Legal
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Wawa agrees to pay $1.4M settlement in overtime dispute
Some assistant general managers at Wawa who claimed they should have been paid overtime will be receiving money as part of a class-action settlement, writes Jim Walsh for the South Jersey Courier-Post. Assistant general managers who worked between January 2014 and the end of 2015 will receive an average of $4,268.29, part of the $1.4…
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Eagleville Hospital fined $2.85 million
A whistleblower, someone who has information of unethical or illegal activity of a company, usually from an insider’s perspective, as come forward to help uncover a substantial amount of false claims being submitted by a local treatment center in Lower Providence Township. United States Attorney William McSwain announced today that Eagleville Hospital, located at 100…
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East Norriton woman featured on Investigation Discovery’s ‘The Killer Beside Me’
The grisly murder of Alice Hufnagle Lauman in East Norriton Township was the focus of last week’s episodes of The Killer Beside Me, Investigation Discovery’s true crime series, writes Ellen Gray for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Hufnagle Lauman was raped and strangled in her home a few days before Thanksgiving in 2002. In May the following…
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Montgomery Bar Association announces judicial recommendations
The Judiciary Committee of the Montgomery Bar Association is charged with interviewing and rating candidates for the position of Judge on the Court of Common Pleas. The Judiciary Committee is composed of 30 lawyers of diverse backgrounds, ages, practices and geographic areas of Montgomery County with several hundred years of combined legal experience. The Committee…
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Burly Dove restaurant caters to Montco Bar Association
By Mark Schiele Chef Nick Pisano likens his restaurant/catering business to a hidden gem. For good reason. Especially when it comes to location. Pisano’s business – The Burly Dove – is kind of located off the beaten path, near the courthouse in downtown Norristown. It’s actually inside the Montgomery County Bar Association building on Airy…
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Special education legal team grows with addition of highly regarded lawyers
Wisler Pearlstine, LLP is pleased to announce that its Education Law Department, one of the largest and most respected in the state, has added three special education attorneys to its ranks. Gabrielle Goham, until recently, the head of the special education practice at Raffaele Puppio, rejoins Wisler where she began her practice as an associate.…
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Ask a Real Lawyer: Child custody and ‘discovery’ guildelines
Question: I recently received an email from my children’s father’s attorney demanding I provide them with my boyfriend’s address. Do I have a legal obligation to provide the address? Answer provided by: Cary B. Hall, Esq. from the Law Offices of Cary B. Hall, LLC [uam_ad id=”54865″] Absent a court order, the short answer is no.…
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Meet the Draganosky in Shemtob Draganosky Taylor
David J. Draganosky Montco.Today Community Profile Your full name? Who are you named after? David J. Draganosky is my full name. My first name has no special significance in that my parents did not choose it because of any particular person. The “J” stands for John who is my maternal uncle and godfather. Where were…
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Dischell Bartle Dooley partners named Super Lawyers
Three Dischell Bartle Dooley partners have been named Pennsylvania 2019 Super Lawyers and a partner and an associate have been named 2019 Rising Stars. Frank Bartle, Mark Dischell and Bob Iannozzi, Jr. are Super Lawyers and Liz Billies and Inna Materese are Rising Stars. George Saba, of counsel to the firm, was also named a…
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Plymouth Township swears in new police chief
Deputy Chief John Myrsiades fills the seat vacated by Joseph Lawrence. A standing-room-only crowd joined the Plymouth Township Council in welcoming new Police Chief John Myrsiades, who was formally sworn in during Monday’s council meeting, according to a press release. Myrsiades began his career with Plymouth Township in 1989 when he joined the force as…
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Montgomery Bar Association Diversity Committee hosts ‘A Day in Court’
The Montgomery Bar Association’s Diversity Committee hosted the eighth annual Day in Court program on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at the Montgomery County Courthouse. 63 students from Abington Junior High School’s VIBE and IMAGINE program participated in this year’s event. In the morning, the Honorable Wendy G. Rothstein welcomed the group of students into her…
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When should a child visit a parent in jail?
By Andrew D. Taylor Imagine the horrific scenario where one parent shoots the other during a custody exchange, is convicted of attempted homicide and sentenced to prison. It is safe to assume that the incarcerated parent will not be seeing the kids, right? Wrong. To many, it may seem absurd that an incarcerated parent might…
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Montgomery Bar Foundation hosts 3rd annual Access to Justice Summit
On Thursday, May 2nd, the Montgomery Bar Foundation hosted its 3rd annual Access to Justice Summit at the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit, bringing together almost 100 community leaders – including judges, lawyers, nonprofit and business executives, funders, members of the faith-community, and county agency representatives – to discuss the challenges encountered by those reentering the…
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2 Shemtob Draganosky Taylor attorneys named 2019 PA Super Lawyers
Montgomery County family law firm Shemtob Draganosky Taylor is pleased to announce that two of its attorneys have been recognized for their prowess in family law by being named among 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, a program of Thomson Reuters. Firm founding partner Lori K. Shemtob has been named a Super Lawyer for the 14th year…
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Attorney General Josh Shapiro urges FCC to take action against robocalls, caller ID spoofing
Attorney General Josh Shapiro led a bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take further action to stop the growing proliferation of illegal robocalls and spoofing. In formal legal comments delivered to the FCC, Attorney General Shapiro and his fellow attorneys general urged the FCC to adopt its proposed rules…
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Nicolas Cage wants out, and the annulment of void/voidable marriages in PA
By David J. Draganosky It was recently reported that actor, Nicolas Cage, married his girlfriend and, only four days later, filed for an annulment. While nearly everyone knows who Nicolas Cage is, the reality is that few people know the difference between a legal annulment and a divorce. In a nutshell, a marriage is a…
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‘Turks’ being honored at Montgomery Bar Association’s Law Day ceremony
Law Day is held on or around May 1st every year around the country to celebrate the role of law in our society and to cultivate a deeper understanding of the legal profession. In Montgomery County, our celebration features the swearing-in of new members of the Bar, the presentation of community service awards, and a…
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Andrew D. Taylor demystifies changes to Pennsylvania Support Law
Family law attorney and Shemtob Draganosky Taylor partner Andrew D. Taylor joined a panel of attorneys on April 23 at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Family Law Institute 2019 conference in Philadelphia to discuss recent changes to support rules in Pennsylvania. The panel discussion, entitled “New Support Rules – Changes in the Law,” focused on revisions…
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