SIDEBAR Winter 2017-18 - 3

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SIDEBAR COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Co-Chairs
Gary J. Friedlander, Esq.
Dennis R. Meakim, Esq.
Robert R. Watson, Jr., Esq.
Vice-Chair
Denise S. Vicario, Esq.

CONTENTS WINTER 2017-18
In Every Issue & Short Features :
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Regular Columnists:
Joel B. Bernbaum, Esq.
Jack Costello
Jim Mathias
Jules J. Mermelstein, Esq.
Lydia Shaw Terrill, Esq.
Denise S. Vicario, Esq.
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
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content to: MBA, c/o SIDEBAR Committee,
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to edit any material submitted and/or to omit
the same from publication. Most articles are
written by members for members.

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Outgoing President's Message
Incoming President's Message
Young Lawyers Deliver Meals on Wheels
MBF: Celebrating the Past; Creating the Future
MCAP: Seventh Annual MCAP Salute to Heroes
Dinner Dance & Silent Auction
A Word from USI Affinity
Bits & Bytes
Restaurant Review
Book Review
MBA Leadership Academy
Real Estate Committee 2017 Recap

Features :

Event Photos :

17 The Giving Issue: Give Back More
Than You Take

29 Legal Expo 2017

20 The Honorable William H. Hastie:
A Monograph

32 Annual Membership Dinner 2017

23 Michael R. Kehs, Esq., Named
Trial Lawyer of the Year
24 Court Creates New Administrative
Judge Position
25 Updates to Montgomery County
Court Filing Procedures

30 Bench Bar 2017
34 Holiday Parties 2017

Plus :
36 Member News

26 The Global Child Abuse Epidemic
with a Local Solution

38 Upcoming Events

28 MBA Welcomes Pennsylvania
Attorney General Josh Shapiro as
Honorary Member

39 SIDEBAR Scramble

38 Where Do You Sidebar?

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2017 OFFICERS
Mary C. Pugh, Esq., President
Gregory R. Gifford, Esq., President-Elect
Patrick J. Kurtas, Esq., Vice President
Jacqueline M. Reynolds, Esq., Treasurer
Sarinia M. Feinman, Esq., Secretary

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