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Live & In-Person at the 48th Bench Bar Conference!
SEPTEMBER, 2021
The Delaware County Bar Association, in keeping with a time-honored tradition, offers their signature event, the Annual Bench Bar Conference. The Conference is designed to be educational, improve the working relationship between members of the bench and bar, and promote lawyers’ participation in various programs to benefit the community of Delaware County.
The 2021 Bench Bar Conference delivered yet another year of outstanding Continuing Legal/Judicial Education seminars providing for 12.5 Substantive Credits and 5.0 Ethics Credits. The seminars ran the gamut from Updating a Criminal Justice System During a Global Pandemic; The Burned-out Lawyer – Recognition and Prevention Strategies in the Post-COVID World; The Ethical Trauma-Informed Lawyer: Effectively Representing Clients with Trauma Histories; How to enhance the value of your case, win at trial, and not lose along the way: Recent case law to help turn “good” into “bad” with a dash of Civil Procedure; How to make a Federal Case Out of It: The Eastern District Doors Are Open to Delaware County Lawyers; 7 Estate Administration & Planning Issues You Might Have Missed; Drug Testing in Today’s Family Court; and The Ins & Outs of Openings & Closings – Telling the Story; to the ever popular Legal Jeopardy. The E. Wallace Chadwick Award is presented annually at the Delaware County Bench Bar Conference to a member of the Bar Association who has served the legal profession in the furtherance of intraprofessional development, communication and education. Congratulations to Craig B. Huffman, Esquire.
Presented by Karen E. Friel, Esquire, DCBA President.
48th Annual Bench Bar Conference Award Recipients
The Nicholas D. Vadino, Jr., Memorial Award is presented annually at the Delaware County Bench Bar Conference to a member of the Bar Association for significant contributions by a young lawyer to the organized bar … Congratulations to
Maureen Henry, Esq., Judicial Law Clerk, Delaware County
Court of Common Pleas. Presented by Jennifer L. Galante, Esquire, President, Young Lawyers Section, and accepted by Rachael Kemmey, Esquire, Executive Board Member, Young Lawyers’ Section The Donald J. Orlowsky Award of the Delaware County Bar Association is presented annually to the individual who has contributed most to the improvement and fostering of good Bench Bar Relations ... Congratulations to the Honorable G.
Michael Green. Presented by The Honorable Kevin F. Kelly, President Judge, Delaware County Court of Common Pleas.
The Honorable Frank T. Hazel Hall of Fame Award
is presented annually at the Delaware County Bench Bar Conference to a member of the Delaware County Bar Association who fosters camaraderie, good will, volunteerism, team play, selflessness, enthusiasm and sportsmanship in the legal field and who most closely exemplifies the Honorable Frank T. Hazel, a great friend and tireless supporter of the Bar Association.
Congratulations to Robert M. Firkser, Esquire, Chair, Bench Bar Conference Committee. Presented by The Honorable Kevin F. Kelly, President Judge on behalf of the Honorable Frank T. Hazel.
The Delaware County Bar Association thanks our Bench Bar Conference Committee, our Sponsors, and our attendees for your support, dedication and enthusiasm!
Bench Bar Conference Committee
Robert Firkser, Esquire, Chair
Matthew Bilker Vincent C. Mancini Patrick Daley Joseph T. Mattson Michael J. Davey Gerald C. Montella Robert R. DeLong, Jr. Colleen M. Neary Karen E. Friel Kathleen A. O’Connor Jennifer Galante Michael P. Pierce Scott C. Gottel Kristen M. Rushing William G. Halligan Lyn B. Schoenfeld Michael H. Hill J. Michael Sheridan Rachael L. Kemmey Aimee M. Taylor Joseph P. Lesniak Michael F. Wenke Eugene J. Malady
Judicial Representatives:
Hon. Barry C. Dozor; Hon. Frank T. Hazel; Hon. William “Chip” Mackrides; Hon. George A. Pagano
William L. Baldwin, Esquire, Executive Director, DCBA
The Bench Bar Conference is a joint effort of the Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County, The Honorable Kevin F. Kelly, President Judge; and the Delaware County Bar Association, Karen E. Friel, Esquire, President, 2021.
JOIN US IN 2022 AT THE 49th ANNUAL BENCH BAR CONFERENCE!
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 through Friday, June 10, 2022 Location: The Annapolis Waterfront Hotel Keynote Speaker: Charles Brandt, the Author of I Heard You Paint Houses on which the movie, The Irishman, Directed by Academy Award winner Martin Scorsese, is based. In addition to this New York Times Bestselling book, Brandt has authored numerous bestselling true crime novels based on the major crimes he solved through interrogation during his illustrious legal career as a homicide investigator, prosecutor and Chief Deputy Attorney General of the State of Delaware •
MEDIATION ARBITRATION
Gary R. Gremminger, Esquire
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