HARRISBURG (May 16, 2018) — The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) has presented awards that recognize outstanding leadership in the legal profession and extraordinary service and longstanding membership in the association.
PBA Special Achievement Awards recognize those lawyers and individuals who have provided time and resources to improve the association and the legal profession. The President’s Awards, bestowed at the discretion of 2017-18 PBA President Sharon R. López, recognize extraordinary commitment to the association. PBA Fifty-Year Member Awards recognize lawyers who have been association members for five decades.
The awards were presented on May 11 during the association’s Annual Meeting at the Hershey Lodge, Hershey.
Adams County
Robert E. Campbell, Campbell & White PC, Gettysburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Henry O. Heiser III, Attorney at Law, Gettysburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Allegheny County
Milton Fine, FFC Capital Corporation, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Alan H. Finegold, Law Offices of Alan H. Finegold, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
John D. Finnegan, Law Office of John D. Finnegan, Monroeville: Fifty-Year Member Award
Edward Andrew Gamble, Sewickley: Fifty-Year Member Award
Alan A. Garfinkel, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Marsha Hughes Grayson, The Grayson Law Firm LLC, Pittsburgh: PBA President’s Award — for her work on the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
David C. Hanson, The Webb Law Firm, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Bernard C. John, PNC Financial Services Group, Pittsburgh: PBA President’s Award — for his work on the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
Louis B. Kushner, Rothman Gordon PC, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Thomas E. Lippard, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Louis B. Loughren, Loughren Loughren & Loughren PC, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jacqueline B. Martinez, JBM Legal LLC, Pittsburgh: PBA President’s Award — for her work on the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
Edward E. McGinley Jr., UPMC Legal Department, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Samuel S. McKenney III, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Magistrate Judge Robert C. Mitchell, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Richard C. Montgomery, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Robert W. Murdoch, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Senior Judge Lester G. Nauhaus, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Russell D. Orkin, The Webb Law Firm, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Thomas P. Ravis, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
John M. Schaffranek, Feldstein Grinberg Lang & McKee PC, Pittsburgh: PBA President’s Award — for his work on the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
Edward W. Seifert, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Paul J. Shapiro, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Paul M. Singer, Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Thomas M. Thompson, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Edward C. Wachter, McCann Garland Ridall & Burke, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Beaver County
James C. Tosh, Reed Tosh Wolford & Douglass PC, Beaver: Fifty-Year Member Award
Berks County
William R. Bernhart, Reading: Fifty-Year Member Award
David Allan Binder, Reading: Fifty-Year Member Award
Henry M. Koch Jr., Koch & Koch, Reading: Fifty-Year Member Award
Francis M. Mulligan, Francis M Mulligan PC, Wyomissing: Fifty-Year Member Award
Bucks County
Charles J. Conturso, Conturso and Habgood, Morrisville: Fifty-Year Member Award
Robert A. Godwin, Robert A Godwin & Associates PC, Newtown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Dennis E. Kapustin, Warminister: Fifty-Year Member Award
William J. McCarthy III, McCarthy Law Offices, Kintnersville: Fifty-Year Member Award
Ronald L. Stockham, Ronald L Stockham PC, Morrisville: Fifty-Year Member Award
John D. Trainer, Antheil Maslow & MacMinn LLP, Doylestown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Centre County
James McKay Rayback, State College: Fifty-Year Member Award
Chester County
Michael D. Foxman, Unionville: Fifty-Year Member Award
Henri Pierre Marcial, Marcial & Haye, Malvern: PBA President’s Award — for his work on the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
Kim Denise Morton, Morton Family Law LLC, West Chester: PBA President’s Award — for her work on the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
James E. McErlane, Lamb McErlane PC, West Chester: Fifty-Year Member Award
Theodore “Ted” J. Murphy, Murphy Law Firm PC, West Chester: PBA Special Achievement Award — for his work in leading the Immigration Law Committee, especially in regard to the development of a certification in immigration law.
