Committee Chairs
2013 COMMITTEE & TASK FORCE CHAIRS
Advancing Civics Education (ACE)
Honorable John Milton Younge
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
Trial Division
485 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 686-7363
john.younge@courts.phila.gov
Jenimae Almquist
Messa & Associates, P.C.
123 South 22nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 568-3500
jalmquist@messalaw.com
Appellate Courts
Kimberly A. Boyer-Cohen
Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, P.C.
2000 Market Street, Suite 2300
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 575-2707
kaboyer@mdwcg.com
Carl A. Solano
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
1600 Market Street, Suite 3600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 751-2202
csolano@schnader.com
Bar Academy
Honorable A. Michael Snyder
Dispute Resolution Institute
Two Logan Square
Eighteenth and Arch Streets, Suite 660
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 656-4374
msnyder@adrdri.com
Scott F. Cooper
Blank Rome LLP
One Logan Square
130 North 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 569-5487
cooper@blankrome.com
Molly Peckman
Dechert LLP
Cira Centre
2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 994-2302
molly.peckman@dechert.com
Bar-News Media
Gina Furia Rubel
Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.
2 Hidden Lane
Doylestown, PA 18901
(215) 340-0480
gina@furiarubel.com
Bench-Bar Conference
Maria Feeley
Co-Chair
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth & Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 981-4129
feeleym@pepperlaw.com
Julia Swain
Co-Chair
Fox Rothschild LLP
2000 Market Street, 20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 299-2794
jswain@foxrothschild.com
John Encarnacion
Vice Chair
White and Williams LLP
One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street, Suite 1800
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 864-6354
encarnacionj@whiteandwilliams.com
Scott W. Reid
Vice Chair
Cozen O'Connor
1900 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 665-2152
sreid@cozen.com
Mindee J. Reuben
Vice Chair
Weinstein Kitchenoff & Asher LLC
1845 Walnut Street, Suite 1100
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 545-7200
reuben@wka-law.com
Brennan Award
Jonathan Dryer
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP
Independence Square West
The Curtis Center, Suite 1130 East
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 606-3908
jonathan.dryer@wilsonelser.com
Charity Run
Eric S. Marzluf
Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.
1635 Market Street, 11th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 567-2010, ext. 130
esmarzluf@crbcp.com
Manny D. Pokotilow
Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.
1635 Market Street, 11th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 567-2010, ext. 126
mpokotilow@crbcp.com
Megan N. Harper
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP
Independence Square West
The Curtis Center, Suite 1130 East
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 606-3939
megan.harper@wilsonelser.com
Charter & Bylaws
Bruce A. Franzel
Oxenburg & Franzel, PC
3800 Horizon Boulevard, Suite 101
Trevose, PA 19053
(215) 563-8400
bfranzel@comcast.net
Lisa Washington
Atlas Energy, L.P.
1845 Walnut Street, Suite 1000
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 717-3387
lwashington@atlasenergy.com
Civil Gideon and Access to Justice Task Force
Catherine C. Carr
Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
1424 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 981-3712
ccarr@clsphila.org
Joseph A. Sullivan
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 981-4304
sullivanja@pepperlaw.com
City Policy
David L. Hyman
Kleinbard Bell & Brecker LLP
One Liberty Place, 46th Floor
1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 496-7224
dhyman@kleinbard.com
Denise J. Smyler
The Smyler Firm
109 South 22nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 568-6090
djsmyler@msn.com
Civil Rights
May Mon Post
Deasey, Mahoney, Valentini & North, Ltd.
1601 Market Street
Suite 3400
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 587-9400
mpost@dmvnlaw.com
Corporate In-House Counsel
Michael G. Balent
PNC Bank, N.A.
Legal Department
1600 Market Street, 28th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 585-5029
michael.balent@pnc.com
Sophia Lee
Sunoco, Inc.
1735 Market Street, Suite LL
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 977-3624
slee@sunocoinc.com
Brennan J. Torregrossa
GlaxoSmithKline
20 N. 16th Street, FP 2225
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-751-4181
Brennan.j.torregrossa@gsk.com
Lisa Washington
Atlas Energy, L.P.
1845 Walnut Street, Suite 1000
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 717-3387
lwashington@atlasenergy.com
Delivery of Legal Services
Karen C. Buck
SeniorLAW Center
100 South Broad Street, Suite 1810
Philadelphia, PA 19110
(215) 988-1244
kbuck@seniorlawcenter.org
Joseph A. Sullivan
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 981-4304
sullivanja@pepperlaw.com
Diversity In The Profession
Kevin V. Mincey
Moody, Shields, Mincey & Fitzpatrick
1613 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 735-2400
kmincey@moodyshields.com
Hon. Norma L. Shapiro
United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
601 Market Street
Suite 10614
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 597-9141
Chambers_of_Judge_Norma_L_Shapiro@paed.uscourts.gov
Election Procedures
Alexander B. Giacobetti
Law Offices of Alexander B. Giacobetti
Two Penn Center, Suite 1205
1500 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 563-6800
agiacobetti@abglaw.net
Employee Benefits
Nancy L. Wasch
Archer & Greiner, P.C.
