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.

2010 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 J. Hart, Esq., Chair
• Civil Rights Section
      J. Michael Considine, Esq., Chair
• Criminal Defense Section
      S. Lee Ruslander, II, Esq., Chair
• Elder Law Section
      Janet M. Colliton, Esq., Chair
• Employment Law
      Brian D. Boreman, Esq., Co-Chair
      Art D. Goldman, Esq., Ch-Chair
• Environmental Law Section
      John R. Embick, Esq., Co-Chair
      David A. Garrison, Esq., Co-Chair
• Estate & Probate Law Section
      J. Stoddard Hayes, Esq., Co-Chair
      Lisa Comber Hall, Esq., Co-Chair
• Family Law Section
      Jane P. Marks, Esq., Co-Chair
      Lawrence J. Persick, Esq., Co-Chair
• Immigration Law Section
      Theodore J. Murphy, Esq., Chair
• Intellectual Property Law Section
      Salvatore Anastasi, 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
      Nannette M. Swadey, Esq., 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
• Bylaws
      Allan B. Greenwood, Esq., Chair
• CCBA Golf
      Donald F. Kohler, Jr., Esq, Chair
• CCBF Casino
      Margaret R. Connors, Esq., Co-Chair
      Terri Smith, Co-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
• Golf League
      Donald F. Kohler, Jr., Esq., Chair
• House
      Lance J. Nelson, Esq., Chair
• Interfaith Prayer
      Stanley J. Lieberman, Esq., Co-Chair
      Thomas R. Wilson, Esq., Co-Chair
• Judicial Evaluation
      Craig A. Styer, Esq., Chair
• Law Day
      Stacey Fuller, Esq., Co-Chair
      Maureen Nacey, Esq., Co-Chair
• Law Related Education
      Angela Halse, Esq., Chair
• Lawyer Referral Service
      Rami Bishay, Esq.
• Legislative
      Sandy 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
      John J. Stanzione, 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)
      Peter J. Hart, Esq., Co-Chair
      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