Vol. LVI Allentown, PA Friday, November 6, 2015 No. 71

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Vol. LVI
Allentown, PA Friday, November 6, 2015
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No. 71
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Commonwealth vs. Santiago
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA vs.
RONALD GILBERT SANTIAGO, DEFENDANT
Motion to Suppress— Search and Seizure—Search Warrants—
Probable Cause— Four Corners Doctrine—Totality of the
Circumstances—Informant’s Tip—Warrantless Arrest—Search
Incident to Arrest—Evidence—Chain of Custody.
1. Police set forth probable cause to justify issuance of warrant to search apartment
in which defendant was believed to reside where supporting affidavit alleged police had
conducted two controlled heroin buys with defendant using proven informant, police detective had witnessed suspected drug exchanges involving defendant on previous occasions,
and a previous purchaser had identified defendant and stated he resided in the apartment
searched.
2. Warrantless arrest of defendant and subsequent seizure of heroin, cell phone and
money was supported by probable cause because police had evidence defendant had engaged
in drug sales prior to the date of his arrest, including sales to a confidential informant.
3. Defendant’s “Motion to Permit DNA Testing,” seeking an order for the Commonwealth to turn over the keys from the ignition of a vehicle defendant entered on the
day of his arrest for the purpose of DNA testing, by delivering keys to a commercial courier to be transported to a testing laboratory, was denied because of the uncertainties involved
in the safekeeping of the keys by a commercial courier.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania—Criminal Division. No. CP-39-CR-1633-2015. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. Ronald Gilbert Santiago, Defendant.
Jay Jenkins, Esquire, Chief Deputy District Attorney, on
behalf of the Commonwealth.
Erv McLain, Esquire, on behalf of the defendant.
Ford, J., October 23, 2015. In the criminal information, the
Commonwealth charged defendant, Ronald Gilbert Santiago, with
felony drug and firearms crimes and misdemeanor drug crimes
based upon evidence that officers with the Allentown Police Department took from defendant and other evidence they found in
an apartment on February 3, 2015.
On July 24, 2015, defendant filed a motion entitled “Omnibus
Pre-Trial Motion for Relief ” in which he seeks to suppress this
evidence. In the same motion, defendant filed a petition for a writ
of habeas corpus in which he argues that the Commonwealth cannot present prima facie, that is, sufficient evidence to sustain the
charges. On September 10, 2015, the defendant filed a document
entitled “Omnibus Motion to Permit DNA Testing.”
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On October 5, 2015, I conducted a hearing on these motions.
After consideration of the evidence and the arguments of counsel,
I enter an order today denying the motions.
I turn first to the motion challenging the Commonwealth’s
seizure of evidence and its ability to present a prima facie case.
Findings of Fact
1. On February 3, 2015, Detective Jason Krasley of the Allentown Police Department Vice and Intelligence Unit submitted
to Magisterial District Judge Robert Halal an application for a
search warrant with an accompanying multi-page affidavit setting
forth the basis for the warrant. The property at issue was located
at 24 South Thirteenth Street, Apartment 3, Allentown, Pennsylvania. Judge Halal granted the warrant on the same date. The
entire search warrant package is Exhibit C-1.
2. Detective Krasley is an experienced police and drug investigation officer with a total of thirteen years of law enforcement
service as detailed in Paragraphs 1 through 4 of the application
part of C-1.
3. On February 3, Detective Krasley and other members of
the Allentown Police Department executed the warrant at the
authorized location. They found and seized heroin, drug-selling
paraphernalia and a handgun, as detailed below.
4. On February 3, as police officers were en route to the
apartment to execute the warrant, Detective Alex De la Iglesia was
positioned so that he could observe activities at this building. He
saw the defendant leave the building and enter a vehicle. When
Detective Krasley heard a radio broadcast of this, he gave a directive to other officers to arrest defendant. The police promptly arrested defendant and proceeded to execute the search warrant at
the apartment. Detective Krasley ordered this arrest based upon
incidents of drug selling by defendant that the detective witnessed,
which are described below.
5. After defendant was placed in handcuffs, the police had
him stand outside of his vehicle. Detective Krasley confronted him.
There was a brief discussion during which Krasley patted the defendant’s jacket pocket and felt a bulge. Krasley removed from the
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pocket a clear plastic bag with ten bundles (one hundred glassine
bags) containing suspected heroin. Defendant also had a cell phone
and over $1,000, all of which Krasley took. Krasley seized keys
dangling from the ignition of the vehicle. The detective then assisted in the search of the apartment.
6. Exhibit C-1 provides the details of controlled drug sales by
defendant with a police confidential informant outside 24 South
Thirteenth Street, Allentown, eighteen days and then twelve days
before defendant’s arrest on February 3. The informant had a
proven reliability record in his work with Detective Krasley before
these drug purchases from defendant. Krasley witnessed crucial
aspects of these two drug sales. Detective Krasley testified about
these two incidents at the hearing on October 5. The specifics are
accurately set forth in Paragraphs 5 and 6 of the application in C-1,
which two paragraphs are incorporated herein. [Not published
herein.]
7. The confidential informant in these controlled buys told
Detective Krasley that the seller of the heroin on each occasion
was known as “Ron G.”
8. Six days before defendant’s arrest on February 3, Detective
Krasley was conducting surveillance at 24 South Thirteenth Street.
He watched the defendant leave that building and enter a car. He
watched the defendant exchange items with the front seat passenger. Krasley spoke later that same day with the driver of the
vehicle, who told the detective that his front seat passenger purchased heroin from “Ron G” during the exchange that Krasley
observed. Detective Krasley accurately explained this incident in
his October 5 testimony and in Paragraph 7 of the application part
of C-1, which is incorporated herein. [Not published herein.]
9. Later that same day, Detective Krasley followed defendant
from 24 South Thirteenth Street to 740 Saint John Street in Allentown. There, he saw defendant and another individual exchange
items. Allentown police stopped the other individual. He had
suspected heroin. He told the police that he purchased the heroin
from a Hispanic male known to him as “Ron G.” Detective Krasley
accurately explained this incident in his testimony and in Paragraph
8 of C-1, which is incorporated herein. [Not published herein.]
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10. Within forty-eight hours of February 3, Allentown police
searched an individual after he left 24 South Thirteenth Street. He
was in possession of suspected heroin which he said he bought
from a Hispanic male named “Ron” who lives on the third floor of
24 South Thirteenth Street. Detective Krasley accurately testified
about this incident and accurately described it in Paragraph 9 of
C-1, which is incorporated herein. [Not published herein.]
11. Each of the buyers of heroin described in Paragraphs 8,
9 and 10 above is known to Detective Krasley. See Paragraph 10
of the application part of C-1, which is accurate and incorporated
herein. [Not published herein.]
12. Police officers searched the third floor apartment at 24
South Thirteenth Street as permitted by the warrant. Present in
the apartment was Alexander Alicea, the defendant’s uncle who
was the lessee of the apartment.
13. For approximately one month before February 3, defendant occasionally stayed at Mr. Alicea’s third floor apartment. When
he first came to the apartment, defendant told Mr. Alicea that he
was having problems with a woman and “she threw me out.” Defendant brought silver coins, a “century safe” and a gun with a
scraped off serial number to the apartment with him.
14. During the search on February 3, police found a handgun
with an obliterated serial number on the shelf of a closet in the
front room of the third floor apartment. In the same closet, they
found many items of drug-selling paraphernalia, ammunition and
eighty glassine bags containing suspected heroin. In the kitchen of
the apartment, the police found additional items of drug-selling
paraphernalia, a bag of suspected heroin and eighty other bags of
packaged heroin. The eighty bags were packaged in the same way
as the packages of heroin found in defendant’s pocket. All suspected illegal drugs field-tested positive for heroin. All items just
enumerated were seized by the police and are the subject of the
motion to suppress. When defendant stayed at Mr. Alicea’s third
floor apartment, he stayed in the front room.
15. The Allentown Police Department holds the keys that
were taken from the ignition of the car in which defendant was
found on February 3.
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Discussion and Conclusions of Law
At the beginning of the hearing on October 5, the attorneys
framed the issues. The first issue was whether the Commonwealth
set forth probable cause in C-1 to justify the warrant for the search
of the third floor apartment. Defendant’s primary contention here
is that there was an insufficient basis for the police to conclude
that defendant resided in the third floor apartment of the building
as opposed to some other apartment. For this reason, the defendant
wants the court to declare the warrant invalid and to suppress the
evidence seized from the apartment.
Under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
(B) No search warrant shall issue but upon probable
cause supported by one or more affidavits sworn to before
the issuing authority in person or using advanced communication technology. The issuing authority, in determining
whether probable cause has been established, may not consider any evidence outside the affidavits.
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(D) At any hearing on a motion for the ... suppression
of evidence, or for suppression of the fruits of evidence, obtained pursuant to a search warrant, no evidence shall be
admissible to establish probable cause other than the affidavits provided for in paragraph (B).
Pa. R.Crim.P. 203(B), (D). Rule 203 codifies the “four corners
doctrine,” which “states the issuing authority may not consider
evidence outside the affidavit in making the probable cause determination, and the suppression court, in reviewing this determination, may only consider the affidavit.” Commonwealth v. James,
620 Pa. 465, 477, 69 A.3d 180, 187 (2013); see also, Commonwealth
v. Edmunds, 526 Pa. 374, 382, 586 A.2d 887, 891 (1991).
There was probable cause set forth in the application for the
warrant that the contraband at issue would be found at 24 South
Thirteenth Street. There were the two controlled buys using a
proven informant with substantial corroboration by the police.
There was additional proof from the police that the defendant was
selling drugs out of 24 South Thirteenth Street in that Detective
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Krasley witnessed key aspects of two other suspected drug exchanges at that location. The heroin exchange that Krasley saw on
Saint John Street was additional proof that defendant was a heroin seller.
I turn to defendant’s specific objection that there was insufficient basis to believe that defendant was using the third floor
apartment as opposed to another apartment in the building. Paragraph 9 of C-1 lays out and Detective Krasley testified about the
last suspected heroin sale by defendant, which occurred within
forty-eight hours of the arrest on February 3. Krasley watched the
buyer go in and immediately come out of the building on Thirteenth
Street as a drug purchaser would do. The police found heroin on
this person and he identified the seller as a Hispanic male named
“Ron,” an identity that Krasley had with each of the prior heroin
sales. Krasley knew this heroin purchaser.
When analyzing whether probable cause justifying the issuance of a search warrant exists based on information provided by
an informant, the court must consider the “totality of the circumstances” and balance “the relative weights of all the various indicia
of reliability and unreliability attending [the] informant’s tip.”
Commonwealth v. Clark, 611 Pa. 601, 28 A.3d 1284, 1288 (2011).
Furthermore, “an informant’s tip may constitute probable cause
where police independently corroborate the tip, or where the informant has provided accurate information of criminal activity in
the past, or where the informant himself participated in the
criminal activity.” Id. (emphasis in original).
Under the totality of these circumstances, including the history of the several transactions and what the police corroborated
about the final one, the police had probable cause to believe that
defendant was an occupant of the third floor apartment. This is a
realistic, proper interpretation of what happened and what was
presented to the magistrate.
I next consider the police search of defendant’s person and
the seizure of the heroin, cell phone and money from his pocket.
Police are authorized to make a warrantless arrest of an individual
in a public place if they have probable cause to believe that a felony has been committed and the person to be arrested committed
the felony. Commonwealth v. Clark, 558 Pa. 157, 163, 735 A.2d
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1248, 1251 (1999); see also, Pa. R.Crim.P. 502(2)(a). In making a
warrantless arrest, the basis for the officer’s probable cause may
be information obtained by the officer days before the actual arrest.
