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New Britain, PA – Partner Andrew E. Faust of Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams was part of a panel presentation at the Lehigh University Special Education Law Symposium on Monday, June 24, 2019. The session, entitled “You Be the Judge: ‘Dueling’ Attorneys,” presented a fictitious case about a student with ADHD who experienced deteriorating performance during his transition to ninth grade. The school psychologist and a private neuropsychologist reached different conclusions about his disability. Faust and another Special Education Law litigator shared their advice and views on the scenario, such as whether the district fulfilled its obligation and if the

Super Lawyers is a Thompson Reuters rating service of outstanding lawyers for more than 70 practice areas. To be rated as a Super Lawyer, attorneys must be nominated by his or her peer.  The nominees are then selected by a research team at Thompson Reuters based upon factors such as professional achievement, verdicts and settlements, honors and awards, pro bono and community service efforts, and scholarly lectures and publications. Each year, no more than five per cent of the lawyers in Pennsylvania are selected to receive this honor. The Super Lawyers list is published in Philadelphia Magazine and nationwide in

Doylestown, PA – Grace M. Deon, Esq. has been selected as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in the Commonwealth in the 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® magazine. This is the fourth consecutive year that she has received this designation. Ms. Deon is one of eight Eastburn and Gray attorneys selected for inclusion in the 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® list. She is recognized for her work in the following practice areas: Employment & Labor, Schools & Education and General Litigation.   Ms. Deon is a shareholder and member of Eastburn and Gray’s management committee and has practiced law for 27

Founding Partner William Antheil of Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP received the Pennsylvania Bar Association 50-Year Member Award at the Association’s Annual meeting on May 17th.  “It is hard to believe how much time has gone by since I first walked up Court Street in Doylestown.  There have been many changes in how lawyers do their work, but the core values of client focused service and advocacy have endured.  It has been my good fortune to do work that I love with and for people I respect” said Antheil of his many years of practice in the Central Bucks County

Doylestown, PA – Lynelle A. Gleason of Williams Family Law, P.C. is now a trained facilitator for Pennsylvania’s new parent coordination rules for child custody, which went into effect March 1, 2019. Gleason completed coursework in parent coordination at the Good Shepherd Mediation Program, a justice center in Philadelphia.   As a parent coordinator, Gleason will be able to address such issues as transitions between households, variations from the parenting plan for special events, childcare arrangements, extracurricular activities and other matters related to implementing a parenting plan. Parent coordinators must be licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania either

(PERKASIE, Pa.) Grim, Biehn & Thatcher of Perkasie, Pa., is pleased announce that Dianne Magee, Esq. received the Advocacy and Civic Engagement award from the YWCA Bucks County at their 28th annual Salute to Women Who Make a Difference, held on May 16, 2019, at 6:00 p.m., at Spring Mill Manor, Ivyland, Pa. Magee is a shareholder and heads the firm’s estate department, where she brings a wealth of experience in the areas of elder law and all matters relating to estate planning, estate administration, adoption and guardianship. In addition, Magee has served as the Solicitor for the Bucks County

Eliminate Pennsylvania school property taxes? Expect fresh debate after new bills go out in July By FORD TURNER | THE MORNING CALL | JUN 10, 2019 | 7:36 PM | HARRISBURG   As some of the biggest and most-disliked bills of all — school property tax bills — arrive in mailboxes across Pennsylvania in July, the long-lasting conversation about eliminating that tax is expected to resume. State Sen. David G. Argall, a Schuylkill County Republican, said Friday legislative discussions are likely in July and August, following a stretch in which there was little movement on the perennial issue. “What the results will be on those, I

High Swartz, a full-service law firm with offices in Norristown and Doylestown PA,  is pleased to announce that Chelsey A. White Esq. has joined the firms’ family law and litigation practices. High Swartz LLP has recently added Chelsey A. White Esq. to the firms’ family law and litigation practices. Chelsey is barred in Pennsylvania and most recently barred in New Jersey. She joins High Swartz after completing her judicial clerkship with the Honorable David R. Workman, Administrative Family Law Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County. Prior to her clerkship, Ms. White nee Christiansen clerked at Rubin,