HARRISBURG (May 14, 2013) — The Pennsylvania Bar Association has presented awards to Pennsylvania lawyers for outstanding leadership in the legal profession and longstanding membership in the association. PBA Special Achievement Awards recognize those lawyers who have provided time and resources to improve the association and the legal profession. PBA Fifty-Year Member Awards recognize lawyers who have been association members for five decades. The awards were presented during the association’s Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, May 8 – 10.
Allegheny County
Jerome M. Adams, Jefferson Hills: Fifty-Year Member Award
Sidney Baker, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Edward J. Balzarini, Balzarini & Watson, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Paul A. Beck, Beck & Thomas PC, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Myles P. Berkman, Associated Group Inc., Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Franklin Blackstone Jr., Goehring Rutter & Boehm, Sewickley: Fifty-Year Member Award
George C. Blissman Jr., McKeesport: Fifty-Year Member Award
Michael J. Boyle, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Aims C. Coney Jr., K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Raymond W. Cromer, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
John Daley, Brennan, Robins & Daley PC., Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Carl A. Eck, Meyer Darragh Buckler Bebenek & Eck PLLC: Fifty-Year Member Award
Judge S. Louis Farino, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Nicholas S. Fisfis, Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jerry B. Fulmer, Clair: Fifty-Year Member Award
Chris F. Gillotti, Bunde, Gillotti, Mulroy & Shultz PC, Pittsburgh: Special Achievement Award – for long-term service to the PBA Judicial Evaluation Commission, which evaluates and rates candidates for Pennsylvania’s appellate courts
Roslyn M. Litman, Litman Law Firm, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
J. Lee Miller, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
K. Sidney Neuman, Rothman Gordon PC, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Lawrence B. Niemann, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Paul R. Obert, Mount Lebanon: Fifty-Year Member Award
David S. Pollock, Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC, Pittsburgh: Special Achievement Award – for 15 years of service as editor of the PBA Family Law Section’s quarterly newsletter, Pennsylvania Family Lawyer
Henry E. Rea Jr., Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Clayton A. Sweeney, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
David H. Trushel, The Trushel Law Group, Bethel Park: Fifty-Year Member Award
J. Marie Webb, KidsVoice, Pittsburgh: Special Achievement Award – for serving as chair of the PBA Community and Public Relations Committee and developing, leading and coordinating the association’s 2012 statewide public education campaign on the topic of reporting child abuse
Cyril H. Wecht, The Wecht Law Firm, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Thomas D. Wright, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Former Justice Stephen A. Zappala, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Beaver County
Senior Judge George E. James, Beaver County Court of Common Pleas, Beaver: Fifty-Year Member Award
Retired Judge Robert C. Reed, Beaver County Court of Common Pleas: Fifty-Year Member Award
Berks County
Bernard R. Gerber, Wyomissing: Fifty-Year Member Award
Scott L. Huyett, Reading: Fifty-Year Member Award
Blair County
Robert C. Jubelirer, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, Altoona: Fifty-Year Member Award
Benjamin I. Levine, Jr., Evey, Black, Magee, Levine, Rosensteel, Mauk, Brenner & Karn LLP, Hollidaysburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Bucks County
Richard H. Elliott, Elliott, Magee & Shafer LLP, Doylestown: Fifty-Year Member Award
John M. Fedorko, Langhorne: Fifty-Year Member Award
C. David Krewson, C. David Krewson PC, Newtown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Donald L. Toner, Doylestown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Mark B. Weber, Weber Kracht & Chellew, Perkasie: Fifty-Year Member Award
Cambria County
John J. Bagnato, Spence Custer Attorneys at Law, Johnstown: Special Achievement Award – for leadership in the development and implementation of the Workers’ Compensation Law Specialist Certification program in Pennsylvania and for service as chair of the PBA Workers’ Compensation Law Section Certification Committee
