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1981 Retainer [1] (1981)

handle is hein.barjournals/phlbrrpr1981 and id is 1 raw text is: $25,000 pledge builds capital fund A total of $25 000 over the )mmitment through over ard above regular dues large Sc next five years has been com- category of membership called The funds from these members gory W mitted to a special capital fund -special sustaining member- wll go Into a special capital same le of the Philadelphia Bar Associ- ship To become a special sus- account, Mr. Con ation by the law firm of Blank, taiing member, Daniels es- 'Blank, Rome, Comisky & onstrate Rome, Comisky & McCauley plains, a member commits $100 McCauley's commitment.' said the city. The money has been pledged to per year for the next five years Daniels. represents the first Chanc dedicate the Chancellor's Office at bar headquarters to one of the firm's senior partners, Mar- vin Comisky. Mr. Comisky is a former Chancellor and former Presi- dent of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Official dedication ceremonies of the Chancellor's Office in honor of Mr. Comisky are being planned for the near future. Dedication of individual of- fices at bar headquarters has been undertaken to help replen- ish the bar's capital fund. ac- cording to Chancellor-Elect Robert C. Daniels, who is also chairman of the New Bar Home Committee. The capital fund was depleted by the associ- ation's relocation, last March. into new and spacious offices on the second floor of the Widener Building. The association had been housed on the sixth floor of City Hall Annex Blank, Rome. Comisky & McCauley made the $25-000 OPP. PLEDGE CHECK is written to Philadelphia Bar Association by Edwin P. Rome of Blank. Rome, Comisky & McCauley while (from left) Chancellor-Elect Robert C. Daniels, Marvin Comisky, and Chancellor Joseph H. Foster look on. The Chancellor's Office at bar headquar- ters, where photo was taken, will be dedicated in.honor of Marvin Comisky. ale use of the new care- e re hopeful that the adership exhibited by isky s firm will be dem- d by other law firms in ellor Joseph H. Foster commended the firm on its com- mitment and added, 'Marvin Comissky has been an outstand- ing attorney in the tradition of the Philadelphia lawyer and this commirtment by his firm exhibits the firm's support for the Phila- delphia Bar Association and its programs. Marvin Comisky s name is well known in bar association activities at the local, state and national levels. A cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. he has held numerous committee chairmanships in the Philadel- phia Bar Association. He served as Chancellor in 1965. At the state level. he was president of the PBA in 1970 and has chaired many PBA committees and served in the House of Delegates He has also served on com- mittees for the American Bar As- sociation and has been a mem- ber of its House of Delegates Judicial Commission unveils new procedure A new procedure for screen' ing candidates for judicial office will go into effect with this year's May primary election, according to Herbert Hutton, Chairman of the Philadelphia Bar Associ- ation's Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention. The new procedures will al- low for in-depth review of each candidate's background.' says Chancellor Joseph H. Foster. It also gives candidates who get a neeative rating the reasons why and a chance to rebutt negative findings. In the past, the 21-member Commission has reviewed the backgrounds of candidates and rated them as qualified. or not qualified. or, no recom- mendation. The ratings were based on a personal interview and background information gathered about the candidates. Under the new procedure. a special 45-member investigative division has been created. The division will be broken cown into teams, each of which will have one non-lawyer member. The teams will investigate the back- grounds of candidates, interview persons who know the candi- dates, and interview the candi- dates themselves. When a can- didate is interviewed, a member of the Judicial Commission will be assigned to be present. The investigative leam will report its findings to the Commission. Another change will allow for an appeals procedure before the Commission takes a final vote. Here's how it works. If it appears the candidate will get a not qualified rating. he ot sh will be notified with the reasons for the evaluation and will be in- vited to appear in person before the Commission to respond to the negative findings. If it ap- pears the candidate is to get a no recommendation rating, he or she ;,it; be notified and permitted to respond in writing to the negative findings. The Commission will conduct its final vote after these rebuttals Notice of the final vote and Commission findings will be giv- en to the candidate and will be communicated to the public, if the candidate is standing for electiron; if the position is by ap- pointment, notice will be given to the appropriate agency author- ized by the Governor to evaluate and recommend candidates for judicial appointment. Appointment of members to the new investigative division came at the Dec. 18 Board of Governors meeting The new procedure, which did not require Board action, was adopted by the Judicial Commission itself. Following are the names of the lawyers and non-lawyers named to the division A.so, tf' ige- lines for the new division are published in today's Legal Intel- ligencer. Chancellor Joseph H. Foster discusses the new ap- proach in his column in today's Retainer. Lawyer members of the inves- tigative division are Francis P. Devine, III. John A. Donnellt, Joseph M Fioravanti. Theodore W Flowers. Louis W. Fryman, Joseph W Fullem. Jr., Joseph J Gaffigan. Edward B. Joseph, Arnold M Kessler. Charles A. Klein. Martin M. Krimsky, Seymour Kuriand, Marlene F Lachman, Arline J. Lotman, Donald C Marino. Al- fred Marroletti, William J. McGettigan. Louis M Natal. William J. O'Brien, Patrick J. O Connor, John R. Padova, Martin Helter. David S. Rasner, (continued on page 18) THE m etainer JANUAHtY 7 19811 PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION

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