Message from the President

Summer is fast arriving  as is the registration deadline to attend the upcoming Delaware County Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference to be held June 6,7,8, 2012 at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay and Golf Resort, Spa & Marina in Cambridge, Maryland.  For the first time you will be able to obtain 12 CLE credits, which will satisfy your annual obligation.  Come and enjoy the amenities this Resort has to offer (golf, tennis, pool, water sports, shopping and more) as well as the opportunity to socialize with fellow members of the Bar as well as members of the Bench.  The rooms are approximately 80% sold out so please act fast.

The DCBA is in the process of expanding the present “Mentoring Program”. If anyone would like to serve as a Mentor to a new or younger member of the Bar, please get in touch with me.

Don’t forget the DCBA Golf League.  Play nine holes every Thursday afternoon at the Paxon Hollow Golf Club with fellow Bar Members. Contact Karen Newell at the Bar Association for more information.

Do you know who serves on the Board of Driectors?  Last month we profiled two of our members.  Meet two more.

M. Shannon Moore serves as a Director on the Delaware County Bar Association with term expiring in December, 2012.  Shannon practices law in the fields of special education, employment law, and civil litigation at the law firm of Gallagher, Schoenfeld, Surkin, Chupein & DeMis, P.C. in Media, PA.  Shannon graduated from the Pennsylvania State University and Widener University School of Law. Shannon is the President of the Guy G. DeFuria American Inn of Court, and served as the President of the Young Lawyers Section of the Delaware County Bar Association. Shannon was awarded the Nicholas D. Vadino, Jr. Memorial Award by the Delaware County Bar Association in June, 2006.

Chip Mackrides is the principal of the law firm of Mackrides Associates and has been practicing law in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, for more than Thirty (30) years. He received his B.S. in Accounting from Villanova University and his J.D. from Loyola University of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana. His practice concentrates in the areas of Real Estate, Estate Administration and Planning, Business Law and Injury Law, although he has had experience in almost every area of the law. He is a trained and experienced Mediator and Arbitrator, having served as an arbitrator for over 29 years. He has lectured on various legal topics for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Delaware County Bar Association, the National Law Foundation and the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce; and has appeared on television and radio as a presenter. He is the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section. He has served as Vice-Chairman of the Real Estate Practices Committee, a joint committee of the Delaware County Bar Association and Delaware Valley Association of Realtors.

2012-05-09

On May 29, 2012, from 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m., representatives from PNC (a DCBA Affinity Partner) will be at the Bar Building to discuss the benefits of their workplace banking program.  If you or your firm already banks with PNC, find out more about the program; if not, come out to learn how to begin enjoying workplace banking. Please RSVP to Karen Newell at (610) 566-6625, ext. 222.  To read more about this program, click HERE.

2012-05-04

In Vino Veritas:  Join the DCBA on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, for our first "wine tasting/CLE event".  There will be 8 varietals of American wines to sample along with hors d'oeuvres and a CLE program on LCB regulations.  The price of admission is $55 and is open to both members and non-members of the Bar.  For more information, contact Karen Newell at (610) 566-6625, extension 222.

2012-04-25

The 2012 DCBA Member Directory has arrived!  Members are invited to stop by the Bar Building to pick up your copies.

2012-04-19

The DCBA Outreach Committee is sponsoring a fundraiser for the Unity Center, Inc.  The event is scheduled for Friday, May 18, 2012, from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. at the Bar Building.  To learn more about the event and how to get tickets, click HERE, and to learn more about the work of the Unity Center, click HERE.

2012-04-12

Office Depot, an affinity partner of the DCBA, is offering a breakfast seminar for office administrators on Thursday, May 17, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. at the Bar Building.  If you want to learn about ways to save on your office supplies, please consider sending your office administrator or support staff to this breakfast program.  To register, contact Karen Newell at (610) 566-6625, extension 222.