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Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP  congratulates our six 2020 Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer and Rising Star Attorneys. Each year, no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by Super Lawyers to receive this honor.  Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Three Partners of the firm were selected to the 2020 Super Lawyers List: Jessica A. Pritchard, Family Law, selected for the 2020 Superlawyers as well as the “Top 50: 2020

H. Jeffrey Brahin, ESQUIRE presented a webinar to the Greater Bux-Mont Chamber of Commerce on “Covid-19 Commercial Leasing Issues.” Topics included were potential defenses to default actions by landlords such as Force Majeure, Co-Tenancy and Casualty clauses, as well as common law defenses of Impossibility of Performance and Frustration of Purpose. Negotiating strategies for both landlords and tenants were discussed as well. Mr. Brahin focuses his practice on complex commercial and real estate litigation, as well as real estate and corporate transactional work.

(PERKASIE, Pa.) Grim, Biehn & Thatcher of Perkasie, Pa., is pleased to announce that Patrick Armstrong, Esq. has been appointed to serve as Solicitor for Derry Township, Pennsylvania, located near Hershey Pennsylvania.  This appointment was effective in April 2020. Armstrong is a member of the firm’s municipal practice group and has been with the firm since 2004.    Armstrong represents townships, planning commissions and individual clients in a wide variety of municipal and land use matters. He has extensive experience in appellate, zoning, litigation and real estate law.  Armstrong also represents companies and individuals in employment law and workers’ compensation

The Deadline for the June 3rd issue of the Bucks County Law Reporter will be Friday, May 22nd at 2pm.

 David Shoneman (immediate past Chair of the BCBA IP Section) is pleased to announce that Darwin IP Advisors (www.darwinipadvisors.com) successfully participated and contributed to the completion of a strategic intellectual property transaction related to the current and next generation audio/video CODECs.  This complex strategic transaction between a Japanese multinational electronics company and an American-based NASDAQ 100 / S&P 500 international company was completed by successfully proposing alternative and creative compromises.    This represents the tenth successful strategic transaction that Darwin IP Advisors was able to close since its formation in 2016. Leveraging 35+ years of engineering and legal experiences, Darwin IP Advisors operates at the intersection

Petrelli Previtera, LLC, a leading family law firm in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, is proud to provide a bi-annual $1,000 scholarship to help students achieve their goals of furthering their education. Eligible applicants for the fall 2020 scholarship must be currently attending or planning to attend a college, university, or law school during the fall 2020 academic semester, and they must be in good academic standing. To enter, students must submit a 500-word essay on the prompt provided at https://www.petrellilaw.com/scholarship/, where additional criteria and application details are also available.

Darwin IP Advisors (www.darwinipadvisors.com) is proud to announce that David Shoneman (immediate past Chair of the BCBA IP Section) was selected to be included as part of the Intellectual Asset Management IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2020.  In 2016, Mr. Shoneman launched Darwin IP Advisors, an advisory, consulting firm operating at the intersection of business, technology and law after a successful career as a licensing executive and intellectual property attorney in the licensing business unit of Technicolor/Thomson/GE-RCA.  He was instrumental in (i) securing over 4B$ of acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures, strategic alliances and business development initiatives, (ii) acquiring more than 5000

While Governor Wolf closed all Pennsylvania Drivers License Centers under his initial emergency order, the extension of the order until April 30 has impacted many Pennsylvanians who have drivers licenses (individual and commercial licenses) that have expired since the Centers closed on March 16 or will expire before April 30. All license holders can renew their licenses through the online services system operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.  For those individuals who do not have access to a computer or reliable internet service to renew a license, the Department has extended the expiration date for all drivers licenses, photo

The Bucks County Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Bucks County Bar Association, is pleased to announce scholarship opportunities for 2020. Throughout the year, the Foundation holds several events in support of the Thomas E. Mellon, Jr. Scholarship and the William Penn Scholarship. These scholarships are awarded to Bucks County residents pursuing a career in law or a related field. Eligibility requirements include a record of academic excellence and a strong commitment to public service.  Additional criteria along with application details for the scholarships can be found at http://bucksbar.org/bar-foundation/bcbf-scholarship/ The Mission of the Bar Foundation of the Bucks County

The BCBA takes great pride in taking appropriate steps to ensure the health and wellness of our members and staff. We are constantly updating our efforts to continue to serve our members in a safe manner. Along those lines, we have made the following changes to our normal operations which will remain in place until April 1: The BCBA building will be closed to outside visitors until at least April 1. During this building closure, we will not be able to accommodate depositions, client meetings, and other room rentals. BCBA staff and operations will continue via remote means. Division, section,