my was intrigued to learn that Benjamin need to lead the charge in shaping the Unfortunately, we are behind the family lived there, the Ukraine was Franklin, one of our country’s Found- future of this city. times and other professions in being firmly within the chokehold of the So- ing Fathers, chose to come to Philadel- One of the hallmarks of my year responsive to the needs of our mem- viet Union, and my parents knew that phia because in his time, it was the will be to create a new committee, bers. As the voice of the junior Phila- opportunities would be limited for me, fastest-growing city in the English- Philadelphia 2020, comprised of young delphia legal community, we will par- specifically because I was Jewish. In the speaking world and the most dynamic lawyers who will work with other tner with the Women in the Profession former Soviet Union, all citizens had to city in the world. young professionals’ groups to advo- and Minorities in the Profession com- carry an identification card that, am- Unfortunately, as we all know, that cate for reforms that the city needs in mittees and minority bar associations ong other things, listed their religion. is no longer true. We have all seen the order to become more vibrant and to draw attention to outdated norms All universities and professions had sad statistics about how, for decades, competitive with other major cities, as and advocate for institutional and cul- strict quotas as to the number of Jews Philadelphia has been hemorrhaging well as act as Philadelphia’s ambas- tural change within the the profession. admitted. As a child, my mother young professionals, including young sadors to draw attention to the great We also will continue our role as dreamed of becoming a doctor. Al- lawyers, at a disturbing rate. Within resources we have here. We also will the conscience of the Bar Association though she was the valedictorian of our own Bar Association, statistics have visit area law schools to meet with stu- by expanding our People’s Law School her high school class, she was denied demonstrated that the numbers of dents and ultimately convene a forum and LegalLine programs to reach out to admission to all the pre-med programs young lawyers in Philadelphia has to explore the reasons students stay Philadelphia’s immigrant communities in her area, and her dreams of becom- consistently decreased during the past here or leave. and continuing our other great public ing a doctor had to die. two decades. My major goal for this Reversing the decrease in the num- service programs. Lastly, we will con- I love being an American because of year is to work to reverse that decline, ber of young lawyers also means re- tinue to offer young lawyers opportu- all the opportunities we are afforded and I believe two things must be done taining the ones who are already in the nities for networking with other young here. We still have a long way to go in to achieve that end. profession. Too many young lawyers lawyers and young professionals dur- terms of race relations and equal opp- First, we need to be able to retain grow disenchanted with the practice of ing our monthly social events. ortunities for all, but no other country law students studying in the area law law and stop practicing. The first years schools and also attract young lawyers of practice can be especially bewilder- Natalie Klyashtorny, an associate at the Locks Law Firm, in the world is as respectful of the is chair of the Young Lawyers Division Executive rights of its citizenry, or as full of opp- from outside of Philadelphia. Of this ing to a young lawyer and many Commitee.

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PHILADELPHIA 8 JANUARY 2005 / BAR REPORTER Wi-Fi Network Extended Greeting Newest Citizens to Arbitration Center The high-speed Internet “From the court’s stand- network in place in City Hall point, the ability to use elec- has been expanded to the tronic resources to their maxi- neighboring Arbitration Cen- mum possible extent can only ter, Philadelphia Court of improve efficiencies and, thus, Common Pleas Trial Division better serve clients. It’s partic- Administrative Judge James J. ularly appropriate that those Fitzgerald III announced. practicing in the Arbitration The extension of this wire- Center, itself designed to ex- less Internet service will allow pedite the litigation process, attorneys working in the Arb- benefit from available tech- itration Center to conduct on- nology. I am certain this line research, access and expansion to the Arbitration transfer large files, send and Center will add to our earlier receive e-mail with attach- success,” Judge Fitzgerald said. ments, communicate with col- The wireless, high-speed leagues and print documents Internet service is made avail- from their laptop computers, able through New York-based

according to Judge Fitzgerald. Courtroom Connect, a pro- Photo by Jeff Lyons “We installed this service in vider of Internet technology Vice Chancellor Jane L. Dalton joins U.S. District Court Judge Stewart Dalzell as he welcomes one of 107 City Hall earlier this year and infrastructure for litigation new citizens who took part in a special Bill of Rights Day naturalization ceremony on Dec. 15. Dalton have received very positive proceedings throughout the offered remarks to the new citizens on behalf of the Bar Association. Melvin Roby, district adjudications feedback,” the judge said. United States. officer for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, looks on.

the average person does not feel that association that is focusing on services community, we can set an example on FRONTLINE he or she gets a fair shake in his or her and outreach to newcomers as com- how to make the most of change, or continued from page 3 interactions with government. When prehensively as ours. We can help to we can leave it to others and hope for attract and keep the people who want people come here, we have to give assimilate newcomers into our legal the best. to make the place more vibrant. So I them a fair shake if they are to develop system and our economy, or we can faith and trust in our system. continue to watch as the creative, ener- Andrew A. Chirls, a partner at WolfBlock, is Chancellor don’t believe we should be stymied by of the Philadelphia Bar Association. His e-mail address is the chicken-and-egg problem. We We as lawyers play our part in that getic people go elsewhere. As a legal [email protected]. should do what bar associations do — effort when we make courthouses ac- which is to provide access to the legal cessible to people who are newcomers, system — in a way that helps the and when we work with departments growth of this area, and in a way that of the City government to increase ac- is helpful to ourselves in the end. cess to services. We do our part when WOLFF & SAMSONPC Some say that our latest groups of we reach out to immigrant communi- COUNSELLORS AT LAW newcomers are from areas that don’t ties, for example, by teaching People’s have democratic traditions, and that Law School in their language, by work- We are pleased to announce the newcomers aren’t going to help our ing to make interpreters available in the opening of our Philadelphia office country grow the way we want it to. landlord tenant court or by having our These are arguments that immigrants LRIS more able to serve newcomers at heard in the last two centuries as well. who want to set up small businesses. TWO PENN CENTER, SUITE 1310 And if we strengthen democracy for I believe that these arguments reflect a 1500 JOHN F. KENNEDY BOULEVARD our newcomers, we are strengthening lack of faith in democracy and in our PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19102 country’s ability to assimilate people it for ourselves. What would be wrong by providing opportunity for them. with increasing participation of every- MAIN NUMBER: (215) 567-2878 At the same time, we can and one in juries, and in holding our local should strengthen our democracy — for government accountable for how ac- MAIN FAX: (215) 567-2872 those who are here and those who will cessible its services are to everyone? come. Last year, the United Nations Don’t we want everyone to have en- Effective issued a report on why democracies ough faith in the system to want to Monday, January 3, 2005 come and go — and fail to become sta- vote? ble — in South America. It is because So far, I have not found another bar MICHAEL A. JANKOWSKI Formerly General Counsel of Old Republic Surety Company Join your Section’s or Committee’s HAS BECOME A MEMBER OF THE FIRM AND WILL JOIN OUR FIDELITY & SURETY DEPARTMENT List Serve to stay in touch AND and keep up to date ROBERT T. CARLTON, JR. on the latest Bar events. Formerly a Member of Ellsworth, Carlton, Mixell & Waldman, P.C.

