Lehigh County Lawyer’s Charitable Fund

The BALC Community Service Committee is now accepting applications for the 2019-2020 Lehigh County Lawyers’ Charitable Fund.  Any Lehigh Valley 501(c)(3) is able to apply.  This year’s theme is: “Animal and Pet Related Charities Throughout Lehigh Valley”.  Please keep this in mind when applying.  Application deadline is 10/31/19.

Application Guidelines

DOWNLOAD THE GRANT APPLICATION HERE

Please support our charity fundraising for this year’s campaign by attending the following events:

BINGO 9/26 5:30pm @ The Barristers Club

Comedy Night 10/4 @ The Ramada Inn, Whitehall

YAPPY Hour 10/30 @ The Barristers Club Courtyard

KEYSTONE ALLIANCE OF PARALEGAL ASSOCIATIONS FORMS REGULATION COMMITTEE

In 2016, the American Bar Association House of Delegates adopted Resolution 105, ABA Model Regulatory Objectives for the Provision of Legal Services, which could be used as a guide to assist the state’s highest courts when assessing regulatory framework related to non-traditional legal service providers.  Since that time, many legal organizations within Pennsylvania have written to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and/or passed resolutions asking to participate in this process should the Court begin discussions on this topic, including members of the Keystone Alliance of Paralegal Associations (the “Keystone Alliance”).  The Keystone Alliance has recently formed a Regulation Committee, consisting of members of the Keystone Alliance, chaired by Robert S. Hrouda, RP (former President of the Philadelphia Association of Paralegals and National Federation of Paralegal Associations and a paralegal at Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller in Philadelphia), to investigate ways other states, including but not limited to Washington, Utah and New York, are implementing programs to allow nonlawyers, with proper education and other requirements, to assist in bridging the gap to the access of justice for those underserved by traditional means.

The Keystone Alliance consists of delegates from the Central Pennsylvania Paralegal Association, Chester County Paralegal Association, Delaware County Paralegal Association, Lehigh County Paralegal Association, Montgomery County Paralegal Association, the Philadelphia Association of Paralegals and the Pittsburgh Paralegal Association. The President of the Keystone Alliance is Catherine E. Wright, Pa.C.P., of the Central Pennsylvania Paralegal Association.

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.

https://www.pabar.org/site/News-and-Publications/News/News-Releases/2019/April/AlpernAward?fbclid=IwAR0m2Z8P7PNSQrp9555qwYVtda6yCl3qRC3Gc2S0IBDzb0qCHxzLp91LdjI

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ANNOUNCES NEW SCHEDULE FOR ATTORNEY ADMISSIONS TO EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

***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 18^th 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.

Complete the Form

NOTICE 2018-J-99 Order

Now, this 15^th 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

See all documentation regarding fee schedule here

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

 Or donate online.

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 (Retired)

“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

Application Instructions