See Commonwealth v. Galendez, 27 A.3d 1042 (Pa. Super. 2011).
The police were justified in arresting the defendant for the
felonies of selling heroin on the prior occasions, particularly the
controlled buys. They were also authorized to do a search incident
to the arrest. See Commonwealth v. Wright, 560 Pa. 34, 41-42, 742
A.2d 661, 665 (1999) and Commonwealth v. Brown, 329 Pa. Superior Ct. 85, 95-96, 477 A.2d 1364, 1369-70 (1984); see also,
Commonwealth v. Ventura, 975 A.2d 1128, 1139 (Pa. Super. 2009).
Therefore, the contraband police seized from defendant’s person
may be admitted into evidence.
As to defendant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, the Commonwealth presented at least prima facie evidence of each crime
charged in the information.
By order dated July 20, 2015, the Commonwealth had to make
available the keys seized from the ignition for defendant to do its
proposed DNA testing. The defendant could not get a DNA testing laboratory to travel to the Allentown Police Department to lift
any possible substance from the keys. At the October 5 hearing,
defense counsel asked that the court order the police to package
the keys and that a commercial courier like FedEx take the keys
from the police department and deliver them to the testing laboratory chosen by the defense. After testing, the laboratory would
return the keys to the police under a protocol to be determined
that would assure a proper chain of custody.
The Commonwealth objects to what is sought for two reasons.
First, the Commonwealth argues that there would be no probative
value to the result of DNA testing, no matter what the result. The
Commonwealth’s second argument is that it does not want to turn
its evidence over to a courier service because of the uncertainties
about safekeeping of the keys.
The court accepts the Commonwealth’s argument that it
should not be compelled to turn over its evidence to a package
courier with the many uncertainties that would entail. The Commonwealth continues to make the keys available for DNA swabbing
at the police department. That is both sufficient and reasonable.
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dec’d.
Late of Allentown, South Whitehall.
Executor: Thomas J. Bartholomew, 18 Shields Ave., Flemington, NJ 08822.
Kehl, Gerald William, Sr., dec’d.
Late of New Tripoli.
Personal Representative: Margaret L. Nadramia c/o Kirby G.
Upright, Esquire, One West
Broad Street, Suite 700, Bethlehem, PA 18018.
Attorneys: Kirby G. Upright,
Esquire, King Spry Herman
Freund & Faul LLC, One West
Broad Street, Suite 700, Bethlehem, PA 18018, (610) 3320390.
Boardman, Joyce E. a/k/a Joyce
Boardman, dec’d.
Late of 4004 Hampshire Court,
Allentown.
Executrix: Toni Fay a/k/a Tonilynn Fay, 4103 Hampshire
Court, Allentown, PA 18104.
Attorney: William G. Malkames,
Esq., 509 W. Linden Street, Allentown, PA 18101-1415.
Bradley, Joyce M., dec’d.
Late of Allentown.
Executrix: Jeanne Birosik, 290
Chestnut Hill Rd., Emmaus, PA
18049.
Frable, Robert R., dec’d.
Late of Slatington.
Keiser, Gary L. a/k/a Gary Lawrence Keiser, dec’d.
Late of the City of Allentown.
Executor: Ralph C. Keiser, Jr.
c/o Amanda Racines Lovett,
Esquire, Gardner, Racines &
Sheetz, 3968 Maulfair Place,
Allentown, PA 18103.
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Attorneys: Amanda Racines
Lovett, Esquire, Gardner, Racines & Sheetz, 3968 Maulfair
Place, Allentown, PA 18103.
Attorneys: Charles W. Stopp,
Esquire, Steckel and Stopp, 125
S. Walnut Street, Suite 210,
Slatington, PA 18080.
Manno, Cheryl A., dec’d.
Late of Bethlehem.
Executor: Earl R. Ramsey.
Attorneys: Robert M. Knauer,
Esquire, Knauer & Davenport,
143 North Eighth St., Allentown, PA 18101.
Roberts, Carl J. a/k/a Carl J.
Roberts, Jr., dec’d.
Late of Allentown.
Administrator: Terence L. Roberts, 121 Roth Avenue, Hellertown, PA 18055.
Smoyer, Barry P. a/k/a Barry
Paul Smoyer, dec’d.
Late of the City of Allentown.
Co-Executors: Dr. Meena R.
Totlani and Dr. Rajender S.
Totlani c/o Amanda Racines
Attorneys: Amanda Racines
Mory, Edwin a/k/a Edwin R.P.
Mory, dec’d.
Late of Lower Macungie Township.
Executor: Thomas R. Callahan
c/o Tomlinson & Gerhart, 414
Main Street, P.O. Box 14, East
Greenville, PA 18041.
Attorneys: Michelle M. Forsell,
Esquire, Tomlinson & Gerhart,
414 Main Street, P.O. Box 14,
East Greenville, PA 18041.
Strohm, Margareta T. a/k/a
Margareta Theresa Strohm,
dec’d.
Late of Allentown City.
Executrix: Sandra L. Eckert,
319 S. Fulton Street, Allentown,
PA 18102.
Attorney: William P. Bried, Esq.,
1600 W. Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA 18102-4287.
Neubauer, Glenn G., dec’d.
Late of South Whitehall Township.
Revocable Trust of Glenn G.
Neubauer, Settlor, now deceased, dated 12/19/1991, as
Amended.
Successor Trustee: Judith Neubauer Worsley c/o Fitzpatrick
Lentz & Bubba, P.C., 4001
Schoolhouse Lane, P.O. Box
219, Center Valley, PA 180340219.
Attorneys: Fitzpatrick Lentz &
Bubba, P.C., 4001 Schoolhouse
Lane, P.O. Box 219, Center Valley, PA 18034-0219.
Traupman, Arnold F., dec’d.
Late of Bethlehem City.
Executor: Arnold F. Traupman,
MD, 1019 Prospect Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18018.
Verostick, Mildred Agnes a/k/a
Mildred A. Verostick, dec’d.
Late of the Township of Whitehall.
Executor: Edwin L. Folk, 801
Piedmont Lane, Easton, PA
18040.
Oswald, James S., dec’d.
Late of Allentown.
Administratrix: Darlene B. Oswald, 2431 W. Elm Street, Allentown, PA 18104.
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Attorney: Jamie Michael McFadden, Esq., 3055 College
Heights Blvd., Suite 2B, Allentown, PA 18104.
Attorney: Gail Weiner Shearer,
Esquire, 70 E. Broad Street,
P.O. Box 1426, Bethlehem, PA
18016-1426.
Werley, Ronald K., dec’d.
Late of Allentown.
Executors: John Kleinschuster,
8783 Wertman Road, Fogelsville, PA 18051 and Karen Klein,
610 Trach Road, Bath, PA
18014.
Attorneys: Charles A. Waters,
Gill, Richard J. a/k/a Richard
Gill a/k/a Richard John Gill,
dec’d.
Executrix: Deborah Gill Handschue a/k/a Deborah Handschue c/o Barry N. Mosebach,
Esquire, P.O. Box 20770, Lehigh Valley, PA 18002-0770.
Attorneys: Barry N. Mosebach,
Esquire, Mosebach, Funt, Dayton & Duckworth, P.C., P.O.
Box 20770, Lehigh Valley, PA
18002-0770.
SECOND PUBLICATION
Bobersky, Miriam A. a/k/a Miriam Bobersky, dec’d.
Late of Whitehall.
Executors: David W. Bobersky
and Diane L. Brong c/o William
J. Fries, Esquire, The Atrium—
Suite 106, 2895 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18104.
Attorney: William J. Fries, Esquire, The Atrium—Suite 106,
2895 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18104.
Kearney, Elaine E., dec’d.
Late of the City of Bethlehem.
Executor: Jeffrey Zoltack c/o
Gail Weiner Shearer, Esquire,
70 E. Broad Street, P.O. Box
1426, Bethlehem, PA 180161426.
Attorney: Gail Weiner Shearer,
Esquire, 70 E. Broad Street,
18016-1426.
Dufour, Lucy E. a/k/a Lucy Dufour, dec’d.
Late of Macungie.
Executor: Mark R. Dufour c/o
Rebecca M. Young, Esq. and Lia
K. Snyder, Esq., Young &
Young, 119 E. Main Street,
Macungie, PA 18062.
Attorneys: Rebecca M. Young,
Esq. and Lia K. Snyder, Esq.,
Young & Young, 119 E. Main
Street, Macungie, PA 18062.
Fucetola, Diane I. a/k/a Diane
Fucetola, dec’d.
Late of the Borough of Emmaus.
Executor: Paul R. Howarth c/o
Gail Weiner Shearer, Esquire,
70 E. Broad Street, P.O. Box
1426, Bethlehem, PA 180161426.
Miller, Walter J., dec’d.
Late of 8237 Rextown Road,
Slatington.
Executor: Jeffrey J. Miller, Sr.,
8241 Rextown Road, Slatington, PA 18080.
Attorneys: Joshua D. Shulman,
Esquire, Shulman & Shabbick,
1935 Center Street, Northampton, PA 18067.
Reynolds, Mary H. a/k/a Mary
Reynolds a/k/a Mary Helen
Louise Reynolds, dec’d.
Late of Bethlehem.
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Executrix: Susan J. Reynolds
c/o James R. Wishchuk, JD,
Esquire, 2310 Walbert Avenue,
Suite 103, Allentown, PA 181041360.
Attorney: James R. Wishchuk,
JD, Esquire, 2310 Walbert Avenue, Suite 103, Allentown, PA
18104-1360.
Attorneys: Keith H. West, Esq.,
Clark Hill, PLC, 301 Grant
Street, 14th Floor, Pittsburgh,
PA 15219.
THIRD PUBLICATION
Anthony, Sarah E., dec’d.
Late of Coopersburg.
Co-Executors: Craig L. Anthony
and Susan A. Lewis c/o Noonan
& Prokup, 526 Walnut St., Allentown, PA 18101.
Attorneys: Noonan & Prokup,
526 Walnut St., Allentown, PA
18101.
Roddick, Ian, dec’d.
Late of the Township of Lower
Macungie.
Agreement of Trust of Ian D.
Roddick U/A dated November
4, 1987.
Successor Trustees: Ian Roddick and Graham David Roddick c/o Eric R. Strauss, Esquire, Worth Magee & Fisher,
2610 Walbert Avenue, Allentown, PA 18104.
Attorneys: Eric R. Strauss, Esquire, Worth Magee & Fisher,
Baer, Lester F. a/k/a Lester
Baer, dec’d.
Late of Whitehall.
Executrix: Kathy M. Picca, 4325
E. Texas Road, Allentown, PA
18103.
Attorneys: Charles A. Waters,
Schleifer, Kathryn L. a/k/a
Kathryn Schleifer, dec’d.
Executrix: Joyce Ann Signarovitz, 1333 Linden Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018.
Attorney: James J. Holzinger,
Esquire, 1216 Linden Street,
18016.
Cizmar, Yvonne Ann a/k/a
Yvonne A. Cizmar, dec’d.
Late of Breinigsville.
Executrix: Vicki Lee Velekei c/o
Michael Ira Stump, Esquire,
207 E. Main Street, Suite 100,
Macungie, PA 18062.
Attorney: Michael Ira Stump,
Esquire, 207 E. Main Street,
Suite 100, Macungie, PA 18062.
Steckroth, Bonita D. a/k/a Bonnie Steckroth, dec’d.
