Bar Leadership
Our attorneys are recognized annually by both the Montgomery Bar and Pennsylvania Bar Associations for their leadership and contributions to those organizations. We believe that involvement in Bar Association activities benefits both our firm and our clients. With our litigation and Bar involvement, our attorneys almost always have a good working relationship with opposing counsel. Our clients are thereby saved the expense of motions and court appearances which can be avoided by effective communication with opposing counsel.
Locally, William H. Pugh, IV served as Montgomery Bar Association President in 1995. William H. Pugh, V currently serves as President of the Montgomery Bar Foundation and is immediate-past President of the Montgomery Bar Association. Six of our attorneys have served on the Board of Directors of the MBA.
Paul C. Troy served as Chair of the Young Lawyers Section in 1996 and received a Special Achievement Award from the Montgomery Bar Association in 1999.
Robert Connell Pugh currently serves as President of the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association where William H. Pugh, IV, William H. Pugh, V and Mr. Troy have all served terms as President in recent years. Both Mr. Pugh, IV and V have been honored by the MCTLA as "Trial Lawyer of the Year" .
Our attorneys are also active as members and leaders of Bar Association Committees relevant to our expertise. Mr. Pugh, IV has chaired the MBA Judiciary, Nominating, Medical Legal and Bench Bar Committees, and served on the Executive Committee from 1991 to 1996. He was also President of the Montgomery Bar Foundation in 1996. Mr. Knoell has served on the Judiciary Committee, and has served as Co-Chair of the Medical/Legal Committee. Mr. Pugh, V has been Chair of several Montgomery Bar Committees including House (1989- 1991), Program and Events (1991 - 1997), Law Reporter (1997) and Appellate Practice (1998). He was an Editor of the Montgomery County Law Reporter from 1992 - 1994.
Mr. Troy is presently Vice-Chair of the Insurance Committee of the MBA, and has served as either Chair or Co-Chair of that Committee since 1996. In '06, Mr. Troy also served as Vice-Chair of the MBA House & Property Committee.
Mr. Kramer has served as Co-Chair of the Membership Committee in 1995 and 1996, Co-Chair of the Member Service Committee in 2000, and Vice Chair of the Rules of Civil Court Committee in 2001.
Our tradition of Bar involvement does not stop at the local level. Mr. Troy presently serves as Chair of the House of Delegates of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. The House of Delegates is comprised of 450 attorneys from across Pennsylvania which meets to vote on resolutions to be adopted as official positions of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Delegates are selected locally. Mr. Pugh, IV, Mr. Pugh, V, and Mr. Troy are Zone 9 delegates to the PBA House of Delegates.
Mr. Troy recently served a two year term on the Pennsylvania Bar Association Board of Governors. He previously served a three year term on the Pennsylvania Bar Association Board of Governors from 1997 - 2000. He served as Chair of the PBA Young Lawyers Division in 1998. He was Chair of the PBA Mid-Year Meeting in 2001.
Mr. Troy has also served as Chair of the PBA Health Care Law Committee from 2000 to the present, and was appointed Chair of the Bar Leadership Institute in 2001. Mr. Troy is also a member of the PBA Professional Liability Committee. Mr. Pugh, V is a member of the PBA Health Care Task Force.
Mr. Troy serves on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. He is Chairman of the PBI Board's Civil Litigation and Trial Skills Committee, and serves on the Health Law Committee.
Mr. Pugh, IV, Mr. Pugh, V, and Mr. Troy are Life Fellows of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation. Mr. Troy served on the Board of Directors of the PBF from 1998 - 2000.
Nationally, Mr. Kane and Mr. Pugh, IV are Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Pugh, IV, Mr. Pugh, V, Mr. Knoell and Mr. Kramer are members of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Quite obviously, the firm's tradition of service to the organized Bar is one which is passed on to each new generation of attorneys within the firm. It is a commitment we are proud to make.
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