HARRISBURG (May 17, 2010) - The Pennsylvania Bar Association has presented awards to Pennsylvania lawyers for outstanding leadership in the legal profession and longstanding membership in the association. The PBA Special Achievement Awards recognize those lawyers who have provided time and resources to improve the association and the legal profession. The 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 Hershey, May 12 - 14.

Adams County
Ronald J. Hagarman, Gettysburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Senior Judge Oscar F. Spicer, Adams County Court of Common Pleas, Gettysburg: Fifty-Year Member

Allegheny County
Senior District Judge Maurice B. Cohill Jr., U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
John H. Demmler, Verona: Fifty-Year Member Award
William B. Dixon, Dixon & Gavigan P.C., Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Stanley W. Greenfield, Greenfield & Kraut, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Charles M. Grimstad, K&L Gates L.L.P., Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Hal D. Coffey, Grogan Graffam P.C., Pittsburgh: Special Achievement Award - for outstanding work on the "Get Help Now, Pennsylvania" special service project that provided free legal advice and referrals to Pennsylvanians dealing with difficult situations as a result of the economic downturn
Charles J. Queenan Jr., K&L Gates L.L.P., Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
John Evans Rose Jr., Cohen & Grigsby P.C., Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
William J. Staley, Tucker Arensberg P.C., Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
John A. Vuono, Vuono & Gray L.L.C., Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award

Beaver County
Peter Paul Simoni, Aliquippa: Fifty-Year Member Award
Senior Judge Peter O. Steege, Beaver County Court of Common Pleas, Beaver: Fifty-Year Member Award

Bedford County
Gordon E. Stroup, Bedford: Fifty-Year Member Award

Berks County
Senior Judge Elizabeth Ehrlich (Retired), Berks County Court of Common Pleas, Wyomissing: Fifty-Year Member Award
Senior Judge Thomas J. Eshelman, Berks County Court of Common Pleas, Reading: Fifty-Year Member Award
Patricia H. Frankel, Shillington: Fifty-Year Member Award
Bernard Mendelsohn, Mendelsohn & Mendelsohn P.C., Reading: Fifty-Year Member Award
Senior Judge Albert A. Stallone, Berks County Court of Common Pleas, Reading: Fifty-Year Member Award

Blair County
Hon. R. Bruce Brumbaugh, Altoona: Fifty-Year Member Award
N. John Casanave, Altoona: Fifty-Year Member Award

Bucks County
J. Lawrence Grim Jr., Grim Biehn & Thatcher P.C., Perkasie: Fifty-Year Member Award

Butler County
Senior Judge John Brydon (Retired), Butler County Court of Common Pleas, Butler: Fifty-Year Member Award

Cambria County
Samuel R. DiFrancesco Jr., Gleason McQuillan Barbin & Markovitz L.L.P., Johnstown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Senior Judge Thomas A. Swope Jr., Cambria County Court of Common Pleas, Ebensburg: Fifty-Year Member Award

Chester County
Francis P. Connors, West Chester: Fifty-Year Member Award
R. Lamar Kilgore, Kilgore & Lawson, West Chester: Fifty-Year Member Award
Allen O. Olin, Olin & Haltrecht, West Chester: Fifty-Year Member Award

Clarion County
Phillip L. Wein, Shippenville: Fifty-Year Member Award

Clearfield County
David S. Ammerman, Ammerman Law Offices, Clearfield: Fifty-Year Member Award
Anthony S. Guido, Hanak Guido & Taladay, Dubois: Fifty-Year Member Award

Cumberland County
Louis F. Del Duca, The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, Carlisle: Fifty-Year Member Award
Retired Judge Harold E. Sheely, Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas, Mechanicsburg: Fifty-Year Member Award