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PHILADELPHIA BAR REPORTER / JANUARY 2005 9 Leonore F. Carpenter, co- chair of the Committee on the Legal Rights of Lesbians and Gay Men, presents the Committee’s Cheryl Ingram Advocate for Justice Award to Mark A. Momjian at the Committee’s annual holiday party on Dec. 13. The award

recognizes someone who Photo by Genna Viozzi has made a significant con- Lenard A. Cohen (center) accepts the Workers’ Compensation Section’s Martha Hampton tribution that advances the Award at the Section’s Nov. 30 holiday party at the Pyramid Club. Joining Cohen from left are Committee's mission state- Daniel V. DiLoretto, Workers’ Compensation Judge Pamela Santoro, Christian M. Petrucci ment. and Marc S. Jacobs. The award commemorates the service, dignity, professionalism and dedication exemplified by Hampton during her years of practice. Photo by Lawrence S. Felzer

Barbara W. Freedman, incoming chair of the Tax Section, presents a plaque of appreciation to Stanley J. Kull, the Section’s outgoing chair, for his work leading the Section over the past two years, at the Section’s annual dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel on Dec. 8. Photos by Jeff Lyons George H. Newman (left), 2004 chair of the Criminal Justice Section, is joined by Thurgood Marshall Award recipient Bernard L. Siegel and 2005 Section Chair Judith Frankel Rubino at the Section’s Dec. 1 Annual Reception at Loews Philadelphia Hotel. THE LEGAL DIRECTORY 2005 NEW FOR New to the Area? THE LEGAL DIRECTORY2005! Joined a New Firm? ONLINE Opened a New Law Office? 2004 LEGAL DIRECTORY Make sure you’re listed in The Legal Directory 2005, the ultimate sourcebook for Philadelphia’s legal community! Featuring listings for more than 1,800 law firms and 18,000 attorneys, SPONSORED BY The Legal Directory 2005 is the only official directory of the Philadelphia Bar Association.

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PHILADELPHIA 10 JANUARY 2005 / BAR REPORTER Sections, YLD Committees Hold Year-End Events Photo by Natalie Klyashtorny Photo by Jeff Lyons Outgoing Young Lawyers Division Chair Kim R. Jessum (center) is joined by Executive U.S. District Court Senior Judge Louis H. Pollak introduces Lynn A. Marks, executive direc- Committee members Michael E. Adler and Frances Fattah at the YLD’s annual holiday party, tor of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, as the recipient of the Public Interest Section’s held at the “MTV Real World House” at 251 Arch St. on Dec. 9 The party was co-sponsored annual Andrew Hamilton Award at the Section’s Annual Reception on Dec. 6 at Loews by the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s YLD. Philadelphia Hotel. Photo by Jeff Lyons

Members of the Family Law Section gathered at Maggiano’s Little Italy on Nov. 30 to honor Photo by Daniel A. Cirucci Mark Alleva (center), clerk of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Family Division. The Criminal Justice Section and The Justinian Society presented the 111th annual Cesare Shown with Alleva are outgoing Section Chair Carolyn M. Zack and incoming Chair Milton S. Beccaria Award to A. Charles Peruto Sr. (right) in the Mayor’s Reception Room at City Hall Savage Jr. on Nov. 22. Peruto is joined by Michael C. Rainone (left) and William D. Harris.

Lawrence S. Felzer (right), president of Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia, meets with Robert Drake, president of the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Lesbian and Gay Photo by Jeff Lyons Journalists Association and Caroline DeMarco of GlaxoSmithKline, which sponsored the Marilyn C. Sanborne, outgoing chair of the Probate and Trust Section, is joined by former Dec. 4 event at Loews Philadelphia Hotel. The event was also attended by members of other Section Chair Eugene H. Gillin at the Section’s Annual Reception on Nov. 30 at the Kimmel lesbian and gay professional groups. Center. Gillen was presented with a special award from the Section for outstanding service.

PHILADELPHIA BAR REPORTER / JANUARY 2005 11 Chancellor Andrew A. Chirls poses with his mother, Janet Wilen, and his partner, Larry Frankel, at a reception before the Dec. 7 Annual Meeting Luncheon. A group of former Chancellors pose with Chancellor Andrew A. Chirls and Chancellor-Elect Alan M. Feldman. Pictured are (front row, from left) David H. Marion, Chirls, Thomas N. O’Neill Jr.; (second row, from left) Francis P. Devine III, Harold Cramer, Feldman; (third row, from left) Edward F. Chacker, Joseph H. Foster, Lawrence J. Beaser; (back row, from left) Abraham C. Reich and Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua. Photos by Jeff Lyons Immediate-Past Chancellor Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua poses with Chancellor Andrew A. Chirls, Patrice A. Toland, who will serve as Chair of the Board of Governors in 2005, meets Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham and Chancellor-Elect Alan M. Feldman following with Cheryl L. Gaston, whose term on the Board expired at the end of the year. Chirls’ speech to Bar members.

CHIRLS help make the dream of a new “the overlap of the business privilege Chancellorship sends a message to Philadelphia Family Court Center a tax and the net profits tax.” The over- those who feel they may have no continued from page 1 reality. He cited a list of problems cur- lap, Chirls explained, means that there future. “The message is: ‘You have a rently facing the Family Court and said are two groups of people who get place in our society… even if you are of the courts will also be made avail- that a new facility will solve many of taxed twice: sole proprietors and part- different. You, too, can be part of able in Spanish. Chirls also called for a the problems. Chirls said he has been ners in professional organizations. things, even if you are different; and change that would make it possible for conferring with Pennsylvania Supreme “That’s a drag on our profession and maybe you can even lead it, even if foreign-born students who acquire Court Justice Sandra Schultz Newman, our ability to export our talents and you are different.’” advanced degrees in American law to who is liaison justice to the First Judi- services. We will continue to work to As the city approaches the 300th gain admission to practice law in cial District and that the Association overcome the double taxation system anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Pennsylvania. will work with Justice Newman “on the that slows economic growth and vitali- Franklin, Chirls suggested that it must “Currently, it’s impossible for them shape and location of this project.” ty,” he said. recapture the vibrancy and robust to practice law here. So they go to Chirls praised Philadelphia’s The new Chancellor also spoke spirit of growth and opportunity that other states to take the bar exam and Commerce Case Management Program, about his personal experiences in attracted Franklin in the first place. practice law,” Chirls explained. “This is noting that the program “is attracting reaching out to gay, lesbian, bisexual “Just as Franklin exemplified a time but a small part of the Pennsylvania large cases of nationwide scope” and and transgender youth at a local sup- when newcomers made the city great, brain drain, and we must do our part he pledged the Association’s continued port center for teens. “Trust me, you that kind of time has returned to us to reverse it so we don’t lose bright commitment to the Commerce Court. don’t know the troubles these kids again. And hope is what it’s all about. and energetic newcomers.” He also identified tax reform as a con- have seen just because they are differ- The hope and the promise of equal On other fronts the new Chancellor tinuing Association priority and said ent.” rights for all. The hope of a vibrant, said the Association was committed to the Association would work to end But Chirls said he hoped that his diverse, prosperous, dynamic city.”

