HARRISBURG (Nov. 30, 2015) - Mark B. Dischell, president of the law firm Dischell, Bartle & Dooley in Lansdale, will receive the Eric Turner Memorial Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Family Law Section. The award will be presented during the PBA Family Law Section Winter Meeting, Jan. 15 - 17, at the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square, Lancaster.

The Eric Turner Memorial Award honors a lawyer who is dedicated to the practice of family law and who serves as a mentor and teacher to fellow lawyers.

Dischell is a frequent lecturer, author, moderator and course planner for the PBA Family Law Section, Montgomery Bar Association and Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the educational arm of the PBA. He is a past chair of the PBA Family Law Section and served on the section's Executive Council and chaired various section committees.

Dischell has lectured about matrimonial law-related issues to a wide spectrum of audiences, including parents' groups, accountants, domestic relations officers, mental health professionals, religious and civic groups, and service clubs.

Since 1997, Dischell has served as a member of the Joint State Government Commission Advisory Committee's Task Force on Domestic Relations Law.

Dischell is a fellow and past president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

He is a former member of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Domestic Relations Procedural Rules Committee. He is a past master of the Doris Jonas Freed Inn of Court and past chair of the Montgomery Bar Association Family Law Section.

Dischell earned an undergraduate degree from Dickinson College and a law degree from Villanova University School of Law.

Founded in 1895, the Pennsylvania Bar Association exists to promote justice, professional excellence and respect of 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.