One Liberty Place, 32nd Floor
1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 246-3106
nwasch@archerlaw.com
Matthew I. Whitehorn
Dilworth Paxson LLP
1500 Market Street, Suite 3500E
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 575-7166
mwhitehorn@dilworthlaw.com
Joshua Bachrach
Vice Chair
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP
Independence Square West
The Curtis Center, Suite 1130 East
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 606-3906
joshua.bachrach@wilsonelser.com
Environmental and Energy Law Committee
Charles Eppolito, III
White & Williams
and Energy Law Committee
1650 Market Street
One Liberty Place, Suite 1800
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7395
(215) 864-6302
eppolitoc@whiteandwilliams.com
Joanna A. Waldron
Vice Chair
Langsam Stevens Silver and Hollaender LLP
1616 Walnut Street, Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 732-3255
jwaldron@lssh-law.com
Federal Courts
Ann Thorton Field
Cozen O'Connor
1900 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 665-2752
afield@cozen.com
Danielle Banks
Vice Chair
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2005 Market Street
Suite 2600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 564-8116
dbanks@stradley.com
Fee Disputes
Arthur N. Brandolph
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
1600 Market Street, Suite 3600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 751-2048
abrandolph@schnader.com
Linda F. Rosen
8470 Limekiln Pike #709
Wyncote, PA 19095
(215) 603-5689
lfrosen@msn.com
John Encarnacion
White and Williams LLP
One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street, Suite 1800
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 864-6354
encarnacionj@whiteandwilliams.com
Government and Public Service Lawyers
TBD
Immigration Law
Wendy Castor Hess
Goldblum & Hess
101 Greenwood Avenue, Suite 380
Jenkintown, PA 19046
(215) 885-3600
wendy@goldblumhess.com
Insurance Programs
Carl (Hank) Delacato, Jr.
Gibbons P.C.
1700 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth & Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 446-6255
cdelacato@gibbonslaw.com
Wesley R. Payne, IV
White and Williams LLP
One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street, Suite 1800
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 864-7076
paynew@whiteandwilliams.com
Intellectual Property
John J. O'Malley
Volpe and Koenig PC
United Plaza
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 568-6400
jomalley@vklaw.com
Christina D. Frangiosa
Semanoff Ormsby Greenberg & Torchia, LLC
2617 Huntingdon Pike
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
(215) 887-0200
cfrangiosa@sogtlaw.com
International Law
Jeremy D. Heep
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth & Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 981-4972
heepj@pepperlaw.com
J. Michael Considine, Jr.
12 East Barnard Street
Suite 100
West Chester, PA 19382
(610) 431-3288
adventure7@gmail.com
Danielle Jouenne
Vice Chair
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Two Liberty Place
50 South 16th Street, Suite 3200
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 665-4016
Danielle.jouenne@bipc.com
Justice Sonia Sotomayor Diversity Award
Tsiwen M. Law
Law & Zaslow, L.L.C.
One Penn Center, Suite 650
1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 751-0500
tmlaw50@verizon.net
Heather J. Austin
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
Independence Square West
The Curtis Center, Suite 1130 East
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 606-3904
heather.austin@wilsonelser.com
Labor and Employment Law
Kathleen Kirkpatrick
Tucker Law Group
One Penn Center at Suburban Station
1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 875-0609
kkirkpatrick@tlgattorneys.com
Louis J. Isaacsohn
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
Independence Square West
The Curtis Center, Suite 1130 East
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 606-3911
kkirkpatrick@tlgattorneys.com
Law Firm Management
Vincent R. McGuinness, Jr.
Cozen O'Connor
1900 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 665-2097
vmcguinness@cozen.com
Benjamin R. Barnett
Dechert LLP
Cira Centre
2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 994-2887
ben.barnett@dechert.com
Law Firm Pro Bono
Kathy E. Ochroch
Blank Rome LLP
One Logan Square
130 North 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(610) 569-5711
ochroch@blankrome.com
Mary Gay Scanlon
Ballard Spahr LLP
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(610) 864-8912
scanlonm@ballardspahr.com
Law Practice Management
Jeffrey Campolongo
Law Office of Jeffrey Campolongo
The Atrium at Olde City
128 Chestnut Street, Suite 202
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(610) 592-9293
jcamp@jcamplaw.com
Gina Furia Rubel
Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.
2 Hidden Lane
Doylestown, PA 18901
(215) 340-0480
gina@furiarubel.com
Law School Outreach
Elizabeth E. Dunn
Villanova University School of Law
299 North Spring Mill Road
Villanova, PA 19085
(610) 519-7228
dunn@law.villanova.edu
Law Week
William P. Fedullo
Rosen, Schafer & DiMeo P.C.
121 South Broad Street, 8th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 235-6500 x222
williamfedullo@gmail.com
Lawyer Referral & Information Service
Sayde J. Ladov
Dolchin, Slotkin & Todd, P.C.
