Created on 05/07/2024 10:19 PM

Deadline for copy for the May 31, 2024, issue of the Westmoreland Law Journal is Noon, FRIDAY, May 24, 2024.

 

Created on 05/16/2024 10:00 AM

Details on raffle benefiting the Westmoreland Bar Foundation

 

Tickets are available at WBA HQ during regular business hours (cash only).
 
Want to help us sell tickets? Call 724-834-6730 for details.
 

Created on 05/16/2024 09:53 AM
Close up of Courthouse dome
Please join us on Wednesday, May 22, at 3 p.m., in Ceremonial Courtroom No. 3 to remember the lives of deceased WBA members:
  • Jennie Bullard
  • Lawrence R. Burns
  • P. Louis DeRose
  • Deborah Jackson
  • The Hon. James R. Kelley
  • Nils H. Ljungman
  • James H. Robinson, Jr.
  • M. Samuel Rosenzweig
  • James R. Silvis
  • David B. Wasson
This event is open to family and friends of the bar. The court will sit en banc and Bishop Larry J. Kulick will give the Invocation and Benediction.
 
Following the service, a complimentary reception will be held at the Westmoreland County Courthouse.
 
Register online or call 724-834-6730.
 

Created on 05/06/2024 11:47 AM

Due to a conflict in his schedule, the Honorable Harry F. Smail, Jr. will not be hearing Civil or Orphans’ Court motions on Friday, June 7, 2024. Motions will instead be heard on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.

 

Created on 04/02/2024 10:04 AM
WBA President Angelea Allen Mitas

Congratulations to Angelea Allen Mitas, who assumed the office of president at the Annual Meeting of the Westmoreland Bar Association held on Monday, April 1, at Rizzo's Banquet Hall in Crabtree.

An attorney for 45 years, Angie began her career in the Westmoreland County Public Defender's office. In 1994, she joined the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania as Disciplinary Counsel and retired after 25 years as Counsel-in-Charge of the District 4 office. She is currently with Marsili Law, LLC, in Pittsburgh. Angie succeeds Maureen Kroll and will serve a one-year term as President.

Congratulations also go out to our newest Board and Committee members who were elected at the 2024 Annual Meeting on April 1: Adam J. Long, Vice President; Jacquelyn A. Knupp, Director; Keegan Miller, Membership; David S. DeRose, Building; and Robert P. Lightcap, Investment.