HARRISBURG, Pa. (May 8, 2023) — The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) has presented awards that recognize outstanding leadership in the legal profession and extraordinary service and long-standing 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, presented by 2022-23 PBA President Jay N. Silberblatt, 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 during a ceremony at the PBA Annual Meeting May 3-5 in Philadelphia.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
John H. Auld II, Auld Miller LLC, Mars: Fifty-Year Member Award
Joseph J. Bosick, Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti LLP, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Pat A. Capolupo, Capolupo & Associates, Clairton: Fifty-Year Member Award
Amy J. Coco, DiBella Weinheimer, Pittsburgh: Special Achievement Award – for consistent, reliable and innovative service to the PBA, including membership on multiple committees and the Solo and Small Firm Section, and multiple leadership positions, most recently as PBA Woman Governor, PBA Diversity Equity and Inclusion Team chair and PBA Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee co-vice chair, as well as being an ongoing planner, trainer and presenter of Avoiding Legal Malpractice programs and developer of a recent series of educational programs about attorney discipline.
Senior Judge Joy Flowers Conti, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pa.: Fifty-Year Member Award
Shelley W. Elovitz, Rothman Gordon PC, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Judge Judith K. Fitzgerald (retired), Tucker Arensberg PC, Gibsonia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Chris F. Gillotti, Bunde & Roberts PC, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
James T. Jurcic, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Bridgit Kalmeyer, Kalmeyer & Kalmeyer, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
James J. Lestitian, AlpernSchubert PC, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Michael D. McDowell, McDowell & Associates, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
John R. McGinley Jr., Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Frank McKenna III, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Russell C. Miller, Miller Limbaugh & Conley, Allison Park: Fifty-Year Member Award
Dennis St. J. Mulvihill, Robb Leonard Mulvihill LLP, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Russell J. Ober Jr., Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLP, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jay N. Silberblatt, 2022-23 PBA president, Silberblatt Mermelstein PC, Pittsburgh: President’s Award – for professionalism, dedication and commitment as a member of the PBA Executive Director Search and Transition Committee that reviewed resumes and participated in interviews of candidates to fill the position of PBA executive director.
Charles James Streiff, Wick Streiff Meyer O’Boyle & Szeligo PC, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Paul E. Sutter, Thompson Calkins & Sutter LLC, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Dennis Unkovic, Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLP, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
Ira Weiss, Law Offices of Ira Weiss, Pittsburgh: Fifty-Year Member Award
ARMSTRONG COUNTY
James Heilman Owen, Law Office of James Owen, Kittanning: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jack J. Steiner, Steiner Sacco Law, Kittanning: Fifty-Year Member Award
BEAVER COUNTY
Richard A. Faltenovich, Beaver Falls: Fifty-Year Member Award
Eugene J. Martucci, Rochester: Fifty-Year Member Award
President Judge John David McBride (retired), Beaver County Court of Common Pleas, Beaver: Fifty-Year Member Award
BERKS COUNTY
Judge John A. Boccabella (retired), Sinking Spring: Fifty-Year Member Award
Senior Judge Arthur E. Grim (retired), Wyomissing: Fifty-Year Member Award
Michael B. Jones, McMillen Urick Tocci Jones, Aliquippa: President’s Award – for professionalism, dedication and commitment as a co-chair of the PBA Executive Director Search and Transition Committee that reviewed resumes and participated in interviews of candidates to fill the position of PBA executive director.
