Legal
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High Swartz partners Rees, Shrimp present at Montgomery Bar Employment Law seminar
Two High Swartz partners presented at the recent Montgomery Bar Association Employment Law CLE, according to a press release issued by High Swartz LLP. Thomas D. Rees presented on employment contracts and employee non-compete agreements. He spoke about recent case developments arising from both employer enforcement of non-competes and employee challenges to non-compete agreements. The talk provided both management…
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Gavel officially passed at Montgomery Bar Association
The Montgomery Bar Association (MBA) held its Annual Business Luncheon Meeting Friday at Bluestone Country Club in Blue Bell, PA. Nearly 300 local dignitaries, legal professionals and community leaders attended the event, which included the election of the MBA’s officers for 2018, an awards presentation to honor area attorneys and judges, as well as the installation…
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An EPIC launch of Montco’s Eviction Prevention and Intervention Coalition
Tuesday, January 9, 2018 marked the launch of the Eviction Prevention and Intervention Coalition (EPIC), a 6-month pilot project designed to stabilize vulnerable families and individuals in Montgomery County who are facing eviction by providing them with free legal representation and social services on the day of their eviction hearing. With two days of hearings…
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Judge Issues Recommendation in Gerrymandering Case … and Both Sides Praise Decision
The Commonwealth Court judge hearing the high-profile gerrymandering case has recommended that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court uphold the state’s controversial map of congressional districts, writes Jonathan Lai for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Judge P. Kevin Brobson found that, while partisanship was a factor in drawing the map, it did not violate the state’s constitution. In his…
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Law firms considering structural changes
Philadelphia law firms are holding urgent meetings this week to decide whether to remain partnerships for tax purposes or to change into different corporate entities, attorneys and legal executives said Wednesday. Why? The new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Pass-through companies — which include both mom-and-pop businesses and large partnerships such as law and accounting firms and…
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Montgomery Bar Association fetes Bar Foundation’s 30th anniversary
The Montgomery Bar Foundation and Montgomery Bar Association’s Community Outreach Committee recently hosted their annual joint holiday luncheon at the Montgomery Bar Building in Norristown. The event marked the close of an especially busy and productive 30th anniversary year for the Bar Foundation, Montgomery Bar Association’s charitable affiliate. The year began with the planning stages of its first-ever Access to Justice Summit, a spring event which brought together dozens of area non-profits, human service agencies, thought leaders, and community stakeholders,…
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National Spotlight: Court may side with NJ in sports gambling case
The Supreme Court on Monday suggested it may side with New Jersey in its effort to make sports gambling legal, a case that could make betting on football, basketball and other sports widely available. [uam_ad id=”54865″] The justices heard New Jersey’s challenge to a federal law that bars states from authorizing gambling in most professional…
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High Swartz Family Law partner provides Top 10 tips for child custody issues
Child custody issues are some of the most difficult do deal with no matter the marital status of the parents. The High Swartz Domestic Relations team knows that every case is different, and the people involved in these cases may feel vulnerable and overwhelmed. Each of us has focused our practice on Family Law and…
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State AG Josh Shapiro honored by Montgomery Bar Association
Former Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro receive honorary status. Leaders of the Montgomery Bar Association (MBA) past and present recently welcomed Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro as their newest Honorary Member, according to a bar association press release. [uam_ad id=”54865″] At a ceremony held in conjunction with the Bar Association’s Council of Past Presidents Dinner…
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Noted Conshohocken attorney, Lefco, 71, dies
Arthur W. Lefco, 71, of Conshohocken, a Philadelphia-area lawyer who specialized in legal malpractice, died Thursday, Oct. 5, at home after a two-month battle with pancreatic cancer, writes Bonnie Cook for philly.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Known to friends as “Terry,” he began his career in 1973 as general counsel for the Philadelphia Housing Authority and then…
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Texas Fugitive Discovered in Lansdale Thanks to Ancestry.com
The Texas fugitive Jon Vincent has been found living in Lansdale as Nathan Laskoski, thanks to an accidental discovery on the genealogy website Ancestry.com, writes Jeremy Roebuck for Philly.com. Vincent was convicted of indecency with a child in 1991. He served out five years of his ten-year sentence before being released into a halfway house,…
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Fox Rothschild’s Blue Bell Office Collects Donations for Big Brothers Big Sisters
Building on a tradition of giving back to the communities where its attorneys and staff live and work, Fox Rothschild has launched FoxCares – a nationwide series of charity drives that will benefit a different cause every month in the summer of 2017. The drive supports three nationwide nonprofits: June – Feeding America July –…
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Montgomery County Nonprofit Helps People Get a Better Criminal Defense
Heather Lewis is helping people get a better legal defense through her voluntary legal defense program, writes Maura Ewing for The Atlantic. Heather Lewis, a social worker at the Montgomery County nonprofit Community Action Development Commission, founded the program after she got drawn into a case involving her son, Saabir. Saabir was facing up to…
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Bala Woman Sidesteps Glass Ceiling, Opens Her Own Law Firm
Nancy Ezold of Ezold Law Firm in Bala Cynwyd is one many female lawyers who are fed up with the gender salary difference at many law firms and are fighting back by founding their own, writes Gayle Cinquegrani for Bloomberg BNA. She decided to leave after she was denied partnership, and followed up her…
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Chambers USA Ranks Four Land Use, Zoning Attorneys from Blue Bell’s Eastburn and Gray
Eastburn and Gray, a law firm with offices in Blue Bell and Doylestown, has announced that Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, an annual guide identifying top attorneys and law firms in the U.S., ranked four Eastburn and Gray attorneys in its 2017 edition. Marc D. Jonas, John A. VanLuvanee, Julie L. Von Spreckelsen,…
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Montco Lawyers Rock for Local Causes; Tickets Available for LAWYERPALOOZA
The Montgomery Bar Foundation, the charitable affiliate of the Montgomery Bar Association, is celebrating 30 years of giving with a once-in-a-lifetime concert event, performed by lawyers who rock! Stand out and show your support for local, justice-related causes by being a sponsor of LAWYERPALOOZA, a unique benefit concert on June 1 at The Ardmore Music…
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Montgomery Bar Association Judiciary Committee Updates Primary Election Recommendations
All candidates appearing on this year’s primary ballot in Montgomery County for the position of judge on the Court of Common Pleas have been voluntarily interviewed and reviewed by the 30-member Judiciary Committee of the Montgomery Bar Association. Recommendations for these and other candidates were initially released on Feb. 1, 2017, and are being reissued…
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Upper Merion Divorce Lawyer Puts Love Ahead of Profit
One of the nation’s most formidable divorce lawyers, Norristown’s Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin, has adorned her Norristown office for decades with a collection of wedding memorabilia to remind her clients that love is not a lost cause, writes Kristin E. Holmes for Philly.com. Her collection includes antique marriage licenses and certificates together with hundreds of wedding…
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