PHILADELPHIA 12 JANUARY 2005 / BAR REPORTER Four Receive Honors from Association by Asima Panigrahi

The Philadelphia Bar Association bestowed its prestigious Wachovia Fidelity Aw- ard and three Bar Medals during the Annual Meeting Lun- cheon on Dec. 7. Justice Frank J. Montemuro of the Pennsylvania Superior Court received the Wachovia Fidelity Award, while the late Judge William J. Marutani, as well as J. Clayton Undercofler and former Chancellor Joseph H. Foster were honored as Bar Immediate-Past Chancellor Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua (from left) looks on Medal recipients. as Alexander Giacobetti of the Board of Governors and Noel Turner of Justice Montemuro is cur- Wachovia (right) present the Wachovia Fidelity Award to Judge Jerome rently a senior judge with the A. Zaleski, who accepted on behalf of Justice Frank J. Montemuro. Pennsylvania Superior Court. The Bar Medal, presented posthumously to Judge William J. Marutani, He was appointed to the was accepted by his son, Marcus, and his widow, Victoria. Judge Court of Common Pleas in Marutani died in November at the age of 81. 1964 and served there through 1980. In 1980, he was sworn in as a judge of the Superior Court of Pennsyl- vania, and served there until he was appointed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1992 by Gov. Robert Casey. The Wachovia Fidelity Award is presented annually by the Association to members of the Bar who have made extraordinary contribu- tions to the administration of justice. Justice Montemuro has served as a judge for 40 years. “He has served as a shining example to others,” said Alex- Photos by Jeff Lyons Bar Medal recipient Joseph H. Foster served as Chancellor in 1981. ander Giacobetti, a member of Randy Undercofler accepts the Bar Medal from Bevilacqua on behalf of ton Undercofler is a real Phil- Saul Ewing LLP, served as an the Board of Governors, who his father, J. Clayton Undercofler, who was unable to attend the event. presented the award. “His adelphia lawyer – a mentor of assistant United States attor- integrity, character and faith- a judge, it became clear to me “Judge William M. Maru- our Chancellor as well as a ney for the Eastern District of fulness are beyond question. that deciding cases is intimat- tani was a true giant in our former assistant United States Pennsylvania from 1969 to In fact, so faithful is Justice ely connected to the necessity profession. He was a fearless attorney, chairman of the 1976. He served as chairman Montemuro that he cannot be to implement programs in the civil rights advocate who was board of SEPTA and a law of the Board of the Southeast- here with us today because court system which permit no stranger to discrimination,” school professor,” Foster said. ern Pennsylvania Transport- he’s actually sitting on the the expeditious resolution of said Immediate-Past Chan- “There are probably 100 ation Authority from 1988 to bench in Harrisburg,” said those matters constituting its cellor Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua. people more deserving of this 1993, where, Bevilacqua said, Giacobetti. business. All of us on the “From the point he arrived medal than myself, but Gabe he presided over an extensive Former Philadelphia Court bench have been required to in Philadelphia, he tirelessly has selected me and I sincere- reorganization and revitaliza- of Common Pleas Judge Jer- become managers as well as devoted himself to the service ly appreciate the honor,” Fos- tion of SEPTA. ome A. Zaleski accepted the jurists, prognosticators and of this legal community, our ter said. “He has shared his talents award on behalf of Justice legal historians. justice system, this city, this Foster pointed out that his and expertise generously with Montemuro and read remarks “I am proud to be viewed state and the entire nation,” classmate from Penn Law others and has served as a written by the justice. as a proper recipient of this Bevilacqua said. “Judge Maru- School in 1953, Common visiting professor of law at “This award represents the very prestigious and mean- tani clearly set an example of Pleas Court Judge Joseph Villanova University Law Bar Association’s recognition ingful award and to think that devotion to others, hard work Bradley, was the recipient of School,” Bevilacqua said. “For of those who have made con- my efforts have not gone un- and personal modesty. As he the Bar Medal in 1991. “This me personally, and I know I tributions to the administra- noticed in the legal communi- was once described, he was a goes to prove what all of us in speak for many others, J. tion of justice,” Justice Monte- ty, among whose members I man of action, not words.” that class have often said – Clayton Undercofler’s sterling muro wrote. “My career re- have spent my professional “I am humbled being that our class was the best example, guidance and flects a concerted attempt to life,” he wrote. grouped with them,” Joseph that ever went to Penn Law encouragement have been integrate the duties of both a Judge Marutani’s son, Mar- H. Foster said, in accepting the School,” he joked. invaluable. He exemplifies jurist and a judicial adminis- cus, accepted the Bar Medal Bar Medal along with Judge Foster is a partner at White what it means to be a trator on all levels of the judi- on behalf of his late father. Marutani and Undercofler. and Williams LLP and served Philadelphia lawyer.” ciary. Judge Marutani died Nov. 15 “Judge Marutani was a as Chancellor of the Associa- at the age of 81. He suffered much beloved judge on our tion in 1981. Asima Panigrahi, clerk to Common Pleas “From my first moments as Court Judge Denis P. Cohen, is an advisory from Parkinson’s Disease. Court of Common Pleas. Clay- Undercofler, a partner at editor of the Philadelphia Bar Reporter.

