The Chester County Bar Association is operationally divided into sections and committees.

Sections

Each section of the Bar association focuses in on a particular area of law. These sections typically meet at least once a month. The meetings are part educational and part social - where the latest topics of concern are discussed. Section memberships are free, but we do ask that you indicate on the Section and Committee signup sheet at the beginning of the year that you wish to be a member of a particular section.

Section meetings are on the calendar of events and we also email notices prior to the meetings - if you wish to attend and have not received the "RSVP" e-mail, please call the Bar Association at 610.692.1889 to indicate your attendance.

2011 Sections & Chairs:

• Alternative Dispute Resolution                                                                                                                                                                                                                June D. Appell, Esq., Co-Chair, Stephen P. Lagoy, Esq., Co-Chair
• Bankruptcy Section
Mark Blank, Jr., Esq., Chair
• Business Law Section
  John E. Lindros, Esq., Chair
• Civil Litigation Section
  Peter Hart, Esq., Chair
• Civil Rights Section
  J. Michael Considine, Jr., Esq., Chair
• Criminal Defense Section
  S. Lee Ruslander, II, Esq., Chair
• District Judges Section                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Hon. William K. Kraut
• Elder Law Section
  Janet M. Colliton, Esq., Chair
• Employment Law
  Brian D. Boreman, Esq., Co-Chair
  Art D. Goldman, Esq., Co-Chair
• Entrepreneurial-Related Law
  Patricia Wenger, Esq., Chair
• Environmental Law Section
  John R. Embick, Esq.,Chair
• Estate & Probate Law Section
  J. Stoddard Hayes, Esq., Chair
• Family Law Section                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Jane P. Marks, Esq., Co-Chair, Lawrence J. Persick, Esq., Co-Chair
• Immigration Law Section
  Cynthia Haines Eshleman, Esq., Chair
• Intellectual Property Law Section
  Salvatore Anastasi, Esq., Chair
• International Business Law Section
  J. Michael Considine, Jr., Esq., Chair
• Lawyer/Realtor Section
  James S. Tupitza, Esq., Chair
• Municipal & Land Use Law Section
  Andrew D.H. Rau, Esq., Chair
• Sole Practitioner Section
  John R. Abbott, Esq., Chair
• Women in the Practice of Law Section
  Cathy Wilson, Esq., Co-Chair, Maureen Mackay Nacey, Esq., Co-Chair
• YLD Division 
  

Committees

The committees are split into groups according to the operational needs of the bar. Members of the committees determine how the bar association is run, and execute those decisions. Committees typically meet once a month, usually at the Bar Association offices in Downtown West Chester.

2010 Committees: 

• Archives/Memorial
  Jeffrey R. Sommer, Esq., Chair
• Building                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Lance J. Nelson, Esq., Chair
• Bylaws
  Allan B. Greenwood, Esq., Chair
• CCBA Golf League
  Christine Zaccarelli, Esq., Co-Chair, John Stanzione, Esq., Co-Chair
• CCBF Casino
  Terri Smith, Chair
• CCBF Golf
  John A. Featherman, III, Esq., Chair
• Continuing Legal Education
  John R. Embick, Esq., Chair
• Fall Bench Bar
  William T. Wilson, Esq., Chair
• Fee Dispute
  George J. D'Ambrosio, Esq., Chair
• Historical                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Margaret Connors, Esq., Chair 
• Interfaith Prayer
  Stanley J. Lieberman, Esq., Co-Chair
  Thomas R. Wilson, Esq., Co-Chair
• Judicial Evaluation
  William T. Wilson, Esq., Chair
• Law Day
  Stacey Fuller, Esq., Co-Chair
  Maureen Mackay Nacey, Esq., Co-Chair
• Law Related Education
  Angela Halse, Esq., Chair
• Lawyer Referral Service
  Rami Bishay, Esq.
• Legislative
  E. A. Dixon, Jr, Esq., Chair
• Membership / Public Relations
  Stephanie Deviney, Esq., Chair
• Naturalization
  Rosana I. Chiple Molina, Esq., Chair
• Newsletter
  Mark L. Tunnell, Esq., Chair
• Nominating
  George Zumbano, Esq., Chair
• Pro Bono
  John F. McKenna, Esq., Co-Chair
  Catherine H. Voit, Esq., Co-Chair
• Public Outreach (People's Law School, Law Explorers, LRE)
  Brian L. Nagle, Esq., Co-Chair
• Publication
  Richard E. Meanix, Esq., Chair
• Skippers
  Marc Lieberman, Esq., Chair
• Swope Scholarship
  Donald F. Kohler, Jr., Esq., Chair
• Technology
  Jay G. Fischer, Esq., Chair