Late of Allentown.
Executrix: Donna Temmel, 128
Nursery Rd., Kempton, PA
19529.
Cougle, Debra K., dec’d.
Late of the Township of Weisenberg.
Executor: Robert C. Cougle c/o
Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus,
P.A., 515 West Hamilton Street,
Attorneys: Dolores A. Laputka,
Esquire, Norris, McLaughlin &
Marcus, P.A., 515 West Hamilton Street, Suite 502, Allentown, PA 18101.
Weirbach, Annabel G., dec’d.
Late of Allentown.
Co-Executors: Stephen J. Weirbach, 11780 Dancliff Trace,
Alpharetta, GA 30009 and Mark
Alan Weirbach, 27 Calle Almeja,
San Clemente, CA 92673.
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FALL MEMBERSHIP DINNER
Members and Guests are cordially invited to attend the Bar
Association of Lehigh County Fall Membership Dinner Meeting
on Thursday, November 12, 2015. We hope you will join us for
a great evening of entertainment and saluting our veterans.
As a way of saying thank you to all BALC Members that have
served in the United States Military, this event will be free of
charge to those specific members. All BALC Veterans that
attend the event will be recognized. Military Uniforms are
encouraged but not required.
The Fall Membership Meeting will begin at 5:00 PM and is open
to all current members. Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres will follow
at 5:30 PM with dinner starting promptly at 6:15 PM in the Main
Ballroom. The program featuring Jessica Buchanan and Erik
Landemalm will follow at 7:00 PM.
Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm
Authors of Impossible Odds, a
harrowing story of being kidnapped by
Somali pirates, Jessica’s rescue by
Seal Team Six, and her husband’s
extraordinary efforts to help bring her
home.
Members & Guests: $45.00
Table of 8: $360
To RSVP: Karen at 610-433- 6204 x 12 or
[email protected]
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and
are proud to sponsor the 2015 Annual Community Service
Committee Drive Benefiting
Donations of the following items are being accepted
from November 2nd-24th
Silverware
Paper Towels
New Twin Size
Sheets
Diapers
Wipes
Cleaning Supplies
Shower Curtains
Sponges
Scrub Brushes
Dust Pans
Socks
Toothpaste
Toothbrushes
Deodorant
Soap
Shampoo
Conditioner
Razors
Shaving Cream
Wrist Watches
Flip Flops
Men’s White T-shirts (all sizes)
Men’s socks (all sizes)
Bleach
Laundry Detergent
Trash Bags
Glass Cleaner
Odoban Disinfectant Multi-Purpose
Cleaner
Disposable Vinyl Gloves
(L and XL)
Drop-off boxes have been conveniently set up
throughout The Lehigh Valley at the following locations:
The Bar Association of Lehigh County, 1114 West Walnut Street, Allentown, PA 18102
Provident Bank, 4285 West Tilghman St. Allentown, PA 18104
Provident Bank, 1901 Hamilton St. Allentown, PA 18104
Gross McGinley, 33 S. Seventh Street, P.O. Box 4060 Allentown, PA 18105
Scherline & Associates, 512 West Walnut Street, Allentown PA 18102
Zator Law, American Heritage Building, 4400 Walbert Avenue, Allentown, PA 18104
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LEHIGH COUNTY PARALEGAL ASSOCIATION
LUNCH & LEARN
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
Lehigh County Detectives
Joseph N. Hanna and Paul Iannace
Return to Present
The Digital Age & Protecting Our
Digital Neighborhoods
Technology is everywhere - in our classrooms, vehicles, aircraft,
on our streets, homes, handbags & in our pockets! As a result,
NEW social issues have emerged and with that, new social
problems have developed; specifically, incidents of cyberbullying, cyber-stalking, social engineered scams, & sexting.
Because of the new social issues – law enforcement, parents,
educators, social workers and the community as a whole are at a
loss to recognize, prevent, and respond to these issues. This
presentation is designed to educate the community about social
media safety & protecting your “Digital Shadow.”
Objectives:
-
Understanding the “Digital Age.”
What is a Digital Shadow?
Understanding how your Digital Shadow follows you
EVERYWHERE.
Preventing and responding to these new social issues.
Educating your family & friends.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Bar Association of Lehigh County
1114 W. Walnut Street, Allentown, PA. 18102
No fee for LCPA members
$25.00 for guests
$10.00 for students
Please RSVP by 11/20/15 to the Lehigh County Bar Association
610-433-6204x12 or [email protected]
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KIDS HOLIDAY PARTY
Members and Family are invited to attend this
year’s Holiday Party for the Kids
featuring Jingles the Naughty Elf
Sunday, December 13th
12pm-2pm
Join us for entertainment, yummy snack food,
activities and the always-popular
Ice Cream Bar!
Jingles is an Elf -intraining who cannot seem
to do anything right!
So Santa
is sending
Jingles to the BALC
Holiday Party to help her
study for her Elf Test.
Kids will help Jingles find
the
meaning
of
the
Holidays with lots of
audience
participation,
magic, juggling & music!
CLE UPDATE for the week of: November 6, 2015
BALC LUNCH AND LEARN SEMINAR
“Again?!? We Heard (Some of) this Before!
Some Need to Hear it Again (and Again)”
~Part One~
Presented by: Hon. Richard E. Fehling
Friday, November 6, 2015
BALC is lucky to have frequent speaker, the Honorable Richard E.
Fehling from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, present Part One of his
tips and updates on November 6th for you. He will discuss
updates on recent decisions of the Supreme Court and other
courts. You will hear ‘highlights’ and ‘lowlights’ directly from the
Bench and the Judge will reiterate on what he likes in his
courtroom (and maybe more importantly) what he doesn’t like!
He will follow up on this topic with Part Two on Friday, January 8,
2016. Sign up for both seminars!
Judge Richard E. Fehling was appointed as United States
Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on
Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2006. Prior to his appointment,
Judge Fehling had been an associate, shareholder, director, and
General Counsel at Stevens & Lee. He had been Co-Chair of the
Stevens & Lee Bankruptcy Group for 17 of those years. He has
served as the Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association
Bankruptcy Committee (1992-95), of the Berks County Bar
Association Bankruptcy Committee (1993), and of the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference (1996-97). He
received his B.A. from Yale University and his J.D., magna cum
laude, from Dickinson School of Law, where he received the
Walter Harrison Hitchler award for graduating first in his class.
BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Registration & Lunch: 11:45 AM; 1 Substantive Credit
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Tuition: Members rate of $40.00 for All Who Attend
To Register Call Nancy @ 610.433.6401 Ext: 16
E-mail: [email protected]
PBI Group Cast Seminar
“19th Annual Family Law Update”
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
This program includes the latest trends, the newest case law,
legislation, and procedural rules.
The Family Law Update
provides a range of information that enables nearly everyone to
learn something that can make an immediate impact on their
practices. Each of PBI’s panels includes a sitting judge.
Registration and Breakfast: 8:15 AM
Seminar: 8:45 AM – 12:00 PM; 2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
Early tuition: $249.00; Walk-in tuition: $274.00
To Register Call PBI @ 1.800.932.4637
CLE Update 2
“The Magna Carta –
Still Relevant After All These Years?”
Presented by: John P. Servis, Esq.
Wednesday, November
18, 2015
th
June 15, 2015 marked the 800 anniversary of the sealing of the
Magna Carta (Latin for “Great Charter”) by King John. Even the
most reluctant students of history tend to remember that 1215
was an important year. Some even associate the year with the
document. But what did it say, and should we even care about it
in the 21st century?
In this seminar we will look at the background and context of the
Magna Carta, its use by England over the centuries, and its
veneration by Americans from colonial times to the present day.
Is our nation’s legal system truly indebted to this 800 year old
document, or is this just another case of excessive Anglophilia?
Attorney John Servis is Chairman of the BALC Continuing Legal
Education Committee. He has practiced law in Pennsylvania
since 1988. John has a B.A. in classical language from Cornell
University, a J.D. from American University, an LLM (Taxation)
from Villanova University, and an M.A. in history from Lehigh
University. He has practiced in both the private and public
sectors, and served as solicitor to the Lehigh County Register of
Wills for eight years. John recently began his 14th year of service
on the Board of Trustees of the Lehigh County Historical Society.
Having presented more than twenty-five seminars at the Bar
Association of Lehigh County since 1999, John enjoys legal
history, discovering origins of ideas and principles we now take
for granted, and examining change over time in areas of
procedural and substantive law.
Tuition: Members $40.00; Non-members $55.00
To Register for any Bar Association Lunch Seminar Call: 610.433.6401 Ext: 16 or
E-mail to : [email protected] or
Fax the Registration form to: 610.770.9826
Walk-ins are welcome but pre-registration is
encouraged for the purpose of apprising the caterer
and making adequate handouts.
CLE Update 3
“Election Law and Campaign Finance”
Get a step-by-step guide to the electoral process, from getting
your candidate on the ballot to financing a campaign and to
conducting recount litigation if the vote is close. Understand the
start-to-finish legal issues involved in running for public office.
Learn how nomination petition challenges can be made – and
defended – and the evolving constitutional standards concerning
the status of petition circulators.
Update your knowledge of the case law and applicable statutes
as you take part in discussion of the most current issues in
election law.
Understand the evolving constitutional law
concerning political expenditures as First Amendment-protected
speech and the enormous impact of Citizens United v. FEC. Hear
from the inside about the Voter ID statute and the litigation
challenging it. Become current on developments concerning
absentee and provisional ballots.
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM; 4 Substantive Credits
RESERVE YOUR SEAT NOW! - CLE ON WHEELS
Friday, December 4, 2015
Destination: New York City, Radio City Music Hall
2015 Radio City Christmas Spectacular
$75.00 for Show Ticket and Bus Fare
$90.00 for Show Ticket, Bus Fare and 1 CLE Ethics
Credit
DVD on Bus: “Ethical Obligations of the Attorney
Who is Closing a Law Practice”
Itinerary:
9:00 AM: Depart BALC to arrive in N.Y.C. by 11:00AM
1:00 PM Showtime! Ending by 2:30 PM
2:30 PM – 7:00 PM: Free Time
7:00 PM: Departure from N.Y.C
9:00 PM: Arrival at BALC
Get in the Holiday Spirit!
See New York City decorated for the Holidays!
Bring Your Friends and Family for a Fabulous Event!
To Register: Call Nancy @ 610.433.6401 Ext: 16
or e-mail: [email protected]
CLE Update 4
“Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.”
Presented by: Malcolm J. Gross, Esquire
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
This lecture will examine the highlights of perhaps America’s
most brilliant legal career by looking not only at Holmes’ major
dissents and decisions but also looking to his life history as being
a basis for many of his legal theories. Holmes, in addition to
being a brilliant jurist, is a profoundly interesting human being as
we will see.
Attorney Malcolm J. Gross is a founding partner of Gross
McGinley, LLP, headquartered in Allentown, where he has long
represented media interests, including representing them in their
pursuit of access to government records. Malcolm J. Gross was
born in Allentown, PA. He graduated from Muhlenberg College,
cum laude in 1962, with a Bachelor’s Degree in History and
Political Science. He earned his J.D. from Villanova University
School of Law in Philadelphia in 1965 and was admitted to the
Pennsylvania Bar that year. While at Villanova, he was an editor
of the Law Review. Mr. Gross also is admitted to the United
States District Court for the Eastern District and Middle Districts
of Pennsylvania, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Attorney Gross has written on a wide range of topics, and his
articles have appeared in such national publications as Social
Work, Case & Comment, and Communications and the Law. He
also has published work in the Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly and
the Pennsylvania Law Journal Reporter. Some of his articles
cover press law including defamation, subpoenas, and freedom of
information issues. He also writes about general-interest issues
such as custody and domestic relations.