PHILADELPHIA BAR REPORTER / JANUARY 2005 13 6th Annual Thanksgiving Breakfast Panel Discusses Motivation, Satisfaction of Career by Jeff Lyons

A diverse panel of attorneys took time out to discuss the motivations and satisfactions of a legal career at the Association’s 6th Annual Thanksgiving Breakfast at the Union League. More than 200 people attended the free event on Nov. 23, which also included one free CLE ethics credit. The panel included moderator Sharon Browning, executive director of Phila- delphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program; Frank Cervone, executive director of the Support Center for Child Advocates; Catherine C. Carr, executive Photo by Jeff Lyons director of Community Legal Services; Immediate-Past Chancellor Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua (from left) is joined by speakers Joseph H. Foster, Sharon Browning, Charisse R. Lillie, Immediate-Past Chancellor Gabriel L.I. Catherine C. Carr and Frank Cervone at the Nov. 23 Thanksgiving Breakfast. Bevilacqua; former Chancellor Joseph change and thought that being a podium today. I might have taken this father practiced his saxophone every H. Foster; and Charisse R. Lillie, a part- lawyer would offer a combination of route without him.” single day. He was highly respected ner at Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & the disciplines. Lillie said she was thankful for the and extremely knowledgeable about Ingersoll, LLP. “I don’t know if I’ve accomplished parents, grandparents and great- that tenor sax, but he practiced every “We’re here to examine stories of justice,” said Carr. “The law is more grandparents who set exceedingly high day,” Lillie said. service in the law and the benefits and about the mission than the accom- standards for her. “In my family, A’s on “I learned from my father that no burdens that go along with it,” said plishment. I get to try, though. And I a report card were not celebrated. B’s matter how much you know or think Cervone. get to know people.” on a report card had to be explained,” you know about your instrument, you Foster, who served as Chancellor in Bevilacqua said lawyers should use she said. have to practice every day. My hard 1981, talked about the formation of their talents to make a difference in “My late father was a talented saxo- work is required of me. My instrument, PLVAP during his term. PLVAP became someone’s life. “In doing so, we can be phonist, who played many instru- the law, deserves my diligence and Philadelphia VIP in 1985. He also talk- better lawyers, better colleagues, and ments. He was a music teacher and concentration,” she said. ed about his motivation for becoming most of all, better human beings.” counselor who played, in the evenings “I am thankful for being a lawyer. I an attorney. Bevilacqua talked about his high and on weekends, with a jazz quartet am able to learn new things every day. “The motivation for me was easy. I school debate coach who intervened to or quintet, throughout his life, until he I am privileged to experience civility, graduated from LaSalle College in 1950 keep him from being expelled from succumbed to cancer at the young age justice and devotion to community,” and law school offered a three-year school in 1966 for arguing that several of 52. His example motivates me. My Lillie said. deferment from the military,” he joked. of the Aquinas proofs for the existence He said once you were drafted and of God were flawed. “Had it not been passed the bar exam, you got a com- for Father Tom, I may have very well mission as a second lieutenant. “Talk started down a pathway to a very dif- about pressure!” ferent future. At the time, I suppose I “Why am I a lawyer? It’s fun to didn’t really appreciate the gift that serve. It’s very gratifying to have some Father Tom gave me that day. But now, input into the rules of civil procedure,” I thank him for his faith in me.” said Foster, a longtime member of the The Chancellor also said he was Supreme Court’s Civil Procedural Rules thankful that J. Clayton Undercofler, a Committee. “It gives me great satisfac- partner with Bevilacqua at Saul Ewing tion.” LLP, encouraged him during the late Carr, who began college as a mathe- 1980s to take a more active role in the matics major, said she was intrigued by Bar Association. “He sent me down a the concept of equality, justice and pathway which has led me to this Go Online and Stay in Touch Subscribe to Bar Reporter Online and get the latest Bar Association news in your e-mail every Monday To sign up for this free service, visit www.philadelphiabar.org and click on “Publications”

PHILADELPHIA 14 JANUARY 2005 / BAR REPORTER Appellate Developments

Rudolph Garcia, immediate-past chair of the Federal Courts Committee (from left), is joined by new Committee Chair Abbe F. Fletman, U.S. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Anthony J. Scirica and Marcia M. Waldron, clerk of the court, at the Committee’s Dec. 15 meeting. Judge Scirica and Waldron discussed current developments in the Court of Appeals. Photo by Jeff Lyons For This Attorney, the Play’s the Thing by Stacey Z. Jumper or directing plays. Pandola was active When Pandola is not practicing law or managing his law practice, he is Some may describe Armando A. in theater while Pandola as an attorney. Others may de- attending St. Jos- busy writing, producing or directing plays. Pandola was active in theater scribe him as a playwright, a co-foun- eph’s University while attending St. Joseph’s University and won a Schubert Fellowship in der of a theatrical company, a father, or and won a Schu- simply a friend. Pandola, however, bert Fellowship in playwriting at the University of Miami. seems similar to a character in his most playwriting at the recent work-in-progress, an adaptation University of Mia- Pandola of Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabbler,” which will mi before deciding Green Light Theatrical Productions other shaped and changed each char- be performed at the Second Stage, 2030 to attend Temple Law School. When with his daughter Alexandria Dilks acter. Although the play was written Sansom Street, from April 6 through asked how he finds the time to practice Pandola, who often acts in the plays he before rehearsals began, Pandola was April 24. Hedda Gabbler also refused to law and pursue his theatrical interests, has written. Green Light seeks to ex- still making changes to the script as the be identified by any particular role. he says that he simply does them both plore and expand the roles of women actors brought the play to life. However you describe him, Pandola without really thinking about it. in society through theater. Pandola is Pandola said that he draws from the has managed to successfully divide his Pandola has continued to write very active with Green Light, writing conflicts that are inherent in the law time between two things he enjoys the plays throughout his legal career and and directing many of the plays it pro- for his characters and plays. There is most - the practice of law and theater. recently has begun showing these duces, including a modern adaptation always a conflict in an interesting play. Pandola has been practicing law for plays in the past couple of years. He of George Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs. War- Likewise, there is always a conflict in approximately 26 years, beginning his cannot pinpoint exactly how long it ren’s Profession” and original plays the legal cases that he handles. It ap- career at the City Solicitor’s Office takes him to write a play because he “Terror at the White House” and “Zelda pears that is the extent, however, to where he eventually held the position formulates the play in his head for and Scott: Boats Against the Current.” which Pandola seeks inspiration from of City Solicitor. Pandola then worked quite a while before committing the Pandola’s most recent play, “The Gift his cases. While it is unlikely that you at Cozen O’Connor and eventually play to paper. Although the subject of Giving,” ran at the Shubin Theater will be see a play by Pandola set in decided to go into practice on his own, matter and writing styles are dramati- last December. He describes this play, City Hall anytime soon, you are certain where he now concentrates his atten- cally different, he takes the same which is based on the stories of O. to experience a drama filled with tion on various areas of civil litigation. approach with his legal briefs - analyz- Henry, as a work about people telling human emotion and those conflicts During the hours when Pandola is ing an issue in his head until he has stories about their lives. Pandola craft- that make life interesting. not practicing law or managing his law formulated an argument. ed the intertwining stories of four peo- practice, he is busy writing, producing A few years ago, he co-founded ple, showing how interaction with each Stacey Z. Jumper, an advisory editor of the Philadelphia Bar Reporter, is an associate at Post & Schell, P.C.