Thomas D. Leidy, Boyertown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Terry L. Parish, Paul R. Ober & Associates, Reading: Fifty-Year Member Award
Judge Peter W. Schmehl (retired), Wyomissing: Fifty-Year Member Award
John Michael Stott, Brumbach Mancuso & Fegley PC, Shillington: Fifty-Year Member Award
Terry D. Weiler, Huckabee Weiler & Levengood PC, Shillington: Fifty-Year Member Award
BLAIR COUNTY
Senior Judge Hiram A. Carpenter III, Blair County Court of Common Pleas, Hollidaysburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
BUCKS COUNTY
Christopher B. Chandor, Doylestown: Fifty-Year Member Award
James A. Downey III, Begley Carlin & Mandio LLP, Langhorne: Fifty-Year Member Award
John J. Gonzales, Law Offices of John J. Gonzales, Southampton: Fifty-Year Member Award
John J. Kerrigan Jr., Attorney at Law, Langhorne: Fifty-Year Member Award
John P. Koopman, Begley Carlin & Mandio LLP, Johnstown: Fifty-Year Member Award
BUTLER COUNTY
John J. Morgan, John J. Morgan Attorney at Law, Butler: Fifty-Year Member Award
CAMBRIA COUNTY
Andrew Davis Gleason, Gleason Barbin & Markovitz LLP, Johnstown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Daniel R. Lovette III, Kaminsky Thomas Wharton Lovette & Vigna: Fifty-Year Member Award
William E. Moot, Johnstown: Fifty-Year Member Award
CARBON COUNTY
Howard Farber, Albrightsville: Fifty-Year Member Award
CENTRE COUNTY
Jeffrey M. Bower, Bower Law Associates, State College: Fifty-Year Member Award
Fred Farber, Farber Law Offices, State College: Fifty-Year Member Award
James Philip Johnson, James P. Johnson, Esq., State College: Fifty-Year Member Award
John Randall Miller III, Miller Kistler & Campbell, Bellefonte: Fifty-Year Member Award
Kelly A. Mroz, 2023-24 PBA treasurer, Penn State Student Legal Services, State College: President’s Award – for professionalism, dedication and commitment as a member of the PBA Executive Director Search and Transition Committee that reviewed resumes and participated in interviews of candidates to fill the position of PBA executive director.
CHESTER COUNTY
Frank William Hayes, Hayes & Romero, West Chester: Fifty-Year Member Award
Alan Joseph Jarvis, Downingtown, Fifty-Year Member Award
John Louis Lachall, Lachall Cohen & Sagnor, West Chester: Fifty-Year Member Award
William J. Litvin, Saling & Litvin, West Chester: Fifty-Year Member Award
Gregory S. Rubin, Rubin Fortunato & Harbison PC, Paoli: Fifty-Year Member Award
Peter Temple, Larmore Scarlett LLP, Kennett Square: Fifty-Year Member Award
CLARION COUNTY
Dom W. Greco, Greco & Lander PC, Clarion: Fifty-Year Member Award
CRAWFORD COUNTY
Brian J. Lindsay, Lindsay & Hatheway, Meadville: President’s Award – for professionalism, dedication and commitment as a member of the PBA Executive Director Search and Transition Committee that reviewed resumes and participated in interviews of candidates to fill the position of PBA executive director.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Daniel K. Deardorff, Martson Law Offices, Carlisle: Fifty-Year Member Award
President Judge Kevin Adair Hess (retired), Carlisle: Fifty-Year Member Award
Ronald E. Johnson, Andrews Johnson & Brought, Carlisle: Fifty-Year Member Award
Wayne F. Shade, Carlisle: Fifty-Year Member Award
Richard W. Stewart, Johnson Duffie Stewart & Weidner PC, Lemoyne: Fifty-Year Member Award
Leonard Tintner, Boswell, Tintner & Piccola, Camp Hill: President’s Award (presented posthumously) – for long-standing leadership of the Credentials and Admissions Committee of the PBA House of Delegates.
Thomas J. Williams III, Martson Law Offices, Carlisle: Fifty-Year Member Award
Charles E. Zaleski, Salzmann Hughes PC, Carlisle: Fifty-Year Member Award
DAUPHIN COUNTY
Terry R. Bossert, Marcellus Shale Coalition, Mechanicsburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Grainger Bowman, K&L Gates LLP, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
John Joseph Connelly Jr., JSDC Law Offices, Hershey: Fifty-Year Member Award
John Stewart Davidson, Willow Street: Fifty-Year Member Award
Lisa Hogan, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Harrisburg; President’s Award – for outstanding dedicated service as the PBA director of finance.
Howard B. Krug, Purcell Krug & Haller, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Stephanie F. Latimore, Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau, Harrisburg: President’s Award – for professionalism, dedication and commitment as a co-chair of the PBA Executive Director Search and Transition Committee that reviewed resumes and participated in interviews of candidates to fill the position of PBA executive director.