Ernest R. Walker, Johnstown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Centre County
John W. Blasko, McQuaide Blasko Attorneys at Law, State College: Fifty-Year Member Award
Senior Judge Charles C. Brown Jr., Centre County Court of Common Pleas, Bellefonte: Fifty-Year Member Award
James E. Himes, State College: Fifty-Year Member Award
Charles A. Schneider, State College: Fifty-Year Member Award
Chester County
C. Barry Buckley, Buckley, Brion, McGuire, Morris & Summer LLP, West Chester: Fifty-Year Member Award
Richard L. Cantor, Lentz, Cantor & Massey LTD., Radnor: Fifty-Year Member Award
Edward H. Fackenthal, Law Offices of Edward H. Fackenthal, Malvern: Fifty-Year Member Award
A. Bruce Niccolo, Devon: Fifty-Year Member Award
Judge Thomas A. Pitt Jr., West Chester: Fifty-Year Member Award
Cumberland County
Robert R. Black, Landis & Black, Carlisle: Fifty-Year Member Award
Timothy L. Clawges, Cumberland County Public Defender Office, Carlisle: Special Achievement Award – for his long-term service as author of the “Court Summaries” that appear semi-monthly in the association’s newspaper, Pennsylvania Bar News, and for writing case digests that appear in the PBA Criminal Justice Section newsletter
John B. Fowler III, Marston Law Offices, Carlisle: Fifty-Year Member Award
Lee C. Swartz, Tucker Arensberg PC., Lemoyne: Fifty-Year Member Award
Dauphin County
Retired Judge James Flaherty, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Neil E. Hendershot, Serratelli, Schiffman & Brown PC., Harrisburg: Special Achievement Award – for providing more than 30 years of service as editor of the PBA Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section’s newsletter and for his service as chair and council member of the section
Spencer G. Nauman Jr., Nauman, Smith, Shissler & Hall LLP, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Judge Sylvia H. Rambo, U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Henry W. Rhoads, Rhoads & Sinon LLP, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Joseph G. Skelly, Skelly Dispute Resolution Center, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Delaware County
Richard S. Crone, Bryn Mawr: Fifty-Year Member Award
L. Francis Murphy, Murphy & Murphy, Bryn Mawr: Fifty-Year Member Award
John H. Potts, Herr Potts and Potts, Wayne: Fifty-Year Member Award
Erie County
John B. Enders, Elderkin Law Firm, Erie: Fifty-Year Member Award
James F. Toohey, Quinn, Buseck, Leemhuis, Toohey & Kroto Inc., Erie: Fifty-Year Member Award
Fayette County
Peter U. Hook, Hopwood: Fifty-Year Member Award
Lackawanna County
Daniel J. Kelleher, Kelleher & Kelleher, Scranton: Fifty-Year Member Award
Lancaster County
Samuel G. Encarnacion, Spahn & Encarnacion, Lancaster: Special Achievement Award – for his extensive work as a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Insurance Fund and Trust that reviewed the PBA’s Professional Liability Program and the insurance offerings made available to the association’s members
Lawrence County
Chris J. Mitsos, Law Offices of Balph, Nicolls, Mitsos, Flannery & Clark, New Castle: Fifty-Year Member Award
John R. Seltzer, Seltzer & Harper, New Castle: Fifty-Year Member Award
Lebanon County
Bernerd A. Buzgon, Buzgon Davis, Lebanon: Fifty-Year Member Award
George E. Christianson, Christianson Meyer, Lebanon: Fifty-Year Member Award
Lehigh County
John L. MacGowan, Coopersburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Judge Arnold C. Rapoport, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Allentown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Richard W. Shaffer, Swartz & Associates, Fogelsville: Fifty-Year Member Award
Luzerne County
Lars Anderson, Hourigan Kluger & Quinn PC, Kingston: Special Achievement Award – for serving as vice chair of the PBA Community and Public Relations Committee and developing, leading and coordinating the association’s 2012 statewide public education campaign on the topic of reporting child abuse
John H. Doran, Doran & Doran PC., Wilkes-Barre: Fifty-Year Member Award
David E. Koff, Koff Mangan Vullo & Gartley PC., Silver Spring: Fifty-Year Member Award
Pasco L. Schiavo, Hazleton: Fifty-Year Member Award
Mercer County
Archie O. Wallace, Wallace and Dibble LLP, Greenville: Fifty-Year Member Award
Mifflin County
Stanley H. Siegel, Tucker Arensberg PC, Lewistown: Special Achievement Award – for leadership in the development and implementation of the Workers’ Compensation Law Specialist Certification program in Pennsylvania and for service as vice chair of the PBA Compensation Law Section Certification Committee
