2024 Pro Bono Awards

Pardus of Westmoreland County Receives PBA Pro Bono Award, Oct. 29, 2024

Nicole M. Pardus of Long & Long LLC, Greensburg, and Westmoreland County Wills for Heroes coordinator, received a PBA Pro Bono Award at a Wills for Heroes event on Oct. 29 in Greensburg.
Pictured below, from left: PBA Deputy Director of Pro Bono Services Bill Baldwin, Pardus and Westmoreland Bar Association President Angelea Allen Mitas


Brann of Dauphin County Receives PBA Pro Bono Award, Sept. 25, 2024

Christine Brann, JSDC Law Offices, Hershey received a PBA Pro Bono Award at the quarterly meeting of the Dauphin County Bar Association (DCBA) on Sept. 25 in Harrisburg.
Pictured below, from left: PBA Unit County Governor Matthew Harr, PBA Deputy Director of Pro Bono Services Bill Baldwin, Brann, PBA Woman Governor Stephanie Latimore, DCBA President Jon Koltash and Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel William Christman


Antoniono of Westmoreland County Receives Milkes Award, Jan. 30, 2024
PBA Past Treasurer James R. Antoniono of DeBernardo Antoniono McCabe & Davis PC, Greensburg, received the 2024 Samuel W. Milkes Award at the Winter Quarterly Meeting of the Westmoreland Bar Association, Jan. 30, 2024, in Greensburg. Read the article in the Jan/Feb 2014 issue of The Pennsylvania Lawyer about Jim’s hiking the Appalachian Trail to raise more than $10,000 to support the work of the Westmoreland County Bar Foundation.


Knych of Cumberland County Receives PBA Pro Bono Award, Jan. 24, 2024
PBA Cumberland County Young Lawyers Division Chair Anna Knych, of Walters & Galloway PLLC, Mechanicsburg, received a 2023 PBA Pro Bono Award at the Cumberland County Bar Association (CCBA) annual dinner in Camp Hill on Jan. 24, 2024.
Pictured below, from left: CCBA Executive Director Shelly Dolan, Knych, PBA Director of County Bar Services Susan Etter, CCBA Immediate Past President Michele Kluk and CCBA President David Galloway


Vener-Giszter of Delaware County Receives PBA Pro Bono Award, Jan. 12, 2024
Emily Vener-Giszter, Vener Family Law and Mediation, Media, received a PBA pro bono award on Jan. 12, 2024, at the Delaware County Bar Association’s Annual President’s Dinner in Newtown Square.
Pictured below: PBA Director of Pro Bono Services David Keller Trevaskis, Vener-Giszter


Countess and McGuire of York County Receive PBA Pro Bono Awards, Jan. 11, 2024
Frank Countess of CGA Law and Kristen McGuire of Stock and Leader were recognized with PBA Pro Bono Awards on Jan. 11, 2024, at the annual dinner for the York County Bar Association in York.
Pictured below, from left: PBA Pro Bono Coordinator David Keller Trevaskis, Countess, McGuire and PBA Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel William Christman


Glick of Lycoming County Receives PBA Pro Bono Award, Jan. 8, 2024
Lisa Glick of Raup and Sholder, Williamsport, received a 2024 PBA Pro Bono Award and a 2023 Lycoming Law Association Honorable Thomas Wood, Jr. Equal Access to Justice Award. The awards were presented Jan. 8, 2024, in Williamsport.
Pictured below, from left: John Pietrovito, longtime pro bono volunteer and past PBA Board member; Glick; PBA Pro Bono Coordinator David Keller Trevaskis and PBA President Michael J. McDonald