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Hill Wallack LLP partner Francis J. Sullivan to Speak in Philadelphia at NBI Seminar – Helping Your Clients Select the Best Entity Option Mr. Sullivan will be presenting the following topics: UNDERSTANDING GENERAL PARTNERSHIP AND JOINT VENTURES | 10:45 – 12:00\ TAX ASPECTS TO CONSIDER IN ENTITY SELECTION AND FORMATION | 3:00 – 3:45 Holiday Inn Philadelphia Stadium 99 Packer Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19148 December 14, 2017 Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Continuing Legal Education – NJ CLE – 7.20; NY CLE – 7.00; PA CLE – 6.00 Francis J. Sullivan, Esq.

Hill Wallack LLP partner David J. Truelove Presented at Lower Bucks County Marathon CLE Day Mr. Truelove discussed Opioids in the Workplace: What Employers Need to Know. This seminar was held on November 2, 2017 at the Bucks County Community College. Mr. Truelove covered the abuse of opioids in the workplace has escalated to a national crisis, including for employers in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Abuse of opioids by employees in the workplace can cause concern for employers in many ways. For example, an employee’s productivity, the possibility of criminal activity occurring during working hours, the potential for exposure

A message from the BCBA President: Remarkable peers are members of the Bucks County Bar Association This year marks a very exciting time for lawyers in Bucks County. For the first time in the association’s history we have partnered with a media source to highlight county attorneys who go way “above and beyond” in their commitment to their communities, their profession, and society as a whole. We applaud the Herald’s creativity in establishing different categories to demonstrate the depth and breadth of the good works and character of “Lawyers Among Us.” Many of us in the profession knew of the

Curtin & Heefner LLP Donates Thanksgiving Baskets Curtin & Heefner donates twenty baskets to those in need.  Attorneys and staff donated all the necessities for a Thanksgiving Feast and filled twenty baskets to be delivered to families in need.  The Firm donated twenty turkeys and twenty pumpkin pies to go along with each basket. Curtin & Heefner has been working with the Bucks County Opportunity Council for the past fourteen years to help make this a great holiday for these families.  For the past three years the Firm has also donated baskets to FACT- Bucks County. The Firm invites our

Erin K. Aronson, Esq. Speaks at Divorce Seminar in November 2017 Doylestown, PA – Erin K. Aronson, Esq. spoke at a divorce seminar in Doylestown on November 14, 2017. The seminar was entitled, “Career Transitions in Divorce” and Ms. Aronson discussed employment related matters as they relate to an individual’s professional career including hiring practices and employment contracts. Ms. Aronson practices in the areas of Labor and Employment, Real Estate and Banking law at Eastburn and Gray, PC. She earned her law degree, cum laude, from Villanova University School of Law in Villanova, Pennsylvania, where she was Managing Editor of

Attorney Michael J. Torchia Recipient of the Honorable Joseph M. Nardi Jr. Distinguished Service Award from the Rutgers Camden School of Law (Huntingdon Valley, PA: November 21, 2017) Renowned employment attorney, Michael  J. Torchia, will be awarded the Honorable Joseph M. Nardi Jr. Distinguished Service Award from Rutgers Camden School of Law.  The award, which will be presented on November 30th at Rutgers University Camden commemorates the life and accomplishments of the Honorable Joseph M. Nardi Jr., a highly respected retired Superior Court judge, former Camden Mayor, and 1956 graduate of the Rutgers Camden School of Law who passed away

The Dispute Resolution Committee has made the following forms available for online submission: Mediator Form Family Law Mediator Form Orphans’ Court Mediator Form All three of these forms can be found on the Mediation Page within the Attorney Resources section of the website.

Curtin & Heefner LLP turns Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month In the words of one of our partners, Allan Goulding “ The disease might steal their hair, or sap their strength, but it did not take away their spirit.  It seemed that it could not touch their soul. Their determination is why I think that this disease will be beaten. If not completely eliminated, a treatment or cure will be found.  Their courage has been  inspiring.  It has pushed me, family members and friends past our worries and concerns to do a little something to help, or remember and honor

Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP is proud to announce that Attorney Lisa Gaier, of Quakertown has been elected Magisterial District Judge for Bucks County’s Magisterial Court in Richland.  Gaier will be sworn in on December 29thand begin serving on the bench in January, 2018.  Gaier will remain Of Counsel with the firm.  Lisa Gaier practices family law and estates and trusts with the firm, counseling individuals and families to address their legal needs. Lisa Gaier, Esq.

Volpe and Koenig, P.C. Announces Recipients of 2017 IPromiseTM Charitable Giving Fund $20,000 Grants PHILADELPHIA, PA (November 14, 2017) – Volpe and Koenig, P.C., an intellectual property law firm with offices in Philadelphia, PA, and Princeton, NJ, announced today that the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) and Welcoming the Stranger have been awarded grants through its 11th Annual IPromiseTM Charitable Giving Fund (“IPromise”) competition. Checks were presented to the PAWS on November 8, 2017, and to Welcoming the Stranger on October 21, 2017. Established in 2007, IPromise helps two qualifying Greater Philadelphia or Princeton area non-profit organizations each year, advancing