David E. Lehman, Lehman Mediation Service LLC, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Senior Judge Richard A. Lewis, Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Ronald M. Lucas, Stevens & Lee PC, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Marion E. MacIntyre, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Kent H. Patterson, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Thomas W. Scott, Killian & Gephart LLP, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Barry M. Simpson, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Joseph Barry Sobel, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Elliot A. Strokoff, Strokoff & Cowden PC, Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
James Leon Walsh, Legislative Reference Bureau of Pennsylvania, Camp Hill: Fifty-Year Member Award
Nathan H. Waters Jr., Harrisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
DELAWARE COUNTY
Robert M. DiOrio, DiOrio & Sereni LLP, Media: Fifty-Year Member Award
Christopher H. Gadsden, Gadsden Schneider & Woodward LLP, Wayne: Fifty-Year Member Award
William G. Halligan, Halligan Keaton, Media: Fifty-Year Member Award
Marc Howard Jaffe, Fromhold Jaffe Adams & Jun, Villanova: Fifty-Year Member Award
Charles E. McKee, Donohue McKee & Mattson Ltd., Havertown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Donald Thomas Petrosa, Petrikin Wellman Damico Brown & Petrosa, Media: Fifty-Year Member Award
Judge Carl A. Solano (retired), Haverford: President’s Award – for demonstrating professionalism, leadership, dedication and commitment as co-chair of the PBA Task Force on Statewide Electronic Filing and Retrieval.
Allen Harold Tollen, Media: Fifty-Year Member Award
ERIE COUNTY
Ted J. Padden, Erie: Fifty-Year Member Award
Gary V. Skiba, Marsh Schaaf LLP, Erie: Fifty-Year Member Award
FAYETTE COUNTY
President Judge Gary P. Caruso (retired), Belle Vernon: Fifty-Year Member Award
Ernest Preece DeHaas III, DeHaas Law, Uniontown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Anne N. John, 2019-20 PBA president, John and John, Uniontown: President’s Award – for professionalism, dedication and commitment as a member of the PBA Executive Director Search and Transition Committee that reviewed resumes and participated in interviews of candidates to fill the position of PBA executive director.
William M. Radcliffe, Radcliffe Law LLC, Uniontown: Fifty-Year Member Award
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Welton J. Fischer, Law Offices of Welton J. Fischer, Chambersburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Stephen E. Patterson, Salzmann Hughes PC, Chambersburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
HUNTINGDON COUNTY
Lawrence L. Newton, Huntingdon: Fifty-Year Member Award
INDIANA COUNTY
John A. Bonya, Bonya Gazza & DeGory LLP, Indiana: Fifty-Year Member Award
JUNIATA COUNTY
Michael Johnston, Johnston & Zagurskie PC, Mifflin: Fifty-Year Member Award
LACKAWANNA COUNTY
John Joseph Byrne, Byrne Neyhart & Higgins, Scranton: Fifty-Year Member Award
Joseph Fedele Cimini, Dunmore: Fifty-Year Member Award
Vito Palmer Geroulo, Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas, Scranton: Fifty-Year Member Award
Senior Judge Chester T. Harhut, Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas, Scranton: Fifty-Year Member Award
John Krisa, Krisa & Krisa PC, Olyphant: Fifty-Year Member Award
Michael J. McDonald, 2023-24 PBA president, McDonald & MacGregor LLC, Scranton: President’s Award – for professionalism, dedication and commitment as a member of the PBA Executive Director Search and Transition Committee that reviewed resumes and participated in interviews of candidates to fill the position of PBA executive director.
Albert Eliot Nicholls Jr., Hughes Nicholls & O’Hara, Dunmore: Fifty-Year Member Award
Anthony J. Piazza, Piazza Law Group, Dickson City: Fifty-Year Member Award
LANCASTER COUNTY
Matthew J. Creme, 2011-12 PBA president, Nikolaus & Hohenadel LLP, Lancaster: President’s Award – for professionalism, dedication and commitment as a member of the PBA Executive Director Search and Transition Committee that reviewed resumes and participated in interviews of candidates to fill the position of PBA executive director.
