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MBA Welcomes New Board Members Meet the 2014 Additions to our Board of Directors Alfred M. Abel is the
owner of Alfred Abel Law Offices in Norristown, which he started in 1982. The practice represents individuals and businesses in the areas of: business litigation and transactions; business, personal, and corporate bankruptcy; litigation for personal injury, wrongful death, or property damage. He is an active member of the Montgomery Bar Association and serves on the General Practice Committee, the Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights committee and the Joint Liaison with Accountants committee. For 2014, he is the chair, and for prior years he was also past chair and co-chair of the Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights committee, a vice-chair of the Joint Liaison with Accountants committee and was appointed to serve on the Judiciary Committee of the Bar Association in 2011. He has lectured for industry groups such as the Montgomery Bar Association and National Business Institute on Business, Bankruptcy, Consumer Law and Debt resolution topics. He has also been heard on Executive Leaders Radio. He is a member of the Montgomery and Pennsylvania Bar Associations and also practices frequently in the Federal Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He has been prohoc vice to other Federal District Courts when representing creditors. Mr. Abel obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hofstra University, a Masters
Degree in Communications from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a J. D. from The University of New Hampshire Law School. Prior to entering law school he produced public access and documentary television programming and operated a family business in northeastern Pennsylvania. He has published articles on worker’s compensation, bankruptcy and real estate for the Jewish Exponent.
Christian V. Badali is an as-
sociate with Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP in Norristown. He is a member of the firm’s Family Law practice group and is resident in the firm’s Norristown office. He has extensive experience in the areas of family and matrimonial law, having practiced in this area for the past 12 years in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. His areas of practice include divorce, custody, alimony and spousal support, child support, equitable distribution and protection from abuse. Mr. Badali has authored two case notes for the Pennsylvania Family Lawyer, a publication of the Pennsylvania Bar Association: “Child Support and Paternity by Estoppel,” Volume 29, Issue No. 3, October 2007; and “Child Support Where Father Was Sperm Donor...,” Volume 29, Issue No. 2, July 2007. Mr. Badali previously taught classes on the divorce process in Pennsylvania in many community school programs in southeastern Pennsylvania.
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Mr. Badali is also a certified family mediator. He received his certification from the Seton Hall University School of Law in 1998. A graduate of Temple University and Widener Law, Mr. Badali is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey courts and is a member of the American, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Montgomery Bar Associations. He is an active member of the Family Law Section of the Montgomery Bar Association, serving as chair in 2013. Mr. Badali was also recently appointed as Special Master in Divorce by the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. He is a past member of the Thomas Forkin Inn of Court in South Jersey and the Camden County Bar Association.
Lee M. Koch
has been handling real estate law matters for over 17 years. He has been a sole practitioner in King of Prussia, with the majority of his practice representing homeowner associations, condominium associations, zoning, and land development. In 2014, Mr. Koch was elected Chairman of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors. He received the Celebration of Excellence Award Winner in Chamber Service in 2007. Mr. Koch has served as legal counsel and on the Board of Governors of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce and its predecessor chambers of
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