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At the annual business meeting of Montgomery Bar Association (MBA) on January 11, 2019, Mike Lyon was elected as the Chair of the MBA’s Young Lawyers’ Section and will serve in that role for 2019. The Young Lawyers’ Section is comprised of any MBA member under the age of 35 years old, as well as any member who has been in practice for less than five years. As Chair of the Section, Mike will coordinate the Sections’ activities throughout the year and will promote the involvement of younger lawyers in professional, networking, and business development activities within the MBA. He will also represent the Section on the MBA’s Board of Directors for 2019.
At the annual business meeting of Montgomery Bar Association (MBA) on January 11, 2019, Chelsea Dearden was appointed as the liaison for MBA’s Young Lawyers’ Section to the MBA’s Women in the Law Committee and will serve in that role for 2019. The Women in the Law Committee actively addresses professional and personal issues affecting women who practice law and are members within the MBA. In her role, Chelsea will assist the Committee in planning programs and events for its members, and will represent the Young Lawyers’ Section’s interests and ideas in advocating to the Committee.
Bruce Pancio obtained a complete defense verdict in a premises liability case that involved disputed issues of liability, causation, and damages. The plaintiff alleged that he had been caused to slip and fall due to water that he had alleged ran in front of Bruce’s client’s property and froze over during the winter. Through a multiple day trial, Bruce convinced the jury that his client had not acted in a negligent or improper manner. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Bruce’s client.
Bruce Pancio obtained a favorable jury verdict in an underinsured motorist (UIM) case in Delaware County that involved heavily disputed issues of causation and damages. The plaintiff in the case alleged that she had suffered significant injuries after a motor vehicle accident in 2015. After recovering damages from the third party tortfeasor, the plaintiff sought to recover UIM proceeds from her own insurance policy and demanded for the full UIM policy limits. In defending the case, Bruce used medical records, the plaintiff’s own testimony, and expert evidence and argued that the plaintiff’s injuries were not severe such that the full policy limits available to her should have been awarded. The jury awarded the plaintiff damages significantly below the policy limits of the case and under what she had previously demanded. Bruce continues to litigate the matter on appeal.
In September of 2018, the Honorable Joseph P. Walsh successfully completed training and study to become a certified arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association (AAA). The AAA is a non-profit organization that provides a variety of dispute resolution services to litigants who elect to use its out-of-court processes. The process of becoming an arbitrator involved several days and hours of training, lessons, and interpersonal activities and events. Having been certified, Joe will hear and decide commercial, construction, and consumer matters that arise under the jurisdiction of AAA, or that parties elect to submit to AAA.
In
a matter involving disputed issues of fact and law, Mike Lyon obtained a
complete defense decision on behalf of his client, a local business and
landowner. The plaintiff had alleged
serious personal injuries after having fallen on black ice in a parking lot
after having purchased food and coffee in a store on property belonging to
Mike’s client. Mike defended the case
before an arbitration panel in Montgomery County, and argued that his client
had not acted negligently in any fashion and had not caused the plaintiff’s
injuries to occur. The panel returned a
unanimous decision in favor of Mike’s client, which the plaintiff chose not to
appeal.
Walsh Pancio Proudly Supports Our Community Partners.