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Norristown, PA, September 26, 2018– High Swartz Of Counsel Attorney Donald Petrille Jr. presented at the Bucks County Bar Association Bench Bar on Friday September 21st. Don presented on “The Exploding World of Guardianships” at the Orphans’ Court section with Judge Gary Gilman and Judge Theodore Fritsch. The panel discussed implementation of the new Guardianship Tracking System, which is designed to allow court personnel to ensure court appointed guardians are taking proper care of incapacitated persons, especially their financial assets. Don, along with court administrators, judges and other persons interested in vulnerable incapacitated persons across the state helped the Administrative

Doylestown, PA – Williams Family Law partner Robert J. Salzer presented last week at the 2018 Bench Bar Conference hosted by the Bucks County Bar Association. The conference took place September 20-22, 2018 at The Hotel Hershey in Hershey, PA. Salzer spoke at a program entitled “The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: A Family Court Perspective,” participating in a panel that included Bucks County Family Court judges Brian T. McGuffin, James M. McMaster and Jeffrey G. Trauger. The session discussed last year’s tax code overhaul and its effects on separation, divorce and marital dissolution planning.  Salzer, who holds

AMM founder Sue Maslow joined three other panelists at the American Bar Association’s Annual meeting in Austin Texas on September 15th.  Maslow addressed  questions surrounding identifying the client when representing corporate entities and the tension between  state Rules of Professional Responsibility, SEC Rules and personal moral codes of conduct when evaluating permissive disclosures.  The panel also provided guidance in navigating the limits of the attorney-client privilege, conflicts of interest and attorney withdrawal with illustrations from recent headline events and movies like Roman J. Israel, Esq. Sue Maslow, Esq.

Any association member interested in serving as an officer or director on the BCBA Board of Directors is encouraged to fill out the Nominations Questionnaire and mail/email it to the Bar Association office before October 1, 2018. Suggestions for nominations are also encouraged. Openings include President Elect, Secretary, Treasurer and Board of Director positions. There are five (5) Board of Director positions which shall be as follows: five (5) members will be elected to five (5) three (3) year terms. The Committee has a Questionnaire and a set of Guidelines for use in selecting the candidates. If you are interested

Welcome New BCBA Members for September 2018! Julieanne Bateman Sarah C. Brucie Begley, Carlin & Mandio Marc Durant Durant & Durant LLC Heather Hines Senior Law Center Morris J. Kaplan Brian Newman Angad Patheja Kathleen M. Thomas High Swartz Dorothy Weik-Hange Elaine T. Yandrisevits Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP Jenifer Dana Kaufman Kaufman Workers’ Compensation Law Student Member: Ryan Michael Messina      

On behalf of Bucks for Kids, I am writing to request a donation towards our DESIGNER BAG BINGO EVENT, scheduled for FRIDAY OCTOBER 5, 2018 at PLUMSTEADVILLE FIRE COMPANY FIRESIDE HALL. We expect over 200 attendees. Please sponsor a DESIGNER BAG!  The donation is $250.00 In addition to the DESIGNER BAGS, gift cards, merchandise and local services will be raffled. All proceeds provide much needed “EXTRAS” for kids and teens in FOSTER CARE and those receiving services through Bucks Co. Children and Youth Social Services Agency. The County covers the cost of basic needs, but these kids need items and services necessary to normalize their lives, such

Norristown, PA, September 18, 2018– High Swartz LLP, a full-service law firm with offices in Norristown and Doylestown, is pleased to announce that partner, Mary Cushing Doherty, was included in the Top 50: 2018 Women Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. Attorneys receiving this designation have undergone a peer-review and research-based selection process. The Super Lawyers organization identifies those outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. A program of Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who, through a peer review and independent research process, have been identified as attaining a high

Click the link below to download: Notice & Order Criminal Rule 6.1(b)(1) – September 17 2018    

Philadelphia, PA – September 19, 2018 –  Hillary J. Moonay, Esquire, recently returned attorney and partner of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, will be speaking at the Bucks County Bench Bar Annual Conference on a panel titled Alternatives to Litigation: Mediation for Family Law and Civil Litigation Practitioners. The panel will take place on Friday, September 21, at The Hotel Hershey. Moonay, an experienced Family Law Mediator, will be accompanied by Barbara N. Lyons, Esquire, of Bucks County Mediation and Arbitration Center, and Honorable John J. Rufe, a senior Common Pleas judge of the Bucks County Court of Common

Law Firm Crisis and Publicity Expert Gina Rubel to Present at LMA Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference Award-winning law firm crisis strategist, attorney, and incident response expert presents at LMA Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference in Washington, D.C. DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (September 2018) – Furia Rubel Communications, Inc. CEO, Gina Rubel, says it’s “not if but when a crisis will strike a law firm.” She, along with a panel of in-house law firm experts and a member of the media will present crisis communications at the 2018 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 1. The panel will address ways to prepare for various