Dauphin County
Frederick W. Anton, Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Daniel E. Beren, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney P.C., Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Harry L. Bricker Jr., Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Herbert S. Cohen, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
David C. Eaton, Nauman Smith Shissler & Hall, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Earl Richard Etzweiler, Etzweiler & Associates, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Charles E. Friedman, Friedman & Hoch P.C., Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
George W. Gekas, former U.S. congressman, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Ronald M. Katzman, Goldberg Katzman P.C., Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
John D. Killian III, Killian & Gephart L.L.P., Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Carl L. Mease, Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Seth A. Mendelsohn, Pennsylvania American Water Company, Hershey: Special Achievement Award - for providing three years of leadership and service as chair of the Editorial Committee that oversees direction of content for the association's major publications
Raymond P. Pepe, K&L Gates L.L.P., Harrisburg: Special Achievement Award - for his work supporting the association's efforts to enact uniform legislation
Edward W. Rothman, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
John C. Sullivan Jr., Nauman Smith Shissler & Hall, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Leonard Tintner, Boswell Tintner Piccola, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award

Delaware County
Warren James Adair Jr., Wayne: Fifty-Year Member Award
Fred C. Aldridge Jr., Wayne: Fifty-Year Member Award
Thomas J. Beagan Jr., Media: Fifty-Year Member Award
Holbrook M. Bunting Jr., Glen Mills: Fifty-Year Member Award
Alexander A. DiSanti, Gallagher Schoenfeld Surkin Chupein & DeMis P.C., Media: Fifty-Year Member Award
Thomas E. Eichman, Springfield: Fifty-Year Member Award
Senior Judge Stephen J. McEwen Jr., Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Media: Fifty-Year Member Award
James McHugh, Media: Fifty-Year Member Award

Erie County
James E. Beveridge, Erie: Fifty-Year Member Award
Hon. John R. Falcone, Kubinski Susko & Schonthaler, Erie: Fifty-Year Member Award
Anthony M. Preston, Erie: Fifty-Year Member Award

Greene County
William P. Thomas Jr., Pollock Morris L.L.C., Waynesburg: Fifty-Year Member Award

u>Indiana County
David R. Tomb Jr., Tomb & Tomb, Indiana: Fifty-Year Member Award

Lackawanna County
Cody H. Brooks, Kreder Brooks Hailstone L.L.P., Scranton: Fifty-Year Member Award
Leo M. McCormack, Kennedy O'Brien McCormack & Mulcahey, Scranton: Fifty-Year Member Award
Joseph L. Mullaney, Jordan and Mullaney, Scranton: Fifty-Year Member Award
Robert W. Munley, Munley Munley & Cartwright P.C., Scranton: Fifty-Year Member Award

Lancaster County
Harris C. Arnold Jr., Willow Street: Fifty-Year Member Award
James H. Geisenberger Jr., Lancaster: Fifty-Year Member Award
A. Earl Mays, Lancaster: Fifty-Year Member Award
Robert L. Pfannebecker, Zimmerman Pfannebecker Nuffort & Albert L.L.P., Lancaster: Fifty-Year Member Award

Lawrence County
Gerald E. Crowley, Ellwood City: Fifty-Year Member Award

Lebanon County
Charles V. Henry III, Henry and Beaver L.L.P., Lebanon: Fifty-Year Member Award

Lehigh County
Edward H. Feege, Stevens & Lee P.C., Bethlehem: Fifty-Year Member Award
John S. Hayes, Stevens & Lee P.C., Bethlehem: Fifty-Year Member Award
Thomas E. Weaver Jr., Mosebach Funt Dayton & Duckworth P.C., Allentown: Fifty-Year Member Award

Lycoming County
T. Max Hall, McNerney Page Vanderlin & Hall, Williamsport: Fifty-Year Member Award

