Save the Date
The 15th Bench Bar Conference of the 39th Judicial District will be held on Friday, October 13, 2017 at the Whitetail Ski Resort in Mercersburg, PA.
Whitetail completed a 31,000 square foot expansion for $8.5 Million in 2016, making it an ideal location for our conference.
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Volunteers Needed for Wills for Heroes
The FCBA YLD will be hosting a Wills for Heroes event on Saturday, May 6th, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.The mandatory training for all the preparer volunteers will be held 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
You will receive CLE credits for attending this training.
You do not need any estate experience to be a preparer volunteer. We will have experts onsite to assist you with any questions.
If you are unable to be a preparer you can volunteer to be a witness. If you are available please consider signing up for the whole day. The FCBA YLD will be providing lunch for all volunteers!
If a member of your staff is a notary or is willing to be a witness, please let us know.
You can view open volunteer slots
HERE.
Wills for Heroes programs provide essential legal documents free of charge to our nation's first responders, including wills, living wills, and powers of attorney. By helping first responders plan now, they ensure their family's legal affairs are in order before a tragedy hits. The 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit Wills for Heroes Foundation supports these Wills programs, giving back to the community and "protecting those who protect us."
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FCBA Vice President, Kristen Hamilton was interviewed by the Public Opinion regarding Youth Court. You may read the article
here.
Many members of our Bar and our community worked together to bring Youth Court to Franklin County.
Special Thanks goes to:
President Judge Carol L. Van Horn
Tracy Ross
Annie Gomez-Shockey
Kristen Hamilton
Anthony Cosentino (assisted with YC training)
Brandon Copeland (assisted with YC training)
Judge Angela R. Krom (assisted with YC training)
Tim Wilmot and Matt Fogal ( worked with us to approve certain delinquent acts to be processed through YC at the discretion of the school in lieu of being filed as charges)
In addition, although they are not members of our Bar Association, we would like to thank District Justice Glenn Manns for his participation in the training session and "graduation" from the program and District Justice Larry Pentz for his continued support of the program.
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Courthouse Updates Lunch & Learn
FCBA
members learned about policy, procedures and updates at the lunch and learn, on March 31st, at the Courthouse. Representatives from 4 County offices discussed recent updates in: Court Administration, Domestic Relations, Register and Recorders office, and Clerk of Courts.
Thank you to our presenters who made the CLE possible -
Mark Singer, Court Admin
Teresa Anthony, Director Domestic Relations
Jennifer Newman, DRS Staff Attorney
Jodi Foose, Establishment Supervisor
Linda Miller, Register and Recorder
Joy, Deputy Register and Recorder
Todd Rock, Clerk of Courts
David Wertime, Solicitor Clerk of Courts
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Conference of County Bar Leaders
FCBA YLD members and the executive director were on hand at CCBL, in February, to receive the CCBL County Award for
YMCA Summer Campers Presentation and 2016 YLD Law Day Mock Trial.
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Friends of Legal Services Book Sale
The Franklin County Friends of Legal Services group has announced the book donation sites for its 33rd Annual Book Sale. Books may be donated at the following locations from February 13 through April 10:
Carlisle
M&T Bank, 1 W. High Street
Chambersburg
ACNB Bank, 850 Norland Avenue
Colony House Furniture, 4231 Philadelphia Avenue
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4170 Philadelphia Avenue
Wolf
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s Furniture Store, 480 Gateway Avenue
LA Cameras, 1019 Wayne Avenue
Sunny Way Foods, 40 Warm Spring Road
United Way of Franklin County, 182 S. Second Street
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875 Lincoln Way West
Orrstown
Orrstown Bank, 3580 Orrstown Road
Fayetteville
Pound's Automotive Service, 2083 Lincoln Way East
Gettysburg
ACNB Bank, Lincoln Square Office
Gettysburg College, McCreary Hall, Rm. 201
MidPenn Legal Services, 128 Breckenridge Street
Greencastle
BB&T Bank, 40 Center Square
Mercersburg
M&T Bank, 10 N. Main Street (on the square)
BB&T Bank, 316 N. Main Street
Mont Alto
Pennsylvania State University, Campus Library
Quincy
BB&T Bank, Quincy Branch, 7357 Anthony Highway
St. Thomas
Modnur Pharmacy, 4495 Lincoln Way West
Shippensburg
Shippensburg University, Ezra Lehman Library
Weis Markets, 1075 W. King Street
Waynesboro
Kulla, Barkdoll & Stewart, 9 East Main Street
Donations will be accepted from February 13 through April 10. The group solicits not only books, used and new, hardback and paperback, but also artwork, CDs (including audio books), DVDs, sheet music,
puzzles, and board games. E
ncyclopedias, textbooks, cassettes, and VHS tapes (except Disney) are not accepted.
