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The Causeway
The Monthly Newsletter for the Franklin County Bar Association
March, 2018
"The law is a causeway upon which, so long as he keeps to it, a citizen may walk safely" Robert Bolt, playwright
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YLD Happy Hour @ Bistro 71 - Thursday, March 1st
YLD Business Meeting - Friday, March 2nd
FCBA Board of Directors Meeting - Friday, March 16th
YLD Games Night - Tuesday, March 20th
Wills for Heroes - Saturday, March 24th
Spring ALMS - Tuesday, April 3rd
YLD Happy Hour @ Roy-Pitz - Thursday, April 5th
YLD Business Meeting - Friday, April 6th
YLD Happy Hour @ GearHouse - Thursday, May 3rd
Law Day - Friday, May 4th
Juror Appreciation Day - Monday, May 14th
FCBA Board of Directors Meeting - Friday, May 18th
Friends of Legal Services Book Sale - May 18th - 20th
FCBA Office and FC Law Library CLOSED for Memorial Day - Monday, May 28th
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Avoidance of Legal Malpractice Seminar
The Franklin County ALMS session hosted by PBA will be held on Tuesday, April 3rd at 10:00 am Chambersburg Country Club, 3646 Scotland Rd., Chambersburg.
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Donate Your Books
Do you have good books you no longer need?
The Franklin County Friends of Legal Services is accepting donations of books from now through April 14 for its 34th Annual Book Sale. Local donation sites include:
Carlisle
M & T Bank, 1 W. High St. Carlisle
Chambersburg
ACNB Bank, 850 Norland Avenue
Colony House Furniture, 4231 Philadelphia Ave.
LA Cameras, 1019 Wayne Ave.
Shop 'n Save, 4170 Philadelphia Ave.
Shop 'n Save, 875 Lincoln Way West
Sunny Way Foods, 40 Warm Spring Road
United Way of Franklin County, 182 S. Second St.
Wolf's Furniture Store, 480 Gateway Ave.
Orrstown
Orrstown Bank, 3580 Orrstown Road
Fayetteville
Pound's Automotive Service, 2083 Lincoln Way E.
Gettysburg
ACNB Bank, Lincoln Square Office
MidPenn Legal Services, 128 Breckenridge St.
Greencastle
BB&T Bank, 40 Center Square
Mercersburg
M&T Bank, 10 N. Main Street (on the square)
BB&T Bank, 316 N. Main St.
Mont Alto
Pennsylvania State University, Campus Library
Quincy
BB&T Bank, Quincy Branch, 7357 Anthony Hwy.
St. Thomas
Modnur Pharmacy, 4495 Lincoln Way W.
Shippensburg
Shippensburg University, Ezra Lehman Library
Weis Markets, 1075 W. King St.
Waynesboro
Kulla, Barkdoll & Stewart, 9 East Main St.
The group will gladly accept new and used books of all types, plus artwork, CDs (including audio books), DVDs, sheet music, puzzles, and board games.
And - to refill your bookshelves - plan to attend the book sale on Friday, May 18 through Sunday, May 20 on the Wilson College campus in Chambersburg.
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Amazon Smile for FCB Foundation
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YLD Invites Bar Members to Join in the Fun
The FCBA YLD is inviting all FCBA members, regardless of age and years-in-practice to join us for our monthly social events.
The first Thursday of the month is Happy Hour, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at a rotating, downtown location:
April 5th, July 5th, and October 4th are at Roy-Pitz Brewing Company
May 3rd, August 2nd and November 1st are at GearHouse Brewing Company
March 1st, June 7th, September 6th, and December 6th are at Bistro 71.
The third Tuesday of every month we meet in the FCBA office, 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., for Games Night. Our members bring table top games, board games, and card games. The evening is BYOB and we normally order pizza. Our next Games Night is March 20th.