ELECTION M. Ryan (347), John G. Papi- att Philadelphia at the Belle- 2003 Personnel Committee. also has served on the Pro anou (318), Harper J. Dimmer- vue. Dalton was co-chair of the Bono Awards Committee. continued from page 1 man (311), Scott R. Jones (300), Dalton, a graduate of the Human Resource Committee Dalton has also been active Others receiving votes includ- Jeremy-Evan Alva (290) and University of Pennsylvania of the Business Law Section with the Philadelphia Bar ed Judy F. Berkman (999), Daniel T.J. McKenna (285). Law School, has served in a from 2001 to 2003 and re- Foundation, where she has Jeffrey B. McCarron (845), Eric Others receiving votes were variety of leadership positions ceived the Business Law Sect- been a member since 1994. G. Zajac (833) and Matthew Claudine Homolash (259) and within the Association. ion’s Committee Chair of the She is the current chair of the Perks (532). Kristin Kenny (232). She was elected to the Year Award in 2001. She was Foundation’s Fund-raising Seven people were elected A total of 2,325 ballots Board of Governors in 2000 co-chair of the Strategic Plan- Committee. She is a member to the Young Lawyers Division were cast for the election. and served as Chair of the ning Committee in 2002 and of the Foundation’s Finance Executive Committee. The Mail ballots comprised 1,998 Board in 2003. She was chair was co-chair of the Commit- and Grants Committees as new members include: Paul- ballots, while 327 people vo- of the 2003 Thanksgiving tee on Women in the Prof- well as the Andrew Hamilton ine J. Manos (355), Matthew ted in person at the Park Hy- Breakfast and was chair of the ession from 1999 to 2000. She Circle.

PHILADELPHIA BAR REPORTER / JANUARY 2005 15 YLD in Search of Bar’s Legal Directory Now Available Online

Mentors, Proteges The Philadelphia Bar Association's and law firms in Philadelphia and law firms. The Young Lawyers Division is Legal Directory is now available online Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Mont- This valuable online resource is looking for lawyers interested in at www.thelegaldirectory.org. gomery Counties. available free through March 31, 2005. establishing mentor-protégé relation- The Legal Directory Online is your Listings are available for more than After that day, access will only be ships. one-stop source for finding attorneys 18,000 attorneys and more than 1,800 available by subscription. Young lawyers can serve as mentors to less experience lawyers or find a mentor for themselves. Members of the senior bar are being asked to share their wisdom and experience and help younger lawyers grow and develop. Sign up for this program by filling out the questionnaire on this page. Interested parties will be paired with a mentor or protégé as soon as possible. GRANTS continued from page 6 ing, Bar Foundation grants are unrest- ricted. The legal services agencies use Bar Foundation funds for ongoing op- erating expenses. Chacker said the grants sometimes ensure the actual sur- vival of a given agency. “Across all 28 agencies, we’re talking about millions of dollars worth of legal aid. That means a lot to us,” he said. In addition to its general funding, this year the Bar Foundation is also providing $20,000 for a project to help victims of unscrupulous lending practices avoid mortgage foreclosure. This year the Bar Foundation also distributed $25,000 in special awards and fellowships: • Three Morris Shuster Fellowships ($5,000 each) to local attorneys working in public interest law, to help them with law school debt repayment. • The Judge William Marutani Fell- owship ($5,000) to a local Asian-Ameri- can law student, to encourage pro-bono service. • The Louis D. Apothaker Award ($5,000) to a local organization providing access to justice in the community. These funds were above and beyond the $375,000 announced in Dec- ember. Throughout the year, the Bar Foundation raises funds from attorneys, law firms and companies working with the legal community. “These funds provide a dependable source of income to the grassroots organizations that are the legal safety net for many Philadelphians,” Chacker said. To learn more about the Bar Foundation, call Executive Director Maureen Mingey at (215) 238-6334 or visit www.philadelphiabar.org.

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PHILADELPHIA 16 JANUARY 2005 / BAR REPORTER Career Corner Highlight Accomplishments in One-Page Resume by James LaRosa and Gary Mintz but it does not need to be a major one-page resume, it is more important focus of the resume. to make certain that your resume is Question: I am revising my Another way to keep your resume at easy to read and professional looking. resume and I am confused as one page is by leaving off unnecessary You should never use a smaller font (10 to how many pages long it every single argument in support of information. You should never mention to 12 point is preferable, depending should be. I seem to be getting your position. You put in only the most personal information such as marital upon the type of font used) or decrease conflicting information. Some important and persuasive arguments. status, number of children or your age. the margins (1 inch on top, bottom and books I read say that a two- The same philosophy should be applied It is illegal for an employer to inquire sides) or try to cram everything into page resume is OK and others when drafting your resume. Don’t use into this information and there is no one page (white space is very important say a resume should be one every “argument” in support of being reason to include it on your resume. in attracting the readers’ eye to key page maximum. What is your hired; use only your most impressive You do not need to include the information) in order to keep your advice regarding resume accomplishments. Remember, lawyers phrase “references and writing sample resume at one page. As noted above, length for attorneys? are supposed to be able to write con- available upon request.” Employers two-page resumes are becoming more Answer: The traditional rule of cisely. Having too long a resume could know this information is available and common and more acceptable. It is bet- thumb is that a resume should be one indicate to a potential employer that if they want it they will request it. Also, ter to have a two-page resume then to page. In recent years it has become you are unable to write in a concise leave off the words “resume” or “cur- have a resume that is difficult to follow. more common and therefore more and persuasive manner. riculum vitae.” Employers know what Your resume should never be more acceptable for a resume to extend to You may, however, find it difficult to the document is and these words are than two pages, no matter how much two pages. Our advice on this matter keep your resume at one page as you taking up valuable space. experience you have gained. (particularly if you are a junior or mid- become more senior and gain addition- Another way experienced attorneys al experience. You therefore may want can keep their resumes at a shorter James LaRosa, Esq. and Gary Mintz, Esq. are recruiters level associate) is to try to stay with tra- with JuriStaff, the exclusively endorsed legal staffing dition and keep your resume at one to consider having two resumes and length is by listing all positions that are agency of the Philadelphia Bar Association. LaRosa can target each resume to the specific job 10 years or older in a “previous em- be reached at (215) 751-9100, extension 302 or via e-mail page. Remember, a resume is supposed at [email protected]. Mintz can be reached at (215) to highlight your accomplishments by for which you are applying. For exam- ployment” section. In this section, you 751-9100, extension 315 or via e-mail at summarizing your experiences. If a ple, let’s say you are a corporate associ- can list your previous employers and [email protected]. resume is too long or too wordy, your ate and have gained significant experi- dates of employment without going true accomplishments may get over- ence in both real estate and estate plan- into specific job responsibilities. Career questions? Send your career questions to James LaRosa at shadowed by less impressive experi- ning. You can have one resume focus- Even with the above tips, the more JuriStaff, Inc., at [email protected] or call ences. Try to think of drafting your ing on real estate and another focusing experience you gain, the more difficult JuriStaff at (215) 751-9100. You can also send on estate planning. In each resume, you resume the same way you would write it may be to keep your resume at one your questions to [email protected] a brief. In a brief you do not include should mention the other experience, page. Although it is preferable to have a

