2008: ROBERT F. MORRIS Bench Bar: Bedford Springs, PA
Bob continues to lead Morris Wilson, P.C., the boutique civil litigation firm he co-founded 25 years ago. He is one of the premier civil trial attorneys in Pennsylvania, achieving multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements. Last year, he obtained the second largest medical malpractice verdict in Montgomery County history. Recently, he persuaded the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to reverse the Commonwealth Court in a decision having far reaching implications in the area of federal preemption. Bob is a tireless advocate for children as a long serving officer and board member of the North Penn Valley Boys and Girls Club which he has helped develop into a nationwide haven for children and teenagers. He is also on the MCAP Board and volunteers much of his valuable time to the MCAP cause. He is Chair of the PBA Judicial Evaluation Commission, which publishes evaluations of candidates for the Supreme, Superior and Commonwealth Courts. He is a Past President of the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association, which honored him with the James P. Fox Trial Lawyer of the Year Award in 2006. He is a long time Zone 9 Delegate to the PBA House. A former pool swimmer at Yale, he is now an accomplished open water swimmer under the tutelage of this writer.
2009: HON. MARK A. KEARNEY Bench Bar: Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, PA
In 1991, a true force of nature descended upon the MBA: Mark A. Kearney. With achievements and honors far too numerous to mention, here are a few: • As President, celebrating MBA’s 125th Anniversary in grand fashion resulting in national awards • Twenty-five years of trying major cases in commercial and class action matters
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• Managing and Co-Hiring partner, Elliott Greenleaf, P.C. • Board member, Villanova Law Board of Consultors, Legal Aid of S.E. Pennsylvania • MBA Henry Stuckert Miller Award for Public Service (2011) for his founding of the Welcoming Center for new Pennsylvanians. • PBA Service to Pennsylvania Lawyers and Pro Bono Awards (2012) • MBA Council of Past Presidents Lifetime Achievement Award (2014) • Immediate Past President of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) • MBA James P. Fox Trial Lawyer of the Year Award (2014) • Archbishop Wood H.S. Hall of Fame (2015) On December 3, 2014, the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Mark as the 100th United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Our force of nature is now at 6th and Market in Philadelphia, bringing his enthusiasm, intelligence and wit to the Federal Bench. Once known as the “Energizer Bunny,” he is now the Energizer Jurist.
2010: STEVEN H. LUPIN Bench Bar: Washington, DC The longtime managing partner of Lansdale’s Hamburg Rubin Mullin Maxwell & Lupin, PC, Steve has guided the firm to its present position of prominence locally and beyond. He has litigated almost every aspect of personal injury, business and commercial litigation. Steve is Past President of the Montgomery American Inn of Court and the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association, which awarded him its James P. Fox Trial Lawyer of the Year Award in 2012. He has served on the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (formerly PATLA) for many years, authoring a column on Commercial Litigation in its publication for 12 years. He is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America and a Fellow of the Academy of Advocacy at Temple University. In 2009, he received the Henry Stuckert Miller Public Service Award from the MBA. He has just completed serving his second two-year term as President of the Montgomery Bar Foundation and has been a Zone 9 Delegate to the PBA House since 2006. In his spare time (?) he plays tennis and roots for Penn State.
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