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Philadelphia Bar Association Announces Annual Election Results, Holds Balloting for YLD Executive Committee Seats

By Philadelphia Bar Association

During its Annual Meeting and Luncheon on Tuesday, December 8, the Philadelphia Bar Association will hold its Annual Election of Bar officers and members of the Board of Governors.

There being no opposition for the following offices, a unanimous ballot will be cast for these individuals who will be elected to the offices as noted: Vice Chancellor, John Savoth; Secretary, Kathleen D. Wilkinson; Assistant Secretary, Sophia Lee; Treasurer, Joseph A. Prim Jr.; and Assistant Treasurer, Wesley R. Payne.

There being no opposition, a unanimous ballot will also be cast for the following candidates for Board of Governors: Brandi Brice, Kimberly Ruch-Alegant, Scott P. Sigman, Stacy A. Tees and H. Marc Tepper.

However, balloting will be held for candidates seeking seats on the Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee. There are 10 candidates running for seven seats on the Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee: Alexandra Antoniou, Rachel E. Branson, Roxane Crowley, Ryan G. Gatto, Joshua L. Gayl, Joseph P. Guzzardo, Paul W. Kaufman, Matthew G. Laver, Justin J. Serianni and Jeffery Wyble.

Balloting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the ballroom level of the Park Hyatt Philadelphia, Broad and Walnut streets.

Those members who wish to vote by mail must have their ballots received (not postmarked, but received) at Bar Association headquarters by 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3. Ballots received after that time will not be counted.

Anyone not returning their ballot in a timely fashion may still vote in person on Dec. 8 at the Park Hyatt. Ballots will be mailed to regular, voting members on or before Nov. 20.

Founded in 1802, the nearly13,000-member Philadelphia Bar Association is America?s first chartered metropolitan bar association and the largest local bar association in Pennsylvania.
Attorneys look to the Philadelphia Bar Association for guidance on controversial legal issues and as an organized meeting ground for professional support and information sharing. The Philadelphia Bar Association also provides help and general information on legal issues to members of the public.

Full post as published by Philadelphia Bar Association on November 12, 2009 (boomark / email).