Board Resolutions

Adopted November 2012

• Resolution Transferring the Association Sponsored Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance Program Swiss Re to CNA
• Resolution Increasing the Annual Amount of Requested Voluntary Contribution to the Philadelphia Bar Foundation to $30

Adopted July 2012

• Resolution in Support of Examining the Level of Women Participation on Executive Boards in Companies That Do Business with the City of Philadelphia

Adopted June 2012

• Resolution of the Philadelphia Bar Association Supporting Senate Bill 1925 Re-Authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

Adopted May 2012

• Resolution Affirming Religious Freedom

Adopted April 2012

• Resolution in Support of United States Ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw)

Adopted March 2012

• Philadelphia Bar Association Resolution to Support Funding for HEMAP and Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention, Conciliation, and Representation

Adopted February 2012

• Resolution of the Philadelphia Bar Association Reaffirming Its Commitment to Alternative Dispute Resolution and Dissolving the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee as a Standing Committee
• Resolution of the Philadelphia Bar Association in Opposition to Reinstatement of an Asset Test in the Food Stamp Program

Adopted November 2011

• Resolution to Act as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Appellants in
  Newman Development Group of Pottstown, Llc V. Genuardi's Family Markets, Inc., Et Al.

Adopted September 2011

• In Memoriam: Jerome J. Shestack
• In Memoriam – Honorable Albert W. Sheppard, Jr.
• Resolution Adopting Enhancements to Philadelphia Bar Association Low Fee (Modest Means) Program

Adopted June 2011

• Resolution Authorizing the Philadelphia Bar Association to Take Necessary Steps to Prevent the Implementation of the Philadelphia Lobbying Ordinance
• Resolution Adopting and Endorsing the ABA’s Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System

Adopted May 2011

• Resolution Supporting Efforts to Improve the Right to Council for Juveniles
• Resolution in Opposition to Legislation Prohibiting the Appointment of Parenting Coordinators

Adopted April 2011

• Resolution Opposing Issuance of Tax Strategy Patents
• Resolution Supporting Legislation to Require the Posting of Information Relating to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline in Certain Establishments

Adopted March 2011

• Resolution Opposing Senate Bill 2 and Supporting Senate Bill 500 (Joint and Several Liability)
  Senate Bill 2
  Senate Bill 500
  

Adopted February 2011

• Resolution Approving Amendments to the Bylaws of the Criminal Justice Section Criminal Justice Section Bylaws, Amended February 2011