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New Britain, PA – Four new attorneys have joined the practice of Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams LLP, expanding the firm’s talent base in education law. Bethany O’Neill Byrne, associate, manages Right-to-Know inquiries and Tax Assessment Appeals. She is a graduate of Villanova University and Widener University School of Law and is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Laura Heller Isenberg, associate, handles Civil Rights Defense, Employment Discrimination, Special Education and Student Services. Fluent in both Spanish and Hebrew, Isenberg is a graduate of Grinnell College and the Georgetown University Law Center. She is admitted to the

The family law attorney and parenting coordinator has also been elected treasurer of the Montgomery County Bar Association Family Law Section for 2021. High Swartz is pleased to announce that Elizabeth C. Early has been elected partner at the firm. Ms. Early joined High Swartz in 2015 and focuses her practice primarily on divorce, custody, support, equitable distribution, pre and post-nuptial agreements and abuse matters. Liz became a Montgomery County parenting coordinator in 2019. Parenting coordination in Pennsylvania is a tool available to parties in contentious custody cases that aims to help the parties resolve minor disputes in custody without

The merger allows High Swartz of southeastern Pennsylvania to establish a presence in the state of New Jersey.  Glen-David Schwarzschild has an active general commercial law practice, consisting of both transactional and commercial litigation matters. His practice concentrates in the areas of real estate tax appeals, land use, small business representation, commercial litigation, commercial transactions, and related matters. Glen will continue to practice out of the new High Swartz office in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Glen brings to High Swartz an established real estate tax appeal practice both in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He has successfully represented local, regional, and national

Perkasie, PA – Weber Kracht and Chellew Attorneys at Law are pleased to welcome associate attorney Kathryn Liebhaber to the firm. Liebhaber will focus her work on the practice areas of Civil Litigation, Estate Planning and Administration, and Family Law. A Bucks County native, Liebhaber earned her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Liebhaber served as a certified legal intern through the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Family Law Clinic, where she represented indigent clients in family law matters. After law school, Liebhaber was a law clerk for the Honorable David W. Addy in the Court

Doylestown, PA – Henry E. Van Blunk, Esq. was appointed to serve on the Commerce Court Task Force as a representative from the Civil Litigation Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (“PBA”).  The Task Force was formed by the Business Law Section of the PBA in the Spring of 2020 to work on the possible development of a state-wide business or commerce court, both at the trial and appellate levels. Mr. Van Blunk has been an active participant in the PBA and looks forward to taking on this expanded role. Mr. Van Blunk is a Shareholder at Eastburn and Gray,

High Swartz business attorney Don Petrille has been invited to serve on PA Auditor General-elect Tim DeFoor’s transition team. Mr. Petrille will be serving on the Legal Review segment of the team which will examine the status and scope of pending litigation and the extent of the auditor general’s authority. The team will also determine a  legal strategy for the office, review existing legal staff, and pending human resource issues. “I’m anxious to apply my knowledge of state, county and municipal governments to the legal issues faced by the auditor general’s office during a time of transition. Intergovernmental relations, between governmental

JEFFREY BRAHIN presented a seminar entitled “Confessions of Judgment – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” at the 2020 PBI Real Estate Institute on December 4, 2020. This seminar was a comprehensive overview of confessions of judgment, including the drafting and negotiating of the cognovit clause, entering, and executing the judgment, petitions to strike and open the judgment, and appeals. Practical strategies were discussed regarding negotiations, notices, discovery, stays of execution, etc. Comprehensive forms are included with the seminar. This is fifth time that Mr. Brahin has been requested to present at the PBI Real Estate Institute. Mr. Brahin

U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers recently announced the 2021 “Best Law Firms” rankings, and Stark & Stark has been recognized on Metropolitan Tiers 1, 2, & 3 in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. According to U.S. News & World Report, rankings are determined by a multitude of factors. First, data is collected from Best Lawyers ballots, which can only be completed by attorneys who are currently recognized by Best Lawyers. Then, all of the quantitative and qualitative data is combined into an overall “Best Law Firms” score for each firm. Because firms are often separated by small or insignificant

Doylestown, PA –  Bucks County family law firm Williams Family Law received national recognition in the 2021 edition of “Best Law Firms,” as compiled by U.S. News – Best Lawyers. The firm received a Tier 1 position – the highest possible ranking – for Family Law in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Firms included in the Best Law Firms list are recognized for professional excellence with continually impressive ratings from both clients and peers. Rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field and review

Elizabeth J. Fineman, a Partner of the Bucks County law firm of Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP, received a Special Achievement Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association at a virtual luncheon on Thursday, November 19th.  The award recognizes Ms. Fineman for  stepping up to fill a co-editor  position of the PBA Family Law Section’s  Pennsylvania Family Lawyer newsletter, one of the association’s largest section publications. Elizabeth Fineman practices exclusively in domestic relations matters and handles a variety of issues, including divorce, child support, alimony/spousal support, marital taxation, equitable distribution and child custody matters. She has handled many high-income support cases