Congratulations to BALC Board Member, Nancy Conrad of White and Williams LLP, who is being honored with the Anne X. Alpern Award, an honor reserved for women who demonstrate excellence in the legal profession and who make a significant professional impact on women in the law.
See the full brochure for the 2019 Bench Bar Conference in Washington DC.
Please be sure to 1) Reserve your hotel room at the Willard, 2) Complete the BALC Registration Form and 3) Complete the Admission Ceremony Application (if applicable)
***LAW JOURNAL ADVERTISERS, PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING PRICE CHANGES***
As of 2019, the cost of Journal publications will be changing. New pricing will go into effect for all ads and publications as of the January 18th issue.
Estate notices will cost $125 ($120 + $5 notary fee)
All other “Miscellaneous” publications will cost $100 ($95 + $5 notary fee) (Inc, LLC, Fictitious Names, Articles of Amendment; Certificate of Authority; Detective Licenses, Dissolutions; Domestic Liability; Limited Liability; Orphans Ct Audit Lists; Parental Rights Termination; Service by Publication, etc)
Please submit payment with the initial publication request.
If request is faxed or emailed and pre-payment is not provided, an invoice will be generated. Ads must be paid for within 60 days of publication date. Notarized affidavits (“proofs”) will be sent out to the advertiser after payment has been received and processed. Please provide a publication name, invoice number or reference of some sort on all forms of payment.
Ads may also be submitted with a credit card authorization form. Publication forms can also be found at www.lehighbar.org under the Lehigh Law Journal section.
Bar Association Committees for 2019 are now being organized for implementation in mid-January. Please indicate your interest(s) for committee appointment and fax the form to 610-770-9826.
Please note: Committee Lists from previous years will not be carried over to 2019. Members must select the interested committees for the new year or they will not be notified of meetings.
NOTICE 2018-J-99 Order
Now, this 15th day of November 2018 the within
Petition for Increased Fee Schedule presented by
Lehigh County Clerk of Judicial Records, Andrea E Naugle,
and in accordance with Act 164 of 1998,the Prothonotary Fee law.
It is Ordered that the Petition is approved and adopted to be effective 1/1/19.
By the Court: /s/ Edward D Reibman, President Judge
Bar Association of Lehigh County Holiday Assistance Drive 2019
Dear Bar Association Member,
The Bar Association of Lehigh County has started the Annual Ask for the Lehigh County Lawyer’s Charitable Fund Grant. This year’s theme is “Summer School Programs & Camps”.
We are proud to remind all lawyers that the Bar Association of Lehigh County has conducted an Assistance Program to benefit area 501c3 organizations to provide much needed assistance to our surrounding communities for many years. This program has raised over $230,000 throughout that time and distributed these funds to many deserving area organizations.
This year to assist these organizations, we are asking each lawyer to give generously to help support those in our local community. Remember, these contributions stay in the Greater Lehigh Valley area.
The Program is administered through the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation and all gifts are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. The Foundation will automatically acknowledge all gifts for tax purposes over $250.
We will recognize all those nonprofit organizations receiving funds as part of our Law Day celebration in May.
Past years’ contributions went to the Crime Victims Council of the Lehigh Valley, Dream Come True, The Lehigh Valley Zoo, Community Bike Works, The Victory House, Angel 34 , Miracle League of the Lehigh Valley and many more.
Please help by sending your check today, payable to the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation and mail to:
Lehigh County Lawyer’s Charitable Fund Grant
Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
840 West Hamilton Street, Suite 310
Allentown, PA 18101
Thank you for your generous donation!
Kristin Noonan Hutchins, Esquire, Community Service Committee, Chair Ray Bridgeman, Executive Director, BALC
Job Description: Trial Judge
By: The Honorable Robert K. Young (Retried)
“The Trial Judge book is not a biography. It is a memoir of the eleven and a half year period of the life spent as a Common Pleas Court Judge. I endeavored to describe the job of a county trial judge to my great grandchildren. I also hope that others, especially students interested in becoming lawyers, will find it interesting and informative.”
The Honorable Robert K. Young’s book is on sale now at the BALC. All proceeds will go to benefit the Lehigh County Lawyers’ Charitable Fund. Each year, grants from the Fund are made to charitable programs and organizations throughout the Lehigh Valley as recommended by the Bar Association.
$18.00 per book plus shipping and handling.
Contact Ray at rbridgeman@lehighbar.org to request your copy by mail.
Please feel free to stop by the BALC Building to purchase your copy and save on shipping and handling cost. 1114 W. Walnut St, Allentown, PA, 18102.
Instructions for Admission, June 10, 2019
A completed application consist of a typed first and second page of the application, a Certificate of Good Standing from the Supreme Court of the State where the attorney has been practicing for the past three years (only one is needed) and the $200.00 application fee.
Some items to keep in mind when submitting your application.
• Make checks payable to the Supreme Court of the United States and date them for June 10, 2019.
• All signatures on the second page of the application; applicant and sponsors, must be original and must be on the same sheet.
• Only the “Certification, Statement of Sponsors, Oath of Admission” sections need to be signed for group admissions.
• The deadline to submit your application and supporting documents back to Ray Bridgeman at the BALC is April 24, 2019. Please submit your packet only once fully completed. You can drop packet off at the BALC Building, 1114 W Walnut St, Allentown, PA 18102 or you can mail it (Attn: Ray Bridgeman) but must be received by the close of business, April 24. This is limited to the first 50 Applicants.
Please submit this with your packet as your cover:
Attorney Name:
Name of your 1 allowed guest for the ceremony:
APPLICATION: https://www.supremecourt.gov/bar/barapplication_new.pdf
Save the Date: Bench Bar Conference 2019
Washington, DC
June 7th- 10th
The Historic Willard Hotel
The Bench Bar Committee is hard at work planning next year’s Conference that will include receptions, group activities, outstanding CLEs and a special event, the United States Supreme Court Admissions Ceremony.
Highlights:
6/7
430 PM BALC Board Meeting-Board Members Only
6:00PM-8PM Cocktail Reception at the Historic Willard Hotel
6/8
9AM-11:30AM CLE Seminars-Willard Hotel
Afternoon-Tour DC at your Leisure
Optional Afternoon Group Tour
6/9
9AM-10AM CLE Seminar-Willard Hotel
10:30AM-12PM Champagne Brunch-Willard Hotel
6PM-8PM Hospitality Reception (Admission Applicants Only)
6/10
US Supreme Court Admission including Group Breakfast (This is limited to the first 50 Applicants). Please see BALC Website for Admission Packet and Instructions.
Hotel Information-Book your rooms now! First come basis.
The Willard Washington D.C.
1401 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004
Call: 1-800-424-6835 and use Group Code BBC
*BUS Transportation being arranged to DC for entire Conference and for those just coming in for Admissions Ceremony.*
*Activities and Schedules subject to change, see lehighbar.org for updates.