William C. Crosswell, Morgan Hallgren Crosswell & Kane PC, Lancaster: Fifty-Year Member Award
James R. Leonard Jr., May Herr & Grosh LLP, Lancaster: Fifty-Year Member Award
Andrew F. Lucarelli, Brubaker Connaughton Goss & Lucarelli LLC, Lancaster: Fifty-Year Member Award
Christopher W. Mattson, Barley Snyder, Lancaster: Fifty-Year Member Award
Samuel M. Mecum, Appel Yost & Zee LLP, Lancaster: Fifty-Year Member Award
David R. Morrison, David R. Morrison Attorney at Law, Elizabethtown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Stephen S. Russell, Kegel Kelin Almy & Lord LLP, Lancaster: Fifty-Year Member Award
LAWRENCE COUNTY
Robert T. Barletta, New Castle: Fifty-Year Member Award
Harry A. Flannery, Castle Security LLC, New Castle: Fifty-Year Member Award
Judge Thomas M. Piccione (retired), Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas, New Castle: Fifty-Year Member Award
LEBANON COUNTY
Patrick M. Reb, Lebanon: Fifty-Year Member Award
James A. Snell, Lebanon: Fifty-Year Member Award
LEHIGH COUNTY
Nancy Conrad, 2023-24 PBA president-elect, White and Williams LLP, Center Valley: President’s Award – for professionalism, dedication and commitment as a member of the PBA Executive Director Search and Transition Committee that reviewed resumes and participated in interviews of candidates to fill the position of PBA executive director.
Lawrence B. Fox, Law Offices of Lawrence B. Fox PC, Allentown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Marc Kranson, Allentown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Michael Prokup, Law Office of Michael Prokup, Allentown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Larry R. Roth, The Roth Law Firm, Allentown: Fifty-Year Member Award
LUZERNE COUNTY
Donald H. Brobst, Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald LLP, Wilkes-Barre: Fifty-Year Member Award
President Judge Thomas F. Burke Jr. (retired), Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, Wilkes-Barre: Fifty-Year Member Award
Michael J. Cefalo, Cefalo & Associates, West Pittston: Fifty-Year Member Award
Richard M. Goldberg, Hourigan Kluger & Quinn PC, Kingston: President’s Award – for providing 20 years of leadership as chair and co-chair of the PBA Judicial Campaign Advertising Committee, which evaluated complaints regarding appellate court candidates’ campaign advertising and encouraged candidates to adhere guidelines and pledges so that campaigns were consistent with the integrity, impartiality and independence of the judicial office.
John H. Kennedy, Forty Fort: Fifty-Year Member Award
Stephen B. Killian, Kingston: Fifty-Year Member Award
Thomas John Sharkey, Law Offices of Thomas J. Sharkey, Hazleton: Fifty-Year Member Award
LYCOMING COUNTY
Warren R. Baldys Jr., Williamsport: Fifty-Year Member Award
Peter T. Campana, Campana Hoffa Morrone & Lovecchio PC, Williamsport: Fifty-Year Member Award
Brent A. Petrosky, Attorney at Law, Jersey Shore: Fifty-Year Member Award
MERCER COUNTY
Raymond Harry Bogaty, Bogaty Law Office PC, Grove City: Fifty-Year Member Award
Charles F. Gilchrest, Sharon: Fifty-Year Member Award
David John Graban, Hermitage: Fifty-Year Member Award
Plimpton L. Graul Jr., Greenville: Fifty-Year Member Award
Charles S. Hersh, Hersh Law Offices, Sharpsville: Fifty-Year Member Award
William J. Madden, William J. Madden PC, Sharon: Fifty-Year Member Award
MONROE COUNTY
David Angelo Marino, Martino and Karasek LLP, Brodheadsville: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jeffrey Lynn Wright, Cramer Swetz McManus & Jordan PC, Stroudsburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Judy F. Berkman, Regional Housing Legal Services, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jerold S. Berschler, Solomon Berschler Fabick Campbell & Thomas PC, Norristown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Helen E. Casale, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Plymouth Meeting: Special Achievement Award – for envisioning during her leadership of the PBA Family Law Section the creation of the “Tips and Tools for Better Co-Parenting” instructional video that helps parents improve communication skills when dealing with custody disputes and for making the video accessible to judges, lawyers and mental health practitioners.