Ronald I. Rosenstein, Berwyn: Fifty-Year Member Award
Crawford County
Bruce L. Smith, Shafer Law Firm, Titusville: Fifty-Year Member Award
Cumberland County
Henry F. Coyne, Coyne & Coyne PC, Camp Hill: Fifty-Year Member Award
E. Robert Elicker II, Divorce Master Office, Carlisle: Fifty-Year Member Award
Marlin R. McCaleb, Mechanicsburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
James G. Morgan Jr., Tucker Arensberg PC, Lemoyne: Fifty-Year Member Award
Dauphin County
Desiree A. Brougher, Pennsylvania Association of Realtors, Harrisburg: PBA President’s Award — for her work on the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
Jerome T. Foerster, Attorney at Law, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jonathan D. Koltash, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg: PBA President’s Award — for his willingness to provide compelling and relevant input to PBA leadership and efforts in making hard leadership choices and implementing ideas quickly. He received a second President’s Award for his work on the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
Hon. Kathy M. Manderino, Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Harrisburg: PBA President’s Award — for her work as chair of the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
Leonard Tintner, Boswell Tintner & Piccola, Harrisburg: PBA President’s Award — for his work on the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
Ira H. Weinstock, Ira H Weinstock PC, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Richard H. Wix, Wix Wenger & Weidner PC, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Delaware County
George P. Noel, Noel & Bonebrake, Media: Fifty-Year Member Award
Joseph Patrick O'Brien, KAO Law Associates, Media: Fifty-Year Member Award
Nelson J. Sack, Nelson J. Sack PC, Media: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jeffrey M. Sherman, Sand Gibbs LLP, Newtown Square: Fifty-Year Member Award
G. Guy Smith, Harris & Smith, Media: Fifty-Year Member Award
John Churchman Smith, John Churchman Smith & Associates, Media: Fifty-Year Member Award
F. Harry Spiess Jr., Davis Bennett Spiess & Prendergast LLP, Wayne: Fifty-Year Member Award
Edward J. Weiss (recently deceased), Media: Fifty-Year Member Award
Erie County
Christine Hall McClure, Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett PC, Erie: PBA President’s Award — for her work on the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
Fayette County
Joseph M. George, George Port & George, Uniontown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Franklin County
Richard K. Hoskinson, Hoskinson & Wenger, Chambersburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Tracy J. Ross, Keller Keller & Beck LLC, Chambersburg: PBA President’s Award — for her work on the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
Lackawanna County
Robert P. Browning, Oliver Price & Rhodes, Clarks Summit: Fifty-Year Member Award
Henry Patrick Burke, Dunmore: Fifty-Year Member Award
Donald G. Douglass, Law Office of Donald G Douglass, Clarks Summit: Fifty-Year Member Award
Paul D. Horger, Oliver Price & Rhodes, Clarks Summit: Fifty-Year Member Award
David A. Howell, Clarks Summit: Fifty-Year Member Award
W. Boyd Hughes, Hughes Nicholls & O'Hara, Dunmore: Fifty-Year Member Award
Joseph A. Murphy, Murphy Genello & Murphy PC, Scranton: Fifty-Year Member Award
Howard M. Spizer, Hinman Howard & Kattell LLP, Scranton: Fifty-Year Member Award
Lancaster County
Retired Judge Louis J. Farina, Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster: Fifty-Year Member Award
Barry E. Haverstick, Lancaster: Fifty-Year Member Award
John P. Hohenadel, Nikolaus & Hohenadel LLP, Lancaster: Fifty-Year Member Award
Donald H. Nikolaus, Nikolaus & Hohenadel LLP, Columbia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Elisabeth S. Shuster, Manheim: PBA President’s Award — for her work on the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
James S. Sorrentino, Sorrentino & Savoca LLP, Lancaster: Fifty-Year Member Award
Lehigh County
Maraleen D. Shields, Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba PC, Center Valley: PBA President’s Award — for the high level of professionalism, dedication, enthusiasm and commitment shown in fulfilling her duties on the PBA Blue Ribbon Panel on Membership Engagement for Millennial, Minorities and Mothers.
Mark H. Scoblionko, Scoblionko Scoblionko Muir & Melman, Allentown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Luzerne County
N. Brian Caverly, Shickshinny: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jerry B. Chariton, Chariton Schwager & Malak, Wilkes-Barre: Fifty-Year Member Award
Murray Ufberg, Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald LLP, Wilkes-Barre: Fifty-Year Member Award
Mercer
Ronald T. Heiman, Jones Gregg Creehan & Gerace LLP, Sharon: Fifty-Year Member Award
Warren R. Keck III, Attorney at Law, Greenville: Fifty-Year Member Award
Carl Michael Moses, Betras Kopp & Harshman LLC, Hermitage: Fifty-Year Member Award
Monroe County
Richard D. James, Law Office Ricard D. James, East Stroudsburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Montgomery County
Hon. Mason Avrigian, Wisler Pearlstine LLP, Blue Bell: PBA President’s Award — for his work on the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
Robert S. Bramson, Bramson & Pressman, Conshohocken: Fifty-Year Member Award
Melissa M. Boyd, High Swartz LLP, Norristown: PBA Special Achievement Award — for her efforts in the development, coordination and promotion of an initiative offering $10,000 to fund reduced registration fees for qualified attendees to the Family Law Section’s biannual meetings.
