The Montgomery Bar Association recently held its Annual Business Meeting Luncheon at Blue Bell Country Club with more than 200 MBA members, legal professionals, and community leaders in attendance.
The event featured the election of the MBA’s officers for 2025, an awards presentation honoring outstanding contributions to the MBA and community, and the installation of its new president, Seth D. Wilson, with the ceremonial “passing of the gavel.”
Wilson is an attorney specializing in medical malpractice, product liability, and personal injury, as well as commercial litigation. He is a partner at Morris Wilson Knepp Jacquette, which has offices in Conshohocken and Philadelphia.
Wilson earned his J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2003, with a focus on trial advocacy. Prior to that, he attended Lafayette College, graduating with a degree in International Affairs in 2000.
An Upper Dublin Township resident, Wilson is very active in legal and professional organizations. He sits on the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Association of Justice and the House of Delegates of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Montgomery Bar Association, is a Past President of the Trial Lawyers Section, co-chaired the Lawyer Referral Service Committee, chaired the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee and the Law Reporter Committee, served as Editor of the Law Reporter, and was President of the Young Lawyers Section.
Wilson is a Fellow of the Montgomery Bar Foundation, having previously served on its Board of Directors, and a Lifetime Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He is a frequent speaker and presenter of continuing legal education seminars and has been published in Trial Magazine, the official publication of the American Association of Justice. He has also appeared as an invited guest on Executive Leaders Radio.
For the 2025 Bar Year, Colin J. O’Boyle of Elliott Greenleaf in Blue Bell will serve as President-Elect; Hon. Joseph P. Walsh of Walsh Pancio in Lansdale will serve as Vice President; Mary Kay Kelm of Kilcoyne & Kelm in Montgomeryville will serve as Treasurer; and Montgomery County Solicitor Lauren A. Hughes will serve as Secretary.
Also of note: Michael J. Lyon will serve as President of the MBA’s Trial Lawyers Section; Franqui-Ann J. Raffaele was named Chair of the MBA’s Young Lawyers Section; Inna G. Materese was named Chair of the MBA’s Family Law Section; and George M. Riter will continue as Chair of the MBA’s Probate and Tax Section.
In addition to the election and installation of new leadership, the following community awards were given:
- MBA Lifetime Achievement Award: Hon. Thomas C. Branca and Hon. Thomas P. Rogers
- Hon. Horace A. Davenport Diversity Award: Hon. A. Nicole Tate-Phillips
- Committee of the Year Award: The 2024 MBA Lawyer Referral/Modest Means Legal Access Program Committee
- President’s Awards: MBA Membership Coordinator Sherry Sutton and MBF President Jacqueline Reynolds
Learn more about the Montgomery Bar Association, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected bar associations, representing more than 2,000 legal professionals in Montco.