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Press Releases, Memos and Important Notices
39th Judicial District:
Prothonotary Fees Memo:
Effective immediately the $30.00 postage fee is due at the time of the initial Notice of Appeal to the Higher Courts along with the $45.00 filing fee.
Timothy S. Sponseller,
Prothonotary
Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of PA:
Judicial Conduct Board:
PA Bar Association:
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Upcoming PBI CLEs at FCBA
Tuesday, March 20: For the Love of Deeds, Video Replay, 3 substantive & 0 ethics credits
click here for more information and to register
Thursday, March 29: The New Tax Act, Video Replay, 2 substantive & 0 ethics credits
click here for more information and to register
Wednesday, April 11: Understanding Social Security Retirement 2018, Video Replay, 3 substantive & 0 ethics credits click here for more information and to register
Friday, April 13: Trial Evidence: Artistry & Advocacy in the Courtroom, Live via Simulcast, 5 substantive and 1 ethics credits click here for more information and to register
Tues. - Wed., April 17- 18: Family Law Institute 2018, Live via Simulcast, 7.5 substantive and 1.5 ethics credits click here for more information and to register
Tuesday, April 17: Internet Legal Research 2018, Video Replay, 2 substantive & 1 ethics credits click here for more information and to register
Monday, April 23: Winning at Trial, Live via Simulcast, 5.5 substantive and .5 ethics credits click here for more information and to register
Thursday, April 26: 19th Annual Legal Issues in an Age of Aging, Live via Simulcast, 5 substantive and 1 ethics credits click here for more information and to register
Monday, April 30: Dealing with Financial Institutions in Estates & Elder Law, Live via Simulcast, 3 substantive and 1 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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Coffee Corner
"Coffee Corner" is a periodic column in The Causeway by Bar members Barb Townsend, Annie Gómez Shockey, and Nikki Sipe.
by Nikki Sipe
For my first column, I thought it would be appropriate to spend some time with my fellow legal services attorneys over at Franklin County Legal Services. As you probably know, Franklin County Legal Services was established in 2002. Franklin County has long been supportive of legal assistance for low-income residents, going back to the Franklin County Legal Services Society which initially oversaw the program that developed into Legal Services, Inc. Legal Services, Inc., after growing to serve surrounding counties as well, merged into MidPenn Legal Services in January 2001. At the same time, the Franklin County Bar Association developed the plan for Franklin County Legal Services to add an additional source of civil legal aid to Franklin County residents. In 2002, at FCLS's inception, there were four full-time legal services attorneys in the county: Mahesh Rao at FCLS, Rebecca Dempsey at WIN, and Anne MacDonald-Fox and Aaron Neuharth at MidPenn. That number quickly increased to five later in 2002 when Carrie Bowmaster joined FCLS. It is amazing to see that now, in 2018, Franklin County has increased to eight full-time legal services attorneys in the county: Victoria Beard, Brandon Copeland, and myself at MidPenn; Deborah Dresser-Neiderer and Kelsie Massini at WIN; and Lam Truong and Brittany Henderson at FCLS.
So with that, I sat down with Lam and Brittany for a chat. It should probably be noted that Lam was quick to let me know that Brittany would be happy to sit down with me and very slyly tried to avoid being included. However, Lam was kind enough to answer my questions when the time came. Lam grew up in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania with his parents, Qui and Anh, as well as his older sister, Ha. He attended Cedar Cliff High School where he, reluctantly admits, was in the concert band as a clarinetist. He was quick to point out that he hasn't played since high school. He also played tennis recreationally and was a soccer player until he reached high school. After graduating, Lam attended Shippensburg University. During his college years, Lam actually worked at the Chambersburg Mall as a security officer where they trusted him with pepper foam and he received lots of free milkshakes. Lam graduated from Shippensburg in 2007 with a degree in Psychology with a minor in Philosophy.
