

2011 YLD Cabinet Members Elected at Nov. 22 Executive Committee Meeting
Five YLD members were elected to join incoming YLD Chair Carolyn M. Chopko of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig (top left) on the 2011 YLD Cabinet at yesterday's Executive Committee meeting. Melanie J. Taylor, an assistant district attorney at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, will become Chair-Elect (top center); Rachel Kopp of Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis, P.C. will become Vice Chair (top right); Aneesh A. Mehta of Volpe Koenig, P.C. will become Treasurer (bottom left); Roxane C. Crowley of SeniorLAW Center will become Secretary (bottom center), and Matthew G. Laver of Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP will become Financial Secretary (bottom right). READ MORE

Garcia to Outline 2011 Plans; 7 to Receive Bar Honors
The Philadelphia Bar Association's Annual Meeting Luncheon, featuring inaugural remarks from incoming Chancellor Rudolph Garcia of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 12 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt at The Bellevue, Broad and Walnut streets. Winners of the Bar Association's 2010 Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Distinguished Jurist Award and the Wells Fargo Fidelity Award will also be recognized. READ MORE