Wills for Heroes Event, April 15, 2023, at Widener Law Commonwealth
The PBA Young Lawyers Division thanks the many students, attorneys and notaries who volunteered to process 48 estate packages for first responders, military veterans, and COVID-19 essential workers. We also thank Widener Commonwealth Law for its continued partnership in hosting our event.
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Wills for Heroes Event, Dec. 10, 2022 at Widener Law Commonwealth
Widener Law Commonwealth, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Bar Association, served members of the law enforcement and military veterans communities by hosting Wills for Heroes at Widener Law Commonwealth. Volunteers included 17 law students, eight local attorneys and three notaries, who assisted 35 members with their wills. Local firms represented were McNees, Wallace & Nurick, Marzzacco Niven & Associates and Keystone Elder Law PC.
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Franklin County Veterans Day Wills for Heroes Event, Nov. 11, 2022
Pictured left to right: Back row - Thomas Trgovac, Michael Finucane, Erich Hawbaker, Mark Henicle; middle row - Alexandra Sipe, Adam Fennen, Emma Hamilton, Kristen Hamilton, Lindsey Pinto; front row – Barbara Townsend, Allison Freeman, Masha McCuskey and Barbara Henicle
Former YLD Chair Paul D. Edger honored with a 2022 PBA Pro Bono Award.
Paul Edger (center) received a 2022 PBA Pro Bono Award. Edger, of Cumberland County, is pictured with PBA Pro Bono Coordinator David Trevaskis (left) and retired Cumberland County Judge Tom Placey, one of the volunteers at a Wills for Heroes event on Dec. 10, 2022, at Widener Commonwealth.
PBA Presents 2022 Verdina Y. Showell Award to Cumberland County Attorney Hannah R. Suhr
Wills for Heroes Pennsylvania Statewide Coordinator Hannah Suhr (second from right) is the 2022 Verdina Y. Showell Award recipient.
Pictured with Hannah are Tausha Major, Chestnut Hill College (CHC) Law and Legal Studies Program Advisory Board; David Trevaskis, PBA pro bono coordinator; Kathy Smith, associate professor at CHC; Paul Edger, 2021-22 chair of the PBA Young Lawyers Division; and Wesley Payne, chancellor, Philadelphia Bar Association.
Elizabeth Burton-Nanovic Honored with 2018 PBA Pro Bono Award
Elizabeth Burton-Nanovic, a Wills for Heroes coordinator and frequent volunteer from Lehigh County to Pike County, was honored with a 2018 PBA Pro Bono Award at the recent Lehigh County WFH Event on Saturday, April 14, 2018.
Barbin Receives 2018 PBA Pro Bono Award, Feb. 10, 2018
Andrew W. Barbin was honored Feb. 10, 2018 with a PBA Pro Bono Award for his broad and diverse service to those in need at the Widener Commonwealth School of Law. An active member of both the Cumberland County and Dauphin County Bar Associations, as well as the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Attorney Barbin was fittingly honored at Widener's Wills for Heroes event as he has been one of the most consistent volunteers for the WFH program, often traveling to distant sites to offer expert support for the program that provides estate planning documents to first responders and veterans. He volunteers at more than 10 WFH programs a year.
Barbin (center) is pictured receiving his award from PBA Pro Bono Coordinator David Trevaskis and PBA administrative assistant and WFH Regional Coordinator Gabriele Miller-Wagner.