PHILADELPHIA BAR REPORTER / JANUARY 2005 17 Nothing Memorable About Local Bloopers by Marc W. Reuben in a stylistic manner by specially train- told listeners “and now, from London, ed men (and a few women) in the early Stifford Crapps.” There was a chuckle Looking at local news on television ARTS & MEDIA days of radio. When they screwed up, over the air and the broadcast was is something like looking at a traffic it was not only funny, but completely stopped. After the mistake had been accident. There is a horrid fascination out of character with the job they were corrected, arrangements were made for in looking at it that one cannot avoid, expected to do. Cripps to speak one week later. Once and you either force yourself to look Harry Von Zell, the late announcer again, Kaltenborn announced, quite away or you are forced to look no for Jack Benny as well as George Burns slowly and deliberately, “from London, matter how horrible it is to view. and Gracie Allen, famously announced Stifford Crapps.” Music was played. Recently, the local broadcasters took the President of the United States by The announcer for Orson Welles’ to the idea of playing reels of their telling the audience “and now an add- Mercury Theater was Dwight Weist, “bloopers” for viewers. A local news ress from President Hoobert Heever.” who once told audiences about the “blooper” occurs when a newscaster Durward Kirby, best known as Gary dramatic presentation of a novel by looks even more stupid than he or she Moore’s announcer and later host of “Darles Chickens.” normally does. Since the local news is I avoid discussion of the fabled pro- “Candid Camera,” started out in Phila- Fred Allen, a mostly forgotten radio usually devoid of coherent reporting, it grams hosted by the venerable Dick delphia where he told listeners that the star who was probably funniest of is a challenge to pick the blooper from Clark, which claim to be about “bloop- program was presented by “the Blonde them all, once had a guest who the real stuff. ers” and other jokes. Also the home Bed Breaking Company.” Another time, brought a live eagle to the studio for a What current newsreaders lack is video program, in which people try to he announced a program presented by broadcast. Allen used the same studio not the ability to make themselves tape themselves in a variety of mental- the “A and Poo Feed Stores.” An ann- as Arturo Toscanini and the NBC look idiotic, but the ability to be mem- ly deficient moments that would ouncer in England once told listeners Symphony. When the eagle flew away orable – something that may be shame an idiot. “this is the British Broadcorping from the trainer and relieved itself on impossible in the context of local news. It was radio that brought the mem- Castration.” several seats in the studio, Allen Some newscasters have been killed orable bobble and twisted tongue to a No less than H.V. Kaltenborn, per- remarked, above the screaming laugh- or have done away with themselves on national audience. The reason the mis- haps the most august of radio ann- ter of his delighted audience, “I’ll bet the air. Even those events do not seem takes of radio broadcasters were so ouncers, was charged with providing a Toscanini never produced a better to matter much in the scheme of hilarious was that they, unlike mortals, radio introduction for a speech by a movement.” things. The surviving personalities were skilled in the art of public speak- member of Winston Churchill’s war Gary Moore, later host of his own must muddle through the morass of ing and broadcasting. Their pride in cabinet shortly after Pearl Harbor. The television show and bow-tied host of stories about defective snow shovels their work was based upon the accura- speech was to be carried live by trans- “To Tell The Truth,” was one of the and ladies who bake lovely raisin cy with which they dispassionately an- atlantic cable from London by distin- quiet and good people in broadcasting. bread and strive for the occasional nounced facts or pronounced words. guished statesman Stafford Cripps. He has never been fully counted for miscue to liven up the news. Even fictional scripts had to be spoken Kaltenborn took the microphone and continued on page 20

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PHILADELPHIA BAR REPORTER / JANUARY 2005 19 Commentary Saluting Chancellor Chirls’ Courageous Stance by Merih O. Erhan when the facts are presented in a time- be a fact that whatever the Philadel- progressive lawyer, knows all of these ly, honest and dignified manner, it just phia lawyers and the Bar Association well. I may not be too wrong in specu- Before it appeared in the Bar Reporter, becomes another story after the initial stand for will have a national impact. lating that this was one of the reasons there was an article in The Philadelphia shock wears off. Philadelphia lawyers have played a why he wanted to be the Chancellor of Inquirer about the Philadelphia Bar’s There might be other reasons in the great role in the progress of legal and the Philadelphia Bar Association. All 78th Chancellor. I read it with great Chancellor’s openness about his orien- social issues in the past 200 years that we can do is to salute his courage. interest because he was a person I tation and his life partnership. It could has become the subject of many inspi- be his trust in the support of the Asso- rational books. The new Chancellor, Merih O. Erhan, a sole practitioner, is an advisory editor knew from a distance whose profes- of the Philadelphia Bar Reporter. sional life and successes I had heard to ciation he represents and it may also Andrew A. Chirls, as a challenger and some extent. Among his many services and commitments, what impressed me the most is his goal to reach out to immigrants and non-English speaking residents of the city and to motivate the legal community in helping them. JANUARY CLE COURSES It is admirable that the Chancellor has the knowledge, understanding and sensitivity to problems of immigrants although he has no direct involvement with them. This is particularly true when there is a growing wave of anti- Jan. 12 Fish and Wildlife Law in immigrant sentiment in the country and also when he has to address many Pennsylvania 2005 different issues of the Association. The CLE Conference Center The CLE Coming back to the articles about the 78th Chancellor, my first reaction Conference was to question why he needed to be Jan. 14 Private Placement: Legal and Center so open and personal; I am sure that I Wanamaker Building was not alone in questioning it. It pre- Practical Considerations th occupied me until I came up with what 10 Floor, Suite 1010 I think is the right answer. The CLE Conference Center There is an age-old but still prevail- ing thinking that one has to hide Jan. 20 Thurgood Marshall’s Coming! National his/her sexual orientation until the Constitution inevitable hits the person. Remember National Constitution Center the recent example of New Jersey Gov. Center Jim McGreevey. On the other hand, 525 Arch Street Jan. 21 Thurgood Marshall’s Coming! Independence Mall ARTS & MEDIA National Constitution Center continued from page 18 his decency to the condemned during Jan. 24 E-Discovery the McCarthy era. But before all of that, he was an announcer on the radio. In The CLE Conference Center those days, “payola” usually consisted of mentioning a product on the air and getting a supply of the stuff from the Jan. 26 Anatomy for Lawyers: A Primer manufacturer. Moore once recalled that The CLE Conference Center he was announcer for Abbott and Costello and that two manufacturers wanted their products mentioned, but Jan. 28 Fiduciary Duties of Directors and no one could find a space to make the pitch. The products were Doctor Scholls Officers in For-Profit and Foot Pads and Southern Comfort. According to Moore, during some ban- Non-Profit Corporations ter on the air, Bud Abbott asked Lou The CLE Conference Center Costello about his plans for Thanksgiving. “Costello, are you having a turkey? Sure I am. Are you going to cook it? Yeah. Are you going to stuff it? Call PBI Customer Service at 1-800-247-4724 to register Sure Bud. What with? Doctor Scholls for a course or for more information. Foot Pads and Southern Comfort.” These were the memorable voices Register on the Internet at www.pbi.org and events in careers noted for accom- plishment. When these guys screwed The Pennsylvania Bar Institute is an up, it was an event to remember. accredited CLE provider. Marc W. Reuben, an advisory editor of the Philadelphia Bar Reporter, has been writing about the arts since 1973.

