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Doylestown, PA – Sarah A. Eastburn, Esq. will serve as a featured speaker at a breakfast seminar hosted by the Financial Planning Association of the Philadelphia Tri State Area and National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) Delaware Valley in Doylestown on April 25, 2019. The seminar is entitled, “Tips for Working with an Estate Attorney and Estate Planning Techniques under 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.” The seminar will cover tips for preparing a client for a meeting with his estate planning attorney and current estate planning trends, including succession planning for vacation properties and tax planning under the

Doylestown, PA – Grace M. Deon, Esq. served as the judge for a mock murder trial involving local home school students from Newtown and Souderton. The eighth grade students filled the roles of the attorneys for the prosecution and defense, as well as the defendant, witnesses and even the bailiff.  In addition to Ms. Deon acting as the judge, there were volunteers (attorneys and non-attorneys) who served as jurors. The proceeding took place at the Bucks County Justice Center so the students had the opportunity to conduct the trial in an actual courtroom. Ms. Deon commented, “The students began working

Antheil Maslow and MacMinn Co-founding Partner Susan Maslow received the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce Business & Arts Award at the Chamber’s 73rd Annual Celebration Luncheon on Friday, April 12th.  This is the 23rd Business and Arts Award, which is bestowed on a business person or organization that has extended itself in support of the arts in the community.  Ms. Maslow is being recognized for her extraordinary commitment and creative dedication to the arts in Bucks County through her efforts on the many Bucks Fever Award Premier Events and other cultural Chamber endeavors.   Susan Maslow is an experienced general

Princeton, NJ April, 10, 2019 — Hill Wallack LLP is excited to announce that it has opened an office in New York City, located at 575 Lexington Avenue, Midtown East, in the heart of Manhattan’s prestigious “Fortune 500” corridor. Just steps away are some of New York’s most prominent office buildings and hotels. The addition of the New York office is keeping with the firm’s commitment of delivering high-level service to its clients in a cost-efficient, responsive manner and will provide clients with even greater access to the firm’s full array of services. Managing Partner, Michael Kahme says, “We’re looking

Doylestown, PA—April 9, 2019. Jordan Yeager, candidate for Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Judge, took the lead today in signing the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s “Judicial Candidate’s Pledge,” vowing to conduct his campaign according to “standards consistent with the integrity, impartiality, and independence of the judicial office to which I aspire.” This pledge is typically signed only by candidates for statewide appellate court. Yeager is the first of the candidates for judge on the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas to sign the pledge. Yeager also committed to honor the PBA’s Judicial Campaign Advertising Guidelines, which states, “Recognizing that the

Elizabeth J. Fineman, a Partner with the law firm of Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP in Doylestown, Bucks County has been named co-editor-in-chief of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Pennsylvania Family Lawyer magazine.  Ms. Fineman shares editor duties with Judy McIntire Springer of Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel, LLP in Philadelphia.   Fineman practices exclusively in family law 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 involving an intricate knowledge of both family law and complex financial issues.

Doylestown, PA – Partner Susan J. Smith of Williams Family Law, P.C. has joined the board of trustees of the Bucks County Historical Society, the private non-profit organization charged with collecting, preserving and interpreting the rich history and culture of Bucks County and the Delaware Valley region.   The historical society operates the Mercer Museum, Spruance Library and Fonthill Museum, and is the primary inheritor of the material and intellectual legacy of Henry Chapman Mercer. This includes a nationally significant collection of tools and artifacts that illuminate the history of pre-industrial America. The historical society is governed by a volunteer

The law firm of Antheil Maslow & MacMinn will host a meet the candidate event supporting Partner Denise M. Bowman’s campaign for Common Pleas Judge.  The event will be held on Tuesday, April 23rd from 5-7 p.m. at the firm’s Doylestown office at 131 West State Street. Denise Bowman, an experienced and respected attorney and community leader is a partner in the firm’s Commercial Litigation department.   She has represented and advocated for numerous businesses, individuals, non-profits and governmental entities throughout Bucks County in a wide variety of civil and commercial disputes.  An attorney for 20 years, she has represented clients

Robert Szwajkos, a Partner at Curtin & Heefner LLP in its Commercial Services Department, and a former Clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Court (EDPA), has been elected to serve as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Bucks County Credit Counseling Center. The Bucks County Credit Counseling Center, an award winning non-profit service sponsored by regional banking and professional organizations, at its offices in Levittown, Doylestown, and Richboro, has provided confidential credit counseling services since 1994. During 2018, the Center assisted 4,230 clients with budget and debt management, credit report review, financial fitness and student loan counseling, first time homebuyer education,

Blue Bell and Doylestown, PA – John A. VanLuvanee, Julie L. Von Spreckelsen and Zachary A. Sivertsen successfully represented The Verrichia Company (“Verrichia”) on an exclusionary zoning challenge related to a commercial real estate development project in Plumstead Township, Bucks County. The Court’s decision to sustain the challenge is significant because it recognizes “retail stores with fuel dispensing facilities” as a distinct and legitimate land use; invalidating Plumstead Township’s zoning ordinance as exclusionary.   Senior Judge Robert J. Shenkin of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, issued an order sustaining a substantive validity challenge, filed on behalf of