Rare books and collector's items are welcome and are priced and displayed separately at the sale. The group will provide receipts for tax purposes on request. To make special arrangements to donate a large quantity of books, call Franklin County Legal Services at (717) 262-2326 or email gloria@fcls.net.
The sale will take place on May 19-21, at Laird Hall on the Wilson College campus in Chambersburg. The sale will run from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM on Friday, May 19, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday, May 20, and from noon to 4:00 PM on Sunday, May 21. Proceeds support the provision of civil legal services for low-income individuals in the community. The Chambersburg law firm
DiLoreto, Cosentino & Bolinger is a sponsor of the sale, having provided generous financial support for it.
The group is also looking for donated or affordable space-about 2000 square feet, with a restroom, climate-controlled to protect the books-in the Chambersburg area for sorting and storing the books each year before the sale. Anyone who knows of space that might be available is asked to contact Gloria Keener at (717) 262-2326 or gloria@fcls.net.
The Book sale will be May 19-21, 2017. Over 60,000 new and used books of all types, plus CDs, DVDs, audio books, puzzles, and artwork, will be offered for sale at bargain prices at the 33rd Annual Friends of Legal Services Book Sale at Laird Hall on the Wilson College campus in Chambersburg. Includes silent auction for rare books on May 19 and 20. Hours are 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM on Friday, May 19; 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday, May 20; and noon to 4:00 PM on Sunday, May 21. For information call (717) 262-2326. Food and drinks will also be sold throughout the sale.
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Join us for our first WIN Dinner Dance hosted at the Chambersburg Amvets.
Doors open at 5pm. Dinner will be served at 6pm and a DJ will play from 7pm to 11pm.
Tickets are just $25 per person and include dinner. A cash bar will also be available.
For tickets call Gladys at 717.264.3056.
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54th Annual Chicken 'n Stuff
Monday, April 17, 2017
Chambersburg Area Middle School Cafeteria
CAMS South - 1151 East McKinley Street
Dine In OR Take Out Lunch: 11:00 am -1:00 pm
& Dinner: 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Benefits Franklin County 4-H Therapeutic Riding Center
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It's not just a women's issue!
WIN's fifth annual walk will take place on Friday, May 5, 2017 and, again, we need your help. We're looking for men to don a pair of bright red high heels and walk just 6 blocks along Main Street in Downtown Chambersburg.
Register as an individual walker or as a team of up to 4 walkers. Registration fee includes a Walk a Mile t-shirt and the use of high-heels during the walk.
click here for more information
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Press Releases, Memos and Important Notices
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FCBA Offers Local &
Convenient CLE Credits
Did You Know?
Each month your Franklin County Bar Association hosts 8 to 10 CLE classes. This is a great opportunity to gain CLE credits close to home. Our CLE credits are just a short distance away and cost efficient. In addition to offering the CLE credits; we serve a delicious array of breakfast and/or lunch items for your convenience and enjoyment.
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Upcoming PBI CLEs at FCBA
Monday, April 3:
Tough Problems in Workers' Compensation, Live via Simulcast, 4 sub & 0 ethics credits
Click here for more information and to register
Monday, April 10:
The Intersection of Estates and Civil Litigation, Live via Simulcast, 2 sub & 1 ethics credits
Click here for more information and to register
Wednesday, April 19:
From File to Trial: 8 Keys to Success in Court & Beyond, Video Replay, 5 sub and 1 ethics credits
Click here for more information and to register
Wed. - Thurs., April 19-20:
Family Law Institute 2017, Live via Simulcast, 9 sub credits
Click here for more information and to register
Thursday, April 20:
Mastering Medical Records, Video Replay, 5 sub and 1 ethics credits
Click here for more information and to register
Monday, April 24:
How to Handle Small and Insolvent Estates, Live via Simulcast, 3 sub credits
Click here for more information and to register
Tuesday, April 25:
Advising the Family Owned or Closely Held Business, Live via Simulcast, 4 sub credits
Click here for more information and to register
Thursday, May 4:
Retirement Planning for Attorneys, Live via Simulcast, 3 sub & 1 ethics credits
click here for more information and to register
Tuesday, May 9:
The Strategic Negotiator, Live via Simulcast, 6 sub & 0 ethics credits
click here for more information and to register
Tuesday, May 16:
Communicating Across Generations, Live via Simulcast, 3 sub & 0 ethics credits
click here for more information and to register
Wednesday, May 17:
Workers' Compensation-Best Practices and Recommendations, Live via Simulcast, 2 sub & 1 ethics credits
click here for more information and to register
Thursday, May 18:
15th Annual Nonprofit Institute, Live via Simulcast, 6 sub & 0 ethics credits
click here for more information and to register
Wednesday, May 24:
Winning at Trial, Live via Simulcast, 5.5 sub & 0.5 ethics credits
click here for more information and to register
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Newsletter items deadline
The deadline to submit items for The Causeway is the 20th of each month.
