 A Messsage from the Section ChairWelcome to the Philadelphia Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section Website. Part of the purpose of the Criminal Justice Section is to further the achievement of fair, speedy, and effective administration of criminal justice. In promoting that purpose, our Section has s long-standing tradition of carefully examining issues that impact the practice of law in Philadelphia and the criminal-justice system. Because our membership is comprised of a wide range of stakeholders in the criminal-justice system, including judges, prosecutors, public defenders and private practitioners, we are able to speak to criminal-justice issues from a broad and robust perspective. Some of our recent work and initiatives include the Free Student Research Center for members who are court appointed to represent indigent defendants (state and federal), ensuring the retention of experienced and competent court-appointed counsel in the Philadelphia court system, providing eduction and relevant information to our members through the Criminal Justice Section Blog, and providing high-quality continuing-legal education (CLE) Programs with the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. You are invited to attend our monthly section meetings. They are held on the last Tuesday of each month at the Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market St. At our meetings, you will experience our appellate update, prison updates, topical guest speakers from the criminal-justice community and opportunities to earn CLE credits. Please join us at our meetings. Lunch is provided at a small cost. We look forward to seeing you. ChairBrad V. Shuttleworth, Esq.Alva & Associates 1601 Market Street Suite 1001 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (215) 665.1695 MONTHLY SECTION MEETINGS
Section NewsThe Criminal Justice Section Student Research Center will re-open on June 13, 2011. The hours of operation will be Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The SRC, located in Room 303 of the Criminal Justice Center (The Jack Meyer's lawyer’s lounge), offers free case law research for court appointed and CJA counsel. The research is provided by law students from local area law schools. Attorneys wishing to request research assistance on an appointed case can do so either by visiting the lawyer’s lounge directly and meeting with a law student in person or they may submit a research request online via the Student Research Center tab on the left side of the Criminal Justice Section website. The Criminal Justice Section will make every effort to house multiple students in the lawyer’s lounge during its operating hours. However, given the multiple commitments that law students manage, it is possible that the student research center will not be fully staffed at all times. Therefore, whether you submit a request online or in person you should first contact the lounge at 3-7538 or 3-7539 (CJC internal only) or phillysrc1@gmail.com to check student availability. A special word of gratitude must go out to the Hon. Lillian Harris Ransom, the Honorable Rayford A. Means and our Student Research Center Co-Chairs, Gabriel Hindin, Esq., and Ellen Cantillon, Esq.
Please keep checking the Criminal Justice Section area of the Philadelphia Bar Association website and the Criminal Justice Section Blog for important news and updates.
The Criminal Justice Section offers prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges the opportunity to meet and collaborate on issues of mutual concern within the criminal justice system. Membership in the section is available not only to lawyers and judges; any person employed within the criminal justice system in Philadelphia, or by the courts, is eligible to become an associate member of the section. In addition to continuing legal education courses developed specifically for criminal law practitioners, the section also sponsors public forums on issues of concern to the broader community. The Criminal Justice Section has three awards: 1. Thurgood Marshall Award (formerly the Criminal Justice Section Award). It is presented at our annual holiday party in December. 2. Cesare Beccaria Award. It is presented every November at a reception in the Mayor's Reception Room in City Hall. The Justinian Society participates in the award and presentation. 3. Henry Czajkowski Award. This award was created in 1996 to honor the late Hank Czajkowski, an outstanding court administrator. It is to be presented from time to time to non-lawyers who have made outstanding contributions to the administration of justice. In 1996 it was presented to Joseph A. Cairone.
The purpose of the Award is to represent the highest honor that the Criminal Justice Section can give to anyone, whether or not a member of the Section, who exemplifies the ideals of Justice Thurgood Marshall's career. The Award should be for long-time service, not an individual event, although a specific event can be the triggering factor.