Frank L. Caiola, Oliver & Caiola LLC, East Norriton: Fifty-Year Member Award
Albert DerMovsesian, Willow Grove: Fifty-Year Member Award
Sarinia M. Feinman, Vetrano Vetrano & Feinman LLC, King of Prussia: PBA Special Achievement Award — for her efforts in the development, coordination and promotion of an initiative offering $10,000 to fund reduced registration fees for qualified attendees to the Family Law Section’s biannual meetings.
Jay L. Goldberg, Bala Cynwyd: Fifty-Year Member Award
James L. Griffith Sr., James L. Griffith Esquire LLC, Blue Bell: Fifty-Year Member Award
Paul N. Minkoff, Glenside: Fifty-Year Member Award
Robert F. Morris, Morris Wilson PC, Plymouth Meeting: PBA Special Achievement Award — for his work and dedication over the past 16 years to the evaluation and rating process of judicial candidates for the Pennsylvania appellate courts.
George M. Painter III, Narberth: Fifty-Year Member Award
Charles K. Plotnick, Plotnick & Ellis PC, Jenkintown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Pace Reich, Pace Reich PC, Cheltenham: Fifty-Year Member Award
Steven A. Rosen, Ambler: Fifty-Year Member Award
Gerald L. Shoemaker, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schille, Norristown: PBA President’s Award — for his work on the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
Richard M. Squire, Richard M Squire & Associates LLC, Jenkintown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Retired Judge Paul W. Tressler, Law Offices of Barry Miller, Norristown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Northampton County
Curtis H. Barnette, Bethlehem: Fifty-Year Member Award
Daniel E. Cohen, Seidel Cohen Hof & Reid LLC, Bethlehem: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jessica F. Moyer, King Spry Herman Freund & Faul LLC, Bethlehem: PBA President’s Award — for her work on the Good Governance Task Force assuring that the pathway to PBA leadership positions was well understood by PBA members.
Ronald W. Shipman, Easton: Fifty-Year Member Award
Northumberland County
R. Michael Kaar, Davis Davis & Kaar, Milton: Fifty-Year Member Award
Philadelphia County
Retired Judge Phyllis W. Beck, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Joseph S. Bekelja, Margolis Edelstein, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Paul A. Coghlan, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
James E. Colleran, The Colleran Firm, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
John J. Cunningham III, Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jerry H. Dolchin, Dolchin Slotkin & Todd PC, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Peter A. Dunn, Margolis Edelstein, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Ivan J. Krouk, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Kenneth J. Levin, Alexander & Pelli LLC, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
James A. Rosenstein, Fineman Krekstein & Harris PC, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Retired Judge Edward E. Russell, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
W. Bourne Ruthrauff, Bennett Bricklin & Saltzburg LLC, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Leon Silverman, Stein & Silverman, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Senior Judge Esther R. Sylvester, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Edward C. Toole Jr., Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Robert B. White Jr., Law Offices of Robert B. White Jr PC, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Schuylkill County
Chester C. Corse Jr., Williamson Friedberg & Jones LLC, Pottsville: Fifty-Year Member Award
Warren County
William A. Bevevino, Swanson Bevevino & Gilford PC, Warren: Fifty-Year Member Award
Bernard J. Hessley, Hessley Law Offices, Warren: Fifty-Year Member Award
Washington County
Roger J. Ecker, Peacock Keller & Ecker LLP, Washington: Fifty-Year Member Award
Westmoreland County
Duke George Jr., George & Joseph, New Kensington: Fifty-Year Member Award
Stuart J. Horner Jr., Greensburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
York County
Retired Judge John H. Chronister, York County Court of Common Pleas, York: Fifty-Year Member Award
Mark Woodbury III, Law Offices of Mark Woodbury, York: Fifty-Year Member Award
Out of State
Byron L. Anstine, Jupiter, Fla.: Fifty-Year Member Award
Catherine R. Barone, Washington, D.C.: Fifty-Year Member Award
S. Sanford Kantz, Silver Spring, Md.: Fifty-Year Member Award
Richard I. Moore, Ventnor City, N.J.: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jerry B. Silver, Newport Beach, Calif.: Fifty-Year Member Award
Charles E. Wittlin, Boca Raton, Fla.
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