PHILADELPHIA 20 JANUARY 2005 / BAR REPORTER Hawaiian VIP Discovery Sets Off E-Mail Avalanche by Jeff Lyons delphia VIP. “She must have e-mailed 100 people to find out about this shirt.” What does Philadelphia Volunteers Browning figures a Philadelphia lawyer for the Indigent Program have to do vacationing in Hawaii lost the shirt and with Hawaii? That’s what Kendra it somehow ended up with Yanney. Yanney wanted to know. Browning said she didn’t see the Yanney, a 26-year-old lifeguard, original e-mail from Yanney. She first competitive swimmer and aspiring learned of the wayward shirt through teacher who lives in Kailua, Hawaii, an e-mail from longtime VIP volunteer discovered a Philadelphia VIP T-shirt attorney and 1995 VIP Board Chair when it got tangled in her legs while David Unkovic. she was boogieboarding at Kalama “My e-mail box filled up in a hurry Beach in Kailua on Oahu in early when people who received the e-mail December. forwarded it to me,” Browning said. “It “I was curious about what it was, so looks like she sent her message to I picked it up,” said Yanney, who said everyone in Philadelphia.” that other things, including part of a And in return, Yanney got an e-mail surfboard, a shoe and a snorkel mask, box full of responses from Philadelphia also washed up on shore. The shirt lawyers describing VIP’s mission. reads “Philadelphia VIP Pro Bono - It Aside from her VIP shirt, Yanney has Pays More Than You’d Think.” no connection to the Philadelphia legal “There was a lot of seaweed that I community. “My grandpa is the only had to get off the shirt, and after wash- lawyer in the family,” she said. Yanney ing it the first time, it was fine,” Yanney received her master’s degree in ele- said. “The color was cool and it was my mentary education last summer and is size, so I kept it,” she said, adding that currently looking for a full-time teach- the beach doesn’t usually have sea- ing job. weed, compounding the mystery of And even though she’s never been where the shirt might have come from. to Philadelphia, Yanney will always Yanney said she wasn’t sure what have a soft spot for Philadelphia VIP. the shirt meant, so she did a little “That shirt will always be special to me, online research and e-mailed people. because of how it was found. I learned “She e-mailed everyone here at our some new things. I didn’t even know office and everyone at the Bar Associa- what pro bono was and I got to know tion office,” said an amused Sharon some people a little better from the Browning, executive director of Phila- experience,” Yanney said. Kendra Yanney wears the VIP T-shirt she found while in the surf in Oahu in December.

Thursday, Jan. 13 Legislative Liaison Committee - meeting, 12:30 p.m., 11th floor Committee Room South. Lunch: $7.50. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Friday, Jan. 14 Commission on Judicial Selection and Rentention - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Note: While the following listings have been verified prior to press time, any scheduled event Monday, Jan. 17 may be subject to change by the committee or section chairs. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Bar Association offices closed. Monday, Jan. 3 Wednesday, Jan. 19 Public Interest Section Executive Committee - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Federal Courts Committee - meeting, 12:30 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: $7.50. Family Law Section - meeting, 4 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Thursday, Jan. 20 Thursday, Jan. 6 Family Law Section Executive Committee - meeting, noon, 11th floor Committee Room South. Investment Companies Committee - meeting, noon, 11th floor Conference Center. Lunch: $7.50 Friday, Jan. 21 Civil Rights Committee - meeting, 12:15 p.m., 11th floor Committee Room South. Lunch: Mid-Size Firm Committee - meeting, 8 a.m., 11th floor Conference Center. $7.50. Board of Governors - retreat, 10:30 a.m., Rittenhouse Hotel. Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee - meeting, 12:15 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Tuesday, Jan. 25 Lunch: $7.50. Criminal Justice Section - meeting, noon, 11th floor Conference Center. Lunch: $7.50. Philadelphia Bar Reporter Editorial Board - meeting, 12:30 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Chancellor’s Reception - 5 p.m., Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue, Broad and Walnut Thursday, Jan. 27 streets. Lawyer Referral and Information Service Committee - meeting, noon, 11th floor Committee Room. Lunch: $7.50. Monday, Jan. 10 Board of Governors - meeting, 4 p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Business Law Section Executive Committee - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Business Law Section - Annual Reception, 5:30 p.m., Pyramid Club, 1735 Market St. Tickets: Tuesday, Jan. 11 $35, www.philadelphiabar.org Criminal Justice Section Executive Committee - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Friday, Jan. 28 Solo and Small Firm Committee - meeting, noon, 11th floor Conference Center. Lunch: $7.50. Commission on Judicial Selection and Rentention - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Wednesday, Jan. 12 Unless otherwise specified, all checks for luncheons and programs should be made payable to the Philadelphia Bar Association Appellate Courts Committee - meeting, noon, 10th floor Board Room. Lunch: $7.50. and mailed to Bar Headquarters, 1101 Market St., 11th fl., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911. Send Bar Association-related calendar items 30 days in advance to Managing Editor, Philadelphia Bar Reporter, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911. Fax: (215) 238-1267. E-mail: [email protected].

