FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Allison D. Rohner 215.972.7176 [email protected] Centre Square West 1500 Market St., 38th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 SAUL EWING PARTNER ELECTED TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LANDMARKS (PHILADELPHIA, PA, June 16, 2004) – Lawrence C. Norford, a Partner in Saul Ewing’s Personal Wealth, Estates, and Trusts Practice Group, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks. The Landmarks Society is dedicated to preserving Philadelphia’s heritage by restoring, furnishing and showcasing to the public four historic house museums. The organization was founded in 1931 to save the historic Samuel Powel House from demolition. Samuel Powel was the mayor of Philadelphia just before and just after the American Revolution. In addition to the Samuel Powel House, the Landmarks Society manages The Physick House, Grumblethorpe and Waynesborough. The Powel House and the Physick House are located in Society Hill. Grumblethorpe is located in Germantown, and the Waynesborough is in Paoli. Mr. Norford concentrates his practice in litigation involving estates, trusts, and nonprofit organizations. He represents individuals, corporate executors and trustees, schools, cultural institutions, and other organizations in a broad variety of matters before the Pennsylvania Orphans’ Courts. Mr. Norford’s representative matters have included the administration of a trust holding a renowned art collection at a major museum, a dispute over the ownership and proposed sale of a significant piece of public art, and an initiative to reclaim and restore an abandoned but historic cemetery. Mr. Norford is a resident of Haddonfield, N.J. Saul Ewing LLP is a 250-attorney firm providing a full range of legal services from offices in seven locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Our clients include regional, national, and international businesses and nonprofit institutions, individuals, and entrepreneurs. # # # .