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With that degree essentially necessitating further schooling, Lam went on to attend Penn State Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle. During his time at Dickinson, Lam worked for the Family Law Clinic and was part of the Law and Philosophy Society as well as the Women's Law Caucus. He also spent a summer with the Cumberland County Public Defender's Office. Continuing his trend, Lam worked during law school as a security guard at Holy Spirit Hospital.
Upon graduating from law school, Lam worked a series of jobs, starting with the International Service Center, a nonprofit that handled immigration work, as a staff attorney before some brief stints in private practice handling family law, criminal law, and immigration cases. Lam says that he knew that he wanted to work for a nonprofit since law school and only took the private firm jobs when nonprofit funding was an issue. However, in July 2014, Lam came to Franklin County and began work at FCLS after being alerted to an open position by his now-fiancé Krystal MacIntyre. Lam now serves as the managing attorney for FCLS.
And yes, you read that correctly, Lam and Krystal got engaged recently - the day before Thanksgiving, in fact. While he is tight-lipped about wedding plans, I am happy to share their good news (officially)! Lam and Krystal live in Carlisle with their two cats, Penny (also known as "Devil Cat") and Toby (who goes by "Baby Cat" or a variety of other nicknames). When he has free time, Lam likes to be social and hang out with friends. He also enjoys reading, golfing, and hiking in the summer.
New to the FCLS team is Brittany Henderson who just began working for FCLS in November 2017. Brittany was born and raised in Martinsburg, West Virginia - in fact, I quickly learned the answer to most of my questions (in which the answer would be a place) was Martinsburg! Brittany is the daughter of Leslie and Mike Young, who still live in Martinsburg. Brittany has a sister, Ashley, who is two years older than her and who also still lives in Martinsburg. Brittany tells me that her mother used to sew so many of her childhood photos include Ashley and her in matching dresses, which was not a look she enjoyed. Brittany enjoyed horseback riding when she was growing up; her family owned several acres so she got to have horses on the property, getting her first horse when she was in middle school. She continued her love of horses through college when she worked on a horse farm.
Brittany attended high school at Martinsburg High School. She tells me that she swam in high school but "was not particularly good." After graduating from Martinsburg High School in 2005, she went on to Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. She was a double-major in Spanish and Political Science with an International concentration. She was on the Debate Team for all four years of college. Brittany then attended law school at the University of Miami (which is in Miami, not Ohio!). She ended up at the University of Miami for law school because of its international program which focused on South and Central America. During law school, she worked at the Immigration Clinic and was on the International Moot Court Board which meant she "had to" go to The Hague. Not wanting to leave out her hometown though, she did take a judicial clerkship for one summer in Martinsburg.
After graduating from law school in 2012, Brittany began working as an immigration fellow for Congressman Gutierrez on the Hill. She then moved on to do policy work for immigration reform with American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in D.C. for a year. After that, she returned to Martinsburg to work for Catholic Charities as an immigration and refugee case manager; there, she helped immigrants and their families as well as worked on refugee resettlement cases. After three and a half years at Catholic Charities, Brittany was ready to move on but did not want to head back down to DC. It was at that point that the staff attorney position became available at FCLS which allowed Brittany to continue her immigration work. Brittany tells me that she never wanted to work for a private firm; in fact, she didn't go to law school with the intention of practicing law but rather was interested in policy. However, she has decided to practice law for now, although a return to policy work could be in her (hopefully, distant) future.
Oh, and in case you didn't figure it out yet, Brittany lives in Martinsburg. She lives with her husband, Daniel, having gotten married on October 14, 2017. They currently have two dogs, Nova who is a Lab mix that they rescued, and Draco, a Schnauzer mix that they re-homed from a family member. Brittany tells me that they plan to start a family beyond their pups. When she has free time, she likes to spend time with her family. She is close with her sister and also has an nine-month-old niece.
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Franklin County Bar Association
100 Lincoln Way East, Suite E, Chambersburg, PA 17201
director@franklinbar.org
717-267-2032
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