PHILADELPHIA BAR REPORTER / JANUARY 2005 21 Joan C. Arnold and Andrew J. Conference in King of Prussia, Pa., on Benjamin E. Leace, a shareholder Rudolph, partners with Pepper understanding the divorce implications with RatnerPrestia, P.C., discussed “How Hamilton LLP, were faculty members in cases involving commercial real to Turn Your Research into Shekels, PEOPLE for “Corporate Tax Reform in 2004,” estate interests. Dollars, Euros and Yen…for You” on presented Oct. 27 by the Pennsylvania Nov. 11 at the Technion-Israel Institute Howard Gittis, Bar Institute and the Tax Section of the Jeffrey M. of Technology in Haifa, Israel. vice chairman and Philadelphia Bar Association. Lindy, a sole chief administrative practitioner and Jay Barry Harris, a senior partner officer of MacAnd- Arline Jolles former chair of the with Fineman Krekstein & Harris, P.C., rews and Forbes Lotman, a sole Board of Govern- has been elected as a member of the Holdings Inc. and practitioner, was a ors, has been elect- Federation of Defense & Corporate former Chancellor panelist for the CLE ed chair of the Counsel. of the Philadelphia seminar “Women, Federal Bar Assoc- Bar Association, the Workplace and iation’s Criminal Jacqueline K. will have a building named after him the Law” on Dec. 1 Law Committee, Philadelphia Chapter. Gallagher, an at the University of Pennsylvania fol- at Gratz College in associate with lowing his $5 million gift to support Melrose Park, Pa. Stanton M. Lacks, principal in Obermayer the Law School’s endowment. Lacks & Associates, recently served as a Rebmann Maxwell Nancy H. moderator for a presentation on & Hippel LLP, was Bennett G. Fullam, a partner domestic terrorism at a program a featured presen- Picker, a partner with McEldrew & cosponsored by the Anti-Defamation ter at the 2004 at Stradley Ronon Fullam, received League and Temple Beth Am. Annual Convention Stevens & Young, the Philadelphia of Professional Insurance Wholesalers LLP and former Trial Lawyers Anne M. Association in New York on Nov. 4. Chancellor of the Association’s 25th Madonia, a Philadelphia Bar Annual Justice member of Cozen Elliott R. Association, has Michael A. Mus- O’Connor, was re- Feldman, a part- been appointed as manno Award on Dec. 2. The award cently named vice ner at Cozen a member of the newly created U.S.- honors the memory and attributes of chair of Pennsyl- O’Connor, was China Business Mediation Panel as part Justice Musmanno for the high stan- vania Young Prof- recently elected of the U.S.-China Business Mediation dards of professionalism he represent- essionals (PaYP), a vice president of Center. ed as a lawyer, statesman and legisla- statewide organiza- the National tor. tion created by Team Pennsylvania Association of Mary S. Kohnke Wagner, an Foundation, a public/private economic Subrogation associate with Marshall, Dennehey, Kathleen O’Brien, a partner with development partnership. PaYP repre- Professionals. Warner, Coleman & Goggin, gave a Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & sents the interests of regional young presentation on recent developments Rhoads, LLP, has been named a professionals in an effort to enhance Henry C. Fader, in workers’ compensation law at the “Woman of Distinction” by the the state’s competitiveness and quality a partner with Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Philadelphia Business Journal. of life. Pepper Hamilton Workers’ Compensation Law Section LLP, has been elect- annual Fall Section Meeting in Steven J. Schildt, a senior associate Michael A. ed chairman of the September. at Post & Schell, P.C., was recently a Hamilton, a board of directors featured speaker at the 2004 NHCAA member of Cozen of the Pennsylvania Aaron J. Freiwald and Derek R. Health Care Fraud Prevention Training O’Connor, was a Chamber of Bus- Layser, founding shareholders of Conference in Las Vegas, Nev. He dis- featured speaker at iness and Industry. Layser & Freiwald, P.C., have been cussed the investigation and referral of Intellectual elected into membership of the fraudulent disability cases to the gov- Property Litigation Louis Coffey, of American Board of Trial Advocates. ernment for criminal prosecution. and Insurance, a counsel to seminar sponsored WolfBlock and M. Joel Bolstein, a partner with Fox Jacques L. Etkowicz, a shareholder by the Defense Research Institute, on president of Coffey Rothschild LLP, recently was appointed with Ratner Prestia, P.C., was a speaker Oct. 28 and 29 in San Diego, Calif. Consulting Comp- by Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rend- at the Partnering in Patents XI Seminar any, was recently ell and unanimously confirmed by the in Arlington, Va., in October. Mark S. appointed to the Pennsylvania State Senate to serve a Blaskey, a part- U.S.-China Busin- second five-year term on the Pennsyl- James I. Kennedy, co-chairman of ner with Pepper ess Mediation Panel vania Human Relations Commission. Kennedy & Liverant LLP, has been Hamilton LLP, has of the U.S.-China Business Mediation named an adjunct professor of sports been elected to the Center. Barbara T. Sicalides and marketing at West Chester University. board of directors Kathleen A. Mullen of Pepper of the Madlyn and Hamilton LLP were speakers at the E. Gerald Leonard Abramson Pennsylvania Bar Institute seminar Riesenbach, a Center for Jewish “Recurring Issues Facing Antitrust member of Cozen Life in Horsham, Pa. Lawyers” on Nov. 18. O’Connor, recently Names Are News received the 2004 Michael J. “People” highlights news of William J. Levant, principal with Alumni Award of Smith, a member members’ awards, honors or Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, Merit from the of Cozen O’Connor, appointments of a civic or com- P.C., was a member of the faculty for University of recently served as a munity nature. Information may “Judgment Enforcement in Pennsyl- Pennsylvania in featured speaker for be sent to Jeff Lyons, Managing vania” on Nov. 16. The seminar provid- recognition of his many years in alum- an American Conf- Editor, Philadelphia Bar Reporter, ed the most current information and ni leadership roles. He currently serves erence Institute Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 changes in the law pertaining to debt- as vice president of Penn Alumni. conference titled Market St., 11th floor, Philadelphia, or/creditor matters and how to suc- “Advanced Forum Pa. 19107-2911. Fax: (215) 238-1267. cessfully collect debts where others David N. Hofstein, a shareholder on Welding Rod Litigation,” presenting E-mail: [email protected]. have failed. with Hofstein Weiner & Levit, P.C., was on insurance coverage issues sur- Photos are also welcome. a panelist at the PICPA Divorce rounding welding rod litigation.

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