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33 Philadelphia Bar Rep. 1 (2004)

handle is hein.barjournals/phlbrrpr0033 and id is 1 raw text is: II Jaur 2004 Th Monthl Nesppe of th PhldlhaBrAscainVl 3 o Bevilacqua Backs Commerce Court, Election of 'Recommended' Judges by Daniel A. Cirucci Association Chancellor Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua has called for the creation of a special, new Commerce Court for Philadelphia and vowed that the Associa- tion will work harder to ensure the election of judicial candidates that it finds recommended for office to make sure that we get our message across to the voters Bevilacqua, 55, who became the Association's 77th Chancellor on Jan. 1, made his remarks to more than 400 of his colleagues at the Association's Ann- ual Meeting Luncheon at the Park Hyatt Philadel- phia at the Bellevue on Dec. 9. Bevilacqua, a Philadelphia resident and a partner with Saul Ewing LLP, also reiterated the Bar's support of a non- elective, merit-selection system for selecting judges at the appellate court level. 'An uninformed and uninterested electorate should not continue to select judicial candidates - generously financed by the very lawyers who may appear before them. There is a better way. We must appoint appellate judges. But until that ulti- mate better way becomes Dec. 9 Annual Meeting and Luncheon. More coverage: pages 10 and 11. a reality, we must do a better job of advising and guiding the voters. And we cannot wait 'til 2005. We have to get to work on this now, he declared. With an eye on the Commerce Court to han- dle business-related cases, Bevilacqua said that he would work with the state Supreme Court, the leadership of the First Judicial District, our Legislature and all appro- priate parties to create the new court. Among the new Chan- cellor's other proposals: * Mandatory continu- ing legal education for the state's judges. Currently continuing legal education is mandatory for all lawyers in Pennsylvania but not for judges. * The development of a new Association program to help all lawyers who continued on page 11 Feldman Elected Vice Chancellor by Jeff Lyons Alan M. Feldman, managing partner of Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter & Tanner, has been elected Vice Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Feldman will serve as Vice Chancellor in 2004, Chancellor-Elect in 2005 and Chanc- ellor in 2006. Feld- man defeated chal- lenger Rochelle M. Alan M. Feldman Fedullo 2,259 votes to 1,475 votes in the Dec. 9 election. I am forever grateful to the lawyers of Philadelphia for allowing me the opp- ortunity to serve as Chancellor, Feldman said. I promise I will tackle the difficult issues confronting our profession, and try to make a positive difference for all of us. I want to thank those who had confidence in me from the beginning; I know that I have to earn your support all over again every day. I will do my best, he said. Feldman said plans are under way to continued on page 3 In This Issue ... Bar Foundation Bar a 'Hot Spot' Year-End Events Guidance Opinions Feasts to Famine knipes cohen 1/4 page ad IE Aw 4- RL

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