In 2004, 2006, and 2012, Attorney Gross was named a
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, reserved for the top 5 percent of
Pennsylvania attorneys, and holds an AV Rating by MartindaleHubbell Legal Directory.
E-mail: cle&lehighbar.org
CLE Update 5
“CLE Ethics Fun with Sean Carter”
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Morning Program:
Attend “The Ethy Awards”
(3 Ethics Credits)
~Hear about the worst ethics violations of the year in the legal
profession.
~Learn the “winners” of this year’s awards for: Best Support
Accomplice in Illegal Activity, Best Over-Animated Courtroom
Outburst, Best Original Excuse; and so much more
~Recap instances of egregious unethical behavior and learn how
you can avoid the most common ethical violations
Afternoon Programs:
“Yelp, I’ve Fallen into Social Media and I Can’t Linked Out”
(1 Ethics Credit)
“Don’t Try This at Home: Why You Should Never Emulate TV
Lawyers”
(1 Ethics Credit)
“Attorney, Heal Thyself”
(1 Ethics Credit)
Full Day Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM; 6 Ethics Credits
Early tuition for Full Day Seminar: $349.00
Full Day Walk-in tuition: $374.00
Boxed Lunch included with tuition
Early tuition for AM or PM Session: $249.00;
Walk-in tuition for AM or PM Session: $274.00
New Jersey CLE credits may be earned by submitting to the New
Jersey CLE Board upon an audit request, your Pennsylvania CLE
Board report as documentation of programs attended and credits
earned. You can get a copy of this report at www.pacle.org.
All courses accredited through the Bar Association of Lehigh
County and courses accredited through the PBI being held at
BALC qualify toward New Jersey requirements.
Unless you are audited, the NJ CLE Board does NOT want you to
provide documentation of CLE programs you have attended. If
you are audited, your Pennsylvania Annual CLE Report obtained
from the Pennsylvania CLE Board will provide the documentation
you need of courses attended and credits earned.
CLE Update 6
“Immigration Law Pro Bono for the
Non-Immigration Lawyer”
Presented by: David Trevaskis, Esq.
Thursday, December 3, 2015
This session will highlight developments in immigration law,
especially the status of immigration reform that will provide
opportunities for pro bono service for both the veteran
immigration lawyer and the non-immigration attorney. Featured
is Citizenship Day, an annual opportunity for pro bono service
that any lawyer can support.
DACA, Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals, will be discussed to emphasize how work in
such areas requires immigration expertise.
David Keller Trevaskis, Esq., is an attorney and former third
grade teacher with a Master’s Degree in Education. He is the Pro
Bono Coordinator for Legal Services for the Pennsylvania Bar
Association (PBA), responsible for assisting local bar associations,
legal services programs and other groups who offer pro bono
legal services across the Commonwealth. Trevaskis coordinates
the PBA’s pro bono placement efforts, using the PALawHelp.org
and PAprobono.net technologies to expand the resources for the
neediest among us. He runs the PBA’s Pro Bono Office and the
wide
range
of
that
work
is
viewable
at
http://www.pabar.org/public/probono/probonohome.asp.
Trevaskis is a frequent presenter across Pennsylvania on civil
legal aid and pro bono issues and is recognized as a national
expert in public education about the law. He is the recipient of
the 1996 Philadelphia Bar Association’s Leon J. Obermayer
Education Award, a 2000 President’s Award from the
Pennsylvania Bar Association for the Project PEACE anti-violence
program he developed and still coordinates, the Philadelphia Bar
Association’s Young Lawyer Division’s 2002 F. Sean Peretta
Service Award, and a 2004 Chester County Bar Association
President’s Award. In 2006, Trevaskis was the second recipient
of the Compass Award, which was first given to United States
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. During that same
year, Trevaskis received the President’s Citation from the Indiana
Bar Association and the LEAP-Kids Lifetime Achievement and
Mentor Award. In 2007, Trevaskis received the President’s
Award from the Delaware County Bar. Trevaskis was one of ten
inaugural Gavel Award winners from Community College of
Philadelphia in 2009.
Registration & Lunch: 11:45 AM; 1 Ethics Credit
Special Tuition: $30.00 for all who attend
CLE Update 7
CLE MINI VIDEO COMPLIANCE CAMP
Earn up to 2 Substantive & 1 Ethics credits in one
afternoon.
Three videos, originally taped during live seminars held at
BALC will be re-played for viewers to earn one credit for
each video. Pick and choose however many you care to
view. Add these credits to the 9 possible credits you can
earn at next week’s Video Compliance Camp and you can
fulfill an entire year’s CLE requirements.
If you attended any of these seminars live, or
viewed the DVD’s in the past, you still qualify to
earn CLE credit at this offering.
The tuition for EACH one-credit program is $30.00 for BALC or
NCBA members and $45.00 for non-members.
To register: FAX the form below; 610.770.9826
e-mail: [email protected] or
Call: Nancy @ 610.433.6401 Ext: 16
Mini Video Compliance Camp
December 8, 2015
NAME:______________________________
PasUP.Ct.ID#:_______________________
Phone:_____________________________
[ ] 1:00 PM – “Income Calculation: Where it All
Begins”; 1 Substantive Credit
[ ] 2:10 PM – “Recent Developments; Rules,
Discipline and Social Media”; 1 Ethics Credit
[ ] 3:20 PM – “Declaration of Independence”;
1 Substantive Credit
CLE Update 8
“Valuing Antiques and Collectibles”
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Family Lawyers: How do you handle valuing antiques and
collections in divorce actions?
Bankruptcy Counsel: What is your responsibility relative to
valuing collectible assets of a debtor?
T&E Attorneys: Could you be liable for allowing valuable estate
assets to be sold without obtaining real value?
Join an expert auctioneer/liquidator to look at how valuation
assessments are made. Have fun examining items and trying to
determine which are worthless junk and which may be worth a
fortune. Hear what your malpractice insurance actually does and
doesn’t cover if you are sued over asset valuation issues.
Walk Away With Great Tips:
• When you need to retain an expert
• How auctions and estate sales work
• The best way to help your clients sell their ‘stuff’
• What to check to be sure you have the proper
malpractice coverage
BONUS
USI Affinity is pleased to provide an additional benefit for your
participation in this program. A discount will apply on your next
CNA Lawyers’ Professional Lability Insurance renewal, the
Pennsylvania Bar Association’s endorsed carrier. You must
attend a seminar each policy period in order to qualify for the
discount. The discount will be applied only to the policy renewal
which follows this program. Existing quotations or policies will
not be reissued.
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
3 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
The CLE Department, whenever possible, sends a blast
fax out to all members reminding them of upcoming BALC
Lunch & Learn seminars a few days before the program.
If you are not receiving these faxes and would like to,
please contact Nancy at 610.433.6401 Ext: 16, or e-mail to
[email protected] the fax number you would like to have
registered.
If you are receiving the faxes and no longer wish to,
please let us know the fax number you would like removed
from the list.
CLE Update 9
“Records Management and Retention”
Presented by: Ellen Freedman, CLM
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Ethical requirements and what to do with old client files;
development of a records management policy – how and why. In
the wake of Zubulake I thru VI, it is important to have an
understanding of how to manage both electronic and paper
documents.
Ellen Freedman serves as the Law Practice Management
Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
In that
capacity she assists PBA’s members with management issues and
decisions on the business side of their practice, including areas
like technology, bookkeeping procedures, human resources, risk
management, setting up a practice and so forth. PBA members
are encouraged to contact Ellen through the 800 “Hot Line” at
PBA headquarters, (800.932.0311 Ext: 2228) or through e-mail
([email protected]).
Ellen Freedman is founder and President of Freedman Consulting,
which assists Delaware and Lehigh Valley law firms with mergers,
partner compensation issues, strategic planning, management of
projects in such areas as technology, financial management, time
and billing, facilities, human resources, and providing computer
training ad hoc or in a classroom setting.
Ellen holds the designation of Certified Legal Manager through
the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA), the credentialing
body for the CLM degree. She was one of the first 20 in the
nation to have achieved this designation. (Currently less than
200 in the nation have earned the degree.) She holds a
Certification in Computer Programming from Maxwell Institute, a
Certification in Web Site Design from Temple University, and a
B.A. from Temple University, where she also did two years of
graduate studies in Criminology.
Ellen managed inside law firms for twenty years. Most of that
time was spent in a mid-size (35+ attorney) firm environment.
She launched her consulting practice in 1998, and joined the
Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1999. Ellen has been a frequent
author and speaker on law firm management issues on a
national, regional and local level.
Registration & Lunch: 11:45 AM; 1 Ethics Credit
CLE Update 10
SPECIAL BALC LIVE SEMINAR
“Best Employment Practices for Law Firms”
Presented by: Joel Greenwald, Esq.
Friday, December 11, 2015
Earn 2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
We are lucky to have Attorney Joel Greenwald return to BALC to
present an update on best employment practices for your firm.
Attorney Greenwald will discuss –
• How to fire toxic employees
• Why your values make a difference
• Which employees are entitled to get overtime
• Why are independent contractor audits dangerous
• Hiring Do’s and Don’ts
Joel J. Greenwald, Esq. is the founder and Managing Partner of
Greenwald Doherty LLP, a labor and employment law firm for
management with offices in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Connecticut. Joel has been recognized with numerous
awards, including by Martindale Hubbell with their prestigious
“AV” rating. He has also repeatedly been named as a Super
Lawyer™, including in 2015. Joel has substantial experience
litigating employment issues in federal and state courts, as well
as representing clients in mediations, arbitrations, and before
government agencies. He is also a popular trainer and speaker
before business and professional organizations across the
country, and a member of the National Speakers Association.
Joel is a graduate of Duke University School of Law, and earned
his B.A. at Johns Hopkins University.
Registration 9:30 AM; Seminar: 10:00 AM – 1:15 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
Special tuition fee: $50.00 for all who attend
PA CLE REQUIREMENTS
Pennsylvania attorneys are reminded that, per current
Continuing Legal Education requirements, as administered by the
Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board, all active lawyers
shall complete 10 hours of substantive and 2 hours of ethics
continuing legal education programming annually. The dates for
each compliance group are as follows:
Compliance Group #1: Ending April 30 of each year
Compliance Group #2: Ending August 31 of each year
Compliance Group#3: Ending December 31 of each year
CLE Update 11
CLE VIDEO COMPLIANCE CAMP
At the end of each compliance period, the CLE department at The
Bar Association of Lehigh County provides the opportunity for
lawyers to earn up to 9 Continuing Legal Education credits in one
day through our “Video Compliance Camp” program. A series of
9 videos, originally taped during live seminars held at BALC, are
re-played for viewers to earn one credit for each video. Pick and
choose however many you care to view.
The tuition for EACH one-credit program is $30.00 for BALC or
NCBA members and $45.00 for non-members.
To register, FAX the form below: 610.770.9826,
Telephone Nancy @ 610.433.6401, Ext: 16
Or e-mail: [email protected]
If you attended any of these seminars live, or viewed the
DVD’s in the past, you still qualify to earn CLE credit at this
offering.
