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Fête 4 Justice
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very celebration, by meeting with school children here in this courthouse and explaining to them how the system of justice works, and why the celebration of Law Day in this country is so important, as it is a celebration of the bedrock that this nation is founded upon…a nation beholden not to men, but to fidelity to the law.
We stand here today to celebrate this particular man, because he, philosophically if not physically, stands heads and shoulders above most, when it comes to living the ideals of his Jesuit education that helped form him. Service of others above self. The pursuit of excellence in all things, encompassing imagination, emotion and intellect. A man who promotes not himself, but service of others, using his unique gifts of being principled, fair, and a man of integrity. Note: In celebration of the 150th Anniversary of our Association, Colleen M. Neary, Esq., and Eugene J. Malady, Esq., put together a slideshow of DCBA members over the years. The presentation closed with a clip of Judge Hazel from an interview conducted a few years ago. “I’d like to close this presentation here today at our Law Day Celebration with those same words, that I believe best exemplify why Judge Hazel is most worthy of this honor” … “The Bar Association has always encompassed my heart and mind as a lawyer. I don’t think a lawyer is able to realize all the things a lawyer should be as a professional if you’re not part of an organization that goes beyond just what you’re interested in to the interest of society and the people around you. I don’t think any lawyer is complete unless he’s part of a Bar Association. I got very lucky to be a part of the Delaware County Bar Association.”
The Delaware County Bar Association is indeed privileged and honored to call the Honorable Frank T. Hazel one of our own.
To view a copy of the 150th Anniversary Video produced by Colleen M. Neary, Esquire, and Eugene J. Malady, Esquire, GO TO www.delcobar.org “DCBA 150th Anniversary.” Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP) is at its core a human rights law firm – dedicated to protecting fundamental rights to decent and affordable housing and health care, basic income support in the event of unemployment or disability, protection from domestic violence, and fresh starts for clients burdened with debt and long-past criminal records.
LASP 20+ Fête for Justice: 4 Freedoms, 4 Counties, 4 Justice! … May, 2022 at Normandy Farm in Blue Bell, PA. Legal Aid of Southeastern PA celebrated 20+ years of service in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties. www.lasp.org/fete … The Fête for Justice program (available on YouTube) includes: • Opening remarks from William L. Baldwin, Esq., 2020-22 LASP Board President, and C. Shawn Boehringer, Executive Director. • Thought-provoking remarks by Keynote Speaker Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller, sociologist, University of Chicago assistant professor, and author of Halfway Home: Race, Punishment and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration. The book was featured in the May 1, 2022 New York Times Book Review “New in Paperback” column. • Poetry by Trapeta B. Mayson, the 2020-21 Poet Laureate of Philadelphia; who serves as a licensed clinical social worker and Chief Program Officer for a community mental health agency in Philadelphia. • Conversation with former Executive Directors and Fête Honorees Harvey F. Strauss and Elizabeth Wood Fritsch.
At the Fête for Justice, LASP honored 47 individuals and one law firm who helped pave the way for LASP’s ability to be able to advocate and protect basic human rights for our region’s most vulnerable neighbors. (Honorees honored posthumously are indicated with an *) NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Co-Chairs, Congressional Access to Legal Aid Caucus
FOUNDERS: Dean P. Arthur; Ballard Spahr LLP; Ronald R. Bolig; William J. Carlin, Sr.*; Elizabeth Wood Fritsch; William J. Gallagher; Hon. Isaac S. Garb*; Catherine Herman; Carolyn E. Johnson; John Knox*; Mark Levin; Jeffrey P. Lewis; Joseph P. Lynch; Mitchell W. Miller*; Robert “Sandy” Mulhern, Jr.; Elizabeth C. Price*; Louis S. Rulli; Mark Schwartz; William Shimer; Harvey F. Strauss; Michelle R. Terry; and
Donald J. Weiss, Esq.
SUSTAINERS: Judith Algeo; William L. Baldwin; Mardi Busanus; Edward Danelski; Cary L. Flitter; Jean Gauger; Eleonor “Ellie” Glasco; Hon. Stewart J. Greenleaf*; Nanci Hoover; Rachel Houseman; Maryjane B. Kelley*; Wendy C. Leeper; Patricia “Pat” MacCorkle; John F. McKenna; Nancy R. Paul; Randi Riefner; Susan Rizzardi; June E. Schrader*; Deborah Steeves; Susan Strong; Paul Troy; Karen Tyler; Catherine H. Voit.