50 South 16th Street, 35th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 665-3511
sladov@dolchin.com
Legal Rights of Children
Richard J. Boyd
Assistant Chief, Juvenile Court Unit
Philadelphia District Attorney's Office
Three South Penn Square, 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 686-4203
Richard.boyd@phila.gov
Jennifer Pokempner
Juvenile Law Center
1315 Walnut Street, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 625-0551
jpokempner@jlc.org
Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Jamie C. Ray-Leonetti
Client Assistance Program
1515 Market Street, Suite 1300
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 557-7112
jrayada@aol.com
Mary Vilter
Self-Determination Housing Project of Pennsylvania, Inc.
717 East Lancaster Avenue
Downingtown, PA 19335
(215) 557-7112
jrayada@aol.com
Legislative Liaison
Wendy Beetlestone
Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
One Logan Square
18th and Cherry Streets, 27th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(610) 873-9595
maryv@sdhp.org
Jeffrey M. Lindy
The Law Offices of Jeffrey M. Lindy
1800 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1500
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 575-0702
jlindy@lindylawfirm.com
LGBT Rights
Michael L. Viola
Philadelphia VIP
1500 Walnut Street, Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 523-9554
mlviola@phillyvip.org
Rebecca G. Levin
Jemer & Palmer, P.C.
5401 Wissahickon Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19144
(215) 843-6015
rlevin@jplaw.com
Mid-Size Law Firm Management
Manny D. Pokotilow
Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.
1635 Market Street, 11th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 567-2010, ext 126
mpokotilow@crbcp.com
TBD
Military Affairs Committee
Daniel J. Goettle
Woodcock Washburn LLP
2929 Arch Street
Cira Centre, 12th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 564-8974
dgoettle@woodcock.com
Joseph M. Kelleher
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
One Logan Square, Ste. 2000
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 988-2863
Joseph.Kelleher@dbr.com
Jeffrey S. Moller
Blank Rome LLP
One Logan Square
130 North Eighteenth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 569-5792
moller@blankrome.com
Richard E. Coe
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
One Logan Square
Suite 2000
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 988-3393
richard.coe@dbr.com
Municipal Court
Kenneth A. Murphy
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
One Logan Square
Suite 2000
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 988-2837
kenneth.murphy@dbr.com
Robert Willwerth
Cohen & Willwerth, PC
660 2nd Street Pike
Southampton, PA 18966
(215) 887-8100
bob@cohenwillwerth.com
Kristine Phillips
Vice Chair Willig, Williams & Davidson
1845 Walnut Street, 24th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 656-3659
kphillips@wwdlaw.com
Pension
David F. Jones
Dechert LLP
Cira Centre
2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 994-2822
david.jones@dechert.com
Jonathan A. Clark
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth & Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 981-4436
clarkja@pepperlaw.com
Brian J. Dougherty
Vice Chair
Dechert LLP
Cira Centre
2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 963-4812
bdougherty@morganlewis.com
PNC Achievement Award
TBD
Professional Guidance
Brian P. Flaherty
Cozen O'Connor
1900 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 665-4647
bflaherty@cozen.com
Professional Responsibility
Honorable Denis P. Cohen
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
Trial Division
538 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 686-7340
denis.cohen@courts.phila.gov
Stella M. Tsai
Archer & Greiner, P.C.
One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street, 32nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 279-9348
stsai@archerlaw.com
Raising the Bar
TBD
Senior Lawyers Professional and Public Service
Barbara R. Vetri
220 W. Rittenhouse Square, 24th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 545-4151
barbaravetri@gmail.com
Allan H. Gordon
Vice Chair
Kolsby, Gordon, Robin, Shore & Bezar
2000 Market Street, 28th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 851-9700
agordon@kolsbygordon.com
Social Security Disability
Jeffrey S. Lichtman
The Disability Law Office of Jeffrey S. Lichtman, LLC
1521 Locust Street, 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 731-1150
jeff@cantwork.net
Sanjuanita Gonzalez
Cohen, Fluhr, Gonzalez and Pinillos, P.C.
1608 Walnut Street
Suite 1108
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 854-0060
sgonzalez@cfg-law.com
Rebecca Vallas
Vice Chair
Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
1424 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 981-3797
rvallas@clsphila.org
Solo & Small Firm Management
Stacy N. Lilly
The Law Office of Stacy N. Lilly
2200 Arch Street, Suite 510
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 561-0204
Stacy.Lilly@thelillylawoffice.com
Ellen Meriwether
Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel, LLP
1101 Market Street, Suite 2650
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 864-2800
emeriwether@caffertyclobes.com
Task Force on Equal Access to the Courts for Limited English-Proficient Persons
TBD
Women in the Profession
Regina M. Foley
Raynes McCarty
1845 Walnut Street
20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 255-4438
rmfoley@raynesmccarty.com
Lauren P. McKenna
Fox Rothschild LLP
2000 Market Street, 20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 299-2754
lmckenna@foxrothschild.com
Women's Rights
Maria Feeley
Chair
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth & Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 981-4129
feeleym@pepperlaw.com
Teresa M. Rodriguez
Vice Chair
Haggerty, Goldberg, Schleifer & Kupersmith, P.C.
1835 Market Street
Suite 2700
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(267) 350-6600
trodriguez@hgsklawyers.com