VIDEO COMPLIANCE CAMP REGISTRATION FORM
NAME: ________________________________
PASup.Ct.ID:____________________________
Phone: ________________________________
Member of the Bar Association of:
[ ] Lehigh
[ ] Northampton
[ ] Other
[ ] 9:00 AM - “Divorce Master’s Rules of Thumb and Procedural
Update”; 1 Substantive Credit
[ ] 10:10 AM - “How Celebrity Estates Reveal Award Winning
Ethical Dilemmas” 1 Ethics Credit
[ ] 11:20 AM - “Marbury v. Madison – It’s Cause and It’s Effect”
[ ] 12:30 PM – “Commercial Vehicle Crash Reconstruction”
[ ] 1:40 PM - “Informed Consent after Brady v. Urbas – Taking
Another Look” 1 Substantive Credit
[ ] 2:50 PM - “Lawyers, Guns and Money: A Brief History of
Second Amendment Litigation and Legislation”
[ ] 4:00 PM - “Brown v. Board of Education” 1 Substantive Credit
[ ] 5:10 PM - “Lawyers’ Ethics and Luzerne County: Why Luzerne
Could Happen Again” 1 Ethics Credit
[ ] 6:20 PM - “@SmartManagement: How Can I Avoid
Management Disasters Arising out of the Use of Twitter and
Other Social Media?” 1 Substantive Credit
CLE Update 12
BALC CLE REGISTRATION FORM
Name:___________________________________________
PA Sup.CT.ID_____________________________________
Member of the Bar Association of: [ ] Lehigh [ ] Northampton
[ ] Other_______________________ [ ] Legal Support Staff
Register by: Phone 610.433.6401, Ext. 16; FAX 610.770.9826;
E-Mail [email protected] or Mail your registration to:
BALC, 1114 Walnut Street, Allentown PA 18102.
[ ] November 6: “Again!? We Heard (Some of) this
Before! Some Need to Hear it Again (and Again)”
Part I of II (Part II scheduled for 1-8-16)
Lunch: 11:45 AM; Seminar: 12:15 – 1:15 PM
[ ] November 18: “The Magna Carta – Still Relevant After
All These Years?”
[ ] December 1: “Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.”
[ ] December 3: “Immigration Law Pro Bono for the
Non-Immigration Lawyer”
[ ] December 8: “Mini Video Compliance Camp – Dec. 2015”
Earn up to 2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
[ ] December 10: “Records Management and Retention”
[ ] December 11: “Best Employment Practices for Law Firms”
Special 3 hour seminar; Seminar: 10:00 AM – 1:15 PM
[ ] December 15: “Video Compliance Camp – Dec. 2015”
Earn up to 7 Substantive & 2 Ethics Credits
TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED $_________________________
Please make checks payable to & mail to: BALC, 1114 W Walnut St, Allentown PA
18102.
Newsline 5
Lehigh County Bar Association’s Holiday Assistance
Drive 2015
Dear Bar Association Member,
The Bar Association of Lehigh County has started the Annual Ask for
the Lehigh County Lawyer’s Charitable Fund Grant. This year’s
theme is “Homeless and Mental Illness “ and we are asking all
organizations applying to keep that mind as they complete their
request.
We are proud to remind all lawyers that the Bar Association of Lehigh
County has conducted an Assistance Program to benefit area 501c3
organizations to provide much needed assistance to our surrounding
communities for many years. This program has raised over $200,000
throughout that time and distributed these funds to many deserving
area organizations.
This year to assist these organizations, we are asking each and every
lawyer to give generously to help support those in our local
community. Remember, these contributions stay in the Greater
Lehigh Valley area.
The Program is administered through the Lehigh Valley Community
Foundation and all gifts are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the
law. The Foundation will acknowledge all gifts for tax purposes.
We will recognize all those nonprofit organizations receiving funds as
part of our Law Day celebration in May.
Past years’ contributions went to the Crime Victims Council of the
Lehigh Valley, Dream Come True, The Lehigh Valley Zoo,
Community Bike Works, The Victory House, Angel 34 , Miracle
League of the Lehigh Valley and many more.
Please help by sending your check today, payable to the Lehigh
Valley Community Foundation and mail to:
Lehigh County Lawyer’s Charitable Fund Grant
Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
840 West Hamilton Street, Suite 310
Allentown, PA 18101
or go to www.lehighbar.org for credit card donations
Thank you for you generous donation!
Newsline 6
SAVE THE DATE
for the following BALC Events
December 1: Soup Kitchen Volunteer Opportunity
Daybreak at the Lehigh County Conference of
Churches, located at 534 Chew Street, Allentown.
Lawyers may volunteer from 10 to 11:15 AM or 11:15
to 12:30 PM to serve.
Please contact Erin at 610-433-6204 x 19
Or [email protected] to sign up.
December 4: CLE on Wheels to New York City
for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular
$75 for Show Ticket & Bus Ride
$90 for Show Ticket, Bus & 1 CLE Ethics Credit
December 17: Holiday Happy Hour
Sponsored by
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2015 Calendar
November
November 11: BALC Office closed
November 12: Fall Membership Dinner 5:30pm
November 18: Workers Compensation Committee Meeting 12pm
November 18: Barristers Inn 5pm
November 19: Board Meeting 4:30pm
November 26 & 27: BALC Office closed.
December
December 1: Soup Kitchen Volunteer Opportunity
December 4: CLE on Wheels
December 10: Solo Practice Committee Meeting 12pm
December 13: Kids Holiday Party 12-2pm
December 17: Board Meeting 4:30pm
December 17: Holiday Happy Hour 5:30pm
Newsline 8
LEHIGH LAW JOURNAL
Cowley, Dennis E., dec’d.
Late of 703 So. Front St., Allentown.
Administratrix: Carolyn E.
Braun, 1950 Mercer Way,
Easton, PA 18040.
Attorneys: Gregory E. Grim,
Esquire, Grim, Biehn & Thatcher, 104 South Sixth Street, P.O
Box 215, Perkasie, PA 189440215.
Frey, Douglas A., dec’d.
Late of South Whitehall Township.
Executrix: Diane L. Drumheller,
1830 Piccadilly Circle, Allentown, PA 18103.
Attorney: Margo S. Wiener,
Esquire, 825 North 12th Street,
Dal Maso, Margaret O., dec’d.
Late of Allentown.
Executrix: Christina D. Leiby
c/o Noonan & Prokup, 526
Walnut Street, Allentown, PA
18101-2394.
526 Walnut Street, Allentown,
PA 18101-2394.
Gaughan, Thomas F., Jr. a/k/a
Thomas Gaughan, dec’d.
Late of the Township of Whitehall.
Executrix: Patrice R. Gaughan
a/k/a Patrice Gaughan DeFazio
c/o John O. Stover, Jr., Esquire, 537 Chestnut Street,
Emmaus, PA 18049.
Attorney: John O. Stover, Jr.,
Esquire, 537 Chestnut Street,
Emmaus, PA 18049.
DeLong, Carol P., dec’d.
Late of Macungie.
Executrix: Cathy A. Yeakel c/o
Joseph J. Plunkett, Esquire,
2030 Tilghman Street, Suite
202, Allentown, PA 18104.
Attorneys: Joseph J. Plunkett,
Esquire, Plunkett & Graver,
P.C., 2030 Tilghman Street,
Dotter, Peter G. a/k/a Peter G.
Dotter, Jr., dec’d.
Late of Breinigsville.
Executor: Scott E. Dotter c/o
William J. Fries, Esquire, The
Atrium—Suite 106, 2895 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA
18104.
Attorney: William J. Fries, Esquire, The Atrium—Suite 106,
2895 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18104.
Heimbach, Mary a/k/a Mary P.
Heimbach, dec’d.
Executor: Bruce W. Weida,
Esq., 245 Main Street, Emmaus, PA 18049.
Attorney: Bruce W. Weida, Esq.,
245 Main Street, Emmaus, PA
18049.
Hofmann, Florence C., dec’d.
Macungie.
Executor: Michael Hofmann,
6835 Bruce Lane, Slatington,
PA 18080.
Attorneys: James A. Wimmer,
Esq., Philip & Wimmer, 419
Delaware Avenue, P.O. Box 157,
Palmerton, PA 18071.
Edge, Helen W. a/k/a Helen M.
Edge, dec’d.
Late of Lower Saucon Township.
Executor: John W. Edge, Jr. c/o
Grim, Biehn & Thatcher, 104
South Sixth Street, P.O. Box
215, Perkasie, PA 18944-0215.
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Kulp, Ronald W., dec’d.
Late of Whitehall Township.
Executrix: Linda J. Kulp c/o
Eric R. Strauss, Esquire, Worth,
Magee & Fisher, P.C., 2610
Walbert Avenue, Allentown, PA
18104.
Attorneys: Eric R. Strauss, Esquire, Worth, Magee & Fisher,
P.C., 2610 Walbert Avenue,
Attorneys: John T. Dooley, Esquire, Dischell, Bartle & Dooley,
PC, 1800 Pennbrook Parkway,
Ste. 200, Lansdale, PA 19446.
Reichard, Inez E., dec’d.
Late of Allentown.
Executor: Ronald A. Reichard,
Jr. c/o Noonan & Prokup, 526
Walnut St., Allentown, PA
18101.
526 Walnut St., Allentown, PA
18101.
McAuliffe, Irene a/k/a Irene D.
McAuliffe, dec’d.
Late of 2350 South Filbert
Street, Allentown.
Executor: Randolph Steven
Crowder a/k/a R. Steven
Crowder a/k/a Randolph
Crowder, 24436 North 74th
Place, Scottsdale, AZ 85255.
Attorneys: Mark H. Scoblionko,
Esquire, Scoblionko, Scoblionko, Muir & Melman, 40 South
Fifth Street, Allentown, PA
18101.
Roddick, Mary, dec’d.
Macungie.
Agreement of Trust of Mary
Roddick U/A dated November
4, 1987.
Successor Trustees: Iain Roddick and Graham David Roddick c/o Eric R. Strauss, Esquire, Worth Magee & Fisher,
Attorneys: Eric R. Strauss, Esquire, Worth Magee & Fisher,
Murnin, Bridget M., dec’d.
Late of Bethlehem.
Executor: Charles M. Forys, 13
Chestnut Hill Rd., Howell, NJ
07731.
Rodgers, Dorothy V., dec’d.
Late of 638 Benner Road, Apt.
102, Allentown.
Executrix: Barbara L. Hyland
c/o Linda S. Luther-Veno, Esquire, 1605 N. Cedar Crest
Blvd., Suite 106, Allentown, PA
18104.
Attorney: Linda S. Luther-Veno,
Esquire, 1605 N. Cedar Crest
Blvd., Suite 106, Allentown, PA
18104.
Neeb, Merritt H., dec’d.
Late of 601 St. John St., Allentown.
Executrix: Dawnin A. Neeb, 833
Broadcasting Rd., Reading, PA
19610.
Attorneys: Eugene Orlando, Jr.,
Esquire, Orlando Law Offices,
P.C., 2901 St. Lawrence Ave.,
Suite 202, Reading, PA 19606.
Phillips, Sara Ellen, dec’d.
Late of Upper Macungie Twp.
Executor: Benedict Simms Cohen c/o John T. Dooley, Esq.,
1800 Pennbrook Pkwy., Ste.
200, Lansdale, PA 19446.
Rogers, Curtis L., dec’d.
Late of Allentown.
Administratrix: Inez M. Rogers,
7 James Ave., Phillipsburg, NJ
08865.
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Seasholtz, Elwood F., dec’d.
Executor: Jeffrey J. Seasholtz
c/o Stanley M. Vasiliadis, Esquire, Vasiliadis & Associates,
2551 Baglyos Circle, Suite A-14,
Bethlehem, PA 18020.