Montgomery County
Mason Avrigian Sr., Wisler Pearlstine LLP, Blue Bell: Special Achievement Award – for his extensive work as a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Insurance Fund and Trust that reviewed the PBA’s Professional Liability Program and the insurance offerings made available to the association’s members
R. Wayne Clemens, Clemens Nulty & Gifford, Souderton: Fifty-Year Member Award
William B. Eagan, Eagan & Eagan, Willow Grove: Fifty-Year Member Award
Gerald F. Glackin, Lansdale: Fifty-Year Member Award
John V. Hasson, Timoney Knox LLP, Fort Washington: Fifty-Year Member Award
John R. Jakubowski, Smith & Jakubowski, Abington: Fifty-Year Member Award
Thomas R. Kellogg, Strong, Stevens, Miller & Wyant PC., Plymouth Meeting: Fifty-Year Member Award
Martin M. Krimsky, Narberth: Fifty-Year Member Award
Bernard J. McLafferty, McLafferty & Kroberger PC, Erdenheim: Fifty-Year Member Award
Kenneth P. Milner, Kraut Harris PC, Blue Bell: Special Achievement Award – for his dedication and commitment to reinvigorating the association’s Solo and Small Firm Conference
Benjamin S. Ohrenstein, Haverford: Fifty-Year Member Award
Paul C. Vangrossi, Vangrossi & Recchuiti, Norristown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Mark E. Weand Jr., Timoney Knox LLP, Fort Washington: Fifty-Year Member Award
Northampton County
Louis S. Minotti Jr., Pfeiffer, Bruno, Minotti & DeEsch, Easton: Fifty-Year Member Award
Philadelphia County
Marvin I. Barish: Fifty-Year Member Award
William H. Brown III, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP: Fifty-Year Member Award
Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jane L. Dalton, Duane Morris LLP: Special Achievement Award – for her extensive work as a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Insurance Fund and Trust that reviewed the PBA’s Professional Liability Program and the insurance offerings made available to the association’s members
Hon. Levan Gordon: Fifty-Year Member Award
Martin Heller: Fifty-Year Member Award
Neil Hurowitz, Aston Weiss Kaplan & Mandel LLP: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jeffrey P. Lewis, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Philadelphia: Special Achievement Award – for serving as author of the avoidance of legal malpractice column, “Avoiding Liability,” that appears monthly in the association’s newspaper, Pennsylvania Bar News
Edwin S. Moore III, Thistle Moore Rosser & Tull: Fifty-Year Member Award
Herman B. Poul: Fifty-Year Member Award
Allan B. Schneirov, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP: Fifty-Year Member Award
Alan Schwartz, Anapol Schwartz: Fifty-Year Member Award
Boris Shapiro, Epstein Shapiro & Epstein PC: Fifty-Year Member Award
Schuylkill County
John B. Lieberman III, Zimmerman, Lieberman, Tamulonis & Hobbs, Pottsville: Fifty-Year Member Award
JoHanne Zerbey Martz, Orwigsburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Anthony J. Urban, The Law Offices of Anthony Urban, P.C., Pottsville: Fifty-Year Member Award
Washington County
George E. Anthou, Canonsburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Joseph P. Moschetta, The Moschetta Law Firm, Washington: Fifty-Year Member Award
William D. Phillips, Philips & Faldowski PC, Washington: Fifty-Year Member Award
George R. Sewak, Pizzi & Sewak PC, Washington: Fifty-Year Member Award
Westmoreland County
Senior Judge Joseph A. Hudock, Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas, Greensburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Robert I. Johnston, Tremba & Jelley LLC, Greensburg: Special Achievement Award – for his extensive work as a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Insurance Fund and Trust that reviewed the PBA’s Professional Liability Program and the insurance offerings made available to the association’s members
Vincent J. Morocco, Morocco Morocco & Specht PC, Trafford: Fifty-Year Member Award
York County
Gary M. Gilbert, CGA Law Firm, York: Fifty-Year Member Award
Donald L. Reihart, The Law Offices of Donald L. Reihart, York: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jan M. Wiley, The Wiley Group, Dillsburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Founded in 1895, the Pennsylvania Bar Association strives to promote justice, professional excellence and respect for the law; improve public understanding of the legal system; facilitate access to legal services; and serve the 28,000 lawyers who are members of the association.
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