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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

All Members of the Bar: Discovery motions court will not be held on Friday, September 21, 2018. No alternative discovery motions court session will be held during the week of September 17-21, 2018. Stephen G. Heckman, Esquire Court Administrator

It is with mixed emotions that I inform you that Michelle Froehlich has accepted a position outside of the Bucks County Bar Association. I am sad for us to lose such a valuable team player, but happy for Michelle as she continues her career in educational services. Michelle’s last day with the BCBA will be September 22, 2018. Kelly Neff will be assuming Michelle’s responsibilities for the CLE programs. We are fortunate to have Kelly’s experience with the BCBA to be able to transition seamlessly into this role. We are now seeking a new Administrative Assistant.    Please see the

Norristown, PA, September 4, 2018– High Swartz partner, Melissa M. Boyd recently moderated the Pennsylvania Bar Institute course held on August 2 in Philadelphia. The topic of the program was “The Lawyers Guide to Appraisals and Appraisers.” The panelists discussed everything you need to know about residential and commercial appraisals and gave an overview of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). Melissa M. Boyd is a partner with High Swartz LLP. She concentrates her practice on family law including, but not limited to, divorce, pre-nuptial and post-divorce agreements, child custody and support, equitable distribution, alimony, adoptions, protection from

OBERMAYER ATTORNEYS NAMED 2019 BEST LAWYERS  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – August 15, 2018 – Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that nine of our attorneys were selected for inclusion in the recently released 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, regarded as a definitive guide to legal excellence in the region. Obermayer’s selected Best Lawyers and their respective areas of practice are: Michael E. Bertin – family law Julie R. Colton* – family law Paul C. Heintz – trusts & estates Hillary J.  Moonay – family law David L. Ladov – family law Leslie B. Spoltore

  Toomey and Casey Accepting Applications for Eastern District of PA Judicial Vacancies Washington, D.C. – Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) announced today they are accepting applications from persons interested in filling judicial vacancies on the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. “Since 2011, Senator Casey and I have worked to confirm 14 qualified nominees to fill district court vacancies on the federal bench. Only three states – California, New York, and Texas – have had more district court vacancies filled during this time,” said Senator Toomey. “This coupled with the fact