Attorneys: Stanley M. Vasiliadis, Esquire, Vasiliadis & Associates, 2551 Baglyos Circle,
Suite A-14, Bethlehem, PA
18020.
Attorney: William K. Malkames,
Esq., 509 W. Linden Street, Allentown, PA 18101-1415.
ORPHANS’ COURT DIVISION
AUDIT LIST
JUDGE J. BRIAN JOHNSON
9:30 A.M.—NOVEMBER 9, 2015
Estates/Trust of:
Atty.
Exr. & Adm. Accts.
Glenn J. Grigg; A. Cordts
Theresa M. Schlitzer; W. Nicolosi
Wendy A. W. Parr
C. of O.C. Division
O-30; N-6
Skelton, Eleanore L. a/k/a Eleanore L. Casey, dec’d.
Executor: Michael D. Casey.
Attorneys: Robert M. Knauer,
Esquire, Knauer & Davenport,
143 North Eighth St., Allentown, PA 18101.
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Articles of Incorporation have been
(are to be) filed with the Department
of State of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of obtaining a
Certificate of Incorporation pursuant
to the provisions of the Business
Corporation Law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Act of December 21, 1988 (P.L. 1444, No. 177),
by the following corporation:
The name of the corporation is:
HYMAN HARTSFIELD, INC.
NORRIS, McLAUGHLIN
& MARCUS, P.A.
515 W. Hamilton Street
Suite 502
Allentown, PA 18101
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Strickler, Leslie D., dec’d.
Late of Whitehall.
Executrix: Wanda M. Kalusky
c/o Jon A. Swartz, Esquire,
7736 Main Street, Fogelsville,
PA 18051.
Attorney: Jon A. Swartz, Esquire, 7736 Main Street, Fogelsville, PA 18051.
Whitehead, Edward a/k/a Edward D. Whitehead, III, dec’d.
Late of Whitehall.
Executrix: Tamra Whitehead
c/o Jeffry L. Gilbert, Esquire,
1132 Hamilton Street, Suite
201, Allentown, PA 18101.
Attorney: Jeffry L. Gilbert, Esquire, 1132 Hamilton Street,
Wilson, Philip M., dec’d.
Late of 828 North Arch Street,
Allentown.
Administrator: James Michael
Wilson, 439 Homestead Drive,
West Chester, PA 19382.
INDIVIDUAL FICTITIOUS
NAME NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the provisions of Act 295 of
1982, as amended, of intention to file,
or the filing of, in the Office of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a certificate for the conduct of
a business in Pennsylvania, under
the assumed or fictitious name, style
or designation of
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Name: PROCTOR CREDIT SOLUTIONS with its principal place of
business at: 8495 Putnam Court,
Breinigsville, PA 18031.
The name and address of the person owning or interested in said
business is: Jason Proctor, 8495
Putnam Court, Breinigsville, PA
18031.
N-6
NOTICE
Court of Common Pleas of
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Docket No. 2012-ML-2168
Whitehall-Coplay School District
vs.
Ronald L. Nagy and Beverly A. Nagy
Notice is given that the above were
named as Defendants in a civil action
by plaintiff to recover 2011 school
real estate taxes for property located
at 4134 Roosevelt Street, Whitehall
Township, PA, PIN No. 548949651543-1. A Writ of Scire Facias for
$3,235.66 was filed. You are notified
to plead to the Writ on or before 20
days from the date of this publication
or a judgment may be entered.
If you wish to defend, you must
enter a written appearance personally or by attorney and file your defenses or objections in writing with
the court. You are warned that if you
fail to do so, the case may proceed
without you and a judgment may be
entered against you without further
notice for the relief requested by
Plaintiff. You may lose money, property or other rights important to you.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER
TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU
DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH
BELOW TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU
CAN GET LEGAL HELP.
Bar Association of Lehigh County
Lawyer Referral Service
P.O. Box 1324
Allentown, PA 18105-1324
(610) 433-7094
PORTNOFF LAW ASSOCIATES, LTD.
P.O. Box 391
Norristown, PA 19404-0391
(866) 211-9466
N-6, 13, 20
CHARTER APPLICATION—LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY
a Certificate of Organization has been
filed with the Department of State of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
pursuant to the provisions of the
Pennsylvania Limited Liability Act of
1994 for the following limited liability company:
COMPETITION HORSE
PRODUCTS LLC
has filed a Certificate of Organization
under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Limited Liability Company Law
of 1994.
N-6
NOTICE
In the Court of Common Pleas of
Lehigh County
Civil Action—Law
NO. 2015-C-3332
on October 28, 2015, the Petition of
Kathryn Julia Potylycki was filed in
Lehigh County Court of Common
Pleas at No. 2015-C-3332, seeking to
change the name of Petitioner from
Kathryn Julia Potylycki to Frankie
Potylycki. The Court has fixed Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 9:30
A.M. in Courtroom 1A at the Lehigh
County Courthouse as the date for
hearing of the Petition. All persons
interested in the proposed change of
name may appear and show cause,
if any they have, why the prayer of
the Petitioner should not be granted.
N-6
CHARTER APPLICATION—
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
a Certificate of Organization has been
filed with the Department of State of
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pursuant to the provisions of the
Pennsylvania Limited Liability Act of
1994 for the following limited liability company:
EMMAUS GOLD
AND DIAMOND, LLC
has filed a Certificate of Organization
under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Limited Liability Company Law
of 1994.
CRAIG B. NEELY, ESQ.
209 Main Street
Emmaus, PA 18049
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secured on your property located at
4042 HEMLOCK DRIVE, COPLAY, PA
18037-2296 whereupon your property would be sold by the Sheriff of
LEHIGH County.
You are hereby notified to plead
to the above referenced Complaint on
or before 20 days from the date of this
publication or a Judgment will be
entered against you.
NOTICE
fail to do so the case may proceed
notice for the relief requested by the
plaintiff. You may lose money or
property or other rights important to
you.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS NOTICE TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER,
GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE
SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE
CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER.
IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO
HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY
BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH
INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES
THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES
TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE.
Notice to Defend:
P.O. Box 1324
Telephone (610) 433-7094
N-6
NOTICE OF ACTION IN
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
Civil Action—Law
No. 2015-C-1800
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Plaintiff
vs.
MARISA A. GUARINO
a/k/a MARISA GUARINO,
UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS,
ASSIGNS AND ALL PERSONS,
FIRMS OR ASSOCIATIONS
CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR
INTEREST FROM OR UNDER
MICHAEL J. JOHNSON a/k/a
MICHAEL JOHNSON, DECEASED
Defendants
NOTICE
To: UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS OR ASSOCIATIONS
CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER MICHAEL J. JOHNSON a/k/a MICHAEL JOHNSON, DECEASED
You are hereby notified that on
June 8, 2015, Plaintiff WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., filed a Mortgage
Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with
a Notice to Defend, against you in the
Court of Common Pleas of LEHIGH
County, Pennsylvania, docketed to
No. 2015-C-1800. Wherein Plaintiff
seeks to foreclose on the mortgage
LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY NOTICE
a Certificate of Organization for a
Domestic Limited Liability Company
has been filed with the Department
of State of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pursuant to the provisions of
the Limited Liability Company Law of
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Act of December 7, 1994 (P.L. 703,
No. 106), by the following company:
GLR REMODELERS AND
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC
The Certificate of Organization
was filed on October 19, 2015.
REBECCA M. YOUNG, ESQ.
LIA K. SNYDER, ESQ.
YOUNG & YOUNG
119 E. Main Street
Macungie, PA 18062
N-6
LEHIGH County.
NOTICE
you.
Notice to Defend:
P.O. Box 1324
Telephone (610) 433-7094
N-6
NOTICE OF ACTION IN
Civil Action—Law
No. 2015-C-2691
FEDERAL NATIONAL
MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION
Plaintiff
vs.
CHRISTINA J. PATTON, in
her capacity as Heir of REGINA
WILBURN, Deceased, UNKNOWN
HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS
AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS
OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING
RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST
FROM OR UNDER REGINA
WILBURN, DECEASED
Defendants
NOTICE
CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER REGINA WILBURN, DECEASED
August 28, 2015, Plaintiff FEDERAL
NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, filed a Mortgage Foreclosure
Complaint endorsed with a Notice to
Defend, against you in the Court of
Common Pleas of LEHIGH County,
Pennsylvania, docketed to No. 2015C-2691. Wherein Plaintiff seeks to
foreclose on the mortgage secured on
your property located at 227 NORTH
JORDAN STREET, ALLENTOWN, PA
CHANGE OF NAME NOTICE
Lehigh County
Civil Action—Law
NO.
on October 29, 2015, the Petition of
Name Change has been filed in the
above named Court praying for a
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Decree to change the name of minor
child from Item Alvarado to Ethan
Alvarado.
The Court has fixed October 5,
2015 at 9:30 A.M. in Courtroom No.
5C, Lehigh County Courthouse, Allentown, Pennsylvania, as the date
and place for the hearing of said
Petition. All persons interested in the
proposed change of name may appear
and show cause, if any they have,
why the prayer of said Petitioner
should not be granted.
N-6
TRUST 2006-1, filed a Mortgage
717 LEIBERT STREET a/k/a 715
LEIBERT STREET, BETHLEHEM, PA
LEHIGH County.
NOTICE OF ACTION IN
Civil Action—Law
NOTICE
you.
Notice to Defend:
P.O. Box 1324
Telephone (610) 433-7094
N-6
No. 2015-C-2185
HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS
TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED
HOLDERS OF RENAISSANCE HOME
EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2006-1
Plaintiff
vs.
COLEEN KULP, in her capacity as
Heir of DONNA M. MASKORNICK,
Deceased, UNKNOWN HEIRS,
SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS
FROM OR UNDER DONNA M.
MASKORNICK, DECEASED
Defendants
NOTICE
CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER DONNA M. MASKORNICK, DECEASED
July 10, 2015, Plaintiff HSBC BANK
USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE
REGISTERED HOLDERS OF RENAISSANCE HOME EQUITY LOAN
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NOTICE OF ACTION IN
395 WEST TURNER STREET, ALLENTOWN, PA 18102-3401 whereupon your property would be sold by
the Sheriff of LEHIGH County.
Civil Action—Law
No. 2015-C-1651
HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS
TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF ACE
SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY
LOAN TRUST AND FOR THE
REGISTERED HOLDERS OF ACE
LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-HE2,
ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES
Plaintiff
vs.
CHRISTINA J. MADEWELL a/k/a
CHRISTINA J. PATTON, in her
capacity as Heir of REGINA
WILBURN a/k/a REGINA A.
WILBURN, Deceased, UNKNOWN
AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS OR
ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT,
TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR
UNDER REGINA WILBURN a/k/a
REGINA A. WILBURN, DECEASED
Defendants
NOTICE
you.
Notice to Defend:
P.O. Box 1324
Telephone (610) 433-7094
N-6
NOTICE
CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER REGINA WILBURN a/k/a REGINA A.
WILBURN, DECEASED
May 22, 2015, Plaintiff HSBC BANK
USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF
OF ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME
EQUITY LOAN TRUST AND FOR THE
REGISTERED HOLDERS OF ACE
LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-HE2,
ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES, filed a Mortgage
NOTICE OF ACTION IN
Civil Action—Law
No. 2015-C-2547
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WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
s/b/m TO WACHOVIA BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Plaintiff
vs.
ELIZABETH MASTER, in
her capacity as Heir of LAWRENCE
T. DRIES, Deceased, UNKNOWN
FROM OR UNDER LAWRENCE
T. DRIES, DECEASED
Defendants
you.
