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CONTENTS

Magazine

FALL 2017

SIDEBAR COMMITTEE MEMBERS

In Every Issue :

Chair
Dennis R. Meakim, Esq.
Vice-Chairs
Gary J. Friedlander, Esq.
Denise S. Vicario, Esq.
Regular Columnists:
Joel B. Bernbaum, Esq.
Jack Costello
Jim Mathias
Jules J. Mermelstein, Esq.

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President's Message
Restaurant Review
Bits & Bytes
Book Review
Young Lawyers Section
Wiretaps
Upcoming Events

Lydia Shaw Terrill, Esq.
Denise S. Vicario, Esq.

Features :

Nancy Walsh
Robert R. Watson, Jr., Esq.

MBA STAFF
George Cardenas
IT Manager
Jack Costello
Marketing Manager
Jim Mathias
Director of Marketing,
Communications and Public Affairs
Nancy R. Paul
Executive Director
Nancy Walsh
Program Coordinator
The SIDEBAR Committee invites articles and
news information of interest. Please send
content to: MBA, c/o SIDEBAR Committee,
P.O. Box 268, Norristown, PA 19404-0268 or
email: sidebar@montgomerybar.org.
The SIDEBAR Committee reserves the right
to edit any material submitted and/or to omit
the same from publication. Most articles are
written by members for members.

8 Kelley B. Hodge, Esq., Named
New District Attorney of
Philadelphia
10 Empower Your Practive at the
Delaware Valley Legal Expo
11 Montgomery County Court Care
"Looking Up"
12 MBA Leadership Academy:
A World of Growth and
Opportunity
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MONTGOMERY BAR ASSOCIATION
Serving the Profession and
the Community since 1885

2017 OFFICERS

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16 Robert E. Slota, Jr. Summer 1L
Diversity Internship Program:
Perspective from a Graduate
18 Unity in Diversity: Celebrating
the Summer 1L Diversity Program
19 MCAP Happenings
21 Merck, Legal Aid & MBA
Sponsor Birth Certificate
Clinic in Lansdale
22 The MBF Access to Justice Summit
Plants Seeds for an EPIC Program

23 MBF June Bar Foundation Events
Net $62K for Justice-Related
Causes
MBA Members Achieve Statewide
Leadership Positions
24 Legal Aid Golf Classic
Get to Know Your Candidates
27 Pro Bono Volunteers in the Court
for Judge
29 Where Do You Sidebar?
Judicial Retention
Recommendation of the MBA
29 MBA in the Community
Judiciary Committee for the
30 Old Lawyers Prevail in Annual
2017 Election
Old Vs. Young Lawyers
Recommendations of the MBA
Softball Game
Judiciary Committee for the
35 SIDEBAR Scramble
2017 Election

Eric B. Smith, Esq., President
Mary C. Pugh, Esq., President-Elect
Gregory R. Gifford, Esq., Vice President
Patrick J. Kurtas, Esq., Treasurer
Jacqueline M. Reynolds, Esq., Secretary

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