Montgomery County
George M. Aman III, High Swartz L.L.P., Norristown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Hon. Mason Avrigian Sr., Wisler Pearlstine Talone Craig Garrity & Potash L.L.P., Blue Bell: Fifty-Year Member Award
Alan E. Boroff, Brown & Silbergeld P.C., Blue Bell: Fifty-Year Member Award
Paul William Callahan, Fox Differ Callahan Sheridan & McDevitt, Norristown: Fifty-Year Member Award
George C. Corson Jr., Blue Bell: Fifty-Year Member Award
David S. Foulke, North Wales: Fifty-Year Member Award
Martin A. Heckscher, Heckscher Teillon Terrill & Sager P.C., West Conshohocken: Fifty-Year Member Award
Sidney Margulies, Wynnewood: Fifty-Year Member Award
William G. O'Neill, Gladwyne: Fifty-Year Member Award
Charles Potash, Glenside: Fifty-Year Member Award
James J. Prendergast, Villanova: Fifty-Year Member Award
Richard A. Rosenberger, Bricker Landis & Hunsberger L.L.P., Souderton: Fifty-Year Member Award
James A. Rounick, Flamm Walton P.C., Blue Bell: Fifty-Year Member Award
James W. Schwartz, Wynnewood: Fifty-Year Member Award
Donald A. Semisch, Semisch & Semisch, Willow Grove: Fifty-Year Member Award
Richard W. Stevens, Jenkintown: Fifty-Year Member Award
John R. Warner, Center Square: Fifty-Year Member Award
Thomas E. Waters Jr., Ambler: Fifty-Year Member Award
Norman M. Wilson Jr., Duffy North Wilson Thomas & Nicholson, Hatboro: Fifty-Year Member Award
Sherwood L. Yergey, Yergey Daylor Allebach Scheffey Picardi, Pottstown: Fifty-Year Member Award

Northampton County
Augustine C. Concilio, Bethlehem: Fifty-Year Member Award

Philadelphia County
Alan L. Ackerman: Fifty-Year Member Award
Senior Judge Norman Ackerman, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas: Fifty-Year Member Award
Paul E. Bomze, Kleinbard Bell & Brecker L.L.P.: Fifty-Year Member Award
Hon. Edward N. Cahn, Blank Rome LLP: Fifty-Year Member Award
George J. Lavin Jr., Lavin O'Neil Ricci Cedrone & DiSipio: Fifty-Year Member Award
John J. Lombard Jr., McCarter & English L.L.P.: Fifty-Year Member Award
Joseph F. Lombardo: Fifty-Year Member Award
Marvin Lundy, Lundy Law: Fifty-Year Member Award
State Rep. Kathy M. Manderino: Special Achievement Award - for leadership as a member of the association's Board of Governors, as chair of the association's House of Delegates and as a member of the association's Project Constitution Task Force, which is analyzing the need for potential improvements to Pennsylvania's Constitution
Leon A. Mankowski: Fifty-Year Member Award
Daniel J.T. McKenna, Ballard Spahr L.L.P., Philadelphia: Special Achievement Award - for his commitment to "Wills for Heroes" program, a public service project of the association's Young Lawyers Division that provides free wills and other estate planning documents for Pennsylvania's emergency first responders, and his four years as lead coach of the mock trial team at Constitution High School
Tom P. Monteverde: Fifty-Year Member Award
Ramon R. Obod, Fox Rothschild L.L.P.: Fifty-Year Member Award
Samuel Rappaport: Fifty-Year Member Award
Sanford M. Rosenbloom: Fifty-Year Member Award
Richard G. Schneider, Dechert L.L.P.: Fifty-Year Member Award
Andrew F. Susko, White and Williams L.L.P.: Special Achievement Award - for his dedication and commitment to the association's Project Constitution Task Force, which is analyzing the need for potential improvements to Pennsylvania's Constitution
Ronald C. Unterberger, Harper & Driver: Fifty-Year Member Award

Somerset
James A. Critchfield Jr., Somerset: Fifty-Year Member Award

Washington County
Paul N. Barna Jr., Monongahela: Fifty-Year Member Award
Senior Judge Thomas D. Gladden, Washington County Court of Common Pleas Washington: Fifty-Year Member Award
Paul M. Petro, Donora: Fifty-Year Member Award

Wayne County
Thomas F. Kilroe, Honesdale: Fifty-Year Member Award

Westmoreland County
Senior Judge James Reeves Kelley, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, Greensburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Milton V. Munk Jr., Mount Pleasant: Fifty-Year Member Award

York County
Robert P. Kane, Kane & Kane, York: Fifty-Year Member Award
Donald H Yost, retired, Blakey Yost Bupp & Rausch L.L.P., York: 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 29,000 lawyers who are members of the association.