Notice to Defend:
P.O. Box 1324
Telephone (610) 433-7094
N-6
NOTICE
CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER LAWRENCE T. DRIES, DECEASED
August 17, 2015, Plaintiff WELLS
FARGO BANK, N.A. s/b/m TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a
Notice to Defend, against you in the
5622 EAST TEXAS ROAD, EAST
TEXAS, PA 18046 whereupon your
property would be sold by the Sheriff
of LEHIGH County.
NOTICE OF ACTION IN
Lehigh County
Court of Common Pleas
Number: 2015-C-3113
CIT Bank, N.A.,
Plaintiff
v.
Kathleen Ann Paxson, Known
Surviving Heir of Mary Rose
Paxson, Karen B. Jennings,
Known Surviving Heir of Mary
Rose Paxson, Thomas F. Paxson,
Known Surviving Heir of Mary Rose
Paxson and Unknown Surviving
Heirs of Mary Rose Paxson,
Defendants
NOTICE
NOTICE
TO: Unknown Surviving Heirs of
Mary Rose Paxson
Premises subject to foreclosure:
1425 West Highland Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18102.
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fenses or objections in writing with
Plaintiff. You may lose money or
you. You should take this notice to
your lawyer at once. If you do not
have a lawyer, go to or telephone the
office set forth below. This office can
provide you with information about
hiring a lawyer. If you cannot afford
to hire a lawyer, this office may be
able to provide you with information
about agencies that may offer legal
services to eligible persons at a reduced fee or no fee.
Lehigh County Bar Association
P.O. Box 1324
(610) 433-7094
McCABE, WEISBERG
& CONWAY, P.C.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
123 S. Broad Street
Ste. 1400
Philadelphia, PA 19109
(215) 790-1010
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SHERIFF’S SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE
NO. 2
By virtue of a writ of execution No.
2012-C-3944, U.S. Bank National
Association, As Trustee for the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency v.
Iceatra K. Jenkins, owner of property situate in the City of Allentown,
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being
1506 1/2 West Chew Street, Allentown, PA 18102.
Tax Assessment No. 549750901419-1.
Improvements thereon: A residential dwelling house.
Attorneys
Leon P. Haller, Esquire
Purcell, Krug & Haller
———
The following Real Estate will be
sold at Sheriff ’s Sale
At 10:00 A.M.
in the Courthouse, Fifth and
Hamilton Streets
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Purchasers Must Immediately Pay
10% of the Purchase Price by
Certified Check.
TO ALL PARTIES IN INTEREST
AND CLAIMANT:
Upon all sales where the filing of
a Schedule of Distribution is required, the said Schedule will be filed
by the Sheriff on a date specified by
the Sheriff not later than thirty (30)
days after sale, and a Deed will be
delivered to the PURCHASER and
distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within ten
(10) days thereafter.
On sales where the filing of a
Schedule of Distribution is not required, a Deed will be delivered to the
PURCHASER after the expiration of
twenty (20) days from the date of sale,
unless exceptions are taken to the
sale within that period.
NO. 3
2015-C-1581, JPMorgan Chase
Bank, National Association v. Mikhail
Sayer and Ludmila Nechin, owners
of property situate in the Township
of Upper Macungie, Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania, being 1037 King Way,
Breinigsville, PA 18031.
Improvements thereon: Residential dwelling.
Attorney
Bradley J. Osborne, Esquire
NO. 1
NO. 4
2015-C-1002, Green Tree Servicing
LLC v. Thomas R. Sneary, owner of
property situate in the Township of
Whitehall, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 5148 Fornaciari Drive,
Whitehall, PA 18052.
Improvements thereon: Residential Property.
Attorney
Michael T. McKeever, Esquire
2015-C-772, Nationstar Mortgage
LLC v. Kelly Rosario and Steven J.
Rosario, owners of property situate
in the City of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pennsylvania, being 2345
Lancaster Avenue, Allentown, PA
18103.
Attorney
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NO. 5
NO. 8
2015-C-0621, Bank of America, N.A.,
Successor by Merger to BAC Home
Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide
Home Loans Servicing, LP v. Edgardo
Pagan and Robert Delgado-Marquez,
owners of property situate in the City
of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 45 South Madison
Street, Allentown, PA 18102.
Attorney
2015-C-113, The Bank of New York
Mellon fka The Bank of New York, As
Trustee for the Certificateholders of
the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-21 c/o Specialized Loan Servicing LLC v. Gilberto
Rojas, owner of property situate in
the City of Allentown, Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania, being 1210 West
Union Street, Allentown, PA 18102.
Improvements thereon: Dwelling.
Attorneys
Richard J. Nalbandian, III, Esquire
Parker McCay PA
NO. 6
NO. 9
2014-C-3724, Bank of America, N.A.
v. Juan R. Velazquez, owner of property situate in the City of Allentown,
343 N. 10th Street, Allentown, PA
18102.
Attorneys
Harry B. Reese, Esquire
Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC
Home Loans Servicing, LP v. Konstantinos Hristofas and Elli Hristofas,
owners of property situate in the
Township of Salisbury, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 1111 Washington Avenue, Allentown, PA 18103.
Improvements thereon: Residential Dwelling.
Attorney
NO. 7
2014-C-246, Caliber Home Loans,
Inc. f/k/a Vericrest Financial, Inc. v.
Thomas J. Yuracka, owner of property situate in the City of Allentown,
1634 Turner Street, Allentown, PA
18102.
Attorneys
Morris A. Scott, Esquire
Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC
NO. 10
2015-C-1441, Santander Bank, N.A.
v. Susan R. Reiger, owner of property situate in the Township of Upper
Saucon, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 5523 Old Bethlehem Pike,
Bethlehem, PA 18015-9110.
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Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
owner of property situate in the Borough of Catasauqua, Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania, being 285 Poplar
Street, Catasauqua, PA 18032.
Attorneys
Brett A. Solomon, Esquire
Michael C. Mazack, Esquire
Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
NO. 11
Loans, LP f/k/a Countrywide Home
Loans, Servicing, LP v. Nisreen G.
Safi, owner of property situate in the
City of Allentown, Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania, being 875 North Kearney Street, Allentown, PA 18109.
Attorney
NO. 14
2014-C-28, Nationstar Mortgage LLC
v. Sullyana Aviles, Co-Executor of the
Estate of Maria Aviles, Deceased
Mortgagor and Real Owner, and Daniel Aviles a/k/a Danielle Aviles, CoExecutor of the Estate of Maria
Aviles, Deceased Mortgagor and Real
Owner, owners of property situate in
Pennsylvania, being 1215 West
Union Street, Allentown, PA 18102.
Attorneys
McCabe, Weisberg and Conway, P.C.
Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York,
As Trustee for the Holders of the GEWMC Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-1 v. Estate
of Donna R. Kegarise c/o Jesse Kegarise a/k/a Jesse B. Kegarise, Personal Representative, Jesse Kegarise
a/k/a Jesse B. Kegarise, Personal
Representative of the Estate of
Donna R. Kegarise, Unknown Heirs,
Successors, Assigns and All Persons,
Firms or Associations Claiming
Right, Title or Interest From or Under
Donna R. Kegarise, Deceased, Chad
Kleppinger, Known Heir of Donna R.
Kegarise, Joseph Price, Known Heir
of Donna R. Kegarise, Kristy Price,
Known Heir of Donna R. Kegarise,
Abijah Immanuel (Last Record Owner), owners of property situate in the
Township of Heidelberg, Lehigh
Glen Court, Germansville, PA 18053.
Improvements thereon: Residential Dwelling House.
Attorneys
Udren Law Offices, P.C.
NO. 13
NO. 15
2013-C-4641, PNC Bank, National
Association v. Constance L. Trescott,
LLC v. Rami Daloul and Rawia Askar,
NO. 12
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of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 867 North Godfrey
Attorneys
of Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 7940 Furnace Road,
Attorneys
NO. 20
NO. 16
LLC s/b/m Green Tree Consumer
Discount Company v. Jose O. Rodriguez, owner of property situate in the
City of Allentown, Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania, being 777 Benton
Improvements thereon: A residential dwelling.
Attorneys
Matthew K. Fissel, Esquire
KML Law Group, P.C.
Association v. Cheryl Ashley Cornell,
Zachary A. Cornell, owners of property situate in the City of Allentown,
2115 W. Union Street, Allentown, PA
18104.
Attorneys
Udren Law Offices, P.C.
NO. 21
NO. 18
Association, As Trustee for the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency v.
Zachery R. Major, owner of property
situate in the Borough of Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania,
being 713 Second Street, Catasauqua, PA 18032.
Attorneys
v. Alan A. Schuler, owner of property
situate in the City of Macungie, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being
5494 Spring Ridge Dr. W, Macungie,
PA 18062.
Attorneys
NO. 19
2015-C-1562, LSF9 Master Participation Trust v. Louis M. DeAngelis,
owner of property situate in the City
NO. 22
2015-C-0082, HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
v. Joel Lamb a/k/a Joel A. Lamb,
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Patricia Lamb a/k/a Patricia C.
Lamb, owners of property situate in
Pennsylvania, being 1535 Turner
Attorneys
Udren law Offices, P.C.
of property situate in the City of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 882 North Jasper Street,
Attorney
NO. 26
NO. 23
2015-C-0320, New Penn Financial
Services, LLC, Doing Business As
Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing v. Eugene C. Baker, owner of property
situate in the City of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being
120 N. Ellsworth Street, Allentown,
PA 18109.
Improvements thereon: Attached,
Two Story Single Family Row.
Attorneys
Andrew J. Marley, Esquire
Stern & Eisenberg PC
LLC v. Gerando Inga and Blanca
Pulla, owners of property situate in
Pennsylvania, being 644 North 16th
Improvements thereon: Residential property.
Attorneys
Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC
NO. 24
NO. 27
2014-C-2355, Ocwen Loan Servicing
LLC v. Guy M. Sicher, owner of property situate in the Borough of Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania,
being 348 Church Street West, Slatington, PA 18080.
Improvements thereon: Residential Real Estate.
Attorneys
William E. Miller, Esquire
LLC v. Janice Dominic-McCardle and
James McCardle, owners of property
situate in the City of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being
1513 Liberator Avenue, Allentown,
PA 18103.
Attorney
Robert W. Williams, Esquire
NO. 25
NO. 28
2013-C-867, Everbank v. Damaris
Navarro and Carmen Bonilla, owners
2014-C-1384, LNV Corporation v.
William J. Signorelli Jr., owner of
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NO. 31
property situate in the City of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania,
being 132 E. Susquehanna St., Allentown, PA 18103.
Attorney
As Successor by Merger to BAC Home
Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP v.
Gregg Smith, owner of property situate in the City of Allentown, Lehigh
East Susquehanna Street, Allentown,
PA 18103-5137.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
NO. 29
2014-C-2349, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, As Trustee for
Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2007-HE1 Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates v. Nancy Rothrock and Kenneth Kidd, owners of
being 506 S. Ellsworth Street, Allentown, PA 18109.
Attorney
NO. 32
LLC v. Dhandeo Mohabir, owner of
being 220 E. South Street, Allentown,
PA 18109.
Attorney
NO. 30
2015-C-0677, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
As Successor by Merger to Wachovia
Bank, National Association v. Loralee
M. Hamman and Ronny Lee Hamman
a/k/a Ronny L. Hamman, owners of
property situate in the Borough of
Emmaus, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 911 Fernwood Street, Emmaus, PA 18049.
