Author: Deb Donahue

Norristown, PA, September 4, 2018– High Swartz partner, Melissa M. Boyd recently moderated the Pennsylvania Bar Institute course held on August 2 in Philadelphia. The topic of the program was “The Lawyers Guide to Appraisals and Appraisers.” The panelists discussed everything you need to know about residential and commercial appraisals and gave an overview of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). Melissa M. Boyd is a partner with High Swartz LLP. She concentrates her practice on family law including, but not limited to, divorce, pre-nuptial and post-divorce agreements, child custody and support, equitable distribution, alimony, adoptions, protection from

Full-service law firm funds $5,000 scholarship in memory of partner Mary Cushing Doherty’s late husband, James Doherty Norristown, PA, August 27, 2018– High Swartz LLP, is pleased to announce the 2018 recipients of its James F. Doherty Scholarship, awarded to the child or grandchild of a full-time High Swartz employee. This year’s co-winners are Sophia Dantzic, daughter of attorney Douglas Wayne, and Megan Sellers, daughter of office manager Darlene Sellers. Both students will use the $2,500 scholarship towards tuition at a 4-year college. Megan, originally from Warminster is attending Cedar Crest College majoring in Biology. Sophia, originally from Doylestown, is

(Philadelphia) Williams Family Law founder and managing partner Jeffrey M. Williams presented “Double-Dipping: Income/Assets in Support/Divorce,” at the summer meeting of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section. The conference took place July 12-15 at the Hotel Hershey in Hershey, PA. Joined by panelists Michael E. Fingerman, Esq. and G. Daniel Jones, CPA, CFF, the session covered an issue known as “double dipping”– when something is considered an asset or income (or sometimes both) in the context of support, alimony and/or equitable distribution during a divorce, and also how this issue can be construed differently by different states. Williams, who

To all BCBA Members: We want to ensure that you are able to receive all email from BCBA, and we use two systems to send out email. The first system we use is called Constant Contact, and we use it for eNewsletters, Mid-week emails and other announcements. We are able to better format these emails and gather useful metrics. These emails are sent from the email address info@bucksbar.org. The second system we use is called InTouchOnDemand (ITOD) which we use for Membership management and LRIS management, and we often use this system for division, section, and committee emails. This system

Welcome New BCBA Members for June 2018! Marianne McGinty Peter Jefferson Moak Jeremy A. Whalen

Thank you to our sponsors and everyone who supported our 2018 Bucks County Bar Foundation Annual Charity Golf Tournament held at the Jericho National Golf Club, in New Hope, PA. Congratulations to our winners below: Longest Drive: Men- John Schultz Women- Emma Kline Closest to the Pin: Men- Don Adriaansen 9’ 9 ½ “ Women- Jill Fein 7’0” First Place Winners (left to right): Troy Farrington, Breandan Nemec, Michael Meginniss, and Lawrence Scheetz, Jr. Second  Place Winners: Keith Williams, Bill Mabon, Greg Mitsch, and Greg Chaffee Third Place Winners: John Schultz, Evan McGillin, Matt Jankowski, and Andrew Mockaitis Most Honest

Kimberly Freimuth and Robert Gundlach, partners in the Bucks County office of Fox Rothschild LLP, are among the faculty for Land Use Institute 2018, a continuing legal education program scheduled for July 18 by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI). The biennial program helps land use practitioners identify and examine significant trends, recent case law, regional development patterns and regulatory changes. In her practice at Fox, Freimuth handles a broad range of real estate, zoning and land use matters. Gundlach, a recognized authority in real estate and zoning law in the region, is co-chair of the firm’s Zoning and Land Use

Joel D. Rosen and Eric B. Smith Appointed to the Montgomery Bar Foundation Board of Trustees Norristown, PA, June 7, 2018– High Swartz partners, Joel D. Rosen and Eric B. Smith have been appointed to the Board of the Trustees for the Montgomery Bar Foundation. Mr. Rosen has been reappointed for a 3 year term, while Mr. Smith, as Immediate Past President of the Montgomery Bar Association, is appointed for a one year term. The Montgomery Bar Foundation is the charitable affiliate of the Montgomery Bar Association. Since 1987, the Bar Foundation has supported law-related educational, charitable, and humanitarian projects

AMM congratulates our 2018 Super Lawyer and Rising Star attorneys named in the 2018 Super Lawyer listing by Thomson Reuters. Jessica Pritchard, chair of the firm’s Family Law practice group, was named one of the “Top 50 Women” again this year, and one of Philadelphia’s Top 100 attorneys by the publisher of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine. Ms. Pritchard has been included in the Super Lawyer listing for the past four years. Elizabeth Fineman, a Partner in our Family Law department, was named a 2018 Rising Star by the same publication for the sixth year. Both Pritchard and Fineman concentrate their