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"Since our last chat..."
"Since our last chat..." is a periodic column in The Causeway by Bar member Barb Townsend.
This month's column is written by Annie GómezShockey
Barb has a very busy schedule between running her office, singing with The Towne Singers, and flying between California and Florida to be a grandma. Rather than have a blank space where her column would be I offered to finally write an article about an idea I've had for a while. After starting down the road of writing, I learned that this will actually be a multi-part series. Today's article is about Martha (Marty) Walker.
Did you know Marty Walker was the first female attorney in our Franklin County Bar Association? It's a rumor I had heard and decided to investigate further. Marty joined our Bar in 1974 after graduating from the Dickinson School of Law in 1972 and practicing for a year in Lancaster at the firm of Barley, Snyder, Cooper and Senft. Marty was born and raised in Perkasie, PA, which is located in Bucks County. She graduated from Pennridge High School in 1965. After high school Marty went on to attend Wilson College graduating with a major in history in 1969.
Marty married John Walker (Senior Judge John R. Walker), who was the District Attorney at the time. In 1974 Marty and Judge Walker opened the law firm Walker and Walker. I asked Marty what it was like being the only female attorney in the county. She responded by stating it wasn't much different for her than it was in law school. Marty was one of only five women at Dickinson Law School, which is hard for me to imagine. When I went to law school in 2004-2007 at least one-third, if not half, of my class was made up of women.
She also described how having little to no females in a profession was not limited to law. She recalled that in 1974 there was only one female doctor in the county, two female realtors, no female dentists, and no female CPAs. There was a fair amount of unintentional sexist behavior. By that she meant, some of the senior male attorneys would call her sweetie or dear or honey. She didn't think that was any different than how they responded to any other woman in the work place. It was an unintentional approach to dealing with a woman on a one-to-one basis. She observed that those behaviors have changed a lot over the years as women have become more involved in the professions, if not ended completely.
When Marty joined our Bar, there was a completely different admissions process. Back then in order to be admitted to the Franklin County Bar Association an individual would have to be interviewed by a committee made up of senior members of the Bar. That Committee would then decide whether or not to recommend the interviewee for admission. She recalls a few of the questions directed at her during the interview being related to whether she wanted to be an attorney or be a mother. At that time, those two things were viewed by some as being mutually exclusive. Marty expressed that she can now see some positives to the old admissions process. The biggest advantage was that it was a way for senior members of the Bar to get to know new members. The more focused our law practices have become on specific areas of law; the less young and old attorneys interact with one another throughout the Bar.
Marty has had a jam-packed life outside of the office as well. She has been a bank director of the F& M Trust company since 1979. For many years, she was a licensed PIAA and Women's College certified basketball, field hockey and lacrosse official doing high school and college games all over the mid-Atlantic region. She has been secretary and president of the bar association and chaired the domestic relations committee for many years. She has been involved in the PBA as the chair of the PA County of Bar Leaders Association and a zone delegate. Marty chaired and served on numerous boards: Wilson College, United Way, Menno Haven, CVSM, Totem Pole Playhouse, Council for the Arts, Hospice, Salvation Army, Capital Theatre Foundation, CASD Foundation, Trustee of her church and chair of the fiancé committee there. Additionally, Marty taught at Wilson College and Penn State Mont Alto. Some of the awards she listed were from the PA Bar Association for pro bono work and the first Athena award from the Chamber of Commerce. Marty has two children and one granddaughter. Her daughter is the senior fiction editor for Random House Penguin Press in NYC and her son is a capital markets attorney with the LA firm of Latham and Watkins based in the Frankfurt Germany office.
In closing I asked Marty to give some words of wisdom to young attorneys starting out. Here is her response.
1. Be over prepared. Both the client and court can tell when you're not.
2. Work hard. Be willing to put in the time and energy it takes to do your job effectively.
3. Get involved in your community either as a volunteer or as a member of a Board of Directors. That's how you get to know people and how people get to know you.
Coming up next, I'll fill you in on Barbara Townsend, Kathleen Cramer, Deborah Hoff, and Eileen Finucane, who round out the first five female lawyers to join our Bar.
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Calendar of Events
YLD Happy Hour
Thurs., April 6
YLD Meeting
Fri., April 7
CLOSED, Good Friday
Fri., April 14
Law Day, Mock Trial
Fri., May 5
Wills for Heroes
Sat., May 6
Juror Appreciation Day
Mon., May 8
Board of Directors Meeting
Fri., May 12
Past Presidents' Luncheon
Fri., May 19
CLOSED, Memorial Day
Mon., May 29
YLD Happy Hour
Thurs., June 1
YLD Meeting
Fri., June 2
Race Against Poverty
Fri., June 2
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Visit the Franklin County Bar Association's website.
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Contact the Bar
Amelia Ambrose
Executive Director
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