Attorney
NO. 33
42
v. Keith A. Hamlett, owner of property situate in the City of Allentown,
409 N. 9th Street, Allentown, PA
18102.
Attorney
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NO. 37
2015-C-1453, Caliber Home Loans,
Inc. v. Wilbert P. Mauser Jr., owner
of property situate in the City of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 529 Skyline Drive, Allentown, PA 18103.
Attorneys
2014-C-3681, New Tripoli Bank v.
Verda M. Miller and Michelle L.
Dopsovic, owners of property situate
in the Township of Washington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being
4025 W. Grant Street, Slatedale, PA
18079 and 4027 West Grant Street,
Slatedale, PA 18079.
Tax Assessment Nos. 554280260152-1; 554280154807-1.
Improvements thereon: Detached
single family home and vacant land.
Attorney
Marc Kranson, Esquire
NO. 35
NO. 38
Mellon fka The Bank of New York, As
Trustee for the Certificateholders of
the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-18 v. Jacoba
Franco, owner of property situate in
Pennsylvania, being 426 North 22nd
Attorney
Association, Successor by Merger to
National City Bank, Successor by
Merger to National City Mortgage, a
Division of National City Bank of
Indiana v. Bruce J. Easterday, owner
of property situate in the City of
Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 2052 West Broad Street,
Bethlehem, PA 18018.
Attorney
NO. 36
Association v. Linda S. Destan,
owner of property situate in the Borough of Emmaus, Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania, being 406 Alpine
Street, Emmaus, PA 18049.
Tax Assessment Nos. 549580153019-1/ 54958144105-1.
Attorneys
NO. 39
2014-C-2153, Carrington Mortgage
Services, LLC v. Stephanie Barnett,
David C. Jamison, owners of property situate in the Township of Salisbury, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania,
being 121 Chestnut Hill Road, Emmaus, PA 18049.
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Attorney
Mark J. Udren, Esquire
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
NO. 40
NO. 43
LLC v. Herberto Morales, owner of
being 1108 Fullerton Avenue, Allentown, PA 18102.
Attorney
v. Mark Feifel, owner of property
situate in the Borough of Fountain
Hill, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania,
being 614 Hertzog Avenue a/k/a
602-616 Hertzog Avenue, Fountain
Hill, PA 18015-4310.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
NO. 41
v. Judith A. Rogers, owner of property situate in the City of Allentown,
137 North 10th Street, Allentown, PA
18102-3905.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
NO. 44
2014-C-3871, Wells Fargo Financial
Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Unknown Heirs,
Successors, Assigns, and All Persons,
Gerald J. Burkit, Deceased, owners
of property situate in the City of
Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 2178 Drury Lane, Bethlehem, PA 18018-1244.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
NO. 42
2013-C-1716, Federal National Mortgage Association v. Glenn D. Miller,
Susan L. Miller, owners of property
situate in the Borough Emmaus,
737 Donald Drive, Emmaus, PA
18049-1613.
NO. 45
2014-C-3490, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As Trustee for
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NO. 48
Novastar Mortgage Funding Trust,
Series 2007-1 Novastar Home Equity
Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1 v. William Guerriero,
owner of property situate in the
Township of Whitehall, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 5209 Main
Street, Whitehall, PA 18052-1828.
Tax Assessment No. 5590011813051.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
LLC v. Kevin C. Hacker, owner of
being 1004 North 19th Street, Allentown, PA 18104-3737.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
NO. 46
NO. 49
2015-C-901, Gateway Funding Diversified Mortgage Services, LP v.
Jason E. Cole, owner of property
situate in the Borough of Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania,
being 258 Poplar Street, Catasauqua,
PA 18032-1331.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
2010-C-3180, LSF8 Master Participation Trust v. Alfred N. Chambers and
Dailia Chambers, owners of property
situate in the Borough of Fountain
Hill, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania,
being 1133 Russell Avenue, Fountain
Hill, PA 18015.
Tax Assessment No. 642711351
008-1.
Attorneys
NO. 47
NO. 50
s/b/m to Wachovia Bank, N.A. v.
Edward J. Vasilik, Bertha A. Vasilik,
of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 1607 Coronado
Street, Allentown, PA 18103-4720.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
2015-C-1454, Hudson City Savings
Bank, FSB v. Kurt L. Weaver, owner of
property situate in the City of Schnecksville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania,
being 4946 Shawnee Court, Schnecksville, PA 18078.
Tax Assessment No. 546926334
853-1.
Attorneys
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Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
2015-C-932, Midfirst Bank v. Jeffrey
Gambler and Stephanie Ott, owners
of Alburtis, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 41 East Penn Avenue,
Alburtis, PA 18011.
Attorneys
NO. 54
LLC v. Audrey Lonardo f/k/a Audrey
Sam a/k/a Audrey Sam Lonardo,
of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 928 East Linden
Street a/k/a 924 East Linden Street,
Allentown, PA 18109-2649.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
NO. 52
2015-C-1498, Citimortgage, Inc.,
Successor by Merger to ABN AMRO
Mortgage Group, Inc. v. Christine D.
Van, owner of property situate in the
Township of Upper Saucon, Lehigh
Waterford Drive, Center Valley, PA
18034.
Attorney
NO. 55
Bank, National Association v. Glen
M. Cook, Rica T. Snyder, owners of
property situate in the Borough of
Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 108-110 4th Street,
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
NO. 53
2012-C-776, HSBC Bank USA, National Association for the Benefit of
Ace Securities Corp. Home Equity
Loan Trust, Series 2006-NC3, Asset
Backed Pass-Through Certificates v.
Rodnie L. Gruber, Rachael Gruber
a/k/a Rachael M. Mankos, owners
of Washington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 9127 North Loop
Road, Slatington, PA 18080-3612.
NO. 56
v. Donald B. Duffield, owner of property situate in the Township of North
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NO. 60
Whitehall, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 5260 Spruce Street,
Schnecksville, PA 18078-2640.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
Home Loans Servicing LP v. Reyes
Cardenes, Arturo Cardenes, owners
of property situate in the City of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 1125 Lehigh Street, Allentown, PA 18103-3805.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
NO. 57
2011-C-4154, Federal National Mortgage Association v. John J. Keller,
of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 1037 North 28th
Street, Allentown, PA 18104-3505.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
NO. 61
LLC v. Michael Wolfe, in His Capacity As Heir of Joan C. Wolfe a/k/a
Joan C. Jacobe, Deceased, Unknown
Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All
Persons, Firms or Associations
Claiming Right, Title or Interest From
or Under Joan C. Wolfe a/k/a Joan
C. Jacobe Deceased, owners of property situate in the Township of Salisbury, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania,
being 1658 Church Road, Allentown,
PA 18103-8350.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
NO. 58
Loans Servicing, L.P. f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P. v.
Luis A. Gonzalez, Jr. a/k/a Luis Alberto Gonzalez, Jr., Katherine L.
Swenson a/k/a Katherine Lauren
Gonzalez a/k/a Katherine Lauren
Swenson Gonzalez, owners of property situate in the Borough of Alburtis, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania,
being 272 Ridgeview Drive, Alburtis,
PA 18011-9343.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
NO. 62
2015-C-195, Bayview Loan Servicing,
LLC v. Marie Rodriguez, in Her Capacity As Heir of Bonifacio SierraTirado, Deceased; Unknown Heirs,
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Successors, Assigns and All Persons,
Bonifacio Sierra-Tirado, Deceased,
of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 647 Dixon Street,
Allentown, PA 18103-4979.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
Attorney
NO. 65
Bank, National Association v. Raul
A. Berrio, owner of property situate
in the City of Allentown, Lehigh
South 10th Street, Allentown, PA
18103-3102.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
NO. 63
Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York
As Trustee for the Certificate Holders
of CWALT Inc., Alternative Loan Trust
2007-OA2, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates Series 2007-OA2 v. Alain
F. Solano, owner of property situate
in the Township of Whitehall, Lehigh
Sumner Avenue, Lot 84, Jordan Hills,
Section 3, Whitehall, PA 18052.
Attorneys
Stephen M. Hladik, Esquire
Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP
NO. 66
v. Diane E. DeAngelo a/k/a Diane
DeAngelo; Guy A. DeAngelo a/k/a
Guy DeAngelo, owners of property
situate in the Township of Salisbury,
764 Harrison Avenue, Bethlehem, PA
18015-3912.
Attorneys
Phelan Hallinan
NO. 64
2015-C-0791, Citifinancial Servicing,
LLC v. David Battles, Administrator
of the Estate of Phyllis J. Battles,
Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner,
owner of property situate in the Borough of Catasauqua, Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania, being 18 Covington
Place, Catasauqua, PA 18032.
NO. 67
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LLC s/b/m Green Tree Consumer
Discount Company v. Henry M. Martinez and Isabel Senfis, owners of
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being 625 West Washington Street,
Attorney
situate in the Township of Washington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania,
being N. Side of T745, Washington
Twp., PA 18080.
Improvements thereon: Vacant
Land.
Attorneys
James R. Wood, Esquire
Portnoff Law Associates, Ltd.
NO. 68
NO. 73
LLC v. Marilyn Negron, owner of
being 231 North Railroad Street, Allentown, PA 18102.
Improvements thereon: A residential dwelling.
Attorneys
Victoria W. Chen, Esquire
KML Law Group, P.C.
2004-ML-1332, Northern Lehigh
School District v. Slatington Redevelopment Corp., owner of property
situate in the Township of Washington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania,
being W. of T814 S. of T787, Slatington, PA 18080.
Improvements thereon: Vacant
Land.
Attorneys
NO. 69
NO. 75
2013-C-2359, HSBC Bank USA, National Association v. Carlos E. Colon
a/k/a Carlos Colon and Margaret
Morales Santiago, owners of property situate in the City of Allentown,
431 West Washington Street, Allentown, PA 18012.
Improvements thereon: Dwelling.
Attorneys
Richard J. Nalbandian, III, Esquire
Parker McCay PA
2014-ML-1765, Bethlehem Area
School District v. Mercedes Santos,
owner of property situate in the Borough of Fountain Hill, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being 544 S. Benner Avenue, Fountain Hill, PA 18015.
Attorneys
NO. 70
NO. 76
2004-ML-1334, Northern Lehigh
School District v. Slatington Redevelopment Corp., owner of property
49
2012-ML-2652, Allentown School
District and Public Asset Manage-
LEHIGH LAW JOURNAL
NO. 78
ment Inc., Assignee of the Allentown
School District v. Leighton Cohen and
Geri Cohen, owners of property situate in the City of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pennsylvania, being 465 W.
Linden Street, Allentown, PA 18102.
Improvements thereon: Commercial Property.
Attorneys
2014-N-1376, New Tripoli Bank v.
Northern Valley Automotive Supply
LLC d/b/a Northern Valley Auto
Parts and Brad Heckman, owners of
property situate in the Township of
Heidelberg, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, being Lots 1 and 4 in a Minor
Subdivision Plan from Terry M. Weiss
dated June 11, 2004, last revised on
September 2, 2004, and recorded as
Document ID 7224840.
Tax Assessment Nos. 553117820058-1 and 553127411556-1.
Improvements thereon: Parcels
are unimproved.
Attorney
Jack M. Seitz, Esquire
RONALD W. ROSSI
Sheriff of Lehigh County, PA
Matthew R. Sorrentino,
County Solicitor
Richard Brent Somach,
Sheriff ’s Solicitor
O-23, 30; N-6
NO. 77
2014-ML-2457, Allentown School
District v. Jesus E. Suarez, owner of
being 426 N. Jordan Street, Allentown, PA 18102.
Attorneys
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