This Award represents the highest honor that the Criminal Justice Section can give to any member of the Bar, whether or not a member of the Section, who exemplifies the ideals of the career of Cesare Beccaria, the 18th century Italian scholar whose writings presaged the dawn of the modern penal system. The Award is to recognize distinguished achievement of a member of the Philadelphia Bar in the field of education in criminal justice, including legal and/or general education activities in the field. Beccaria published a book in 1764 advocating a new and complete system of criminal law and procedure stressing swift trials, prompt, moderate and certain punishment, rehabilitation and the abolition of the death penalty. However, advocacy of these principles should not be the only criteria for the Award.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECTION CHAIRS1966 Brem Levy, Esquire1967 Brem Levy, Esquire 1968 Stanford Shmukler, Esquire 1969 Stanford Shmukler, Esquire 1970 Sarah Duffy, Esquire 1974 Donald J. Goldberg, Esquire 1975 Howard Gittis, Esquire 1976 Dennis Eisman, Esquire 1977 Richard D. Atkins, Esquire 1978 William D. Harris, Esquire 1979 Eugene H. Clarke, Jr., Esquire 1980 Louis M. Natale, Esquire 1981 Joel H. Slomsky, Esquire 1982 Michael D. Stiles, Esquire 1983 Bruce A. Franzel, Esquire 1984 Burton A. Rose, Esquire 1985 Leon W. Tucker, Esquire 1986 Jane C. Greenspan, Esquire 1987 George H. Newman, Esquire 1988 Stanton M. Lacks, Esquire 1989 Andrew Gay, Esquire 1990 Bernard L. Siegel, Esquire 1991 Steven A. Morley, Esquire 1992 Steven G. Laver, Esquire 1993 Teresa Carr Deni, Esquire 1994 Samuel C. Stretton, Esquire 1995 Denis Cohen, Esquire 1996 Aaron Finestone, Esquire 1997 Ellen Greenlee, Esquire 1998 Daniel-Paul Alva, Esquire 1999 Jack Myers, Esquire 2000 Isla Fruchter, Esquire 2001 Stanley Krakower, Esquire 2002 Daniel P. Alva, Esquire 2003 Matthew Perks, Esquire 2004 George H. Newman, Esquire 2005 Judith Frankel Rubino, Esquire 2006 John Ryan, Esquire 2007 Donna Woelpper, Esquire 2008 Troy W. Wilson, Esq. 2009 Peter Berson, Esq. 2010 Hon. Denis P. Cohen and Thomas O. Fitzpatrick, Esq. (co-Chairs) Note: Names not available for 1971, 1972, 1973
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECTION AWARD RECIPIENTS1976 Brem Levy, Esquire1977 Martin Vinikoor, Esquire 1982 Louis Lipschitz, Esquire, Abe Needleman, Esquire, Herbert Hardin, Esquire, Brem Levy, Esquire, Milton Leidner, Esquire 1988 Edward Dennis, Esquire 1989 Samuel C. Stretton, Esquire Note: (year uncertain) Senator Arlen Specter, Stanford Shmukler, Esquire Note: Names not available for 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, l985, 1986, 1987 THURGOOD MARSHALL AWARD RECIPIENTS1991 A. Charles Peruto, Esquire, Judge Stanley Kubacki1992 Stanford Shmukler, Esquire 1993 Judge Lois Forer 1994 Bruce A. Franzel, Esquire 1995 Burton A. Rose, Esquire 1996 Judge Carolyn Engel Temin 1997 Steven G. Laver, Esquire 1998 Judge Legrome Davis 1999 Councilperson David Cohen 2000 Deputy District Attorney Raymond Harley 2001 Judge Anthony J. DeFino 2002 Judith Frankel Rubino, Esquire 2003 Hon. Abram Frank Reynolds 2004 Bernard L. Siegel, Esquire 2005 Judge Benjamin Lerner 2006 George Henry Newman, Esquire 2008 Co-Recipients, Maureen Rowley, Esq. and Michael Coard, Esq. 2009 Co-Recipients, George Mosee, Esq. and Hon. Louis H. Pollak 2010 Ellen T. Greenlee, Esq. BECCARIA AWARD RECIPIENTS1994 Judge Lisa Richette1995 Professor James Strazzella 1996 Judge Abraham Gafni 1997 Mary DeFusco, Esquire 1998 Professor Edward Ohlbaum, Judge Louis Presenza 1999 Judge Edmund B. Spaeth, Jr., Donald Marino, Esquire 2000 L. Felipe Restrepo, Esquire 2001 Judge Anthony J. Scirica 2002 Judge Charles P. Mirarchi, Jr. 2003 Jules Epstein, Esquire 2004 A. Charles Peruto Sr. 2005 David Rudovsky, Esquire 2006 Michael Rainone, Equire 2007 Hon. Carolyn Engel Temin 2008 Hon. Anthony J. DeFino 2009 Gaetan J. Alfano, Esq. 2010 Frank DeSimone, Esq. HENRY CZAJKOWSKI AWARD RECIPIENTS(Presented for Administration of Justice -- not for lawyers or judges)1996 Joseph A. Cairone 2001 Kathleen Rapone 2005 Stephen Jaffe 2008 Philadelphia Police Department Detective Bill Wynn (Ret.) 2010 Joseph A. Lanzalotti, Deputy Court Administrator for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania |
acceptable forms of payment. 2. Money orders and checks are payable to the "Clerk of Quarter Sessions." Only one payment - not one for restitution and one for fines/costs. 3. Payment is made at the Payment Center — CJC, or Payment Center — 1401 Arch Street before the time set for court. The defendant should have their docket number available when making payment. A receipt will be given to the defendant, which will be presented to the DA in court as proof of payment. CLE discounts available!Section members are now eligible to receive discounts for CLE programs presented by their sections under a new agreement between the Philadelphia Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. The new discount program only applies to programs proposed and presented by the sections and the various committees of those sections. It does not apply to stand-alone Bar Association committees. The discount program became effective on May 1.
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