Barry Cooperberg, Fox Rothschild LLP, Blue Bell: Fifty-Year Member Award
Judge Rhonda Lee Daniele (retired), Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Norristown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Martin J. Fallon Jr., Fallon Van Horn LLC, Haverford: Fifty-Year Member Award
Edwin Lane Guyer, Law Offices of Edwin L. Guyer, Blue Bell: Fifty-Year Member Award
Rep. Timothy F. Hennessey, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Pottstown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Robert M. John, Schneider Nixon & John, Hatboro: Fifty-Year Member Award
John J. Kilcoyne, Kilcoyne & Kelm LLC, Worcester: Fifty-Year Member Award
Richard D. Linderman, O’Donnell Weiss & Mattei PC, Pottstown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Steven H. Lupin, Hamburg Rubin Mullin Maxwell & Lupin PC, Lansdale: Fifty-Year Member Award
Donald J. Martin, Donald J. Martin Attorney at Law, Norristown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Randal James McDowell, McDowell Law Offices, Jenkintown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Barry M. Miller, Law Offices of Barry Miller, Norristown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Sandra Schultz Newman (retired), Gladwyne: Fifty-Year Member Award
Colin J. O’Boyle, Elliott Greenleaf PC, Blue Bell: President’s Award – for professionalism, dedication and commitment as a member of the PBA Executive Director Search and Transition Committee that reviewed resumes and participated in interviews of candidates to fill the position of PBA executive director.
Wilfred James Quigley Jr., Pennsburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
Michael C. Shields, Oreland: Fifty-Year Member Award
Saul Soloman, Soloman Berschler Fabick Campbell & Thomas PC, Norristown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Amy Wiener Sosnov, Sosnov & Sosnov, Norristown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Marc Robert Steinberg, Rubin Glickman Steinberg and Gifford PC, Lansdale: Fifty-Year Member Award
Charles W. Trainor, King of Prussia: Fifty-Year Member Award
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
Robert C. Brown Jr., Easton: Fifty-Year Member Award
Frank L. Majczan Jr., Hellertown: Fifty-Year Member Award
Jeffrey A. Parks, Bethlehem: Fifty-Year Member Award
Domenic P. Sbrocchi, King Spry Herman Freund & Faul LLC, Bethlehem: Fifty-Year Member Award
Donald F. Spry II, King Spry Herman Freund & Faul LLC, Bethlehem: Fifty-Year Member Award
Thomas L. Walters, Lewis & Walters, Easton: Fifty-Year Member Award
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
Terry Baldwin, Bladwin & Baldwin, Milton: Fifty-Year Member Award
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
Francis P. Devine III, Troutman Pepper, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Charles Eppolito III, 2018-19 PBA president, White and Williams LLP, Philadelphia: President’s Award – for demonstrating professionalism, dedication and commitment as chair of the PBA Judicial Evaluation Commission.
Eugene H. Gillin, Alexander & Pelli LLC, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Michael D. Goldberg, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Richard Alan Gutman, Law Offices of Richard Gutman, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Roger W. Herrell, Dann Dorfman Herrell and Skillman PC, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
John Anthony Lord, Silvers Langsam & Weitzman PC, Phildadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Senior Judge William J. Mazzola, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Dresher: Fifty-Year Member Award
Dennis L. O’Connell, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Michael H. Reed, 2004-05 PBA president, Troutman Pepper, Philadelphia: President’s Award – for professionalism, dedication and commitment as a member of the PBA Executive Director Search and Transition Committee that reviewed resumes and participated in interviews of candidates to fill the position of PBA executive director.
Robert Joel Shusterman, Philadelphia: Fifty-Year Member Award
Kathleen D. Wilkinson, 2021-22 PBA president, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Philadelphia: President’s Award – for professionalism, dedication and commitment as a co-chair of the PBA Executive Director Search and Transition Committee that reviewed resumes and participated in interviews of candidates to fill the position of PBA executive director.
Philip H. Yoon, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: President’s Award – for professionalism, dedication and commitment as a member of the PBA Executive Director Search and Transition Committee that reviewed resumes and participated in interviews of candidates to fill the position of PBA executive director.
Carolyn Moran Zack, Momjian Anderer LLC, Philadelphia: Special Achievement Award – for leading an eight-member task force of the PBA Family Law Section that guided creation of the “Tips and Tools for Better Co-Parenting” instructional video that helps parents improve their communication skills when dealing with custody disputes and for making the video accessible to judges, lawyers and mental health practitioners.
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY
Harry John Brown, Pfeiffer Brown DiNicola & Frantz, Pottsville: Fifty-Year Member Award
Frank Robert Cori, Orwigsburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
SOMERSET COUNTY
Mary E. Schellhammer, Mary E. Schellhammer Attorney at Law, Somerset: President’s Award – for professionalism, dedication and commitment as a member of the PBA Executive Director Search and Transition Committee that reviewed resumes and participated in interviews of candidates to fill the position of PBA executive director.
TIOGA COUNTY
Rita G. Alexyn, The Law Office of Ritz G. Alexyn, Mansfield: President’s Award – for professionalism, dedication and commitment as a member of the PBA Executive Director Search and Transition Committee that reviewed resumes and participated of interviews for candidates to fill the position of PBA executive director.
UNION COUNTY
Paul W. Brann, Lewisburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
WAYNE COUNTY
Lee Carl Krause, Howell Howell & Krause, Honesdale: Fifty-Year Member Award
Joseph Robert Rydzewski, Hawley: Fifty-Year Member Award
WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Nathan F. Abromson, Attorney at Law, Greensburg: Fifty-Year Member Award
James R. Antoniono, DeBernardo, Antoniono, McCabe & Davis PC, Greensburg: Special Achievement Award – for serving a three-year term as PBA treasurer, providing financial advice during a turbulent investment period and leading a 2020 committee that rewrote the PBA investment policy statement to provide guidance on association’s portfolio, types of investments and benchmarks to monitor investment performance.
Adam Nicholas Aretz, Duncan Financial Group, Irwin: Fifty-Year Member Award
Robert D. Austin, Anto & Austin, West Newton: Fifty-Year Member Award
James John Conte, McDonald Snyder PC, Latrobe: Fifty-Year Member Award
Ronald Sandor Lombard, Murrysville: Fifty-Year Member Award
YORK COUNTY
Sara A. Austin, 2016-17 PBA president, Austin Law Firm LLC, York: President’s Award – for demonstrating professionalism, leadership, dedication and commitment as co-chair of the PBA Task Force on Statewide Electronic Filing and Retrieval.
Niles S. Benn, Benn Law Firm, York: Fifty-Year Member Award
Gregory H. Gettle, Gettle Vaughn Law LLC, York: Fifty-Year Member Award
Judge Stephen P. Linebaugh, Barley Snyder, York: Fifty-Year Member Award
OUT OF STATE
Kenneth R. Cass, Clearwater, Florida: Fifty-Year Member Award
Dennis J. Clark, Clark Law Firm PLLC, Detroit: Fifty-Year Member Award
Thomas N. Julius, Thomas N. Julius Law Offices, Monroe Falls, Ohio: Fifty-Year Member Award
Mario G. Mendoza III, Mario G. Mendoza III PC, Wellington, Florida: Fifty-Year Member Award
David Arthur McCormick, Brentwood, Tennessee: Fifty-Year Member Award
Frank A. Melchior, Attorney at Law, Pompton Plains, New Jersey: Fifty-Year Member Award
David J. Millstein, Naples, Florida (formerly of Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa.): President’s Award – for contemplating the privileges and pitfalls of being a lawyer by authoring, under the pseudonym S. Sponte, the irreverent “To Wit” column that has been printed in the PBA’s flagship publication, The Pennsylvania Lawyer, for more than 40 years.
Joseph E. Murphy, Joseph E. Murphy PC, Haddonfield, New Jersey: Fifty-Year Member Award
Neil Stephen Perloff, Boynton Beach, Florida: Fifty-Year Member Award
Richard F. Schubert: Fifty-Year Member Award
Judge Thomas Alfred Wallitsch (retired), Savannah, Georgia: Fifty-Year Member Award